Weekly Prayer List

Thursday 30th October 2025

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Col 4.2-3


VALUE 1 - Jesus comes first (our commitment to Jesus is paramount)

Connect Ministries: CRI Classes, 321 Speak Life Course

  • We pray for the power of Jesus’ message and the beauty of Jesus’ community to transform lives across this region.

  • We recognise that this prayer has to start with us. As people trusting Jesus, help us to become increasingly like Jesus. May we become more Christlike so that we shine distinctively before those around us. May the winsomeness of our lives, the love of our actions and the beauty of our church communities draw others to Jesus.

321 Speak Life Course

  • Pray for the upcoming 321 Speak Life course, that it would be a blessing to all who attend. May they find answers to life’s big questions in Jesus. May they come away with a growing understanding of who Jesus is and how he transforms lives.

CRI

  • Thank you for our CRI instructors who faithfully teach students about Jesus every week in schools throughout the region. Pray that the good news of Jesus would be sown in many young hearts and that whole families would be transformed through the CRI ministry. Please also raise up others to serve in this valuable ministry. 

Ipswich Assist: reStore, Emergency Relief, reStore Church

  • Pray for our clients in the upcoming Christmas/New Year season, for many it’s a hard season of poverty, isolation and sadness with lost or estranged family members.

  • Pray that our Christmas drive this year would be efficient but also really bless those who need it most, and that we’d have the discernment to know who God is calling us to move towards.

  • Pray for our team who have worked so hard this year to give back to the community, that they will stay energised for the last stretch, and have a really good break to recharge over the holidays.

  • Praise God that he’s got more plans in store for us in 2026 and that he’d supply all the wisdom we need to plan well and that those plans give the glory back to Him.

Roans working as Missionaries in Asia 

Praise God for:

  • Great language teachers currently for Luke.

  • Boaz loving being back in country, and the blessing that is to Luke & Sam. 

  • The feeling that it is right for them to be in that country (felt strongly in their first week of returning, what a blessing!)

 Pray for:

  • Challenges for Sam to get language lessons in currently.

  • Decision making regarding next steps (where in the country to move after completing language).  

  • Discipline, organisation, courage and humility as they attempt to finish Level 3 of language by Christmas.

  • Also pray for the challenges of power outages and the impact that has on emotions and the pressure to learn language. 


Specific community prayer points

(For the sake of time, the expectation is that the corporate prayer person just prays for the community they are praying in). 


Ipswich AM Community

  • Pray for Paul Lines who is recovering from an argument with his ride on mower.  Give thanks that the surgery on his foot went well and pray that the would will heal so Paul can bear weight and go home. 

  • Pray for Val Kearton who has been admitted to hospital at St Andrews.  Val is very weak and things aren’t looking great.  

  • Please pray for Beris and Jim Smith as they both desire to draw closer to God when things are tougher then expected.  Please join us in praising God for the good progress and reports Beris is having in her cancer treatments.  We ask God to please continue to support Jim with his eye troubles.

  • Give thanks for the safe arrival of Narelle Moir’s baby son TJ born on 21 October.  

  • Barry Davis, who is having hip surgery

Ipswich PM Community

  • Please pray for our year 12 students who are sitting their external exams in the next two weeks.  Pray they will be comforted by their identity in Christ and will study well to glorify God in the work that they do.  Pray for those who are seeking a different path than traditional study as they follow Christ and his leading for their life.  

  • Please pray for members of our community and city who had damage from the storm. Pray this storm season will not cause too much damage.  

  • Please continue to pray for the members of our church dealing with long term health issues in particular cancer and mental health concerns. 

Bellbird Park  Community.  

  • Pray for recovery of health for those in our church community who have been suffering with sickness of late - for Kaitlin Latimer, Ron Hart, Jacqui Power and others known to us. We particularly pray for Amanda Nduati in hospital after her recent ankle fracture. May she recover quickly and find her peace in you during this stressful time. We ask that you would watch over the family in her absence. Please encourage and equip those who are caring for Amanda and the family at this time. 

  • Pray that you would guide and provide for Amanda Nduati as she looks for a house that is suitable for their family needs.

  • For guidance for Josh as he looks for a new job and a fresh challenge. 

  • Pray for our next Gen kids and leaders especially the year 6 kids who have just joined ignite. We thank God for the encouragement to us. 

Plainland Community

  • Pray for the upcoming evangelistic series, and for the role we can play in God’s work by holding out the message of the gospel faithfully and winsomely in our community.

  • Pray for God to provide a venue for us to meet better suited to our size and mission.

Other (including World Issues):

  • Pray for the What’s Your Take on Jesus series this term. Pray that God would use this series to work in us and through us so that many people would put their faith in Jesus.