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Issues for Christians to consider in this election is our focus today. Of course, we will have different views of what they might be but I try to highlight here those that have a direct effect on things spoken of in the Bible: the sanctity of life, justice, and so forth. The Archbishop Cranmer blog,Continue reading “6th December”

Each area of our nation has its own priorities. Today we will pray for those specific issues across the country, as well as just praying for God to move in the regions of our land. A common complaint has been ‘Westminster is too far away’ so we will also be praying that each MP electedContinue reading “5th December”

The United Kingdom combines the characteristics of its participating nations and the Flag is a trinity of crosses representing Andrew, Patrick and George: evangelist, martyr (self-sacrifice) and contender against anti-God forces. We can see these traits in the history of our nation, and as we consider this we see to that the call of GodContinue reading “4th December”

Saint George is the Patron Saint of England. He never came to these islands, but was adopted because of his martyrdom and example. The story of the Dragon came later, but fits with the ideas in Revelation about the battle between the Kingdom of God and the Empires of the Dragon. England is the largestContinue reading “3rd December”

Climate Change, Pollution, Plastic in the Oceans, Plastic bags, Diesel fumes, CO2 emissions and so forth. For some, this is the most important issue in this election and, it seems, whatever is promised and whatever is done is not enough. As Christians, we know that human beings have always been called to be stewards ofContinue reading “2nd December”

Advent Sunday, the first day of the church’s year, and the beginning of our preparation time for the coming of the Messiah. You may be forgiven if you do not know that, for in our secularisation Advent has become the season to prepare for the coming of Father Christmas. We will be praying today forContinue reading “Advent Sunday”

St Andrew, the Patron Saint of Scotland, has his feast day today. Of all the saints celebrated as patrons in the U.K, Andrew is the only one to be one of the 12 Disciples. He is particularly celebrated for being a witness who, hearing Jesus, goes to get his brother Simon (Peter) and brings himContinue reading “St Andrew’s Day”

Personalities often get in the way during elections.Today we are praying that during the rest of the campaign it will be issues and not personalities that are focussed on. We will be looking more closely at what the issues are next week, but for today let us just focus on making the issues stand outContinue reading “29th November”

The Media often likes to portray itself as being authoritative, even when it is simply guessing or aiming to look powerful.Today we are praying that the Election Coverage will be genuinely Authoritative, that the Press and Broadcasters will speak from a position of knowledge and not guess work and will have the ring of TruthContinue reading “28th November”

Truth, which we prayed for a fortnight ago, is such an important concept that we will pray for it again today – this time in the context of the Media’s coverage of the Election. You might also find this article from Prophecy Today of interest, reminding us that the Church has a duty to speakContinue reading “27th November”