{"id":19516,"date":"2026-09-05T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=19516"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:50:55","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-saturday-5th-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/prayer-for-the-week-saturday-5th-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week – Saturday 5th September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 1 \u2013 September 5th<\/sup> –\u00a0 Acts 2:42-47 \u2013 The Fellowship of Believers<\/p>\n

All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord\u2019s Supper), and to prayer. A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders.<\/em>\u00a0And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.\u00a0They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need.\u00a0They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord\u2019s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity<\/em> all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.<\/em><\/p>\n

H<\/strong>eavenly Father, glorious Lord<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>s we come before you today<\/p>\n

P<\/strong>reparing to start another year, take our<\/p>\n

P<\/strong>rayers, our hearts, ourselves, and hear us say<\/p>\n

Y<\/strong>es to the call you place on us<\/p>\n

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N<\/strong>one of us come to You fully alone:<\/p>\n

E<\/strong>veryone has your Spirit offered and waiting within them<\/p>\n

W<\/strong>aiting, wondering and hoping what this year could bring<\/p>\n

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Y<\/strong>ou are our magnificent, adoring and glorious Lord<\/p>\n

E<\/strong>ngage, equip and enable us to respond<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>gain and again to your call on our hearts.<\/p>\n

R<\/strong>ejoice in our YES as we respond to YOU. AMEN<\/p>\n

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Yes, Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

And what an exciting new Connexional year this is going to be. When, as a Trustee for MWiB, I originally offered to write the prayer\/reflections for September, little did I know that this would be my first month in a surprising new role as I take up the responsibility of Vice Chair of our newly structured organisation. September sees the start of our church year, many ministers have moved into new locations, or taken up their first post and in my circuit of Bolton we have also an exciting \u2018new beginning\u2019 as we have had the great pleasure of finally coming together as one circuit \u2013- now 10 churches working across our town.\u00a0 On Wednesday of this week we met at Victoria Hall (the original Bolton Mission church) to celebrate a welcoming together service with shared food, drink, worship, fellowship and communion. The service was based around this well-known reading from Acts, and reflects perfectly the fellowship we were sharing, it was led by our WOW (Worship on Wednesday) Team: a monthly \u2018alternative\u2019 service held on the first Wednesday of every month and hosted at different churches across the original Bolton Circuit. WOW has been successfully running for many years and was launched originally out of Fresh Expressions \u2013 and what a perfect opportunity it was to share with our fellow believers from across all the churches in our \u2018new\u2019 circuit. We opened with singing \u2018Bind us Together Lord\u2019 and closed with Communion – All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord\u2019s Supper), and to prayer. <\/em>As we left communion we all received a bracelet of cords bound together to remind us that we are one fellowship, one body, one church.<\/p>\n

O<\/em>ver the next 4 weeks I will use this Acts passage to share a little bit more about WOW as well as sharing more about myself as I begin this new year, new journey and new beginning.<\/p>\n

Philippa Hill, Vice-Chair MWiB<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Bind us together Lord, Bind us together with cords that cannot be broken<\/em><\/p>\n

Bind us together Lord, Bind us together, Bind us together with love <\/em><\/p>\n

There is only one God, there is only one King, there is only one Body, that is why we all sing<\/em><\/p>\n

Bind us together Lord. Bind us together in love, AMEN<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CMP 54 (Bob Gillman, 1977)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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