The Northern Prayer House: Prayers for Burnley

Friday, 7 October 2016

Prayers for Burnley

Prayers from Burnley

1. God of Love, help us as your people, to show your love in practical ways to those in need, particularly those who are trapped in the web of poverty, give them hope . In Jesus`s name . Amen.

2. Lord Jesus, you came into the world to bring freedom, may all who are trapped in poverty and hunger know that freedom. You came to bring justice, may all find justice. You came to be love , may we give love to all we meet, by caring for them in their need. In Jesus`s name . Amen

3. Gracious God, may we serve those who are suffering poverty, help us to feed, clothe, shelter those who have nothing. Help us in our serving to treat them with respect and as equals in the sight of God, and not to look the other way or cross over the other side of the road . In Jesus`s name . Amen

Love and blessings

Bea Foster

Together Lancashire Trustee and Burnley Methodist Circuit

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What it's all about

The Northern Prayerhouse –handing on a basket full of prayers from area to area across the North of England.

Together Lancashire invites faith groups across the North of England to take part in series of prayer events and activities with a focus on tackling poverty and deprivation.

The North of England has a long history of being a House of Prayer. From the Celtic saints of Northumbria, the great abbeys, the Cathedrals and Minsters, the early, dissenters and Quakers, the Methodist revival in the midst of the industrial revolution, there has been a deep spiritual longing to transform the world as it is into the world as it ought to be.

Christian organisations and networks are addressing challenges of poverty. As austerity measures continue to bite, faith groups continue to respond, ever more stretched through lack of resources, and burdened by the higher expectations from the public sector that we can pick up the pieces.

We wish to recognise the hard work, the pressures being faced by those who care and those we care for, and the resilience and expertise of people in local communities who are at the sharp end. At the same time, we wish to highlight areas of injustice and to appeal to decision makers and to God for change.

Each area will offer prayers from your neighbour as well as your own. Your prayers will be easily transferred via an electronic ‘basket’ to a neighbouring area; there is scope for those who would like to be “pilgrim heralds/angels/messengers” to make journeys to neighbouring centres in person in the real world.