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Prayer Diary for March 2024


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3rd March - Please pray for Aston and Cote Community Church in Oxfordshire, Frimley Baptist Church in Camberley and Stubbington Baptist Church in Hampshire.

10th March- Please pray for Basingstoke Baptist Church in Hampshire Gateway Church in Poole and Sunningdale Baptist Church in Berkshire.

17th March- Please pray for Bishopdown Evangelical Church in Salisbury, Gosport Waterfront Church in Hampshire and Swaythling Baptist Church in Southampton.

24th March- Please pray for Bitterne Baptist Church in Southampton, Hartley Wintney Baptist Church in Hampshire and Testwood Baptist Church in Totton.

31st March - Please pray for Blackbird Leys Ecumenical Church in Oxford, Hayling Island Baptist Church in Hampshire and Thatcham Baptist Church in Berkshire.
 

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3rd March - Please pray for the East Midland Baptist Association. Their vision is to serve East Midlands Baptists in Mission, through growing healthy churches, and they do this by inspiring, pioneering, equipping, partnering and caring. (EMBaptists)

10th March - Nurturing God, on this Mothering Sunday we thank you for those people you put in our lives who care for us and guide us. Protect all your children, so they can grow and flourish in your love through through the love of others. Bless all those who care for your children in our homes and communities, including all who work to support the most vulnerable children in our midst. We make this prayer in the name of Jesus, Amen.
Prayer adapted from The Children's Society (Children' Society)

17th March - Baptist Union Council meets this week. Please pray for the members of Council as they discern together on important issues affecting the future of Baptists Together, including the recent MR Rules Consultation and the Financial Model Review. (BU Council)

24th March-In our Union of around 2,000 churches, approximately 1,000 have under 40 people. We want small churches to keep reaching people for Jesus. To be dynamic and healthy now, not wait until they are bigger. Please pray for the Small Church Connexion as they expand their team, vision and reach. (Smaller Churches)

31st March - A prayer for Easter Day, taken from Gathering for Worship:
Living God, 
we worship you today with joy in our hearts
and thanksgiving on our lips.
When the powers of evil had done their worst,
crucifying your son, and burying him in death,
you raised him to life again:
an act of power giving hope to the world.
 

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25th February - 2nd March - Bangladesh - Bangladesh is often a tolerant and peaceful country. However, recently Islamist extremism has increased and there have been some attacks by violent groups. Let us pray for BMS World Mission workers and partners in their efforts to share God's message of peace.

3rd - 9th March - Gender Justice - The UN has estimated that 30 per cent of widows and orphans in sub-Saharan Africa experience illegal property seizure. Traditionally, a woman is no married to an individual but to the family, so when the husband dies, she is still the property of that family. Widows who challenge cultural norms and complain to humanitarian organisations risk ostracism.

10th - 16th March - Sierra Leone - BMS World Mission is partnering with two denominations in Sierra Leone to support the empowerment of people to transform their situations, using their God-given local resources in a sustainable and holistic manner. Pray for these new partnerships and for continued transformations.

17th - 23rd March - Nepal - Nepal's anti-conversion law restricts religious conversion and the free expression of faith in Nepal. Many believers have been arrested, some imprisoned. Against a backdrop of political, social and spiritual challenges, BMS World Mission workers and partners continue to point to the one who can bring about total transformation.

24th - 30th March - Creating Safe Spaces - Jesus said, "As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples...." (John 13:34-35)  Jesus demonstrates this in his value and lover for the most vulnerable in his society.  Keeping each other safe is a fundamental way the BMS World Mission can demonstrate and share Jesus' love.

31st March - 6th April - Cambodia - Many people in Cambodia welcome the message and messengers of Jesus Christ.  Please pray that BMS World Mission's efforts and collaboration with their partners will lead to churches being planted, people becoming disciples of Christ and the gospel being preached in the power of the Holy Spirit.

You can access the full BMS World Mission Prayer Diary here.