Even as we have prayed for our nation a fortnight ago, let us today unite our hearts and pray for our church:

Heavenly Father, we humble ourselves under Your mighty hand (1Pet 5:6).
Forgive us for our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness(1Jhn 1:9).
Let us draw near to You with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb 10:22). Let Your Word dwell in us richly (Col 3:16). Fill us with the knowledge of Your will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Col 1:9), that we may live and conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of You, fully pleasing You, and being fruitful in every good work (Col 1:10). And, by being renewed in the spirit of our minds (Eph 4:23), we put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering: bearing with and forgiving one another (Col 3:12), dwelling together in the unity of the faith (Eph 4:13), recognising those who labor among us, esteeming them highly in love for their work's sake(1Thes 5:12-13).

I pray that :
* we all speak the same thing, with no divisions among us (1Cor 1:10), standing fast in one spirit, striving together for the faith (Phil 1:27).
* we're not carried about with various and strange doctrines (Heb 13:9), but we study, rightly dividing the word of truth (2Tim 2:15).
* we're not murmurers, complainers, walking after our own lusts (Jude 1:16), but are rich in good works, ready to give and willing to share (1Tim 6:18).
* the whole body be knit and joined together , and that every part does its share causing growth to the body (Eph 4:16).
* as each one has received a gift, let him minister it (1Pet 4:10), looking out for the interests of others (Phil 2:4).
* we fervently love one another with a pure heart (1Pet 1:22), so that we do not lose the things we have worked for (2Jn 1:8).
* we become serious and watchful in our prayers (1Pet 4:7), redeeming the time, for the days are evil (Eph 5:16).
* we run with endurance the race that is set before us (Heb 12:1), setting our minds on things above and not on things on the earth (Col 3:2).
* we keep pressing toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God (Phil 3:14), putting on the whole armor of God that we may stand against the devil (Eph 6:11).
* we will speak forth Your Word with great boldness (Acts 4:29) and that You will stretch forth Your hand to heal, that signs and wonders may be done in the name of Your Son Jesus (Acts 4:30)

In Jesus' Name we pray. AMEN.

mw(Adapted from PRAYING IN VICTORY by Carol Ann Kononova)