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This Sunday at Church: Pray for the conversations of a church considering church merger.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for the conversations of a church considering church merger
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
Matthew 5:44, HCSB
God wants to give us all good things, and that should push us to want to give goodness to others, especially those who have no love for us and Jesus.
Our little congregation has been becoming a little less little, but there are two others that are struggling now. We are looking at merging to help them, especially with one of those pastors getting along in years.
Let us all lift up these churches.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for Churches thinking about Merging with other churches,
This Sunday: Pray for Churches thinking about Merging with other churches
Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for — believe that you have received them, and you will have them.
Mark 11:24, HCSB
God wants to give us good things, most importantly is the gift of salvation. If you have prayed in faith and repentance, believe you are saved!
I am deeply depressed;
Psalm 42:6, HCSB
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
God should be our greatest desire, and when life gets in the way we should cry out to God from the places of safety, like Church, and in the midst of trials, just like David did when running from his son who tried to steal the throne.
Why am I so depressed?
Psalm 42:5, HCSB
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
God should be our greatest desire, and sometimes we focus on something else or He is calling us to think of others with His love and will by allowing sadness, depression, and anxiety. Prayer and praise to our Savior will restore our desire.
I preached again!
This week I finished Paul’s opening prayer and introduction to the church in Philippi, and it was the realization of how much he wrote “prayer” that adjusted this message. (Spoiler alert: prayer is paramount.)
As usual, my PowerPoint is provided below.
Daniel
I found out about a 7.8 earthquake on Sunday on the southern end of the Philippines when I noticed a major dip in my blog views. I have a large audience from that area, so their inability to get online and subsequent absence from my views alerted me to look up the area.
If you have not seen the destruction from buildings collapsing and tsunami damage, they are in pretty bad shape.
Let us lift up the entire region, that they may recover quickly, mourn those lost well, and find comfort in Christ and His Church during this time. Pray for those searching for missing people, strength to endure, and help to come quickly.
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: If your church needs back up worship leaders, pray for that.
This Sunday: If your church needs back up worship leaders, pray for that
a simple man of God 