Prayers for the People within our Parish Family 

Prayer

Collect: Almighty God, you sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church: open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love, joy and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen

Prayers for the people and issues within our Parish Family and Community.

For all we know and love, in times of sickness or surgery and for all who care for them, particularly:

Andrew, Geoff, Andrew, David, James

For all who are grieving the loss of loved ones or dealing with the imminent death of those we love.

For all, particularly in our parish, who are health workers.

For Archbishop Jeremy, our Regional Bishops and all who are trying in God’s power to lead God’s Anglican Church where God would have us go.

That we as God’s church in Moggill, in the power of God’s Holy Spirit, may hear and trust and have the courage to follow wherever God’s Spirit leads us.

Please speak to (or email) Reverend Rob or Reverend Angela if you would like someone’s name added to or removed from the prayer list.

Health - Any who feel unwell or have Covid, or cold/flu-like symptoms should not attend gathered worship. Remember ‘Caring is not-sharing.’  With new strains of Covid and the Influenza RSV and Whooping Cough circulating if you are otherwise well, feel free to wear a mask in Church if you wish.  

Parish Prayer

God, we pray that the eyes of our hearts may be enlightened, so that we may know the hope to which you have called us, the riches of the glorious way of life you have for your people, and the immeasurable greatness of your power in us who trust you.   Amen.

Based on Ephesians 1:18-19

Pray Daily – May 2026

Ongoing

·         Parishes seeking new incumbents: Banyo, Beaudesert, Beenleigh, Booval, Dalby, Hendra-Clayfield, Jimboomba, North Pine, Nundah, Palmwoods, Roma, Sunnybank, Toowong, St James’ Toowoomba

·         Schools seeking chaplains: St Luke’s Anglican School, The Glennie School

Sunday 24 May

·         The Episcopal Church in the Philippines

·         The Diocese of The Murray: †Keith Dalby; Clergy and People

·         The Parish of Gympie: Shaji Joseph

·         AnglicareSQ Out of Home Care, Central Region – Sunshine Coast Foster & Kinship Care

·         Anglican Schools Australia Management Committee and Member Schools: President - Peter Laurence

Monday 25 May – Bede of Jarrow, priest and teacher (d. 735)

·         The Diocese of Zanzibar – The Anglican Church of Tanzania

·         The Diocese of The Northern Territory: †Greg Anderson; Clergy and People

·         The Parish of Hamilton: David Ruthven, †Phillip Aspinall, Amanda Goldsworthy

·         AnglicareSQ Out of Home Care, Moreton Region – Caboolture Foster & Kinship Care and Family & Intervention 

·         All Anglican Schools Business Managers/Bursars and Senior Leaders

Tuesday 26 May – Augustine of Canterbury, missionary and bishop (d. 605)

·         The Diocese of Zaria – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

·         The Diocese of Wangaratta: †Clarence Bester; Clergy and People

·         The Parish of Hendra-Clayfield: Jonathan Osborne - Locum

·         AnglicareSQ Out of Home Care, Moreton Region – Brisbane Residential

Wednesday 27 May

·         The Diocese of Central Zimbabwe – The Church of the Province of Central Africa

·         The Diocese of Willochra: †Jeremy James; Clergy and People

·         The Parish of Hervey Bay: Greg Loumeau, Vic Burgess, Lorraine Dawson, Eleanor Whereat

·         AnglicareSQ Out of Home Care, Moreton Region – Brisbane Foster & Kinship Care

Thursday 28 May

·         The Diocese of Ziwa Rukwa – The Anglican Church of Tanzania

·         The Parish of Holland Park: Morris Rangiwai

·         AnglicareSQ Out of Home Care, South East Region – Gold Coast Foster & Kinship Care  

Friday 29 May

·         The Diocese of Zonkwa – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

·         The Parish of Inala: Jonathan Brook, Bev Bell, Bob Walsh, Lindsay Howie, Alex Gater

·         Anglican Overseas Aid

Saturday 30 May

·         The Diocese of Zululand – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa

·         The Parish of Indooroopilly: Sue Grimmett, Howard Munro, Valerie Hoare, †Rob Nolan, Richard Browning, Shane Hubner, Marian Free

·         Anglican Cursillo Movement in Australia

Sunday 31 May

·         Eglise Anglicane du Rwanda

·         The Parish of Ipswich: Mpole Masemola, Simon Arok, Elizabeth Chol, Dianne Leitch, Brenda Davis, Rachael Adut, Allana Wales

·         Anglican Men’s Society

Prayer Circle 

The Prayer Circle: Participants praying at home and keeping in touch by phone with each other.  Members undertake to pray to the Lord regularly for all those in need or who have requested prayer. If you have suggestions as to how we might involve more parishioners to pray for those in need please contact Reverend Angela McNeill . Those in our parish for whom we are especially praying are listed in this week's Good News Times (GNT). Keep the list handy when you pray this week for your family and friends and those in need in  our community. 

How Should We Pray

Christians often use a simple acrostic as a guide to prayer: A.C.T.S. Each of the letters in this acrostic stands for one of the key elements of prayer:

(A) Adoration

(C) Confession

(T) Thanksgiving

(S) Supplication

But not only does this acrostic remind us of the elements of prayer, it shows us the priority we ought to give to each.

The first element of prayer should be adoration, or praise. The Psalms, which are inspired samples of godly prayer, are heavily weighted on the side of adoration. I’ve noticed over many years that as we grow in the discipline and in the delight of prayer, it seems that we naturally spend more and more of our time on this first element.

Second, prayer should include confession of our sin; as we remember who we are when we come into God’s presence, we see that we have come short of His holiness and have need of His forgiveness.

Third, when we pray, we should always give thanks, remembering the grace and mercy God has shown toward us.

Fourth, prayer rightly includes supplication or petition, bringing our requests for the needs of others and ourselves to God.

Here are some reminders from a pamphlet New Life in Christ:

1. Thank God in all things, no matter how challenging circumstances may seem;

2. During prayer focus on God instead of problems;

3. Be specific, not general, during prayer;

4. Pray in faith, and claim God's promises along the way; and

5. Put full confidence in the faithfulness of God as prayers are offered to Him

Biblical Passages To Rely On

Adoration: Praise God for who He is 

Rev 4:11 11 ‘You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things and by your will they existed and were created.’

Confession: Agreeing with God and receiving forgiveness for sin

1 John 1:7-9 '7but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.'

Thanksgiving: Appreciating God for His work in the world

1 Thessalonians 5:18  '18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

Supplication: Requesting God's intervention on behalf of others

James 5:16 '16Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.'

Petition: Asking God to attend to specific personal needs

Matthew 6: 25-33 '25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,* or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?* 28And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” 32For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But strive first for the kingdom of God* and his* righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.'