Tag: Discipleship

Saturday: Pray for Our World

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Pray for our World:

  • Gospel to spread, people to be saved, and churches to be planted
  • A world-wide Great Awakening that transforms cultures
  • Unreached people groups to be reached with the gospel
  • Relief work in Nepal, Refugees in Syria and Iraq
  • Peace in Ukraine, Middle East, African countries

Friday: Pray for Our Nation

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Pray for our Nation:

  • Growing recognition of the hollowness of the idols of our age: money, material things, sex, homosexuality, technology, social media, fame, power, alcohol, drugs, entertainment, government
  • Growing openness and response to the hope of the gospel
  • Many in our country to come to Christ and grow in Him
  • Another Great Awakening that transforms lives and our country
  • President Obama and his Cabinet, Congress, and the Supreme Court – wisdom, follow truth, righteousness, and justice
  • Supreme Court decision on “same-sex” marriage
  • State – Governor Snyder, Legislature, Judicial – wisdom
  • Families – strong marriages, children, finances/work
  • Economy – national/state growth, job growth
  • Education – federal/state policies, curriculum, teachers, safety, public schools, private schools, home-school freedom
  • Entertainment/Media – Christian influence, positive impact

Thursday: Pray For Your Community

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Pray for your Community:

  • Growing openness and response to the hope of the gospel
  • Many people in our communities to come to Christ
  • Fruit from your church outreaches
  • A Great Awakening that transforms our community
  • Families – strong marriages, children, finances/work
  • Economy – local businesses, jobs
  • Education – local schools, teachers, safety, graduates

Wednesday: Pray for the World Church

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Pray for the World Church:

  • Churches to grow, world-wide church revivals
  • Pastors – Biblical training and resources, Biblical faithfulness
  • Church in Nepal, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, India, China, etc.
  • Perseverance and strength for persecuted Christians
  • God’s provision (food, homes, jobs) for Christians
  • Christian refugees – especially from Syria and Iraq – and those ministering to them
  • Bibles, Christian literature, radio, TV, and internet available to encourage, strengthen, and help grow in the Lord
  • Growing freedom to worship the Lord

Sermon Songs: Isaiah 58

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MusicNotes

Our Lord, He died and rose for you
To give you hope and make you new
So dare to be diff’rent today
In what you think, you do, and say

Don’t join worship to wickedness
Don’t do good out of selfishness
Pursue justice and righteousness
With great delight, devotedness

Repentance leads to salvation
He strengthens, offers protection
He hears our prayers and guides our ways
Satisfies us all of our days

Our God refreshes and restores
Abundant blessings He outpours
And in the darkness, He’s the Light
Our Lord in whom we take delight

– From a sermon on Isaiah 58
(To the tune of “The Doxology”)

Tuesday: Pray for the American Church

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Pray for the American Church:

  • Personal revivals leading to church revivals around the country
  • Growing commitment to worship, prayer, discipleship, fellowship
  • Growing commitment to evangelism and missions
  • Growing love for God, his people, and the lost
  • Courageous fidelity to Biblical truth in a culture of compromise
  • Wisdom for pastors and other church leaders
  • Wisdom for leaders of Christian ministries, schools, missions
  • Christians living with Biblical integrity in the workplace, school, neighborhood, and community

Worthy of Worship

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SpiritualDisciplinesThe more we focus on God, the more we understand and appreciate how worthy He is.  As we understand and appreciate this, we can’t help but respond to Him.  Just as an incredible sunset or a breath-taking mountaintop vista evokes a spontaneous response, so we cannot encounter the worthiness of God without the response of worship.

– Donald Whitney in Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

Monday: Pray For Your Church

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Pray for your church:

  • Growing joy and delight in the Lord, desire and thirst for God
  • Deep hunger for the Word, and abundant grace to live it out
  • Growing burden to pray – individually and corporately
  • Reverent awe of our great and glorious God
  • Gripped by the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection
  • Personal revivals leading to church revival
  • Practical love and care for one another
  • Striving for unity and peace in our thoughts, words, & actions

Week of Prayer

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Acts 1 tells us that after Jesus ascended into heaven, the early disciples gathered together and “with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer” until the Day of Pentecost.  This past Sunday was Ascension Sunday, and the coming Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, so our church is following the example of those early disciples and having a week of focused prayer.  I want to invite you to join us as I post our daily prayer guide.