August Prayer News ‘Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them…Let them give glory to the Lord and proclaim his praise in the islands.’– Isaiah 42: 10 & 12 The tiny island of Iona, off the coast of Mull, is the location of the monastic site established by St Columba and his monks. Although it seems remote by modern standards, requiring two ferries from the Scottish mainland to arrive, at the height
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Prayer News – May 2024
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.– 2 Corinthians 3: 18 We’ve finally begun to enjoy a little of what might be called ‘Spring’ here on Arran with quite a number of dry sunny days in a row! A little bit of sunshine transforms the surroundings, especially at Sannox, into something quite glorious. Isn’t it amazing that we can notice the resplendence of our physical surroundings when the external conditions change?How
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Prayer News – April 2024
‘Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.’ 1 Corinthians 15: 1 As we approach Easter, it is both a sobering remembrance and a thrilling joy to think again about the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Everything we are and do as followers of Jesus hinges on these significant events which have secured our salvation but also set in place the foundation of our life and mission as we take his message to the nations. At Sannox we take
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Prayer News – March 2024
‘Without holiness, no one will see the Lord.’– Hebrews 12: 14 One of the most downplayed Christian ideas in our day is the sheer and utter holiness of God. Thank God that, in Christ, we can approach in reverence and be in God’s presence, but do we risk becoming too familiar? Do we come to him too casually? It’s not just that God is holy, he demands that we are holy too. Our experience in this life is to be one where God refines us by his Spirit and forms in us the character of Jesus. We sometimes use our
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Prayer News – December 2023
December Prayer News ‘The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.’Isaiah 9:2 Many of us living in the UK are used to December darkness, certainly the further north you go. Arran definitely plunges into a winter darkness with less street lighting, smaller villages, and being surrounded by large areas of mountains, fields and sea! The Rev Angus M’Millan, when writing about the spiritual state of the island in the early 1800s, quotes that passage of scripture as a comment on the spiritual darkness all around,
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