Prayer Diary For Week Commencing

Sunday 14th June 2026

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"And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them,

so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."  

Mark 11: 25 NIV.

 

Please pray about the recent racist violence in Northern Ireland.  It was after a Lebanese asylum seeker stabbed a man causing him life altering injuries.  There has also been racist violence in Glasgow in response to what happened in Northern Ireland.  Pray that this violence will stop and not spread.  Also pray for the people who were forced to flee their homes and whose property was damaged.

 

Please pray for the family and friends of the 12 people killed by an attack on an informal settlement in Johannesburg.  The police are not sure about the cause of this terrible incident.

 

Please pray for all those affected by the recent earthquake in the southern Philippines.  Dozens have been killed and probably about at least 450 injured.  After-shocks are still continuing so these figures might rise.  Please pray for everyone who has lost loved ones, houses and businesses.

 

Please pray about the rise of tension on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.  Pakistan has attacked what they claim to be terrorist bases from which terrorists have entered Pakistan.  There were similar incidents in February, but until recently it has been comparatively peaceful.  Pray that peace will come to this part of the world and that Pakistan will not suffer any more terrorist attacks.

 

Please pray about the danger of cyber-attacks in our country.  Recently there was an attack on Nottingham University when private details were stolen about students and past students. 

Pray for all those affected and that these types of incidents might be prevented.

 

Please continue to pray for peace in the Persian Gulf (Iran and USA), peace between Israel and Lebanon (especially after threats from Iran) and the war between Russia and Ukraine.

 

Please pray for the Church in Chile, a country where the vast majority claim to be Christian but many are leaving traditional churches.  The explosive growth of Pentecostalism and the equally rapid increase of non-religious (or non-affiliated) churches have seen Catholicism decrease in just 20 years, from 82% of Chile's population to 62%.  The majority of those that remain in the Church treat Catholicism as a traditional identity rather than a deliberate life of faith.  Only 12 – 13% of Catholics regularly attend mass.  Evangelicals face unprecedented opportunities as well as challenges.

They are poised to exercise a pivotal role in Chilean society.  The danger remains that goodwill and respect may be eroded by failures and squandered opportunities.  Long-term growth and consolidation have generated a more formal Pentecostalism that has lost the life it once had. Pentecostal nominalism is rife – less than half attend church weekly and one-third do not attend regularly at all.  A lack of good leadership training shows itself in poor theology, legalism and replacement of solid biblical teaching with personal opinions and visions.

 

Please pray for our preachers who are preaching next Sunday.

Pray for the preparation as well as the service.

Susan Chambers taking the early morning Communion service with us at Scartho and then

a Communion service at Waltham and Andrew Hornsby with us at Scartho in the morning

and at Side Door in the evening.