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Lenten Resources 2022

3/3/2022

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Living in the age we do, we are fortunate to have access to many resources to help us on our faith journey.
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Infinitum Lent Journey
Infinitum is a way of life centred on following Jesus by loving God and loving others through an emphasis on the habits and disciplines of surrender, generosity, and mission. We aim to see the Bible and also the world through these Jesus-colored lenses. Each week’s plan will include a focus on a traditional Lenten Biblical text using Infinitum tools and lenses to enhance our experience.
https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/30167-infinitum-lent-journey

Some other prayer resources available:

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Pray As You Go is a daily prayer session, designed to go with you wherever you go, to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst travelling to and from work, study, etc.

A new prayer session is produced every day of the working week and one session for the weekend. It is not a 'Thought for the Day', a sermon or a bible-study, but rather a framework for your own prayer.
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Lasting between ten and thirteen minutes, it combines music, scripture and some questions for reflection.
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Join thousands of Christians by listening to - and making your own - this simple and increasingly popular pattern of prayer and Bible reading from the Church of England.

Time to Pray: Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer from the Church of England provides a pattern of prayer and daily Bible reading that is simple yet profound. It will help you to create and enjoy a regular time with God during your day – whatever your lifestyle.

Straightforward and flexible, Time to Pray draws you into a centuries-old tradition of prayer that continues to be shared across the world today.

Many people choose to take time in the day for a daily Quiet Time, for reading the Bible and for praying. Time to Pray helps you to do this with the Church of England's Prayer During the Day, a short, simple service of prayers, psalms and readings that can be done at any time of day. The app presents everything you need to carry out Prayer During the Day, with variations according to the day of the week and the season of the Church’s year.
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Reminder about Prayer Meeting Tomorrow!

22/6/2021

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Marlborough Anglican Deanery Prayer Meeting

4/4/2020

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Sunday 5th April
7pm


To Join Zoom Prayer Meeting - Just click this link:
https://zoom.us/j/430579292

Invitation to all Anglicans in the Marlborough Deanery:

On Sunday evening at 7pm we are going to attempt a Marlborough wide Zoom prayer meeting and we would love for you to attend if you are able.  This is an opportunity to gather together during this time of isolation and lockdown to pray for each other and our communities.  I anticipate a 45minute prayer time broken into 3-4 sections, each beginning with a short word of encouragement and direction. 

Zoom is an online communications application very similar to Skype, and allows people to connect through their computer, tablet or smart phone to a group video meeting. 

Ideally you will need a device with a camera and microphone, however, if you don't have a camera we just see your name, not you. 

If you have a microphone you can talk and prayer with us.  If you don't have a microphone, you can still join the Zoom call and listen in.  There is also a text chat function that you can use.

How do I join?

Join Zoom Meeting - Just click this link on Sunday night:
https://zoom.us/j/430579292

Or enter this Meeting ID from your Zoom application: 430 579 292

Some tips for using Zoom

  • You can use the above link at any time to check if your device is working on Zoom - check with plenty of time before the meeting.
  • When you are connecting a pop-up box appears asking you to 'Join with Audio', this box also has the option of testing your speaker and microphone.
  • Zoom automatically focuses on the person speaking - if more than one person speaks at once Zoom doesn't know which audio to prioritise and will often cancel one or both.
  • Remember you have a 'Mute' button, it helps everyone if you mute yourself when not talking.  Computer microphones pick up background noises and Zoom will think you are talking.
  • Don't forget the chat feature - you can talk to someone with this feature if another conversation is taking place.

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Nelson Anglican Diocese Prayer and Fasting Week

2/4/2020

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Nelson Diocese Holy Week
Prayer & Fasting Calendar

Sunday 5th April to Saturday 11th April

Theme: Growth

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF PRAYER AND FASTING DURING HOLY WEEK

Fasting remains one of the most challenging but spiritually rewarding Christian disciplines. Over Holy Week let us join together in prayer and fast as a diocese every day from 6am to 6pm. Our prayers will focus on our personal lives, our diocese, parishes, communities and our country.

