As we continue to walk with Jesus through the Gospel of Matthew, we come to the significant miracle account of Jesus’ multiplying the 5 loaves and 2 fish. So significant is this miracle that all four Gospel writers include it. What a testimony to the goodness and compassion of Jesus. Please use this guide to join with your church family in prayer this week.
Prayer Guide: Jan 19, 2020 – Matthew 14:13-21
1. Give thanks to God for graciously revealing Himself to us and giving us His Word so that we might know Him and His will.
2. Ask God for grace to stay disciplined and excited about prioritizing God’s Word by reading it, meditating on it, and memorizing selected verses in 2020.
3. Pray that our church would be characterized by the compassion of Jesus.
4. Confess to God the sinful tendency towards selfishness that keeps us from serving and loving others.
5. Ask God to help us trust in His provision and to steward our resources (time, energy, money) for His glory and for the good of others.
6. Plead with God to give grace to people you know whose marriages are struggling. Pray that rebellion would be confessed and repented of, and that healing and restoration would begin to take shape.
7. Pray that we would seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness - and that we would be satisfied in Jesus.
8. Ask God to grow our church both spiritually and numerically.