DIY Sunday Service Kit 10/07/2022 - Prayer works (but ...) & How do you deal with weeds in the crop? And of course, there's lots more ...

 

Welcome to the DIY Sunday Service Kit for y GRWP on Sunday 10th. July 2022.

I was away last week on a training course but this week the Word for the Week continues out in the fields with a look at Matthew 13:24-30.

We are nearing the end of our series of Bible expositions in 1 John and this week we get to 1 John 5:13-15 as we tackle the issue of whether prayer works.

Here's a quick teaser for that ... 👇

Let's pray

Lord and Father we thank you for your kindness and goodness in welcoming us into your presence today ... not because we deserve to meet with you but because you have made this possible for us through the death on the Cross of your one and only Son.

    Teach us, we pray, what a privilege this is.

    Give us great enthusiasm in seeking you out.

    Lead us gladly and willingly into your Way, which is the way that leads to life.

We pray for Jesus' sake.

Amen.

Here comes the Word for the Week

Prayer Points

For our nation

Government

• We pray for our Government, for our Queen and the Royal family, for the Cabinet which is in a state of flux, for the members of the two houses of Parliament which are in a state of dispute and disagreement with a need for clear political leadership.
  We pray for the Cabinet, which appears now to be unable to pursue a clear direction due to the events of the last week and the resignation of the Prime Minister.
  We pray that no national crises arise at this time of political disruption and that you would ensure we continue to be rightly and justly governed through these slightly difficult times.
  Would you, good Lord deliver us and restore to us good, fair and efficient government in good time.
  We pray too for our Welsh Government, for sound, calm and clear thinking to prevail as changes in the way that it works and the powers that it has have been proposed.
  Would you Lord please address the particular political ad economic situation in Wales so that the social situation and the needs of our people will be well and wisely addressed.

Economy

• As the cost of living crisis bites for many and as further fuel price rises are expected, would you Lord please intervene in the affairs of our national economy.
  As frustrations boil over int strikes and protests, would you Lord please restore a just and fair distribution of costs and benefits in our society.
• As wars and unrest disturb trade, supply lines and economies around the world, would you Lord put us in our Land in a position both to trade to profit and generate wealth to help and support those who are less fortunate around this world.
  
• In particular we pray for those in Ukraine whose economy is under such pressure and for those in the developing world who are suffering and expect to suffer more because Ukrainian grain shipments cannot reach their shores.

Health

As COVID infection rates rise at the rate of about 30% a week

As hospital admissions continue to rise

As we continue to learn fresh things about how easy it is to catch the latest new variants, we pray:

• For doctors, nurses and all health care workers in our NHS
• For all front line members of the emergency services and their supporting volunteer organisations in the front lines as infections rise
• For those who are extremely clinically vulnerable, those whose jobs are at risk for reasons associated with the impact of COVID, those who make strategic decisions in response to the spread of the disease ...
  
  Would you Lord please have mercy on your people and relieve the pressure of this disease on our people.
  
  Would you Lord please act to inhibit the spread of 'flu which is expected to be more of a problem this year than last year, and the spread of Monkey Pox ... which we hear of but is as yet something of an unknown quantity.

For ourselves 

• Please remember Alex in your prayers as his father - a clear Christin man - passed into Glory on Friday morning. It's early days and we don't have much more on this at the time of writing but I am sure Alex would value our support in prayer. This was an unexpected passing and I'm sure would be quite a shock.

• Please pray for the y GRWP Trustees' Meeting which is to take place over ZOOM on Wednesday of this week. 
  Being a trustee is not a glamorous business and these are busy people who are giving their time to make sure everything is done properly in y GRWP to do with money, the direction we take and the legalities of everything we do.
  
  
• Please continue to pray for Rob Morse, the minister of Pantycelyn Memorial Chapel in Llandovery who is continuing to recover from time spent in hospital.

We thank you Lord for the measure of confidence that you give us to come to you with the concerns and the needs that we feel on our hearts.

Please hear from your throne in Heaven and act to deliver your people.

We pray for Jesus' sake.

AMEN.

Let's read the Bible

Here's the sermon audio file (click the image)

Here's the link to the sermon studiocam

We respond to God's Word in this thoughtful new song of confident assurance to close with ...

Let's pray

Psalm 34 says:

"Glorify the Lord with me;

    let us exalt his name together.

I sought the Lord, and he answered me;

    he delivered me from all my fears.

Those who look to him are radiant;
    their faces are never covered with shame.

This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
    and he delivers them.

Taste and see that the Lord is good;

    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him."

Take us into the coming week, Lord, we pray in the confident assurance of those whose trust is authentically in their God.

Lead us into the joy of your presence, which is the birthright of all your children, and build in us confidence in your prevailing love towards us, come what may.

We ask for Jesus' sake.

AMEN.

Thanks for being here with us today.

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Until next time ... 

God bless you - pob bendith!

Simon.