Prayer
PRAYER AT BREATHE
Here at Breathe New Life, we believe that prayer is so important and vital to all that we do as a church. We host numerous prayer meetings across the year, both in the church building and online. In order to be fruitful, it is so important to engage in spiritual disciplines such as prayer and fasting.
You’ll be able to find further details about our next Prayer Meetings below as well as information about our Prayer and Fasting in 2026.
PRAYER RESOURCES
To help us grow in maturity, and become a worldwide caring community, praying community and community of power, we send out monthly prayer and bible reading resources, including bible reading plans, memory verses and some teaching on prayer.
Take a look below:
Praying Together
Praying Together
One of the ways we see people praying in the Bible and especially in the New Testament is together. In Acts 2, the church’s first prayer meeting took place and in a number of other places in Acts we see believers gathering together to pray, such as those mentioned in the Added Extras section below. The major thing that we see when people pray together in the Bible are moves of God.
Prayer and Fasting
Prayer and Fasting
You may have heard about fasting in your everyday life; maybe during Lent, as part of a medical requirement or in other aspects of society. As Christians, fasting is to abstain from something – mainly food – for a certain amount of time, with the express intent to shift our physical focus onto Jesus and to believe for breakthrough, strength or clarity in areas of prayer.
Intercessory Prayer
Intercessory Prayer
Prayer is about conversation with God; speaking and listening. In Luke 11 Jesus taught His disciples how to pray. Intercession is a part of prayer in that it involves talking and listening to God, but it goes deeper than conversation. Intercession involves a standing in the gap, an intervention, a stepping in on somebody else’s behalf through prayer. This is more than when we include someone in our daily prayers or pray for them in person.
Personal Prayer
Personal Prayer
Personal prayer is very important to help us connect relationally with God but also so He can speak to us and guide us. Spending time each day talking and listening is essential to asking God for help and guidance, saying thank you and being transformed to be more like Jesus. Spending time in prayer causes us to grow closer to God, align ourselves to His will, gives us strength and hope, and widens our perspective to pray and intercede for others.
Prayer Walking
Prayer Walking
Prayer walking is a great way to pray for our local communities and streets. It is where we walk through local streets, communities and neighbourhoods to pray for the area and the people.
Walking, I believe, is part of our basic existence; it is interwoven throughout the whole Bible.
Listening Prayers
Listening Prayers
We spend most of our prayer time talking to God, but for prayer to be a significant bedrock in our daily walk with Him and to help build that relationship, it is so important for it to be two-way. Listening prayer is effective and essential as a part of this.
ACTS Prayer Model
ACTS Prayer Model
ACTS is a framework to pray by, providing a series of prayer techniques to involve in your prayer time. It stands for:
A – adoration
C – confession
T – thanksgiving
S – supplication (or asking)
Breath Prayers
Breath Prayers
Breath prayers are short, simple prayers you can practise anywhere, at any time. They’re a great way to bring a deeper connection, to help you to fix your eyes on Jesus, and to create space for peace.
Praying God's Word
Praying God’s Word; Crafted Prayers
In Isaiah 55:11 it says,
“So shall my word be that goes out forth from my mouth, it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
God’s word is infallible, it is true and God never, ever fails to keep His word. His word is powerful, it is sure and it is dependable above anything and everything else.
PRAYER MEETINGS
Throughout the year, we have a mixture of morning and evening prayer meetings, as well as Zoom Prayer, Prayer Walks and Prayer and Worship Nights for you to take part in.
Morning Prayer Meetings are at 6:30-7:30am in the Cafe at Breathe New Life and Evening Prayer Meetings start at 7:00pm and run until 8:00pm in the Cafe. Our Prayer Walk on Tuesday 2nd June will starts at 7:00pm with a briefing in the cafe and then people will walk around the local area in groups until 8:00pm. Prayer and Worship Nights start at 7:00pm in the auditorium and usually involve a time of worship and a mixture of prayer activities and ministry time.
Zoom Prayer Meetings are at 8:00-9:00pm and you can access the Zoom meeting using the details below:
Meeting ID: 824 9591 5124
Passcode: 862670
2026 DATES
Here are the dates for all of our Prayer Meetings in 2026:
- Sunday 1st February – Prayer and Worship Night (7:00pm)
- Tuesday 3rd February – Zoom Prayer (8:00pm)
- Tuesday 3rd March – Evening Prayer (7:00pm)
- Tuesday 5th May – Evening Prayer (7:00pm)
- Tuesday 2nd June – Prayer Walk (7:00pm)
- Tuesday 9th June – Lifelinks Zoom Prayer Meeting (8:00pm)
- Tuesday 7th July – Morning Prayer (6:30am)
- Tuesday 8th September – Evening Prayer (7:00pm)
- Saturday 12th September – 12-hours of Prayer (6:00am – 6:00pm)
- Tuesday 6th October – Morning Prayer (6:30am)
- Monday 12th October – Lifelinks Zoom Prayer Meeting (8:00pm)
- Tuesday 3rd November – Zoom Prayer (8:00pm)
12 HOURS OF PRAYER
On Saturday 12th September, from 6:00am, we would like to engage in 12 hours of continuous prayer at Breathe New Life Church. There will be a number of scheduled prayer meetings at church across the day, as well as prayer stations and activities for people to engage with throughout the day.
More details will be released nearer the time, plus there will be opportunities for people to sign up to take part.
PRAYER & FASTING
Three days of corporate Prayer and Fasting will be taking place on the first Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each month, with the exception of January, April and August.
You can view the prayer points for each of the ten months below.
Subscribe to our mailing list to receive devotional emails during Prayer and Fasting periods.
MONTHLY PRAYER POINTS
2nd – 4th February: Worldwide Community: Caring, Praying, Power
2nd – 4th March: Fulfilment: Heart, Head and Hands, Huddle
4th – 6th May: Power: Growing in faith, Importance of Pentecost, Living by Holy Spirit
1st – 3rd June: The Persecuted Church: Pastors and Leaders, Pray for specific countries, pray for salvations
6th – 8th July: Spiritual Fitness: Practicing self-reflection (Psalm 139:23-24), Practicing Gratitude, Practising spiritual disciplines (e.g. prayer, bible, fasting, community)
7th – 9th September: Focus: Fulfilment, Worldwide Community, Growing in gifting
5th – 7th October: Vision: Jesus-centred, Rooted, Broad, Together & Far Reaching
2nd – 4th November: Core Values: Passion Freedom Kindness
7th – 9th December: Christmas: Good News, Light in Darkness, Prince of Peace
TYPES OF FASTING
There are various ways in which you can fast:
- Full Fast – Drink only liquids (you establish the number of days).
- The Daniel Fast – Eat no meat, no sweets and no bread. Drink water and juice. Eat fruits and vegetables.
- 3-Day Fast – This fast can be a Full Fast, Daniel Fast or give up at least one item of food.
- Partial Fast – A partial fast is from 6:00 am to 3:00 pm or from sun up to sundown. You can select from three types of fasting; a Full Fast, Daniel Fast or give up at least one item of food
- Media Fast – Eliminate any choice of media influence – television, movies, internet, gaming systems, mobile phones, etc.