Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Mission prayer (week 4)

Prayer guide for week 4

Sunday 1st June
Pray for our communities. Pray that God’s grace would be seen throughout our neighbourhoods. Pray that Christ would be honoured, and that many would begin to seek a relationship with God.

Monday 2nd June
Pray through your “Monday list”

Tuesday 3rd June
John Kramp in his book Out of their faces and into their shoes challenges us to be there for people as they emerge from “lostness” to offer support and guidance. Ask God to give you a heart for lost people and offer yourself a someone he can use to help lost people find him.

Wednesday 4th June
Jim Henderson talks about being a spiritual guide for others when they need it among his list of Ordinary Attempts. Pray for opportunities to do ordinary things that God can use for the Kingdom.

Thursday 5th June
Pray that the church would grow through the impact of outreach and evangelism, both personal and corporate. Ask God to give us all a passion for the lost and missing in our communities at home and at work etc. Pray the church “out” into the community rather than praying people “in” to the church.

Friday 6th June
Give thanks for the many opportunities we have to engage in outreach. Ask God to give us boldness and courage to share our faith and to encourage us as do so.

Saturday 7th June
Take some time to reflect on this month of prayer. What things has God brought to your attention? What things need further prayer? What are you going to do next?

Has God spoken to you about something that the whole church needs to hear about? Do you have a story about this month of prayer that you could share with the church on a Sunday morning? 

Thank you for sharing in this month of prayer.