Praying through Advent with the Northern Baptist Learning Community
Throughout Advent we will be posting readings, prayers and a thought for each day.
Join us and take time to prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus by reading scripture and praying together with our dispersed learning community.
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(David Adam, Glimpses of Glory: Prayers for the Church Year (Year C) London: SPCK, 2000, p.5)
Monday 30 November
Advent is traditionally a time of preparation – a time of active waiting. Both these passages have a hint of frustration about them as the people of God wait for God to act.
In Numbers the blossoming rod will be a sign of God’s commissioning of Aaron. What are these signs for us today?
How do you hear the challenge to “strive to be found by him at peace…”? (2Peter 3:14)
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Pray for:
- your own local church, its ministers and leaders
- NBLC in its work in ministerial training and development, Ministers in Training and their placement churches.
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And in the new year you might be interested in this:
After Christendom Seminars and the launch of Worship and Mission after Christendom
Glen will be one of the speakers at the Northern seminar at Harehills Baptist Church, Leeds on Saturday 9 January 2010. Full details of the event and details of how to book a place may be found here>>>
