Prayer Diary For Week Commencing

Sunday 4th October 2026

 

"I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer."  

Psalm 17: 6 NIV.

 

Please pray for the security of this country.  MI5, our internal intelligence service, has just issued a warning about a firm helping with research at universities that is thought to be a front for Chinese espionage.  It is very unusual for MI5 to issue this sort of warning.  Information about research that has been learnt through this connection threatens the security of this country.

 

Please continue to pray about the danger of AI.  Pray that the authorities will know what to do about it to make sure it is safe.  Some high up people, such as the head of the Bank of England, say that regulation is not the answer while other experts are saying that this is absolutely necessary.

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Please pray for the staff at 4 of the factories owned by Greggs, the bakery firm, which has announced it is going to close them with the loss of 740 jobs.  This is happening while its business in its shops is increasing.  Pray for the workers and their families as they face this bleak situation.  Also pray for other firms that will be affected by all these people losing their jobs.

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Please pray for all those people around the world who are currently suffering because of extreme weather.  A hurricane has started to go ashore in Mexico and is expected to go north and then inland. It has already caused severe flooding in coastal areas.  The north east of the USA is being affected by a bad storm.  The areas that are suffering include New York and Boston.  One person has already been killed by a fallen tree and states of emergency have been declared in this area.  Also in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 inches fell in a week and flooding is affecting low lying areas and threatening other parts of the city.

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Please pray about the recent incident on an El Al (the airline of Israel) aeroplane when one pilot stabbed the other one and then tried to crash the aeroplane.  The plane descended 17,000 feet in 2 minutes. 

We should thank God that passengers overcame the perpetrator and other pilots that happened to be on-board, came from the back of the plane and landed the aircraft.  Pray that something like this will never happen again, threatening the lives of so many people.

 

Please pray for the church in Nicaragua, a country in Central America.  It is number 32 on the Open Doors at risk list.  Religious freedom in this country continues to deteriorate under the dictatorial rule of President Daniel Ortega and Co-President Rosario Murillo.  Churches and Christians who express disagreement with the government are viewed as destabilising agents and are subjected to intimidation, harassment, surveillance, legal prosecution, and the closure or taking over of Christian institutions, including churches, universities, and charities.  These measures have intensified since the 2018 protests, as many religious leaders continue to denounce human rights violations.  The repression escalated further following the November 2021 elections and the manipulation to the legal framework, including the 2025 constitutional reform, which were both used to justify increased restrictions on dissenting religious voices.  Christians advocating for justice, the release of political prisoners, or democratic restoration are especially vulnerable.  The regime aims to silence the Church and weaken its influence by forced exile (including the taking away of citizenship), arbitrary detention, and the cancellation of legal status.

 

Please pray for our preachers who are preaching next Sunday.

Pray for the preparation as well as the service.

Susan Chambers taking a Communion service with us at Scartho and Lester Kitching at Tetney.