Praying for us...

Some of you might be praying for us and wondering what we'd like prayer for (and we figured at least some people are reading this blog in the hope of gleaning something to help them pray intelligently for us). So, we thought we'd put down a couple of ideas.

Please thank God for the fairly seamless move over here. The move was hard, as all moves are, but didn't completely undo us and settling in over here has been relatively painless. We were expecting a lot more to go wrong and many (important) things have been reasonably worry-free.

We are particularly grateful that our baby seems to be growing happily and there are no complications with the pregnancy at this stage. This has been the answer to many prayers (as a number of people have told us that they joined with us in praying for the pregnancy to happen)and so please thank God with us for it. Please join us in praying that this will continue and that the delivery will be timely and safe, and that our baby will come to know and love the Lord Jesus.

Please pray for us as we continue to settle in at Church (St Ebbe's), and at Wycliffe. Pray that we will be able to form good relationships with various people and that we will be an encouragement to others.

Please pray for Mark as he studies. Pray that what he learns will enrich his knowledge and love of God and enable him to be able to engage with others to their benefit and the benefit of God's people. Pray that he will be wise in his use of time and what he chooses to study.

Please pray for Jennie as she finishes writing studies on I, II, III John for KYB and focuses on Revelation for her next MTh project, as well as doing some thinking for her MTh thesis on John's Gospel. Pray that what she produces might be clear and useful, and of benefit to others. Pray also that she will grow in her walk with Christ as a result of her work.

These probably cover the distinctive issues at the moment, feel free to pray for us for the normal issues of life too. We are grateful for your prayers.

We might try and update these prayer points monthly, but these should certainly cover things for the next four weeks or so. JMB & MDB