Prayers

The Collect for 5th Sunday of Easter

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray and give more than either we desire or deserve.  Pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which we are not worthy to ask save through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.
 

Prayers for this week:

Church

• Pray for our Archbishop Titus Chung as he leads the Diocese of Singapore and the deaneries. May he and the diocesan leaders receive wisdom to lead the synod meeting and preserve the unity in the church.
• Pray for the Diocesan Youth Board Prayer Night on 25 May that many young people from the various parishes will come together to intercede for the work amongst our youth.
• Continue to remember in prayer, the VOCARE retreat in July where members from our Anglican parishes who attend the retreat will discover their sense of purpose and mission that God is calling them to.

World

• Thank God for 90-day tariff relief between the US and China, and pray for continued deepening of discussions between Presidents Trump and Xi.
• We ask for the Lord’s continued intervention amongst warring nations for peace to prevail and hardened hearts softened so that conflicts will cease and peaceful normality restored amongst the peoples of India, Pakistan, Ukraine, Russia, Israel and Gaza.

Singapore

• Ask the Lord to grant our Prime Minister wisdom as he shuffles his cabinet after the recent General Election. We pray that God will help him place people in positions that leverage on their skills and abilities.

St Hilda’s Church

• Pray for God’s anointing on our Clergy, Lay Leaders, Pastoral and Administrative personnel as they work collaboratively to fulfill the plans the Lord has for our church.
• Ask the Lord to anoint the recently elected PCC members with clarity and insight as they accomplish the many plans the Lord has for St Hilda’s.
• Pray for the pre-believers who have been faithfully attending the Alpha course. Pray that they would respond to the Holy Spirit’s prompting to reach a decision to commit their lives to Christ.
• Lift up the coming Youth Camp and the organizing committee planning the various activities. We ask for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on our young people who will be attending the camp.
• Continue to pray for the organizing committee planning SHC’s first conference in August. We pray for members attending the conference to be edified listening to Ps Benny Ho and to be anointed and emboldened to share the good news with their friends and loved ones.
• Lift up those who suffer in body, mind, and spirit, the lonely and the bereaved. May they experience the comfort, healing, joy, and restoration that comes from our Sovereign God.