This Week's Prayer Theme:
25th. August 2019
Many visitors have come to our local area, during
the summer, from other parts of the UK, or from overseas.
Please pray;
- that we will be friendly and courteous to any
visitors we meet.
- that we will be a good Christian witness to
others, in words and actions.
- for potential students, and their families,
visiting Universities in this local areas.
"We are Christ's ambassadors, as though God
were making His appeal through us".
2 Corinthians 5; 20a.
This Week's Readings:
Matthew 25: 1-13 (NIV)
The Parable of the
Ten Virgins
1“At that time the
kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to
meet the bridegroom.
2Five of them were
foolish and five were wise.
3The foolish ones took
their lamps but did not take any oil with them.
4The wise ones,
however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.
5The bridegroom was a
long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6“At midnight the cry
rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7“Then all the virgins
woke up and trimmed their lamps.
8The foolish ones said
to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9“ ‘No,’ they replied,
‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil
and buy some for yourselves.’
10“But
while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The
virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door
was shut.
11“Later
the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12“But
he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13“Therefore
keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
At
the church we regularly pray for the needs of our local
community and its people, as well as the needs of the wider world. If
you have any particular prayer requests, please contact us. These
requests will
be handled confidentially.