Monthly Prayer Prompt
May 2022
CCNL prayer prompt May 2022
Who is my neighbour?
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God, this month, we ask you to open the eyes of our souls as we talk with you about neighbours
April 2022
CCNL prayer prompt April 2022
HE IS RISEN INDEED
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May we join with followers of Jesus around the world and shout with joy “He is risen, he is risen indeed”. AMEN.
SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2022
May the resurrection of Jesus speak into our deepest fears.
May the resurrection of Jesus validate the truth of His words and character
May the resurrection of Jesus give us greater power over sin in our lives.
May the resurrection of Jesus remind us that evil does not win ultimately.
May the resurrection of Jesus challenge us to allow room for doubters.
May the resurrection of Jesus empower us to share this good news with others!
March 2022
CCNL prayer prompt March 2022
A conversation with God about freedom and boundaries.
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Summary:
Pause in a moment of quiet and ask Jesus to open the eyes and ears of your heart, your mind, and your life to His voice as we enter this conversation.
There is a heaviness, a weariness in our thinking and outlook. No easy answers. (Matthew 11: 28-30; Galatians 5: 16-18)
We’d love to live freely, God! But right now, people everywhere seem to be angry at each other, and being around angry people gets us angry too. (Galatians 5: 22-23)
February 2022
CCNL prayer prompt February 2022
May Great Ideas Flourish in London
Summary:
We ask you, God for clarity of thought
Thank you, God for many who are making a difference in our community.
Father God, please give us wise and willing counsellors, collaborators and mentors.
Please also God make us wise and willing counsellors, collaborators and mentors.
We pray for abundant curiosity to ask hard questions to discover better answers.
Remind us to converse with you, God daily about your purpose in our lives.
Proud us to start somewhere, God.
January 2022
CCNL prayer prompt January 2022
A new year and each new generation.
Hear our prayers Lord for 2022. Hear our prayers. Amen.
If you want to explore and understand more, here are a few resources to consider if you are curious:
1. "UnChristian... what a new generation really thinks about Christianity ...and why it matters." by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, Baker Books, 2007
2. "You lost me - why young Christians are leaving the church ...and rethinking Faith" by author David Kinnaman, Baker Books, 2011
3. "Leaving Christianity - changing Allegiances in Canada since 1945" Authors Brian Clarke and Stuart MacDonald McGill-Queens University Press, 2017
4. Barna Research study "The Connected Generation - next Steps" commissioned by World Vision in 2021 , see https://theconnectedgeneration.com/ interviews with over 16,000 youth in 25 countries with over 1,000 of them in Canada
5. "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" podcast - https://christianitytoday.com/ct/podcasts/rise-and-fall-of-mars-hill/ produced by Christianity Today, hosted by Mike Cosper. It explores a cautionary tale using the difficult example of Mars Hill Church, Seattle, revealing tough questions about challenges of leadership, church and rebuilding faith while knowing both the amazing, life-transforming work of God and church as a dangerous, abusive environment. Many Gen Y and Z young people are listening to this as they seek to sort out their personal faith with God and thereby His church.
6. Local Western University study, see https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/western-university-researcher-why-youth-are-canadas-loneliest-people
December 2021
CCNL prayer prompt December 2021
Four gifts of Christmas
Holy Father, help us all every day throughout this advent, to pause and make space of five or ten minutes for stillness and silence with you - to be grateful, to invite you into your dailies to direct our steps and our attention, and allow you our God to quiet our hearts and minds.... and fill us such with glorious, inexpressible joy that it spills out of us on the city of London! Joy to the world.
November 2021
CCNL prayer prompt November 2021
Here we Stand
SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2021, together we stand as the Church
1. Stand for: those in Military service, to honor them, to respect their courage and sacrifice and to thank them
2. Stand with: those who have suffered from racial bias, then and now - probe our hearts God to reveal what changes are needed in our lives
3. Stand up: Isaiah 61 reminds us that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been and should always be good news to all in transforming our world and we can be part of God's work in doing that
4. Stand back: be still, observe, listen and learn with a posture of humility
5. Stand among: the people of questionable reputation that Jesus loved
6. Stand beside: the unseen servants, those grieving, those who are weary
