Week Four
Monday 28th September to Sunday 4th October 2026
Every week we will follow a rhythm where we’ll be praying for a different theme each day.
On Mondays our prayers will focus simply on God.
On Tuesdays we’ll pray for Exeter Vineyard Church.
On Wednesdays we’ll pray for the Church - whether here in Exeter, in the UK or around the world.
On Thursdays for Exeter and the surrounding areas.
And on Friday we’ll pray wider, for our nation and the world.
Over the weekend there is no set devotion, but on Saturday there’ll be a reminder to take time to reflect on anything that might feel like a God-prompt from earlier in the week.
Monday 28th September
On Mondays we focus on God as an act of devotion and worship.
Today we want to think about Jesus, our saviour. Who chose, because of his deep and passionate love for you, to do everything and anything to win you back.
In Hebrews 12:2 it says we should be “keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame.”
The amazing implication is that we were the joy Jesus was pursuing.
Today, allow this idea to stir thankfulness and wonder. Use it to banish our feelings of shame and the persistent doubt that Jesus probably doesn’t really love me… and instead, by faith, accept that he saved you, because he wanted to, because he loves you, because it brought him joy.
God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8
Tuesday 29th September
On Tuesdays we’re praying for Exeter Vineyard Church.
Today we want to pray for healthy relationships in the church. This starts from each of us being mature, stable and emotionally healthy… being secure in God’s love, receiving from him and overflowing to others.
Pray we would be a church of interdependent relationships. This is defined as: a healthy balance where two autonomous individuals come together, share mutual support, and rely on each other while keeping their own unique identity.
This is contrasted with independent (“I can do everything on my own and do not need anyone else”) and codependent (“My self-worth and emotional well-being are entirely tied to other people”)
This week is national ‘Single Friendly Church Week’. Let’s pray for single people (those happy to be single, those wishing they weren’t single, those somewhere between) who live in a society - and church culture - that often elevates romantic relationships and marriage to the ‘ideal’.
Let’s pray for marriages, where struggles and issues are often kept secret because it is something not spoken about.
Pray for relationships between parents and children, that at all stages of life they would be loving and healthy and, especially for young families, that the relationships there lead everyone towards Jesus.
Pray for friendships, that we would learn how to do deep and committed friendships that cover the full spectrum of fun and supportive companionship right up to loving challenge and accountability.
And pray that all our relationships would overflow to the people, situations and world around us, exhibiting God’s eternal values and bringing his Kingdom.
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
John 13:35