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1 Bethany Prayer Diary 2015 Psam 136:1 Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His ove endures forever.

2 Introduction Thank you for praying for us. We rey on your prayers as we continue our work with homeess and vunerabe peope across Scotand. We are meeting more and more peope every day who are isoated, strugging and facing extremey chaenging situations. Your prayers make a difference. God has a pan for a of us. We see this a around us as peope find new hope for the future. As you pray you can ask God to ead and guide every singe person we support, so that they can move on to a new ife and escape the situation that made them come to us for hep in the first pace. Peope often ask whether we ony hep peope who have a Christian faith. Our repy is simpe: we work with peope of a faiths and none. No-one is excuded. Bethany s work is about putting our faith into action and demonstrating Gospe principes of ove, grace and hope for a. As you read the rea ife stories featured here you wi see how so many peope have found new hope in ife. Our work is growing both geographicay and through new projects and partnerships. If you want to find out more about what we do, you can visit our website bethanychristiantrust.com or foow us on Facebook or Twitter. We re gratefu for your support and woud ove to stay connected with you throughout the coming year. Yours in Christ, Iain Gordon Chief Executive Officer

3 January Fresh start 1 Peter 1:3 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a iving hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. I had reay ow confidence and sef-esteem, Bethany staff heped me grow and run my own home. Now I m even working. The staff at Bethany heped me get a fat and even gave me a starter set to furnish it and make it a home. Being a teenager, I didn t know what it took to run my own home and I d never been independent. Now I fee ike I can take on anything and move on with my ife. Pray for Homeessness Sunday on Sunday 18th January and that Bethany s work with homeess and vunerabe peope wi be supported by oca churches. Every year we hep our service users get back on their feet and start afresh. Give thanks to God for a the ways in which he gives us a second chance. JANUARY Pray that God may continue to guide and keep our vounteers, our members of staff and our service users in this new year.

4 February Timey sheter Proverbs 11:25 (NIV) A generous person wi prosper; whoever refreshes others wi be refreshed. FEBRUARY It took us two weeks to get to our better ife, and months for it to start. My parents divorced, so my father and I decided to move to the UK. We bought a car and drove for two weeks unti we reached Edinburgh. It wasn t unti we arrived that we reaised it woud be so hard to find work and make money. We barey ate and we sept in the car for months, but money was running ow. It was so bad, I considered steaing. We were introduced to the care sheter just in time to save us. Give thanks for the amazing work that our vounteers and staff members do at the Care Sheter and for a the peope that we are abe to reach out to and hep. Pray for direction and guidance for a those that find themseves in difficut situations and are strugging to find a heping hand. Peope find themseves in troube for many reasons. Pray that the pubic wi support our work and see the rea peope behind the probems in our society.

5 MARCH March Giving back 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV) And God is abe to bess you abundanty, so that in a things at a times, having a that you need, you wi abound in every good work. I started off as a resident at Bethany House, now I have my own pace and I cook for the residents on weekends. I d ived in Bethany House for some time, however eventuay my confidence grew enough to eave and my support worker heped me ook for my own home. I now have a fu time job and I m so thankfu for a the hep Bethany has given me that I ve started heping my support worker in the kitchen on the weekends. This weekend we made the residents risotto, it was amazing to see how much they enjoyed it. Give thanks for a who move on to an independent ife in the community. Pray for peope to be successfu in finding empoyment as they move on. Pray that God wi continue to bring bessing to our service users ives. Thank God for the amazing work being done and pray that He wi continue bessing projects ike this. Give thanks for a the former service users that fee compeed to give back and for a those that give their time and resources to hep others in need.

6 Apri Saving grace 1 Corinthians 1:3 (NIV) Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Give thanks that by God s grace we are abe to provide food to peope who do not have any, through projects ike the Care Van. Pray for courage and perseverance for those who are moving on but who sti face significant chaenges. I have nowhere to cook and can t afford takeaways. Thank you for the Care Van. I have to ive in a Bed and Breakfast right now which has no cooking faciities, and I have ony just got a job so can t afford to spash out on takeaways or eating out. The free unch from the Care Van is the first decent thing I ve eaten in days. Thank you. Ask God to bess a the peope and partners who support the Care Van so it can be in use throughout the year, both daytime and nightime. APRIL

