I would like to request prayer for my country and church today [UK and CofE]. We seem to lack direction and that includes our leaders, but are blown about on the wind of whatever is current or the next issue which arises. We have forgotten who/whose we are and why.
We pray to the Father for direction for our leaders and ourselves in the country and the church, for Jesus to be enthroned again as our only leader and guide in the church and for Godly governance and leaders in our country, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
I also pray for the United States, its leaders and judges; for the Anglican Communion, in particular for those who are suffering under persecution; and I remember dear Bishop John Ellison in prayer.
PM beat me to it. May I echo his request for prayer for the UK as our general election unfolds. There is a crisis of national identity: no longer a united kingdom. No longer with the cement of our Christian heritage to hold us together. At a recent Question Time on television – among the few times the politicians faced real, unfiltered people, not pre-selected – the anger was palpable. Why do you talk like accountants or economists, the people asked? The unspoken question was: Where is the sense of vision? And yet at the same time, even as they want vision, 2 Timothy 4.3 would seem to apply as well. Pray for us, brothers and sisters, that Ephesians 4.13-15 may be fulfilled for us.
The foundation of modern civilization is Christianity (and its Jewish theological base). I pray that the nations will remember this and repent, with special concern for the UK today.
Since you Brits asked for prayer for the UK elections, at this moment, into early Friday morning UK time, the BBC says exit polls show Tories about ten seats short of an outright majority and Labour with heavy losses. Is this good? I don’t think the UK has the equivalent of American conservatives, or not very many, so I don’t know how I would vote if I moved to the land of my British ancestors. However, I doubt I would vote for the Labour party which promised to make “Islamophobia” a crime.
Today marks the 40th day since the passing of my dad and the end of the formal mourning period. Prayers for the repose of the servant of God John are deeply appreciated.
Katherine, it is true that David Cameron speaks of faith, even if of wavering faith; and it is true that he goes to church (St Mary Abbott’s, Kensington). But he dropped gay marriage on us out of a clear blue sky without any prior manifesto mention. It’s hard to say how his Christian background might influence his decision-making. However, the secularizing tendency in the Labour Party is much stronger, so on balance I would think that many Christians would be glad of a Conservative victory – even if not expecting much from that victory.
I would like to request prayer for my country and church today [UK and CofE]. We seem to lack direction and that includes our leaders, but are blown about on the wind of whatever is current or the next issue which arises. We have forgotten who/whose we are and why.
We pray to the Father for direction for our leaders and ourselves in the country and the church, for Jesus to be enthroned again as our only leader and guide in the church and for Godly governance and leaders in our country, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
I also pray for the United States, its leaders and judges; for the Anglican Communion, in particular for those who are suffering under persecution; and I remember dear Bishop John Ellison in prayer.
PM beat me to it. May I echo his request for prayer for the UK as our general election unfolds. There is a crisis of national identity: no longer a united kingdom. No longer with the cement of our Christian heritage to hold us together. At a recent Question Time on television – among the few times the politicians faced real, unfiltered people, not pre-selected – the anger was palpable. Why do you talk like accountants or economists, the people asked? The unspoken question was: Where is the sense of vision? And yet at the same time, even as they want vision, 2 Timothy 4.3 would seem to apply as well. Pray for us, brothers and sisters, that Ephesians 4.13-15 may be fulfilled for us.
The foundation of modern civilization is Christianity (and its Jewish theological base). I pray that the nations will remember this and repent, with special concern for the UK today.
Since you Brits asked for prayer for the UK elections, at this moment, into early Friday morning UK time, the BBC says exit polls show Tories about ten seats short of an outright majority and Labour with heavy losses. Is this good? I don’t think the UK has the equivalent of American conservatives, or not very many, so I don’t know how I would vote if I moved to the land of my British ancestors. However, I doubt I would vote for the Labour party which promised to make “Islamophobia” a crime.
Today marks the 40th day since the passing of my dad and the end of the formal mourning period. Prayers for the repose of the servant of God John are deeply appreciated.
Ad Orientem, my deepest sympathies to you and to your family. May God receive the soul of his servant John and comfort the family.
Katherine, it is true that David Cameron speaks of faith, even if of wavering faith; and it is true that he goes to church (St Mary Abbott’s, Kensington). But he dropped gay marriage on us out of a clear blue sky without any prior manifesto mention. It’s hard to say how his Christian background might influence his decision-making. However, the secularizing tendency in the Labour Party is much stronger, so on balance I would think that many Christians would be glad of a Conservative victory – even if not expecting much from that victory.
Thanks, Terry Tee, that’s about how I’m looking at it from the Christian point of view: Better than the other guys, anyhow.