Prayer

Ten Days of Prayer

14th - 23rd May 2026

Abide and Advance!

John 15:4

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (ESV)

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. (ESV)

To abide in Christ is to continue in a daily, personal relationship with him. This is characterised by trust, prayer, worship, obedience, joy and being in the word. Then Jesus says that if we abide in him, he is able to abide in us. We need to intentionally safeguard our relationship with Jesus so that he can continue to abide fully in us. We cannot bear fruit unless we abide!

The term “fruit”; in the gospels can be taken to be the fruit of the Spirit, but often it refers to the making new disciples. In John 4:35- 36 Jesus says, “Do not say, ‘There are yet four months and then comes the harvest. I tell you lift up your eyes and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.” At that time the whole town was coming to him (Jn 4v30) so Jesus may have been referring to this crowd of people coming to meet with him and “Fruit for eternal life” would have meant new disciples. So if Jesus says that we should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide this would refer, then, to the fruitfulness of winning others to Christ, who themselves would abide in Christ and be fruitful!

As we come into these Ten Days of Prayer let us have times of abiding, listening to the leading of the Holy Spirit, and allowing God to speak into our lives and the church. Let us pray also for fruitfulness and for the advance of the gospel in our communities, and to the nations.

May God lead and guide us over these Ten Days of Prayer, and may he be glorified in all that we do.

All dates & times for the gatherings can be found in the calendar.

All Zoom Prayer Meetings - https://bit.ly/CC_Prayer

Prayer Topics

ABIDE - Pray for the Church as we Abide in Christ

  •  Our communion with Christ through prayer, worship, and the word

  •  Personal daily abiding

  •  Our corporate gatherings

  •  Those who are ill (specifically by name if possible)

  •  Those who are facing challenges and hardship

  •  Those in leadership, Elders, Deacons, Leadership Teams, Trustees, Ministry leaders, Life Group leaders

  •  Young adults

  •  Youth

  •  Children

Pray for our nation.

  •  Our government, central and local

  •  Those who serve our communities

  •  Our MP’s

  •  Your councillors

  •  Your communities, schools, hospitals, etc

ADVANCE - Pray for Advance of the Gospel

  •  We believe that God has given us a vision of at least one person being saved and added to the church every week. Let us pray that we will see this come to pass in 2026.

  •  Our Harvest Teams

  •  Our Life Groups will reach their communities for Jesus.

  •  Many more churches to be planted across Essex.

  •  That there will be those who will go to other nations.

  •  Our schools and community engagement through The 180 Project.

Pray for our wider church Relational Mission family

  •  Our Relational Mission Community

1. Mosaic Church, Harlow, Essex

2. King’s Church, Southend, Essex

3. Chelmsford (Church Plant), Essex

4. Redeemer Church, Colchester, Essex

5. Hope Church Ipswich, Suffolk

6. Clementswood Baptist Church, Ilford (On a journey into RM)

7. La Viña Iglesia Malaga, Spain (Church Plant)

8. Community Church, Nagoya, Japan (Church Plant)

9. Taipei Church Plant, Taiwan

10. Rhema Faith Church, Ndola and Lusaka, Zambia

Specific Prayer Points

Thursday 14 May – Ascension Day Prayer at Chelmsford Cathedral 07:45 with Churches Together in Essex and East London – David will be attending.

Fri/Sat 15-16 May – School Uniform Event at Chadwell St. Mary.

Saturday 16 May – CCCH Harvest Team will be in the harvest this morning.

Monday 18 May – All Leadership Teams will be meeting this evening.

Tuesday 19 May – The CC Staff Team will be meeting together this morning.

Tuesday 19 May – Knit and Natter will meet at The Beacon Chafford Hundred this morning.

Tuesday 19 May – Foundations for New Disciples will be meeting this evening.

Wednesday 20 May - Knit and Natter will meet at Chadwell St Mary this morning.

Thursday 21 May – Piglets will meet in Chadwell St Mary this morning.

Thursday 21 May – The UK church Elders in our RMC will be meeting this morning.

Saturday 23 May – CCB Harvest Team will be in the harvest this morning.