Week of XI Pentecost (CCP & Lambeth)

Let Us Continue in Prayer For...

Michigan Network, AMiA
The Rev. Allen Kannapell

Mid-Michigan Chapter, AAC
Mr. Chuck Lambert

Western Michigan Chapter, AAC
The Rev. John English

Prayer
Father, bless faithful Anglican Christians in Michigan. Bless clergy who have left familiar vocational paths and sacrificed financial stability to follow your Son, Jesus Christ. Fill Michigan Anglicans with the Holy Spirit and give them fruitful ministry. We ask this in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For the Lambeth Conference
Please continue to pray for the assembled bishops, spouses, journalists and other observers as you are led by the Holy Spirit.

Special Prayer Request for Today & Tomorrow

Please pray for me because on Monday 28 July we will have another debate. Last Wednesday the TEC bishops were well prepared and spoke very bluntly, making it clear that there is no turning back. I will present my thoughts to them on Monday. I pray to God for strength and direction, that He may direct my thoughts and words.
Archbishop Mouneer Anis, Egypt, blogging from Lambeth

XI Pentecost

Let Us Pray For...
Michigan Network, AMiA
The Rev. Allen Kannapell

Mid-Michigan Chapter, AAC
Mr. Chuck Lambert

Western Michigan Chapter, AAC
The Rev. John English


From the Scriptures
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

I Corinthians 12:1-11 (ESV)

A Guiding Prayer
Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and, that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

“The Tenth Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)

A Heritage Reflection
“As to the attempt to discredit the spiritual life as a form of wish-fulfilment, this has to meet the plain fact that the real life of the Spirit has little to do with emotional enjoyment, even of the loftiest kind. Indeed, it offers few attractions to the natural man; nor does it set out to satisfy his personal desires. The career to which it calls him is one that he would seldom have chosen for himself. It proceeds by way of much discipline and renunciation, often of many sufferings, to a total abandonment to God’s purpose which leaves no opening even for the most subtle expressions of self-love.”

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
The Spiritual Life

Friday after X Pentecost - Prayer Request from Lambeth

When our bishops hear what Biblically orthodox people in TEC have heard from the lips of bishops from other parts of the world, they may be challenged to re-think their position. They were convinced of the “righteousness” of homosexuality by listening to homosexuals. Let us pray that they will be convinced of the essential stand by the rest of the Communion on this issue by hearing other voices, much more diverse than the ones they have heard to date.
Cherie Wetzel, reporting from Canterbury, England

Week of X Pentecost (includes Lambeth intercessions)

Let Us Continue in Prayer For...
Kentucky Chapter, AAC
Mrs. Betty Lee Payne

Southern Ohio Chapter, AAC
Mr. Andy Figueroa

Northern Ohio Chapter, AAC

From the Psalms
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; * make thy way plain before my face. Psalm 5:8

Prayer for CCP Calendar
Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd, lead these faithful Anglicans in Kentucky and Ohio through the present chaos and hostility and establish them to serve you in peace. We ask this in your Name. Amen.

Prayers for the Lambeth Conference

For all CCP Bishops who are present (from on-site intercessors)

• Courage, boldness, strength, stamina, clear concise thinking and speaking; to say what they mean and mean what they say.
• To have the Mind of Christ.
• Protection against surprises from the media.
• That they remain calm and on course in the midst of any storm that may suddenly arise.

For media and bloggers

• To seek and articulate the truth, with wisdom and courage and diligence
• Spiritual protection: to be full of good cheer and wisdom, rather than demoralized over events that occur or do not occur

Special petitions from the Archbishop of the Sudan

• We pray that God will heal us from the spirit of division.
• We pray for God's strength and wisdom so that we might be built up in unity as the Body of Christ. The Most Revd Dr. Daniel Deng Bul

Special petitions from the Diocese of Sydney (linked by Anglican Network in Canada)

• Bishop Robert Forsyth, Bishop of South Sydney and Commissary of the Diocese of Sydney, has called upon the people of the diocese to be in prayer for the Lambeth Conference which starts this weekend in England.
  “You will remember that when Archbishop Jensen announced our painful decision, in conscience, not to attend Lambeth, he also assured Archbishop Williams of our prayers for the conference. We grieve at the failings and defections from orthodox Christian behaviour and teaching in our Communion and fervently pray that things may yet be healed. We pray that both Lambeth and the GAFCON movement will be used by God to help churches throughout our communion move forward in love and truth.”

X Pentecost

Let Us Pray For...
Kentucky Chapter, AAC
Mrs. Betty Lee Payne

Southern Ohio Chapter, AAC
Mr. Andy Figueroa

Northern Ohio Chapter, AAC


Special Prayer Petitions
“Please pray for the Lord to bless and prosper the new Anglican churches in Kentucky, that their rectors and congregations may glorify Him in all that they do. We also ask for clear direction for the AAC-KY.”



