Prayer for Northampton - 29th April to 14th May by Northampton Prayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel Our 24/7 prayer week this time is timed to coincide with the Knife Angel coming to Northampton. We believe that it is a great time to prayer for our town to see an end to violence that is so destructive to lives. We prayer for the kingdom of God to come to our town and county. Sign up to pray here: https://pray.24-7prayer.com/signup/e5edc1 en-us 2022-04-05 16:09:55 UTC 2023-02-27 21:44:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/877443786/43b38b4205915b2ddb17636dce59b499/knife_angel.jpg Who is involved? NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2131019084 There are more churches and orgainsations involved than we know to name here. We would be concerned not to miss anyone out!

Please comment below with the name of your church or organisation!]]> 2022-04-05 16:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2131019084 Welcome! NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2131032314 Hi Everyone
 
Thanks for your involvement in this 24-14 2 weeks of prayer 29th April to  14th May 2022. We are coinciding our time of prayer with the visit of the knife angel to Northampton. We believe this a great opportinity to focus on issues of youth, knife crime, gangs, violence and drugs in our town. We pray that God would CHANGE THE STORY of the lives of individuals and of Northampton as whole.

How will it work?
  1. You can find the 24-7 prayer sign-up sheet here:
     https://pray.24-7prayer.com/signup/e5edc1/

  2. You can find out more information here on our "padlet", This will have prayer information, updates through the week, and is a place you can share songs, prayers and prophetic/reflections. https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel

  3. There may well be more than one person in a slot. Enjoy the fact that you are praying in partnership with someone from another church!

  4. Some churches are focussing their slots over a 24 hour period as their "bit of the wall" of prayer, Some also have a whatsapp group to share together over the period. This is a great idea! This gives them a sense of togetherness, to help make sure that we cover all slots and increases the sense of praying together.


Thanks for joining in praying together over this period.
 
Every blessing
]]> 2022-04-05 16:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2131032314 247 Prayer NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132444203 2022-04-06 11:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132444203 Online Prayer Ideas NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132444453 2022-04-06 11:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132444453 Find out more about Knife Angel NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132446141 You can find out more background here.]]> 2022-04-06 11:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132446141 See the latest updates NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132467720 2022-04-06 11:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2132467720 Knife Angel Prayer resources (C2C Social Action) https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2134531883 Take a look at this page for more prayer tips for the visit]]> 2022-04-07 13:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2134531883 LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164520873 Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV
[6] For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [7] Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever …

]]> 2022-04-29 15:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164520873 LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164524911 Beginning this two weeks of prayer focusing on Jesus and who He is. Particularly drawn to him being the Prince of Peace as I read this passage. In my NIV notes it says His rule will bring wholeness and well-being to individuals and society. I can say amen to that 😀]]> 2022-04-29 15:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164524911 NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164629633 2022-04-29 17:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164629633 Northampton Prayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164886003 Elim church]]> 2022-04-29 21:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164886003 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164907063 Don’t despair I will always be there in the Farther  present to be your advocate and friend. I will be there to help you through every storm of life,The most horrifying fear, The greatest challenge, and the deepest doubt.I AM Alive forever more, and I Live to make intercession for you
Herbrews 7: 24-25]]> 2022-04-29 21:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164907063 1 Timothy 2:1-4 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164969538 I urge, first of all that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving they made for all people who kings and all those in authority, that we may live peacefully and quiet and all godliness and holiness. This is good. And pleases God Our saviour, Who wants all people to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth]]> 2022-04-29 23:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2164969538 James chapter 5 verse 16 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165043862 This verse came into my mind as a group of us Intercessors prayed and sang at the All Saints Plaza near the Knife Angel on Friday evening:
‘The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective’. We believe there will be a reduction in knife crime in Northampton, an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and encounters with angels in the centre of Northampton over the next weeks.
Colin Wilkinson.
 ]]> 2022-04-30 02:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165043862 As I pondered and prayed this morning these thoughts came. The Knife Angel is made from the tools that caused the hurt, pain, grief, loss, damage, destruction of lives. Christ took all this, and so much more, at Calvary. https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165118535 2022-04-30 06:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165118535 LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165151266 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children 
of God.
Praying for the peacemakers in our town and county this morning. That they will never stop even though it’s hard and sometimes they will feel like giving up. Praying God’s blessing over them.]]> 2022-04-30 08:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165151266 Declaration of Hope https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165556784 This declaration was said by all who came to the Knife Angel welcome service on Saturday evening:

‘Today, we stand together as one,
We call for an end to the violence and aggression in our town and county that causes division, despair and death.
We long for a shared future where our homes and our streets are safe places again.
We declare that the power of love and forgiveness is stronger than the power of fear and revenge.
We will each play our part!
We will not be afraid.
Today we choose to believe in hope.

Amen!

Colin Wilkinson



]]> 2022-05-01 01:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2165556784 LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2166471007 2022-05-02 08:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2166471007 What is the alternative? https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2166482364

The story from Mark 5:1-20 keeps coming to mind. 

And the testimony I remember hearing from the person who said they were able to earn money to pay off family debts by being in a gang. 

I pray for people whose whole lives are tangled up in violence and who have nowhere else obvious to go, and those who are afraid of them, and the consequences of them leaving that life.

I pray for ways forward and for constructive, well-paid employment, for people who want to live without violence any more.]]> 2022-05-02 08:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2166482364 John 1: 14-15 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2167451527 This is the confidence we are in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us
And if we know that he hears us— whatever we ask-we know that we have what we ask for]]> 2022-05-02 22:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2167451527 Colossians 1:15-23 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2167865038 JESUS is LORD over ALL...
V17 - He is before all things and in HIM all things are held together...
Amen!]]> 2022-05-03 06:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2167865038 Psalm 103 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168009691 Psalm 103 V 6
The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Praying for all organisations in our town who work tirelessly in helping those in poverty and those caught up in violence.
Especially for the work that is being carried out in connection with the visit of the Knife Angel, may it bear much fruit and lives surrendered to Jesus.]]> 2022-05-03 09:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168009691 LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168855836 Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their 
wounds.

