Our 2023 prayer focus is on the theme of “Holy Spirit—Fill Us!” and will involve prayers for God’s filling us with the Holy Spirit so that we can participate in God’s mission in the world. Please join the Canadian MB family as we pray.
Prayer
My Jesus Christmas Day The grave could not hold my Jesus Placed in a wooden manger raised upon a wooden cross Placed in a stone tomb raised by the Rock…
My Jesus Fourth Advent My Jesus is a Redeemer, a Sanctifier, a Transformer It was prophesied about my Jesus that He would be a suffering Servant, that He would be…
My Jesus Third Advent My Jesus is the Bread of Life The Way, the Truth and the Life He is the Resurrection and the Life My Jesus is Life My…
My Jesus is a King
the King of kings
the King of Israel
the King of heaven and earth the King of RighteousnessAs Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) begins its 2022-2023 meat canning season, the need for food in Ukraine and other countries around the world is growing. In Ukraine, millions of people…
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Advent, an invitation to wait
by Phil GuntherAdvent is both a season of celebration and waiting. In homes, the Advent calendar (with its daily allotment of chocolates) and in churches, the Advent evergreen wreath (with its coloured candles) are dusted off and set in their hallowed places. These heart-warming symbols telegraph the approaching Christmas Day and also invite us to a period of waiting…
Canadian care homes struggle to keep the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic at bay, facing higher infection rates and increased isolation. They need our prayers and practical support at this time. As the body of Christ, let us come together in prayer.
David Wiebe: I have an idea. Let’s regularly pray for our conference leaders! Isn’t that radical?! I have another idea. Let’s do it in our weekend worship services in our Mennonite Brethren churches.
These are biblical phrases I pray when I wake up or as I walk or cycle. I repeat one several times or pray it once and sit with it for…
I like to pray these phrases from Scripture when am I in a difficult situation. They help me focus my mind on Christ’s sufficiency and away from fear and anxiety.…
May God open your mind to his presence, so that you may truly come to know him; May God open the eyes of your heart so that you can experience…
We have seen a great light. We are walking in darkness still. Morning Star, invisible until the night is darkest, streaming to meet us long before we looked up. It…