- 1 - YBA PRAYER DIARY 2013 Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen Welcome to the YBA Prayer Diary for 2013
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YBA PRAYER DIARY
2013
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
Welcome to the YBA Prayer Diary for 2013
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The YBA team hopes that this diary will enable us to focus our prayers for one another over the coming year.
• Each month comprises a single page list of YBA churches, named alphabetically, with a specific Sunday allocated for prayer for each church.
• Please include the named church in your prayers on the date suggested. If you would like some specific prayer points, then please contact someone at the church for up to date information. Contact details for each church can be found in the current YBA directory or through the YBA website at www.yba.org.uk/churches/
• In addition to this diary, prayer emails are sent out regularly from the office to all ministers and church secretaries. These include specific prayer news which has been brought to our attention and we have been asked to share.
We would welcome any feedback or comments as you use the diary during 2013
Some quotes about prayer . . .
“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees" - Corrie Ten Boom.
"Satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian on his knees"
- William Cowper.
"True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length"
- C. H. Spurgeon.
Some words on prayer from the Bible . . .
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
(Philippians 4 v 6-7)
“Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the
prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to
one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” (James 5 v 14-16)
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January
Date Church Area
6th Acomb Baptist Church, York Eastern
Albemarle Baptist Church, Scarborough Eastern
13th Barnoldswick Baptist Church Craven
Barnoldswick IM Church Craven
Barnsley Baptist Church (Sheffield Road) South Yorkshire
20th Beauchief Baptist Church, Sheffield South Yorkshire
Beeston Hill United Free Church Leeds
Bentley Baptist Church South Yorkshire
27th Berean Baptist Temple, Sheffield South Yorkshire
Bethel Baptist Church (Sandy Lane) Bradford
Beverley Baptist Church Eastern
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February
Date Church Area
3rd Bingley Baptist Church Bradford
Bingley IM Church Bradford
Blackley Baptist Church Huddersfield
10th Blenheim Baptist Church Leeds
Bolster Moor Baptist Church Huddersfield
17th Boulevard Baptist Church, Hull Eastern
Bramley Baptist Church Leeds
24th Bridlington Baptist Church Eastern
Buttershaw Baptist Church Bradford
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March
Date Church Area
3rd Cemetery Road Baptist Church, Sheffield South Yorkshire
Chapel Allerton Baptist Church Leeds
church4u, Pickering Eastern
10th Clayton Baptist Church Bradford
Conisbrough Baptist Church South Yorkshire
17th Cottingham Road Baptist Church Eastern
Cowling Hill Baptist Church Craven
24th Dalton Baptist Church Huddersfield
Darnall Road Baptist Church, Sheffield South Yorkshire
31st EASTER DAY – WE CELEBRATE THAT CHRIST DIED AND
IS RISEN. MAY FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE IN CHRIST BE
SHARED THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES
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April
Date Church Area
7th Dayspring Church, Garforth Leeds
Denholme Edge Shared Church Bradford
14th Dewsbury Baptist Church Leeds
Dewsbury IM Church Leeds
21st Doncaster Baptist Church South Yorkshire
Dronfield Baptist Church South Yorkshire
28th Ebenezer Baptist Church, Scarborough Eastern
Emmanuel Church, Sheffield South Yorkshire
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May
Date Church Area
5th Farsley Community Church Leeds
Focus Service: Sheffield Church South Yorkshire
Gildersome Baptist Church Leeds
12th Golcar Baptist Church Huddersfield
Guiseley Baptist Church Bradford
19th Harehills Lane Baptist Church Leeds
Harrogate Baptist Church Leeds
Today, as we celebrate Pentecost, let us reflect on the scripture from Acts 2 v 1-4 (NIV) about the coming of the Holy Spirit:
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent
wind came from Heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in
other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”
26th Heaton Baptist Church Bradford
Hillsborough Baptist Church South Yorkshire
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June
Date Church Area
2nd Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Halifax &
Calder Valley
Hunslet Baptist Church Leeds
9th Idle Baptist Church Bradford
Ilkley Baptist Church Craven
16th Karen Baptist Church, Sheffield South Yorkshire
Kippax Christian Fellowship Leeds
23rd Laisterdyke Trinity Church Bradford
Lee Mount Baptist Church Halifax & Calder Valley
30th Lister Hill Baptist Church, Horsforth Leeds
Little Lane Church Bradford
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July
Date Church Area
7th Lockwood Baptist Church Huddersfield
Longley & Lowerhouses Community Church Huddersfield
14th Maltby Baptist Church South Yorkshire
Malton Baptist Church Eastern
21st Meanwood Valley Baptist Church Leeds
Meltham Baptist Church Huddersfield
28th Mexborough Baptist Church South Yorkshire
Middleton Park Baptist Church Leeds
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August
Date Church Area
4th Milnsbridge Baptist Church Huddersfield
Moortown Baptist Church Leeds
11th Mount Zion Baptist Church, Earby Craven
New North Road Baptist Church Huddersfield
18th Normanton Baptist Church Leeds
Oakes Baptist Church Huddersfield
25th Pellon Baptist Church Halifax & Calder Valley
