{"id":19562,"date":"2026-10-03T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=19562"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:16:42","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-saturday-3rd-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/prayer-for-the-week-saturday-3rd-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week – Saturday 3rd October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hymn – For the Beauty of the Earth StF 102<\/p>\n

Psalm 8 (StF 801)<\/p>\n

O Lord , our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!<\/p>\n

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It varies from year to year with the weather but usually October is the month when, in our part of the world, the Autumn colours are at their best.\u00a0 As the days shorten and winter approaches once again, the now-slightly-jaded green of the summer trees is transformed into a glorious display of reds, yellows and browns.\u00a0 In our prayers we will thank God for the beautiful colours in the natural world at this time, we will remember those for whom the world seems grey and dreary and also remember how God\u2019s power can also transform the dull and ordinary in our own lives into glorious technicolour.<\/p>\n

Let us pray<\/p>\n

Father God, we thank you for the beauty of the world in which we live, for the colourful variety of plants and animals, for the ever-changing seasons and, in particular, at this time, the glorious beauty of the trees in their Autumn colours.\u00a0 We thank you that we are able to get out and appreciate the Autumn colours in countryside, parks and gardens \u2013 or to appreciate the colours we can see from our window.<\/p>\n

Loving Father, we thank you that you care for all your creation and would fill our lives with colour and variety.\u00a0 Yet we remember those for whom life seems dull and colourless at this time.<\/p>\n

Those working long hours in dull and boring jobs.\u00a0 Or whose lives seem colourless because they cannot find work.<\/p>\n

Those for whom life seems grey and bleak – those living with pain and illness, those grieving the loss of a loved one, those beset with anxiety, those for whom every day is lonely.<\/p>\n

And we remember those living in parts of the world where the \u2018colour\u2019 has been taken out of life by the destruction of warfare or natural disaster.\u00a0 Or where the beauty of the natural world has been destroyed by exploitation or pollution.<\/p>\n

Lord, as we look at the changing colours of Autumn, help us to remember how your Spirit can transform all that is grey and colourless in our own lives, filling our lives with brilliant colour, making us the people that you want us to become.<\/p>\n

These things we pray in Jesus name.<\/p>\n

Amen<\/p>\n

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Maureen Baker, Local Preacher in the South East Northumberland circuit, Newcastle District<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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