Tag: Prayer for Today

Tuesday 11th February 2025

“Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” 25 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. 26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.” 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.” Exodus 15:22-27 NLT

Lord God,

I think they are now only three days into their journey and they are devastated that everything is not just right for them. Bitter (salty) water?! Nothing worse when You are thirsty. So they grumbled. They did not seek You first and blamed Moses.

There are those who choose to spend their lives only seeing problems and there are those who are prepared to look for answers. Your people had seen what You could do – and yet they did not seek Moses, Aaron or You for a solution. They just grumbled.

Moses reassures them like a Father to children. If You follow God’s commands and do what is right, God will give You good health. What a promise and when we read ahead we see that You do exactly that. The only ones who die in the wilderness are those who rebel purposely.

You do not promise us a trouble free life but You do promise us a full life in You. And life that goes beyond even death itself. Elim must have looked like heaven to the grumbling masses! Heaven will be even more than we can imagine. Help us not to grumble but to ask when we need. We have Your promise that You, God are able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to Your power that is at work within us.

In Jesus name we pray.

Worship Tuesday 11th February 2025

Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?
Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown;
will you let my name be known;
will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?

Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name?
Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same?
Will you risk the hostile stare
should your life attract or scare?
Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me?

Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name?
Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean, and do such as this unseen,
and admit to what I mean in you and you in me?

Will you love the “you” you hide if I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same?
Will you use the faith you’ve found
to reshape the world around,
through my sight and touch and sound
in you and you in me?

Lord, your summons echoes true
when you but call my name.
Let me turn and follow you and never be the same.
In your company I’ll go
where your love and footsteps show.
Thus I’ll move and live and grow in you and you in me

Lyrics: John L Bell.

Monday 10th February 2025

“When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and charioteers rushed into the sea, the Lord brought the water crashing down on them. But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground! 20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced. 21 And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.”” Exodus 15:19-21

“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.2 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him—my father’s God, and I will exalt him!” Exodus 15:1,2 NLT

Lord of our deliverance,

Whether the Red Sea was shallow, deep, sinking sand or liable to flooding . . . the Israelites all walked across safely and the Egyptians along with their horses and chariots perished. I am glad miracles cannot always be fully explained. But I have learned that they give opportunity to give all the glory to You, God. Moses took none for himself. The people took none. It was not their faith or obedience. They had not earned it or been super good . . . they were delivered because of Your love, grace and faithfulness.

A good place to start this week. Singing because You have triumphed gloriously and my sin and death has been removed by Jesus. Thrown into the sea of Your forgiveness. I can stand on the rock and walk on solid ground. And I can expect miracles to happen along the way and then give all the glory to You. Taking none for myself as I have done nothing to deserve it. O how You love us and I will sing unto You, for You have triumphed gloriously the horse and the rider hurled into the sea.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Monday 10th February 2025
I love this lively version of Miriam’s song. Give it a try?

I will sing unto the LORD,
for he has triumphed gloriously,
the horse and rider thrown into the sea.
I will sing unto the LORD,
for he has triumphed gloriously,
the horse and rider thrown into the sea.

The LORD, my God, my strength and song,
has now become my victory.
The LORD, my God, my strength and song,
has now become my victory.

The LORD is God, and I will praise him,
My Father is God, and I will exalt him.
The LORD is God, and I will praise him,
My Father is God, and I will exalt him.

Repeat all . . .

Sunday 9th February 2025

“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! 16Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground. 17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will charge in after the Israelites. My great glory will be displayed through Pharaoh and his troops, his chariots, and his charioteers. 18 When my glory is displayed through them, all Egypt will see my glory and know that I am the Lord!”

19 Then the angel of God, who had been leading the people of Israel, moved to the rear of the camp. The pillar of cloud also moved from the front and stood behind them. 20 The cloud settled between the Egyptian and Israelite camps. As darkness fell, the cloud turned to fire, lighting up the night. But the Egyptians and Israelites did not approach each other all night.” Exodus 14:15-20 NLT

Lrd God, My Father,

A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. In the front to guide and lead and in the rear to protect and separate form approaching evil. The times I would have liked to see physical evidence of your leading or protection of threatening trouble. But then we have You, Holy Spirit to bring us Your presence and comfort. They could not know You personally or even know Your nature as we do in Jesus. Jesus, the visible image of You, God (Colossians 1:15).

You have always sought to lead Your people, even when they did not want to listen! And never gave up on them even when they wandered and sinned. And then You sent the Good Shepherd, Jesus. You showed that You both lead us together as a body of believers (Ephesians 4:4) and as individuals with different callings and gifts (Romans 12:6-8)..

Today as it is Sunday and a day to worship we pray for our church and the church worldwide in all its shapes, colours, traditions and worship. Wherever Jesus is Lord. Lead Your church into the future, come what may, heal it and protect it from falling within and without. And take care of each individual sheep.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Sunday 9th February 2025


The church’s one Foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord;
she is His new creation,
by water and the Word;
from heav’n He came and sought her
to be His holy bride;
with His own blood He bought her,
and for her life He died.

Elect from ev’ry nation,
yet one o’er all the earth,
her charter of salvation,
one Lord, one faith, one birth;
one holy Name she blesses,
partakes one holy food,
and to one hope she presses,
with ev’ry grace endued.

Tho’ with a scornful wonder,
men see her sore oppressed,
by schisms rent asunder,
by heresies distressed,
yet saints their watch are keeping,
their cry goes up, “How long?”
And soon the night of weeping
shall be the morn of song.

‘Mid toil and tribulation,
and tumult of her war,
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore;
till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blest,
and the great church victorious
shall be the church at rest.

Yet she on earth hath union
with God the Three in One,
and mystic sweet communion
with those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we,
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with Thee.

Lyrics: Samuel John Stone

This hymn was written as a direct response to the schism within the Church of South Africa caused by John William Colenso, first Bishop of Natal. The bishop was deposed for his teachings, and appealed to the ecclesiastical authorities in England where Samuel Stone became involved in the debate. It inspired Samuel to write a set of hymns titled Lyra Fidelium; Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle’s Creed (1866).He alluded to the controversy in the third verse, “Though with a scornful wonder men see her sore oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed . . . ” The church survived and grew . . .