7 May Reconnecting Ephesians 4:32 (NIV) Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. MAY My father had acoho probems, but after countess years we finay reconnected and I m so gad I got to know him. My father had eft us when I was young because he was batting with acohoism. I had no father figure in my ife and ended up going down the wrong path. At 19 he got back in touch with me. I moved to Scotand to get to know him. I sorted my ife out, but my dad coud never quite sort his. I ended up moving back to Engand this pushed my dad to get hep from Bethany. His support worker got him on the right track and after a whie, when I asked my dad to move to Engand, his support worker traveed with him to hep sette him in. Bethany brought us back together in more ways than one; they reay went above and beyond for my dad. There are peope and situations that eave us deepy wounded and hurt. Pray that God wi hea peope s hurts and enabe them to reconnect. Pray that famiies wi be reunited and reconnected and for Bethany s roe in our service users ives we want to support famiies to be strong and heathy. Pray that our service users may forgive and be forgiven so that they may start rebuiding their ives in peace, ove and security.

8 June Keeping the famiy together Psam 133:1-3 (NIV) How good and peasant it is when God s peope ive together in unity! For there the Lord bestows His bessing, even ife forevermore. JUNE Our fat was in such a bad state that we amost ost our itte girs. We were stuck in a rut and didn t know how to get out. Our home wasn t in good condition and socia workers were threatening to take our daughters from us. Bethany supported us in getting our home into a better condition and heped us engage more at the girs nursery. Vounteers even decorated their room! The hep we ve received has kept our famiy as one. Chidren are affected by poverty and homeessness issues. Pray for a the chidren that Bethany comes into contact with. Remember a those famiies strugging to bring up their chidren. Pray for the right hep to be found and that parents wi deveop the skis they need. Pray that Bethany wi be abe to reach more and more peope every day to hep them and support them in times of need.

9 Juy Bright future Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the pans I have for you, decares the Lord, pans to prosper you and not to harm you, pans to give you hope and a future. We may not have been abe to go on hoiday, but we have a ovey home. The rent on our fat was so high; I was terrified my chidren woud end up on the streets or in care if I coudn t pay. Bethany gave me support and put me in touch with a oca Housing Association and because of this I have been offered a ovey fat that is more affordabe with my wages. My support worker is heping me a ot. Maybe next year I can take the kids away on hoiday! JULY Give thanks for the good pans that God has for our service users. Give thanks for the fact that many of them are seeing a brighter future ahead of them. Pray that affordabe and suitabe accommodation becomes avaiabe for those who need it and that Bethany wi be abe to assist with this process. Give thanks for Bethany s community support projects that meet peope in need in the oca area.

10 August Studying for a better future Psam 100:3 (NIV) Know that the Lord is God! It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His peope, and the sheep of His pasture. When I was homeess, I never thought I woud go to coege. When my reationship ended, I was homeess and depressed. Bethany heped me find my own home. The Visiting Support team heped me get furniture for it. The support given by the Visiting Support team has made me fee much better and I enroed in coege. My confidence is sky high now! Pray for motivation and inspiration for a our service users that they wi be guided and heped in new areas of their ives. Pray for encouragement for our service users who are starting new ventures and that their confidence wi be buit up. Ask for God s guidance and protection over them. Reationship breakdown is a major cause of homeessness. Pray that we can support peope to maintain their reationships and their homes. AUGUST

11 September Happiness restored Phiippians 4:9 (NIV) And my God wi meet a your needs according to the riches of His gory in Christ Jesus. SEPTEMBER My fat was damaged, undecorated and depressing. Now it ooks ike a competey different pace. My fat fees ike a rea home. It has a the sma touches and itte things that make it persona, but it wasn t ike this when I first moved in. The pace was undecorated and the was and roof were damaged. Bethany vounteers repaired and decorated the whoe pace which competey changed my ife. I can t stop smiing! Give thanks for our vounteers who hep turn unsuitabe houses into happy homes. Without vounteer hep we woud not be abe to achieve this. Give thanks for our projects that provide furniture and basic househod items. Pray aso for the generous peope who donate furniture to us. Pray for funds and donations to Bethany s shops which support our work. Donations can be in short suppy so ask God to provide what is needed each day.