Praying for those who have lost someone as a result of knife crime. That God would heal their emotional wounds.]]> 2022-05-03 19:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168855836 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168949904 2022-05-03 20:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168949904 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168957328 1 Peter 4 v 8: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 John 4 v 8: There is no fear in love. But perfect loves drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.]]> 2022-05-03 20:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2168957328 Luke 4:18-19 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2169635180 Praying for this to be seen in Northampton. Those in their own spiritual, mental and physical prisons to find real release. For many to truly know the year of the Lord's favour.]]> 2022-05-04 09:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2169635180 As I was praying this morning and listened to "We Seek Your Kingdom", felt lead to pray for troubled families that I know about. Also for the potential troubles, exacerbated by Covid. To pray for communities for folk to come to and join, that will support, help, direct, accept and transform! https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2170977573 2022-05-05 06:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2170977573 Strength LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2171081287 Isaiah 40:29-31 NIV
[29] He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. [30] Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; [31] but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. …
It’s nearly a week since the Knife Angel arrived. Praying for all those working hard to make the visit fruitful.]]> 2022-05-05 08:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2171081287 HIS KINGDOM... https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2171250358 Matthew 6:10
"Your kingdom come.  Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Blessings.]]> 2022-05-05 11:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2171250358 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2172065472 We speak the name of Jesus over families that are hurting because their loved ones have died from a violent act. We pray for comfort for those who mourn.]]> 2022-05-05 20:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2172065472 2 Corinthians 11:14 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2173533085 And no wonder, For Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light
Thought
While we wait for gods great victory for us to be fully realised, we also need to know that we are in a battle.God Will win the battle of Jesus Christ. The Final outcome is certain.Christ has already won the deceive battle. However let’s not be Fooled;
The evil one will do everything he can to deceive all people are confused and lost.Let’s stick with God’s plan— Live in its truth, listening to his voice in scripture, and following the lead of his spirit]]> 2022-05-06 23:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2173533085 Grateful NtonPrayer https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2174265450 Grateful this morning for Christians who are part of God's kingdom impact in our town. Praying for Christians meeting all across this town this morning that they would be encouraged, energised and inspired by encounter with God together.]]> 2022-05-08 08:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2174265450 As I was praying this morning, felt led to pray for cohesion between organisations, for all to be pulling in the same direction, for dialogue, for visions for the future, for safety and for the necessary resources. https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2175181534 2022-05-09 06:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2175181534 Fruitfulness LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2179997839 Matthew 13:8-9 NIV
[8] Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. [9] Whoever has ears, let them hear .” …
Praying that all the conversations that have been had over the last two weeks and those yet to come will be like the seed that fell on the good soil and produce much fruit.]]> 2022-05-11 19:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2179997839 It has been a privilege to be a small part of this fortnight's prayer. This evening, I felt prompted to pray that the fruit from the Knife Angel's visit to Northampton, will grow to maturity. https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2180098975 2022-05-11 20:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2180098975 Psalm 34:14 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2181805401 Turn from evil and do good;
    seek peace and pursue it.

Praying for the knife amnesty tomorrow

]]> 2022-05-12 19:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2181805401 Workers LizCh https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2181806236 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

Praying for all those who have worked hard over the last two weeks. Also that more workers would be inspired to be involved over the coming weeks as the Angel travels through Northamptonshire.]]> 2022-05-12 19:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2181806236 Transform, Revive and Heal Society! https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2182227372 What an adventure of faith this has been! So many conversations, so many hearts stirred, so much prayer offered to our Father in heaven. 
As well as this prayer network, there have been prayer vigils near the Angel, held by individual churches. On the two Tuesdays, a few of us from Evangelists Roundtable set up a table near the Angel and gave out tracts and balloons, along with the C2C literature. We had really good conversations with people. Deep things were shared with some, there were tears and prayers said, including individuals brought into a first relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Dare I hope that with such activities in the future, more Northampton churches will be involved?
Lord, please hear our prayers, and transform, revive and heal Northamptonshire society! Amen.
Colin W.

]]> 2022-05-13 02:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2182227372 Protection & Power fp1458 https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2182287749 Psalm 24 v 10 "Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven's Armies he is the King of glory."  The lord of Heavens Armies is the Messiah, eternal , Holy & mighty.  (LASB) Heavenly Father as the Knife Angel moves from Northampton to Wellingborough to Corby, we pray for peace & protection for these areas. Lord capture the hearts and minds of people, to follow you. Distract those who would wish to cause disruption, trouble, and fear. Mark 12 v 24 Jesus says "you do not know the power of God". Lord we pray for your power this weekend to cover the transport of the Knife Angel safely. We pray for all who see it on the road, to reflect on knife crime and what they may do to prevent this, or for those who are carrying knives to give them up in the knife amnesty bins available. may we all say & join in with heavens chorus praising God saying Luke 2 v 14 "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased"]]> 2022-05-13 03:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2182287749 Ava https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2183278986 Been praying for all those involved in the Ava knife crime trial. 

Especially for those children who have had to wait until now and are giving evidence. 

Praying for the trauma they must be going through and the horribly mixed feelings their parents must have. 

Was inspired by yesterdays Lectio 365. ]]> 2022-05-13 18:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/NtonPrayer/knifeangel/wish/2183278986