VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and have had an excellent week. As the leaves begin to fall, it is that time of year again. Harvest festivals are being prepared across the land. Combines are working overnight. Farmers are at full stretch. So today I would like You to pray for the farmers and a bounteous harvest. To … Continue reading A Prayer for Harvest
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that You are getting back to normal as much as possible. One area of everyday life that has suffered particularly over the pandemic has been education. So it’s a relief to see children returning to school this week and students packing for university. They have missed out on so much not … Continue reading A Prayer for Schools
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that You are relaxed and happy. This week I would like You simply to pray for the week ahead. That is all. Keep it simple. Keep things manageable. Do not strive to over-complicate or micromanage. Simply look forward to this time next week and pray for what You want to happen … Continue reading A Prayer for the Week Ahead
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy and that You have found some joy in the fact that your gardens/fields are well-soaked from recent showers. I know many of You are sickened by recent developments in Afghanistan. After such sacrifice from our soldiers it seems that their efforts were in vain. To see evil, in the form … Continue reading A Prayer for Afghanistan
VICAR Dear Country Squire Readers, I wish You all an excellent Sunday and a relaxing remainder of the summer. Today I address healing. “Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.” ~ Jeremiah 17:14 “Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and … Continue reading A Prayer for Healing
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well this Sunday and that You have found time to watch some sport amid the showers, or to pray. This week I would like to focus our thoughts and prayers on those who have issues with how they appear. It is always interesting to read the Bible on this issue, which makes clear … Continue reading A Prayer for Those with Low Self-Esteem
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that You are enjoying the summer so far. This week I would like to consider the unemployed, especially those coming out of the pandemic and off furlough who are now surplus to their companies’ requirements. People who have never been unemployed before. It is easy to look at all the job … Continue reading A Prayer for the Unemployed
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well. As the heatwave cools I trust that You are having a good summer and I wish You a peaceful Sunday this day. This week I would ask that You consider rural communities in Your prayers. These communities have come under attack from all sides recently. Many parish churches have been closed or … Continue reading A Prayer for the Countryside
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and enjoying the heatwave. Let us remember those who lost their lives this week in Germany and Belgium in the horrific floods. I particularly pray for Jean, a friend who lost a relative who was electrocuted in an underground car park during the floods. This week I would like to focus on … Continue reading A Prayer for Forgiveness
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are all well and that You will be casting a glance at that rarest of spectacles this evening, an international football final in which England are participating. There is nothing wrong with praying for Your team before or during a football match. I can assure You that the Italians will be, as will most … Continue reading A Prayer for England
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and, especially if You are English, that You are for once enjoying the football! This week I would like to thank God for the summer. Please today or in coming days just go and sit outside for a few minutes in a park or in a field and work out where You … Continue reading A Prayer for the Summer
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that You have a had a good week. This week We should focus our minds on the children. The children who have been locked away from their friends and schools during multiple lockdowns, who have missed the social interactions We adults took for granted when We were children. Also for those … Continue reading Prayer for the Children
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy and enjoying these summer days even if they are producing weather as changeable as England’s form in the football. To those readers who are fathers, I wish You a very Happy Father’s Day. The task of fathering can sometimes seem like the easier of the two tasks! At other times … Continue reading A Prayer for Fathers
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. As these hot summer days continue, I pray that You are getting some downtime and that work is going well. This week I would like to focus on a prayer that You can learn off by heart to add to your daily prayers. Prayer isn’t a ritual that depends on closing our … Continue reading A Prayer for Every Need & Situation
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and have been able to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. You likely did not notice but last Thursday was Corpus Christi. I have been asked to explain what the day represents and why some European countries have a bank holiday for it. Corpus Christi is mainly celebrated in the Roman … Continue reading A Prayer for Corpus Christi
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well. As we look around us on this sunny bank holiday weekend, we see Nature’s glory emerging. I trust that You get a chance to get out and about this weekend and get to enjoy the flowers in the parks and meadows. What does the Bible say about nature and … Continue reading A Prayer for Nature
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that I find You well and healthy. As I look outside it seems more November than May. I hope that You are enjoying life and that any troubles can be put aside this Sunday. This week I would like to give thanks for the artists. I read something beautiful this week written by an artist that … Continue reading A Prayer for the Artists
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well and that Your loved ones are healthy and happy too. This week I would like to pray for peace. As violence once again sweeps the Middle East and We see conflicts across other parts of the world continuing, We should feel grateful that in our country there is relative peace and calm. … Continue reading A Prayer for Peace
Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. As I sit here writing this weekly prayer, I see the cushions from our garden chairs flying at head height across the garden while tiles from a nearby barn are being prized off by a series of squalls and gusts. I thought We were in May? The weather is somewhat ‘biblical’ today. I … Continue reading A Prayer for the Faithless
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that my weekly message and prayer find You well. I hope that You are enjoying this bank holiday weekend so far. I enjoyed hearing the comments yesterday from the students who attended the ‘trial night club’ in Liverpool. There was one student who declared the experiment ‘the greatest day of her life’. Her words reminding us … Continue reading A Prayer for Freedom
