22 Ask God to help you pick up the broken
29 God, help us to be salt of the earth,
23 “In the time of my favour I heard you,
30 Today open your prayer with silence.
pieces in your life and put them together. He can create a mosaic that will be beautiful. And in the day of salvation I helped you. I tell you, now is the time of God’s favour, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2
24 Give thanks for the support of the Eqyptian
President al-Sisi for Christians and pray that the local authorities will exert themselves to rescue abducted Christian women and girls. Call on God to give believers I Egypt the strength to bear the threats and violence from Islamist extremists, enabling them to love and forgive their enemies as Christ commanded.
salt that keeps it flavour seeing and drawing out the potential others can give to the world. In the silence let God take first place in your mind and life.
Connecting with God, each other and the world
31 Spirit of Truth,
whom the world can never grasp, touch our hearts with the shock of your coming, fill us with desire for your disturbing peace, and fire us with longing to speak your uncontainable word. Through Jesus Christ, Amen.
25 Prophet and priest, we have witnessed
your acts of justice and redemption, of restoration and healing, inspiring us to believe in another way for the world. Amen.
26 God of all creation,
Help us to be doers, not just hearers of the word, putting faith into action, reaping a harvest of hope and transformation.
27 As our schools get back, pray for those
children around the world for whom school is not a possibility. Ask that God will enable children to break free from the cycle of poverty and illiteracy.
28 “I am the bread of life” John 6:48
O God, to those who have hunger, give bread, and to those who have bread, give the hunger for justice.
“Go and make disciples of all nations… and surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”
August 2018 PRAYER CALENDAR
Matthew 28: 19,20 Charity Number: SC004271