Spiritual Reflections
It’s good to pray together, share together, encourage one another and learn together.
At various points in the year, the YBA produces resources and reflections to encourage churches to think about Lent, Advent and other key times in our Christian calendar, so do keep an eye on this page.
YBA Prayer Diary 2026
w/c Sunday 16th August
Rotherham Baptist Church
Please remember the folk of Rotherham Baptist Church in your prayers this coming week.
For thanksgiving:
We are a relatively small congregation, but thank God that in recent days we have seen some growth in numbers, including children, with new friends joining us and old friends coming back to worship with us.
For the faithfulness and commitment of the congregation who offer themselves to serve the church, doing the different jobs that need to be done.
For those from inside and outside the congregation who take our services (when our minister, now retired, is not available).
For prayer:
For the several members of the congregation who are going through difficult times, including bereavement, personal struggles and serious illness of family members.
For the witness of the church to friends, family and to those within the local community.
For guidance as to how best to cater for the needs of the children and young people in the congregation.
To guide your prayers further, you can find out more about the ministry of the church through their Facebook page here.
Rothwell Baptist Church
Please remember the folk of Rothwell Baptist Church in your prayers this coming week.
For thanksgiving:
Our new Community Outreach Worker and the impact he has already had reaching out to our neighbours.
Answered prayer for healing of a teenager from our congregation, who was critically ill.
The new guests we have had attending our outreach meeting and Sunday Services.
For prayer:
That God will guide us in our search for a new Children and Youth Worker.
A good start to our children and youth work restarting in September.
Outreach activities planned for the remainder of the year.
To guide your prayers further, you can find out more about the ministry of the church through their website here.
The “why and how” of our YBA Prayer Diary
Prayer undergirds the work of the YBA. Prayer demonstrates our utter reliance on God and our care for one another. One of the ways we do this as a staff team and wider Baptist family, is by regularly praying for all our churches through the year using the YBA prayer diary. Thank you to all who have been doing this faithfully or maybe even sporadically. For those who may not know, each week, a couple of our churches are featured in the prayer diary and become the focus of prayers from other churches and people across our Association. We may not always know the specific needs of these churches, but we hold them in our hearts in prayer before the Lord, seeking His blessing over them and their ministry.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were additionally to be able to pray for the specific, expressed needs of our featured churches each week? That is exactly what we want to do – to raise up the specific needs of our churches before God’s throne of grace in obedience to His word: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Phil 4.6).
Ahead of their scheduled week, we invite our featured churches to send in their prayer requests and thanksgiving points. This is uploaded to this section of our YBA website. Any church who, for any reason, is unable to respond to our invitation will still be prayed for.
So be on the lookout for your church’s invitation to send in your prayer points and also do check out this area of the ‘Prayer & Spiritual Reflection’ section of the website, each week, so you can pray with knowledge for the needs of our churches across Yorkshire. We look forward to celebrating specific answers to prayer as we join together in praying for our churches.
If you have any questions about the administration of the prayer diary, please click here to contact the Admin Team.
Nike Adebajo
YBA Regional Minister