Sannox Prayer News – March 2022 “……let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” [Heb 12:1b] “Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” [James 1:4] There are many well-known Scripture references to perseverance and persevering. It is one of the character traits we are to develop as followers of Christ, who persevered in His challenging calling right to the very end, and was rewarded with His crown, being seated at the right hand of the Father. In our humanity we can become weary and discouraged as pray into
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Prayer News February 2022
Sannox prayer news – February 2022 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” [Prov 16:3] “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” [Prov 16:9] “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” [Prov 19:21] These familiar verses, and many others, remind us once again that it is God who is in total control of every plan. If our plans have any hope of succeeding, they need to be His plans. In last month’s prayer letter we quoted another verse referring
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October 2021 – Prayer News
Sannox prayer news – October 2021 “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” [Eph 6:12 NIV] As we know, every Christian is in a battle, a participant in the cosmic battle between good and evil. The Celtic Christians were very well aware of the ‘spiritual dimension’ of this battle as they took the Gospel throughout this land. To some extent, we in the west have lost that sharp awareness of this battle and
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June 2021 – Prayer News
Restoration “Love and faithfulness meet together, righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.” [Psalm 85:10-13 NIV] The National Prayer Breakfast Scotland will be streamed online from 8am-9am on Wednesday 2 June, followed by 12 hours of online prayer for the nation led in sections by over 20 churches, denominations and ministries (details at https://www.npbscotland.org.uk). The theme is ‘Restoration’ and these are the verses they
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May 2021 – Prayer News
Sannox Prayer News May 2021 “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise, give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever, his faithfulness continues through all generations.” [Psalm 100:4-5] Being involved in a project like Sannox Christian Centre with the need to raise large amounts of finance to carry out an ambitious building project could be a daunting prospect, if it were not for the fact, the truth, that this is the Lord’s project, not the ‘good idea’ of a few folk. When the Lord directs, He is faithful
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May 2021 – Prayer News
Sannox Prayer News May 2021 “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise, give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever, his faithfulness continues through all generations.” [Psalm 100:4-5] Being involved in a project like Sannox Christian Centre with the need to raise large amounts of finance to carry out an ambitious building project could be a daunting prospect, if it were not for the fact, the truth, that this is the Lord’s project, not the ‘good idea’ of a few folk. When the Lord directs, He is faithful
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April 2021 – Prayer News
‘If you want to walk on water you’ve got to get out of the boat’ is the title of one of John Ortberg’s best known books – all about stepping out in faith and trusting God to meet every need. It’s not something many in our comfortable western Christianity are very good at doing, but it is something that those involved in the Sannox story so far will be familiar with. Starting with virtually nothing apart from a vision and a sense of calling from God, around £900,000 worth of land purchase, building renovations, salary and other revenue costs has already
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March 2021 – Prayer News
“For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth.” [Ps 108:4-5] We serve a mighty, faithful God, for whom nothing is impossible! It is a blessing and privilege to be part of His plans and purposes – wherever we live, but also for the island of Arran, for the nation of Scotland and the nations. So give thanks…… for all our faithful supporters, especially the Friends of Sannox, for continuing to pray faithfully and to give faithfully, even as
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February 2021 – Prayer News
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” [Ps 107:1 & 136:1] Scripture frequently reminds and encourages us to give thanks to the Lord, for a whole host of reasons – not least because He is good, and His love endures forever. We need to hang on to that truth as the finish line to this pandemic seems to come tantalisingly closer, only to recede again into the distance following yet another forecast of the time it will take to get on top of it, even as the roll out of the vaccine gathers pace.
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January 2021 Prayer News
Sannox Prayer News – January 2021 The word ‘unprecedented’ has been on everyone’s lips in 2020, and there is no doubt that the year we are leaving behind is one we will remember for a long time – for good reasons as well as for bad. As we transition from 2020 to 2021, we should always remember that the ending of something old is at the same time the beginning of something new. The cycle, the rhythm, of times and seasons flows on – a reminder, if we needed it, of our creator God’s constancy, faithfulness, grace, mercy, compassion and
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