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St Mary’s, Woodkirk  Lent Prayer Diary 2012   Reflect and Pray every day

22nd

February “My song is love unknown, my Saviour’s love to

me. Love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be.” 

Father, I thank you for the love you have shown me. I pray for

those whose lives are lived devoid of love, that something of your

love for them might be expressed through others. If I can be the

means of bringing your love into someone’s life, use me, Lord.

Amen. 23rd February Given something up for Lent? How is that helping

others? Why not give what you save, or make a conscious effort

to help somebody in some way each day through Lent.

24th February Fairtrade supports food producers abroad so they

get a fair price for their food and goods. Do I go that extra mile

to ensure I buy fairly traded goods?

25th February Lead kindly light, amid the encircling gloom

Dear Lord, we rely on you so much to bring us through each day,

each predicament, especially when all seems lost. And we look to

you with confidence to help us through it all.

26th

February Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, for

thee Lord, I want to dedicate the whole of my life to you and not

 just the parts I think I can spare. I pray to you please direct all my

thoughts and actions so that I shall come to know how I should

live my life to your praise and glory. Amen.

27th February I thank you for your selflessness, and that you will

instil this in me. Help us to give to you in mind, body and soul.

28th February “O who am I, that for my sake, My Lord should 

take frail flesh and die?”  Jesus, I don’t deserve the love you

have shown me, and I never can. Help me, this Lent, to absorb thewonder of your love for me afresh, and to respond with a deeper

love for you. Amen.

29th

February We pray for young families and that we find room

in hearts to make a place for them at St Mary’s.  

1st March Lord, you gave the ultimate sacrifice of your son for us.

Are we prepared to make sacrifices for the greater good? Are we

prepared to live our lives like Jesus?

2nd

March Don’t walk ahead of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk

behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me, and be my friend.

3rd March Thank you Lord for my life which you have enriched

with your love.

4th

March “He came from his blest throne salvation to bestow .

But men made strange, and none the longed-for Christ would know.”  Jesus, people still fail to recognise you today, just as they

did then. I pray for those who need to know your presence with

them in the traumas they face today, that their eyes may be

opened to your love. Amen. 

5th March Lord, I pray that I will be kind to others, help ones in

need, give up things which are not necessary and look after

friends and family when they are ill.

6th March Lord, when I am tempted to feel sorry for myself, help

me to see with fresh eyes the goodness which you have brought

into my life. Amen.

7th March How lovely on the mountains are the feet of Him

who brings good news. Dear Lord, we give you thanks for all the

wonder of nature, the mountains, the valleys, the birds, animals,

plants, trees and every little thing which makes our world such a

wonderful place to be in.

8th

March Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is

hatred in life, let me bring peace and love to others so that all

may go through life without pain.

9th March Anger is only one letter away from Danger. How is this

affecting countries across the world, and how can our ownactions affect people closer to home.

10th March Psalm 23 v 5 Even though I walk through the valley of 

the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for though art with me thy rod

and thy staff they comfort me. Lord help me to see that to

experience the highs of your mountains I need to experience the

desolation of the valleys. Reflect and pray for all those working to

support others who suffer; in the health service, counselling

services, bereavement support, hospices. What do we do to make

lives better for others?

11th March Be still for the presence of the Lord is moving in

this place. Lord, as we sing this hymn we know your spirit is with

us here. Please help us to be quiet and listen to what you have to

say to us now and when we are out in the world with its many

distractions.

12th March “Sometimes they strew his way, and his sweet 

 praises sing….  Then “Crucify” is all their breath.”  Forgive me,

Lord, for the times when my life is inconsistent with the praises I

sing in church. Help me to live each day – and this day – and an

offering of praise to you for what you have done for me. Amen.

13th March Dear Lord, let us think at this time of all our blessings

and to remember those who have little of material or emotional

things.

14th March I pray for those preparing for confirmation. As they

reflect upon the promises they will make, remind us of the

promises we have given in our lives to you. How are we doing?

15th

March I pray for all ill people to get better, especially those

suffering from cancer.

16th March Bind us together Lord, bind us together, with

cords that cannot be broken. Dear Lord, we know you love us as

individuals but also, we believe, as groups of similarly minded

people embracing the same ideals and aspirations; may we, as

members of this church and community, use our love, talents and

abilities to help those around us for the good of all. 

17th March I pray for all children, in all parts of the world. Help

them to know you more and plant seeds of your love that will

grow through their lives.

