{"id":19341,"date":"2026-05-16T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=19341"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:36:55","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-saturday-16th-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/prayer-for-the-week-saturday-16th-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week &#8211; Saturday 16th May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prayer for the Week \u2014 Empowerment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scot3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19342\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scot3-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scot3-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scot3-1024x978.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scot3-768x733.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scot3.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>God of Resurrection Light,<\/p>\n<p>who breathes courage into weary hearts<\/p>\n<p>and stirs new strength where we thought there was none,<\/p>\n<p>shine on us today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Empower us with the quiet boldness of your Spirit \u2014<\/p>\n<p>not the loud confidence the world demands,<\/p>\n<p>but the steady assurance that we are held,<\/p>\n<p>called, and gifted for your purposes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Where we doubt ourselves,<\/p>\n<p>speak your truth of who we are.<\/p>\n<p>Where we shrink back,<\/p>\n<p>stretch our imaginations toward what is possible.<\/p>\n<p>Where we feel small or overlooked,<\/p>\n<p>remind us that your power is made perfect in weakness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>May your Spirit rise within us<\/p>\n<p>like fire kindling from a single spark \u2014<\/p>\n<p>warming, guiding, and sending us<\/p>\n<p>to act with justice,<\/p>\n<p>to speak with kindness,<\/p>\n<p>to serve with joy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make us women of courage,<\/p>\n<p>women of compassion,<\/p>\n<p>women who carry your light into the places<\/p>\n<p>that long for hope.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In your empowering love we pray. <strong>Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbara Harrison &#8211; Area Trustee Scotland &amp; Shetland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Barbara Harrison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer for the Week \u2014 Empowerment God of Resurrection Light, who breathes courage into weary hearts and stirs new strength where we thought there was none, shine on us today. &nbsp; Empower us with the quiet boldness of your Spirit \u2014 not the loud confidence the world demands, but the steady assurance that we are held, called, and gifted for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-prayer-for-the-week"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-23 03:46:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19343,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19341\/revisions\/19343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}