12 October Sticking together Thessaonians 5:11 (NIV) Therefore encourage one another and buid each other up, just as in fact you are doing. OCTOBER My brother and I never had much uck with housing; thanks to Bethany we now have an amazing two-bed home. My brother had been in a home and I d spent years sofa surfing at friends and famiies homes. Neither of us had any stabiity or the chance to move on from our situation. We ended up in temporary accommodation and our Bethany support worker heped us find a permanent home as we as a grant to hep us make it nice. The amazing support et us do something we hadn t in a ong time ook to the future. Give thanks for the provision of support to peope who strugge to find and maintain a home of their own. Take a moment to pray for a those who are going through difficuties and have no one to turn to, that they may find hep from Bethany at the right time. Pray that the Hoy Spirit wi guide us in reaching as many peope as possibe, offering the best support.

13 November Frozen out Psam 46:1 (NIV) God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present hep in troube. I was a Chef in some of the best restaurants in the City, unti I ended up on the streets. I m a we trained Chef and had worked in many different restaurants over the years. One day I ost my job, my home and my famiy. I found mysef on the streets during the codest time of the year with no idea how or where to find hep. I stumbed upon the care sheter, the peope there kept me warm at night and gave me encouragement to fix my CV and find a job. I was fortunate to find work quicky and move on from the sheter, eaving space for someone ese who needed it. Pray for a those who find themseves in difficut situations. Pray for a those who have ost everything and are ooking for hep. Give thanks for a the churches and vounteers that make the Care Sheter possibe each year. It is an amazing, ife-saving project. Pray for growth in the Caring Christmas Trees project which part-funds the Sheter and give thanks for the generous donations that come in during winter. NOVEMBER

14 December Loney no more Psam 68:6 (NIV) God sets the oney in famiies, He eads out the prisoners with singing. I spend every Christmas aone; even now I have a home. Last Christmas though, Bethany gave me such a great opportunity to meet peope, even if ony for a few hours. DECEMBER I was homeess for many years and even though I now have a home I spend Christmas aone. It is aways a horriby oney and isoating time for me and I dread the thought of it. Last Christmas time, Bethany had a sma party for staff and peope in the same position as me. It gave me a chance to meet new peope and even though I sti spent Christmas day on my own, I had one day out of isoation. Pray for a those who wi spend Christmas aone that we wi be abe to reach out to them and share friendship and hospitaity together. Pray for peope in our addiction and temporary accommodation units. Christmas is a chaenging time for many peope who are facing an uncertain future. As the year comes to an end, we give thanks to God for his provision, protection and guidance. Pray that we wi be ed by the Hoy Spirit as we prepare for 2016.

15 We provide sheter and a ot more besides Turn faith into action make a rea difference to someone s ife today You reay can make a difference in someone s ife by supporting Bethany Christian Trust. 10 can provide someone with unch, companionship and advice at one of our drop-ins 30 can provide a rough seeper with a warm pace to seep, a hot mea and breakfast and time with peope who care Practica support and advice for rough seepers Emergency accommodation Residentia addiction support Support for young peope Essentia empoyment skis Resettement and visiting support Furniture and househod items Opportunities to buid socia networks Support for oder peope 75 can support a famiy for a month to hep address their needs and hep keep the famiy together 150 can provide someone with a nationay recognized empoyabiity quaification so they can find a job To find out more about Bethany pease visit our website Bethany Christian Trust is a registered Scottish charity No Pease get in touch if you woud ike to find out more about how you can hep. Te: info@bethanychristiantrust.com

16 Change Scotand for good Did you know that there are even more ways for you to hep change Scotand for good? If you re feeing inspired, here s how you can hep: Join one or Bethany s big events. Be a participant or hep out as a vounteer we can t do it without you! We can hep you organise your own mini-fundraiser in your oca community, church or at work. Funds raised are vitay important to our work to transform the ives of homeess and vunerabe peope in Scotand. Run your own event. We can provide resources for you and your oca church, schoo or workpace to make it easy for you to stop homeessness in your own way. Smaer community events are vita to our work and each one heps us change more ives. We reay do need your support. Pease emai: events@bethanychristiantrust.com or ca for more information.

17 Bethany Christian Trust, charity no SC Bonnington Road, Edinburgh EH6 5JQ Te: Giving homeess & vunerabe peope hope and a future.

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