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In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.
Hebrews 5:7, NASB1995
Christ came to be our example in all things, especially in sacrificial love, showing us the closeness of God through prayer even and especially in difficult times.
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for orphans in war zone.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for orphans in war zone
Our congregation happens to be looking for at least one more elder. Elders always need prayer! Especially new elders!
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the New Elders at your Church.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for the New Elders at your Church
Our congregation had about 40 people with a handful of kids and mostly older attendees when my wife and I came along. Today, there is a good blend of younger and older. Prayer helps!
Also, be prepared for the challenges that arise as a church grows! Continue praying and seeking God, as individuals and a congregation.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for young people to come hear the Gospel in your church
This Sunday at Church: Pray for young people to come hear the Gospel in your church
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Luke 18:1, ESV
Jesus reminds us that life is hard, and when we don’t see the response we wanted or it doesn’t come fast enough, hang in there. Keep praying. The Holy Spirit will also give us strength, wisdom, and help with our prayers.
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: This Sunday at Church: Pray for the completed Winter 2024 training of pastors would be used by God.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for the completed Winter 2024 training of pastors would be used by God
Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Romans 8:26, ESV
Life gets hard for many reasons, and sometimes it is too much. Yet God helps us, because He loves in the believer by the Holy Spirit, so we can trust that God knows our needs and helps us pray even when we feel like we can’t.
And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.”
1 Samuel 3:10, ESV
Sometimes we don’t feel like praying, so we help each other remain faithful in seeking God.
Sometimes – oftentimes – we find God has been calling out to us the whole time. Let us respond in gratitude and obedience.
Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7, CSB
We encourage each other through all areas of life, especially when life gets hard. Therefore, we pray together and lift up our cares to God in prayer to find His wisdom.and even peace.
This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
1 John 5:14, CSB
We encourage each other to grow in Christ, and that can look like keeping each other in line with Christ’s thinking so that our prayers are indeed heard as we ask in His will.
a simple man of God 