HOW TO FAST
Fasting is a central part of Lent. Traditionally it includes reducing our food intake. We fast to allow our physical hunger to remind us of our spiritual hunger – our longing and desire for God. The purpose of this time is to turn our attention to both God and others in prayer.
  • Decide therefore whether you would like to fast from food or something else that will help you connect with your hunger for God.
  • Determine to set aside a time for prayer and read scripture. Your prayer time could be early in the morning, at lunchtime or in the evening.
  • Alternatively, you may want to pray together with your church community or friend/s at a specific time and place or with your family and spend time in prayer before family mealtimes.
  • If you are fasting a meal (or two meals) be aware of the weakness, tiredness or irritability that one may feel. Turn that to pray and keep hydrated. Lighten your workload if possible.
  • Please consult your doctor to ensure it is safe to fast. Fast as you can, not as you can’t.

Over these seven days of Holy Week, please also think through how you might be a blessing to others since acts of mercy and kindness towards the poor are an important part of fasting.
Some suggestions include:
  • If you are abstaining from food, then give the food, or the cost of your meals to the needy.
  • If you are fasting watching TV or Netflix, gift that time to a friend and pray with them.
  • If fasting from chocolate, buy it as a gift for someone else . Be as creative in how you bless others as God leads you.
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from the Autumn Witness 2020
Fasting... not generally a popular discipline, and one that we often tend to skip nimbly over; preferring to focus on more agreeable things like Bible reading, worshipping through song, giving to the needy or the many forms of prayer.

All of these are, of course, vital and are key to abiding in Jesus, but over the last 12 months or so, we have discovered that fasting brings both a new level of blessing and battle, as we partake in it intentionally, both individually and as a body.

Fasting is voluntarily abstaining from food for spiritual purposes. It is one way that God himself set up for his people to humble themselves before him. In the old testament it was common to call a fast, to set aside time to seek him in new and desperate ways – think the Ninevites, Esther, or Jehosophat. It’s also something that Jesus did, and his disciples continued, as they sought God for new power, and for wisdom.

Yet we often imagine its reserved for the super spiritual amongst us. At Cobden-Runanga we’ve discovered it is together ordinary and extraordinary, needs no special equipment, and (unless you’re medically compromised) is do-able by everyday disciples.

Aware of some intensely challenging situations in the pastoral life of our parish, the Lord introduced us to corporate fasting as a body of believers. The message ‘we need to fast’ came concurrently to a number on the leadership team, while working through the story of Esther. And so it came to pass.

Now a recurrent happening three-monthly, we set aside a 24-hour period aligned to the Sabbath, to seek the Lord simultaneously about the issues he sets before us. A prayer guide is provided as a starter and partakers pause at the top of each waking hour from 6pm Friday to 6pm Saturday, when we gather for praise, sharing, and the best communal meal ever!

We’ve found it joyful, painful and sometimes just plain hard work. We have rejoiced together in answered prayer (in healing, provision and restoration of relationship) and agonised together as we wrestle for our prodigals. We’ve had new direction and insight yet have shared tears over the brokenness uncovered in our lives and in those we love.

Our top tips, included in our prayer guide, are these:
Remember what it’s all about and keep the main thing the main thing.
  • Have a light but protein and - fibre rich meal before you start.
  • Drink lots of water – it helps keep headaches at bay, and your brain from shrinking!
  • Set an alarm to remind you to pray – it’ll help with distractions.
  • Use your hunger pangs as a prompt to pray.
  • Use the prayer guide, but don’t be enslaved by it – go with Holy Spirit tangents.
  • Expect physical and spiritual opposition – keep your desire for God the main focus.
  • If you start to feel awful, try some sweetened herbal tea.
  • If you feel horrendous, eat.
  • Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t make the full time. Whatever you manage is awesome!
We are no experts; mere learners. While we have seen some breakthroughs, perhaps more importantly, the fasts have changed us. Made us more available, more willing, more aligned, and more aware of the incredible privilege of partnering with him in this way, and getting hungry for God.
Rachelle Hunt – Cobden-Runanga Parish
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Prophetic Intercessory Prayer Recess

4/2/2020

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Prayer and Fasting Day - Wednesday 24th July

16/7/2019

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On Wednesday 24 July 2019, Nativity Church are holding a prayer and fasting day:
  • For the appointment of new ministry leadership - the Vicar
  • For life and culture of our church community at Nativity
  • For renewal of faith and ministry
We would really appreciate as many members as are able to join with us.

Information on how to fast is contained in the .pdf linked below.
Fasting for Beginners - July 2019
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