A Legacy of Prayer
Share prayer requests and stay up to date on current prayer needs.
Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.
Psalm 32:6
In preparation for prayer, take a notebook and write down the people and things you would like to pray for as the Lord brings them to your mind. These questions may help you:
- What divine actions or attributes of God can we praise him for?
- What blessings can we thank God for?
- What insights and biblical teaching shall we thank God for?
- For what ministries will we pray for?
- What aspects of congregational life shall we pray about?
- For which other congregations shall we pray for?
- What concerns in our community, province, country, world shall we pray about?
- What personal concerns shall we bring to God?
- For which voiceless & powerless persons shall we pray?
See below for more prayer suggestions
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- Harvest
- Environmental concerns
- Natural disasters
- Seasonable weather
- Restoration
- War
- Injustice
- Hunger
- Disease
- Racial strife
- World governments
- International crisis
- International relief organizations
- Courts and judges
- National leaders
- Military personnel
- Lobbyists and advocates for justice and peace
- Local government
- Housing
- Racial strife
- Poverty
- Employment
- Schools
- Unity of the church
- Holiness of the church
- Missionaries and mission agencies
- Christian education: schools, colleges, seminaries
- The International Church of the Nazarene
- Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
- Rev. Mark Collins, National Director – Church of the Nazarene Canada
- Gordon McCann, District Superintendent – Canada Pacific District
- Pastors and staff
- Church board members: Bernie, Cheryl, Summer, Lisa, John A., Paul V., Ruth, MJ, Bruce, Rory, Sonjel
- Teachers, ministry leaders
- Children and youth
- Pre-teen Ministry
- Young Adult Ministry
- Seniors
- Committees and ministries
- Local AGM May 24th, 2025
- District Assembly June 26-28, 2025
- VBS August 11-15, 2025
- Kids Camp August 18-22, 2025
- Ministry to serve those new to Canada
- Foodbank Ministry
- Bridgeview Elementary School Staff/Students
- Unity in the congregation
- All members in their witness in the community
- Those who suffer with physical or mental illness, and those who care for them
- Those who suffer with addiction, and those who support them
- Those who are mourning
- Those who are imprisoned, and those who minister to them
- Those who are lonely
- Those who are homeless, and those who care for them
- Those whose needs cannot be spoken
- Those who are facing temptations
- Those who live as single persons
- Those who struggle with marital difficulties
- Those who celebrate the birth of a child
- Those who long for children
- Those who care for young children
- Those who are struggling with peer pressure
- Those who are trying to choose a college or career path
- Those who are unemployed or underemployed
- Those who struggle in their work
- Those who struggle with doubts
- Those who are persecuted for their faith
- Those who seek spiritual renewal
- Those with family members and friends who do not have faith
A PRAYING CHURCH
Remember your missionaries throughout the year in prayer. Many are often facing troubled times in the places in which they serve. They seek to be peacemakers and agents of transformation. They need your support through intercession.
The Prayer Mobilization Line (PML) is a weekly publication focusing on the prayer needs and praise reports for the global ministries of the Church of the Nazarene and our missionaries. It is available in English and Spanish.
Pray for our two local NCM ministries:
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Mission Possible (Vancouver - DT eastside) - Matt Smedley
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Compassionate Resource Warehouse (Victoria) - Dell Marie Wergeland
Pray With Global NCM
STREAMS OF MERCY
God, we know that 1 out of every 10 people in our world lacks access to safe water, and every 90 seconds a child dies from a water-related cause. In Sierra Leone, more than half of people living in rural areas do not have access to safe water. Nearly one out of every five children in Sierra Leone will die before his or her fifth birthday. Clean, safe water could prevent many of those deaths.
We thank You for the work of Your church to provide access to safe water in Sierra Leone and so many other countries around the world. Please continue to work through Your people to provide safe water for those who are thirsty in the name of the One who is Living Water.
Lord, this is our prayer.
PRAYERS FOR FREEDOM
God, we’ve recently learned that the Global Slavery Index estimates more than 45 million people are trapped in slavery today through forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Greed drives this evil enterprise that preys on girls, boys, women, and men who are vulnerable to human trafficking. We pray for the rescue and restoration of those enslaved.
Far too often, children are trafficked, many into the sex trade. May they be freed from their exploitation and experience new life and healing. We pray, too, for children who are vulnerable to trafficking—those in the foster care system, those who are abused, immigrants and refugees, and those living in crushing poverty. Please use us to minister to children and prevent exploitation.
Lord, this is our prayer.
ON THE MOVE
God, our hearts cry out for the 60 million individuals in our world who are displaced from their homes due to violence and persecution. As we learn about the situations of more than 1 million people displaced in Ukraine and more than 9.5 million who have fled from their homes in Syria, we yearn for the danger to end. We yearn for mercy and compassion. And we are thankful for the ways You are working through Your people to serve those who are on a desperate search for safety and stability.
In the busy days we fill up, it’s too easy to forget what is happening in other parts of our neighborhoods and our world. Help us to remember, and use us to show others Your love.
Lord, this is our prayer. Amen.
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Legacy Church