Just Pray

This page holds something of what we can pray for, some prayers of others that can stretch our own prayer language and some resources to help fuel how we can talk with God.

Pray for/pray with

As Karl Barth insisted that ‘theology should be done with the Scriptures in one hand and the newspaper in the other’, we too should pray with our ears and eyes open to the news:

Daily News Links
The Salvation Army’s compilation of the latest news stories on how New Zealanders are faring in accessing the nation’s cultural, political and economic resources and avoiding the social hazards.
> Go to this page

Prayers of others

New prayers are added regularly, so make sure you check back often.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Prayer for Peace and Justice

Increase, O God, the spirit of neighborliness among all who dwell on earth, that in peril we may uphold one another, in suffering tend one another, and in loneliness befriend one another.

Grant us brave and enduring hearts that we may be strengthened, until the strife of these days be ended and you give peace in our time; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

> Download our ‘Prayer Archive’ as of 19 November 2009 (PDF, 40KB)

Prayerful resources

Embody
Embody aims to help you live life to the full and find the occasional “Aha!” moment.
> Visit this site

24-7/ Prayer
24-7 has become a worldwide, non-stop prayer movement. Participating groups pledge to pray 24  hours a day for a week or more in a dedicated prayer room.
> Visit this site