Praying God’s Purposes for His Church
Monday, January 10. Pray for the Worship Planning Team, as they continue to help us worship God in spirit and in truth. “’Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshiper the Father seeks. God is spirit and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth’” (John 4:23-24).
Tuesday, January 11. Pray that we would be a people who live not for ourselves but for Christ. “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again” (2 Corinthians 5:15).
Wednesday, January 12. Pray for those who give leadership in worship each Sunday – that they be blessed in what they do. Pray too that we would be a church that encourages each other. “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:22).
Thursday, January 13. Pray that we would continually grow and mature in our faith. “…until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ” (Ephesians 4:13-15).
Friday, January 14. Pray for our Prayer Team as they help us grow in being a praying church. “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:18).
Saturday, January 15. Pray that we love God above all, not this world. “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away but the man who does the will of God lives forever” (1 John 2:15-17).
Sunday, January 16. Holy Spirit, inspire our worship this morning. Open our eyes to the beauty and wisdom of Your Word and give us a fresh perspective and deeper understanding. “...not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25).