From the Scriptures
For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

I Corinthians 10:1-13 (ESV)

A Guiding Prayer
Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

“The Ninth Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)

A Heritage Reflection
“Reason increases and enlarges human understanding of divine revelation through its own workings, so long as reason is used in humble dependence upon the God who gave it.”

Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey (1904-1988)
The Anglican Spirit

Week of IX Pentecost

Let Us Continue in Prayer For...

Gulf Coast Network, AMiA
The Rev. Canon Michael Hesse

From the Anglican Mission in the Americas Core Values
Commitment to Jesus Christ : The Anglican Mission believes that salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone Who is the only begotten Son of the Living God. Through Him, all who come to Him by faith and repent of their sins, receive forgiveness through Christ’s death on the Cross and live in newness of life through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. This new life of faith is to be marked by a joyful obedience to Jesus Christ, to God’s Word and to the leading of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 16:15-16; Ephesians 2:4-10; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 5:22-25).

Midsouth (West Tennessee) Chapter, AAC
Mr. Lyman Aldrich

Tennessee Chapter, AAC
Fr. Freddy Richardson

From the American Anglican Council Statement of Faith
The Gospel and the Triune God: We rejoice in the grace of the Triune God, who has forgiven our sins and given us redemption in Jesus Christ. We proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine, who became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, lived a life of perfect obedience to his heavenly Father, died on the cross to atone for the sins of the world, and rose bodily in accordance with the Scriptures. God the Holy Spirit draws us to faith in Jesus Christ, through whom alone we are justified and found acceptable by God the Father.

IX Pentecost

Let Us Pray For...
Gulf Coast Network, AMiA
The Rev. Canon Michael Hesse

Midsouth (West Tennessee) Chapter, AAC
Mr. Lyman Aldrich

Tennessee Chapter, AAC
Fr. Freddy Richardson



From the Scriptures
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:12-17 (ESV)

A Guiding Prayer
O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

“The Eighth Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)

A Heritage Reflection
“The first question here, then, is not ‘What is best for my soul?’ nor is it even ‘What is most useful to humanity?’ But—transcending both these limited aims—what function must this life fulfil in the great and secret economy of God?”

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
The Spiritual Life

Week of VIII Pentecost

Let Us Continue in Prayer For...

Texas Chapter, AAC

Diocese of Fort Worth, AAC/ACN/FiFNA
The Rt. Rev. Jack L. Iker

Diocese of Dallas, AAC/ACN
The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton

The Psalter
Psalm 80
The Eightieth Psalm
Qui regis Israel.
HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; * show thyself also, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, * stir up thy strength, and come and help us.
Turn us again, O God; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
O LORD God of hosts, * how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth?
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, * and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.
Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, * and our enemies laugh us to scorn.
Turn us again, thou God of hosts; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; * thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Thou madest room for it; * and when it had taken root, it filled the land.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, * and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
She stretched out her branches unto the sea, * and her boughs unto the River.
Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, * that all they that go by pluck off her grapes?
The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, * and the wild beasts of the field devour it.
Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven, * behold, and visit this vine;
And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, * and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself.
It is burnt with fire, and cut down; * and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, * and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self.
And so will not we go back from thee: * let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost;
AS it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Prayer
Jesus, Good Shepherd, come to the help of these Common Cause Partners in the State of Texas. Help them as they serve inside and outside of TEC. Show the light of your presence, and deliver them from all threats. We pray in your Name. Amen.

VIII Pentecost

Let Us Pray For...
Texas Chapter, AAC

Diocese of Fort Worth, AAC/ACN/FiFNA
The Rt. Rev. Jack L. Iker

Diocese of Dallas, AAC/ACN
The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton



From the Scriptures
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’

“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.”

John 15:12-27 (ESV)

A Guiding Prayer
LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

“The Seventh Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)

A Heritage Reflection
“Seest thou that the love of God is intertwined with our own, and connected like a sort of chain? Wherefore it sometimes saith that there are two commandments, sometimes only one. For it is not possible that the man who hath taken hold on the first should not possess the second also.”

John Chrysostom (c. 347–407)
Homilies on the Gospel of St. John

July 4--The Commemoration of Independence Day (USA)

Collect
O eternal God, through whose mighty power our fathers won their liberties of old; Grant, we beseech thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain these liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

“Independence Day,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)

From the Gospel Lesson of the Day (1928 BCP)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Matthew 5:43-48 (NIV)

A Heritage Reflection
Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way,
Lead us from night to never ending day;
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.

Daniel Crane Roberts (1841-1907)

“God of Our Fathers”

Week of VII Pentecost

Let Us Continue in Prayer For...

Nebraska Chapter, American Anglican Council
Fr. Ray Boeche

Oklahoma Chapter, American Anglican Council
Mr. Charles Newcomb

Scripture and Prayer

And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
I Samuel 3:10, NLT

Lord, help your servants in Nebraska and Oklahoma to hear your word to them.

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need. So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.
Luke 12:31-32, NLT

Lord, help the sheep of your flock in Oklahoma and Nebraska to seek the Kingdom first, finding all they need in the Father's provision and joy.