18th

March I thank you Jesus for my friends and family; our

parents, brothers, sisters, Grandma and Granddad. Help us to be

closer as a family.

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19th

March “Why, what hath my Lord done? What makes this

rage and spite? He made the lame to run and gave the blind 

their sight.”  Help me to recall afresh all the blessings you have

given me. The renewed energy, the fresh insight into your truth,

the purpose you have made possible for my life. Amen.  

20th March I pray for everyone we know to keep fit and healthy.

21st March “Every Saint has a past, every sinner has a future.”

Do you repent of your sins? Do you forgive others?

22nd March Pray for those in leadership positions. Help us to trust

their judgement, support them in difficult situations, and pray for

them regularly.

23rd March Tell out my soul the greatness of the Lord. Dear

Lord – you know we love and follow you. We ask that you will

give us the strength and knowledge to proclaim that love to

others in both words and actions so that they might willingly join

in worshipping you.

24th March Help us to give up worrying about the small things

and think more of those bigger problems which people face and

help to ease them. There are millions worse off than us in the

world, what can we do to help them? 25th March April I pray for all the people who pass through St

Mary’s each week. Help them to feel a part of our church, and

help us to welcome them as our nearest neighbour.

26th March “In life no house, no home, my Lord on earth

might have. In death no friendly tomb, but what a stranger 

 gave.”  Jesus, you have gone ahead to prepare a home for me.Yet you had no-where to lay your head. Take up your residence in

my heart and my home afresh this Lent. Help me always to make

space for you. Amen. 

27th

March Lord, help us to stand up for you. Be with us as we

move forwards and leave our comfort zones as this is the only

way we will improve as human beings.

28th

March I pray for those who are seeking forgiveness. Help

them to realise that your love and forgiveness in unending.

29th March Brother, sister, let me serve you. We know, dear

Lord, that to be true followers we have to offer our all as you did

for us. Encourage us to be generous with our time and talents – 

however great or small they are – and our belongings so that

others might be helped or comforted.

30th March Remember that there is nothing that can separate us

from your love. Bind us together Lord!

31st

March “When I survey the Wondrous cross on which the

Prince of Glory died” We thank you, Lord, for the great sacrifice

you made for us by dying on the cross. We know our sins will be

forgiven if we truly repent and we ask you to help us to keep free

from sin for your sake. Amen.

1st April Lord, your world is suffering under the damage we are

causing due to pollution. Am I doing the most I can to reduce the

amount of energy I use to respect what you have given us and

leave a clean legacy?

2nd

April “Here might I stay and sing no story so divine, Never 

was love, dear King, never was grief like thine.”  Jesus, your

profound love led to profound grief and pain. My love too often

shies from pain, and so remains shallow and weak. Help me to

bear the pains I see around me and so learn to love more deeply.

Amen. 

3rd April Matthew 3 v 3. John was the man the prophet Isaiah was

talking about when he said, “someone is shouting in the desert,

prepare a road for the Lord; make a straight path for him totravel!” Father help us to create paths that will lead others to you,

and may people still be walking these paths after we have gone.

4th

April Be with all those who worship the false gods of our age.

Help them to see that Jesus’ way of life is the true way to

everlasting happiness.

5th April What a friend we have in Jesus. Dear Lord, we

sometimes forget that we can ask you for guidance, help and,

most importantly, forgiveness for all the stupid and tactless

things we say and do. Remind us, Lord, that your patience is

endless, your example enduring and your help invaluable. Help us

to strive to be the same to those around us.

6th April All righteous people will rejoice because of what the

Lord has done. They will find safety in him. All good people will

praise him. Father we pray that we will never forget what youhave done for us in the past, help us to hold that vision for the

future and never lose sight of you.

7th

April Lord, help my reflections continue through Holy Week.

Help us all at St Mary’s to be together and remember the sacrifice

you made for us, and listen to the words in teaching, prayers and

hymns. Amen.

Services during Holy Week:

Sunday 1st April – 8am Holy Communion

(said), 10.30am Palm Sunday Communion

(& JAM Club)

Mon 2nd

and 3rd

April – 7.00pm Compline

(short reflective service)

Wed 4th April – 10.00am Holy Communion

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Thu 5th April – 7.00pm Passover Meal

Fri 6th April – 12-3pm – At the foot of the Cross

Sat 7th April – 8.30pm Easter Eve reflective service

Sun 8th April 10.30am All-Age Easter Service, 12 noon Easter Holy

Communion

Reflections and prayers provided by worshippers

of all ages at St Mary’s Church, Woodkirk.