Saturday, February 04, 2006

Prayer for the Church - and Your Church

Ever wondered how to pray for your church and leaders? Rebecca at Rebecca Writes has a running blog from contributors with suggestions for praying for your local church. Here are some excerpts:

Pray that God will continue his saving work in the members by working increasing sanctification within them.

 

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.... And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:6, 9-11 NET)

 

Pray that you would submit to your leaders and be a joy to them as they keep watch over your soul.

 

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you. Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect. ( Heb. 13:17-18.)

 

Pray that the church would fulfill it's mission of making disciples

 

Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:18-30 NET)

 

Read the whole list here. Bookmark the page and check back often; the list keeps growing.

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