Week of XVI Pentecost

Let Us Continue in Prayer For...

Mid-Atlantic Region, FiFNA

Mid Atlantic Network, AMiA
The Rev. Dr. Steven Breedlove

Mid-Atlantic Convocation, ACN
The Rt. Rev. John A. M. Guernsey

Scripture
What anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

Prayer
Bless, O Lord, your faithful Anglican witnesses in the Mid-Atlantic states. Supply their every need, strengthen them in all adversity, and by the Holy Spirit enflame their continued zeal for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in whose Name we pray. Amen.