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Therefore, I tell you, everything you pray and ask for — believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24, CSB
God is in control and cares for us, and He makes sure we have everything we need as we ask Him according to His will, and often more than we ask.
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the spiritual growth of those helping with your church’s VBS.
This Sunday: Pray for the spiritual growth of those helping with your church’s VBS
“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7, CSB
Only God can save us from our sins, and He invites us to ask for salvation and all that gives Him glory and changes the world for our collective benefit as the gospel is shared.
During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
Hebrews 5:7, CSB
So much in this world is scary and sad, but Christ has lived among us, showing that God understands our fears and sadness, so we know that we can call on Him in our time of need and that He listens.
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for churches that have fallen pastors.
This Sunday: Pray for churches that have fallen pastors
This is a call … with a story …
This past Sunday was our promotion Sunday, celebrating our graduating high school seniors.
Only two were present, but that made it more special.
Why?
In 2018, I was given the privilege of starting the youth group for our congregation. I started with only three students – a 7th-grader (the pastor’s oldest son) and two 6th-graders. Last year, that old 7th-grader graduated and is now working toward becoming a pastor through Grand Canyon University’s Barnabas program (which started in 2020 with only 4 students!)
Those two 6th-graders were the two we got to call forward and pray for this weekend.
I was fine during all the preparations. I was tired and mildly stressed due to many volunteers calling in sick or injured and my being the one to make sure all of our Sunday prep was done.
As I walked up to the front to call them forward, it slammed into me:
I started crying as I took the mic.
The older of the two (by two days) is taking at least a year before college for engineering, because, due to his love for Minecraft, he has already been working for a year with landscape designers. He will also help out with the youth group while here.
The other took some trade school classes as he finished his senior year, and, two weeks earlier, he became certified in autobody work. He wants to follow in his dad’s footsteps to help people by doing something he loves. (His dad runs a local portion of a motorcycle ministry in our area, reaching the rough crowd and helping any in need.)
So, here is the standard call:
Things are a little crazy. I work in a university setting, and I see what most 18-19-year-olds are facing academically and socially. They need all the prayer they can get!
We just sent out our missionaries, but they greatly enjoy receiving communication from their home church. Missionaries can use home support and encouragement, whether abroad or at home.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Talk to missionaries your Church support if they are in town.
This Sunday: Talk to missionaries your Church support if they are in town
For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Encourage someone who normally don’t pray aloud in prayer meeting to pray aloud.
This Sunday at Church: Encourage someone who normally don’t pray aloud in prayer meeting to pray aloud
Unity amongst our leadership became a major priority in 2023, which we called “the year of the attack on unity” for our congregation. 2024 was not better, but we have become more close-knit as leaders and even amongst the congregation as a whole.
Pray hard and often for the unity of pastors and elders.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church: Pray for the unity of your church pastors.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for the unity of your church pastors
This Sunday at Church: Pray for Myanmar with the recent Earthquake and ongoing Civil War.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for Myanmar with the recent Earthquake and ongoing Civil War
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