Pray for Co‑Mission

Richard Coekin (CEO of Co-Mission and Senior Pastor of Dundonald Church) has written this amplification of the Lord’s prayer for use in private or in church in the face of the Coronavirus:

Our father in heaven – thank you for Jesus in whom you have adopted us as your beloved children; help us remember that sickness and death will never separate us from your love, believe you will be with us through whatever lies ahead, and trust you are fully in control and perfectly good;

Hallowed be your name – we pray this crisis will result in much praise for you – that believers will be strengthened in their faith and unbelievers will recognise our human frailty and mortality and turn from sin to worship you;

Your kingdom come – until Jesus returns to rescue us from this world of pain, as far as this virus spreads, we pray your kingdom will grow further, in the hearts of people of all nations finding in Jesus the sure hope of resurrection into your new creation, free from sickness, suffering and death to enjoy you forever;

Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven – Father, we rejoice in your sovereign power; in your mercy, please end this crisis soon, deliver us and all your people through this crisis, and may your gracious plans to save the lost be advanced by this season of humbling;

Give us this day our daily bread – thank you for dedicated doctors, nurses and other NHS staff, for our government and its advisors - please grant them the wisdom and endurance they need; sustain us with the daily bread of Christ crucified for our sins, in the living bread of your Word; reassure us when we’re anxious, heal us when we’re sick, strengthen us when we must die, comfort us in our bereavement, and embolden us to share the gospel of Jesus, the living bread we all need;

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us – have mercy where we have presumed upon our health, forgotten our frailty, or neglected to thank you for your daily care and protection; forgive us because Christ died for our sins, count us acceptable in his perfect righteousness, and in the light of your mercy, helps us show mercy to all;

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil – deliver us through this time of testing – help us resist every temptation to doubt your love; help us stand firm in our faith against Satan’s lies, knowing that all over the world, your people are enduring the same kind of trials;

For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever, Amen.

Please join us in praying for Matt Dew-Jones and the core team who are forming the new plant in Beckenham...

• Pray for the Lost in Beckenham
  • Pray we can glorify God as a gospel lifeboat in Beckenham to help reach the 60,000 people in BR3, the overwhelming majority of whom are drowning in sin and judgement. Pray we see many, many saved and in time plant into the wider area too.
• Pray for growing believers
  • Pray the Lord would bring together a launch team of 40 believers who faithfully proclaim the gospel and grow more like the Lord in every area of their lives.
• Praise God for a 2nd staff member
  • Praise God for providing an associate planter to join the staff team as we start in September.
• Pray for a venue
  • Praise God for providing a viable venue option, but pray the Lord provides a more central, week-round venue in his timing.

Please join us in praying for Matt Fuller and the team at Christ Church Mayfair, and in particular...

Give thanks:

• For our first church holiday club. Give thanks for new faces coming along, lots of fun and a good time looking at the book of Jonah.
• For challenging recent sermons ‘Don’t Waste Your Life', looking at how we can live to glorify Christ.
• Seekers coming along to the Honest Questions course and hearing the gospel
• For our ministry interns who serve joyfully in so many ways
• A group of first-year students getting stuck into serving at church

Please pray: 

• That those finishing the Honest Questions course would want to keep on thinking about the Gospel and come to Christianity Explored
• That God would change our hearts as we hear him speak in 1 Corinthians and Revelation sermons this term
• That God would enable progress on the proposed building project, and that he would sustain the planning team
• The upcoming weekend away (13^th-15^thMarch) would grow our love of God and each other. Pray for Roo Standring speaking on Gideon.
• That newcomers would quickly be integrated into the church family

Please join us in praying for Zim Okoli and Remi Adedire and New Life Catford

• Get Real - a bi-weekly young adult guest event.  The open mike night got a lot of people in and some great performances so pray some will come back and seek God.
• This year we're looking for Progress in Prayer.  For Lent we have 2020 Prayer 40 including a prayer diary and prayer pairs to give us a booster.  We also have our Church Day Away with Brian Edwards on Prayer on the 10th May.
• Pray for Sutton International Cafe.  We have a great venue and good team but would like to have 20 guests and 2 to come to know Christ over the year.  Pray for leaders for outreach ministries.

Join with us in praying for Sam Williamson and Grace Church Worcester Park

• Praise God for people who came to our CAP Money course and our Hope Explored course in January and who were very open to talk about the gospel. Pray God will continue His work in them.
• Praise God for the work of Esther Raja as our youth & children's worker for the past 6 years. Pray for the Lord to provide the right person to replace her and build on her work going forward.
• Thank God for our Mission Possible holiday club that took place on the  18-23 February. Pray that the children will store up the truths that they learnt in their hearts and put their trust in Jesus. Thank God for the enthusiasm of the leaders and that they would be encouraged in their walk with Christ following a week of hard work.