Prayer Points

Congregational Focus:

the blessings God gives us: food, shelter, etc., and for His love, and mercy, and grace to us His people.
the gift of the Lord’s Day, when we can rest from our normal work and gather to worship Him. Pray that we would keep the day holy and use it to grow spiritually.

Salvation

the salvation of our children and young people, those who worship with us but as yet have not professed faith, and our family members who don’t attend church.

Sanctification

that God would write His Word on our hearts, that we would grow in faith and love, and that we would be zealous for Christ.

Ministry

Give thanks that we are able to meet to worship God.
Give thanks for our new Let’s Worship God study in 2nd Corinthians. Pray for the United MET meeting on Tuesday. Pray that we would learn and grow in our faith through this study.
Pray for the Session meeting on Wednesday.
Pray that the book study on Thursday would be a help to us.
Pray for the ministries of the church: METs, Bible Class, Kids Club, Girls Group.
Pray for Jimmy who has Tours almost every day this week.
Pray for Jacob Alexander who will be joining the Stranraer GO Team on Saturday.

Congregation

Pray for the Hargreaves going to York during the week.
Give thanks that Stephen’s mum has come through surgery safely, and pray for her recovery.
Pray for those in the congregation dealing with serious health issues.

Presbytery

Glasgow – Pray for them as they observe the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Pray that this will be a blessing to them.
North Edinburgh – Pray for the growth of the congregation.
Stornoway – Pray for the growth of the congregation.
Stranraer – They have a GO Team coming on Saturday. Pray for all the work the Team will be doing. Pray that the team will be an encouragement to the congregation.
Brikama, The Gambia – Pray for the growth of the congregation.

Sister Churches

Ireland RPC – Pray for the Eastern Presbytery CY Weekend starting next Friday, and pray for Rev. Joey Dunlap as he speaks on Assurance.
Grace RPC, Seville, Spain – The owner of the gym where the minister works part time came to faith in Christ through his witness before dying of cancer at the start of August. Give thanks for her salvation, for the conversations about the Gospel that were had and that are ongoing with family, friends, and others who go to the gym. Give thanks that some are attending church services. Give thanks that they are now able to use the gym as the meeting place for their services. Give thanks that on the first weekend they met at the gym, they had 60 people there, 40 of whom were not believers. Pray for the ongoing conversations and for those who are grieving this woman’s death.

Nation

Pray that our nation would turn back to Christ and remember our covenants.
Pray for the Lord’s mercy upon our Parliament that they would seek to be obedient to God.
Pray for the conversion of the king and the royal family.
Pray for our local politicians: Kenneth Stevenson, MP and Neil Gray, MSP.
Pray for the establishment of Reformed Christian schools in Scotland.