David Fletcher

David Fletcher

David Fletcher is Prayer Alert’s Editor.

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Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:12
‘I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.’ (John 4:35) Father, we thank You for every promise you have given for…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:07
As Jesus died on the cross, the thirty-foot curtain in the temple, which separated the ordinary people from the very presence of God, was torn in two. It’s a beautiful picture of God…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:05
Many children believe the Easter story because it's how their parents raised them, but they may not grasp the meaning of Easter. Others only know the secular Easter- eggs, bunnies, etc. Question: how…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:02
Bishop Donald Allister’s report on financial problems at Peterborough Cathedral has led the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to commission a working group to review the governance of English cathedrals. The group has…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:00
This Easter and over the coming months there will be many outreach services, and conferences to encourage the people of God to move on in their faith. Jesus said that one day every…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:58
In Estonia, Easter has many names: for example Ületõusmispüha (resurrection), Lihavõtted (meat-taking holiday, marking the end of Lent), and Munadepüha (egg holiday). Easter Sunday is celebrated with a long lunch, egg painting, and…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:55
Spring cleaning (wiosenne porządki) is associated with the beginning of Lent. On Ash Wednesday believers have their heads marked with ash at a church service; on Palm Sunday they prepare special palms to…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:53
Easter is celebrated later because the Russian Orthodox church uses the old Julian calendar. On Holy Saturday churches hold night services and organise religious processions around churches. By that time, kulich, the traditional…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:51
Millions will unite to remember one thing this week. ‘He is risen!’ Yet His heart grieves over the Church’s rampant unfaithfulness. Congregations can be filled with cultural Christianity rather than lives fully surrendered…
Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:48
Egypt has had three days of mourning after two bombings of Coptic Christian churches by IS on Palm Sunday, killing 49 and injuring dozens. In response to the attacks, Egypt will set up…