Week of prayer session 6…
God’s heart for the poor and the disadvantaged and the marginalised is unquestionnable. We as a church do our best to reflect that heart, and this session of prayer was a ‘humdinger’ as we cried out to God for righteousness, peace and joy for people in our city trapped in poverty!
We specifically prayed for a couple of initiatives we facilitate as a church. Firstly, “The Well” – an initiative started by Alison Stunt, where new mums or mums to be can come and find some listening ears of encouragement as they struggle with their pregnancy or post-natal depression. There was a massive sense of God’s compassion for these women, and a number of specific words and pictures to encourage us to expect even more of God’s compassion to be shown as more ladies are referred to the team. Alison made sure all the prophetic words were written down – so I’d encourage you to seek her out to find out what they were!
Then secondly, we prayed for ‘The Bridge’ – our addictions recovery centre based in Moseley. We thanked God for recent clear evidence of lives being radically changed, and of course prayed for a continuation and acceleration of such good news! But in the light of this, we also prayed for both The Bridge, and other charitable organisations in Birmingham, who have recently learned of such massive funding cuts, that the continued existence of these excellent care ministries could be seriously jeopardized. We asked God to provide both what was needed to carry on…and more!…to see further expansion of care for those struggling in our city. Faith was very high that God would give generously all that is needed…because that’s what he does!
