Weekly Prayer List

Thursday 5 June 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

Let’s pray for…

VALUE 5 - God’s people are His plan (the church matters to God so it matters to us)

Nic Crook & OMF

  • Please pray for Nic as he is travelling a lot at the moment.  Pray he stays well and clear of the seasonal sicknesses, for good connections with those thinking about mission work.  Pray that God would be at work in young people in particular across Queensland, giving them a heart for the lost and the knowledge of the practical steps they can take towards serving in mission.  Give thanks for Nic’s part in our Global Mission Support Team. 

Persecuted Church Worldwide

  • Please pray for the Christians in Eritrea.  

  • The government only recognises the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Catholic, and Lutheran Churches, and Islam. Converts from Islam or Orthodoxy to Protestantism risk severe mistreatment from their families and communities.

  • Daily life is heavily monitored, with phone calls and internet usage under constant scrutiny. Christians, especially those not recognised by the state, suffer the most.  Extreme pressure, state-sanctioned violence, and conscription are forcing some Christians to flee the country. 

  • Conscription pushes young Christians—male and female—into indefinite military service without the right to conscientious objection.

School Chaplains:

  • Please pray for Thomas McPherson (BBC School Chaplain), Megan Harris (training chaplains with SU) and Jaida Perry-Gill (Indooroopilly State School & Ipswich High) as we move towards the last part of term 2.  Pray they would be strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that they may have great endurance and patience in their challenging and rewarding task.  

Specific community prayer points

Ipswich AM Community

  • Pray for Val Kearton who is in St Andrews with cracked vertebrae in her lower spine.  

  • Continue to pray for Beris Smith who has had further scans and is undergoing treatment for cancer which is spreading.  

  • Pray for the Dean family with the discovery of tumours in Geoff’s bowel and stomach.  Pray for wisdom in relation to treatment, and for strength in particular for Lorraine at this time.

Ipswich PM Community

  • Pray for the Uni and School students who have end of semester exams and assessments coming up.

Bellbird Park  Community.  

  • Thanks for positive progress for Kaitlin Latimer who is struggling with health issues at present. Praise God that she is now back home. Pray for strength and focus as she juggles work and completing studies. 

  • Pray the provision of paid work for Paul .

Plainland Community

  • Pray for God’s ongoing provision of a place for us to gather on Sunday, and for a good relationship with the school. Give thanks for God’s faithfulness thus far, and pray for our growth in faith and dependance on God’s provision.

Other (including World Issues):

  • Pray for the PCQ State Assembly meetings happening later this month.

  • Pray for our Plainland community as they are relocating to a different part of the School campus  from this Sunday.  Pray for Oliver, Taylah and the team as they work through the logistics of the new situation.