Introduction: Prayer Week - 28th June to 4th July 2026
Prayer is central to all we do at Chosen: we must battle together to ensure that it always remains so. After all, it’s how we started all those years ago in 2017. We prayed for three years before we embarked upon any form of frontline work. Today, we have a wonderfully faithful team of intercessors who pray for everything we do: outreach, Drop-In, prison visits, support for our women and so on. Their prayers are pivotal in allowing God’s will to be released into every aspect of our work. We must persevere in prayer, and in accordance with Jesus’ guidance. That is why we will be using the Lord’s Prayer as our guide and inspiration for our prayer week.
2025 was full of surprising answers to our prayer: Grace walked free from addiction, exploitation and into the arms of Jesus, we had generous donations for our new Drop-In, we completed the main refurbishments we wanted in our facility, we established stronger links with other agencies, and we added four new frontline volunteers. We praise God for all this.
Who knows what the Holy Spirit will do in the next 12 months as we pray together?
2026 has started encouragingly: we have welcomed our first guests to our refurbished Drop-In space, Grace is still in contact with us, we have doubled the teams on walking outreach and we are contemplating many changes to how we reach and support our women. For instance, we are looking to serve our women more consistently, more closely and even more meaningfully. This is the year we have re-opened our Daytime Drop-In. Drop-In is important so we can serve the women more intentionally, get to know them better, signpost them into new lifestyles free from exploitation and abuse, and allow them to experience the fulness and reality of Jesus’ immense love. We have also increased our support for exploited women in prison.
Of course, for these engagements to bear fruit, we must pray. We cannot do this work in our own strength. However, with the Lord’s help, anything is possible (Philippians 4:13).
That is why we have a prayer week this summer. Each day has a verse from the Lord’s Prayer to contemplate, reflect upon, give thanks for, and specific prayer points related to it. Furthermore, each of the women we have met on walking outreach since 2020 is listed (using pseudonyms for confidentiality): around six per day. We have also special prayer events on the Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: these are listed overleaf. We would love to see you at any or all of these: you really would be most welcome.
Let’s continue to pray!
Richard, CEO, Chosen