St John's Beecroft Blog

A Prayer to Begin Father, please help me to know your love and see your glory – through Jesus, by your Spirit. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,21 that all of them may be one, Father, […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, thank you that I can pray to you. Show me how. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name,10 your kingdom come,your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us today our daily bread.12 And forgive […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, teach me today what it looks like to bring my whole lives before you in prayer. Amen. James 5:13-16 3 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, help me to see what your priorities for me and my brothers and sisters are today. Amen. 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, show me again your heart, and fill my own heart with a love for your word. Amen Romans 5:6-11 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, help me pay attention to your words about the cross today and receive them as a balm for my soul. Amen Colossians 2:13-15 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, as I drink from your living waters today, satisfy me and change me from within. Amen Isaiah 55:1-7 (NIVUK) ‘Come, all you who are thirsty,    come to the waters;and you who have no money,    come, buy and eat!Come, buy wine and milk    without money and without cost.2 Why spend money on what is not […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, as I open your word, quieten my heart to hear your voice, and soften it to respond. Hosea 11:1-11 (NIVUK) 11 ‘When Israel was a child, I loved him,and out of Egypt I called my son.2 But the more they were called,the more they went away from me.They sacrificed to […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, as you revealed your Glory to Moses, may I see more of your Glory today in your Son, in whom I have experienced your compassion. Amen John 6:25-35 (NIVUK) 18 Then Moses said, ‘Now show me your glory.’ 19 And the Lord said, ‘I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of […]

A Prayer to Begin Father, please may you feed me with your word today. Amen John 6:25-35 (NIVUK) 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, ‘Rabbi, when did you get here?’26 Jesus answered, ‘Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I […]