What a great time we had worshipping together in one service last Sunday. Praise God for His goodness and mercy to our church family. We are so grateful for His provision for our Children’s Ministry in bringing Michelle Rose to us. We’ll look forward to her start, and trust the Lord to sell their house in Brentwood, TN.
This Sunday, we begin Matthew 9. Matthew will introduce us to another aspect of Jesus’ authority – His authority to forgiven sins. We’ll see that our greatest needs are not physical in nature, but spiritual. Will you join with your church family as we pray for our corporate gathering this Sunday?
Prayer Guide: Sept 8, 2019 – Matthew 9:1-8
1. Give praise and honor to the Most High God. Worship Him as the sovereign God who possesses all authority.
2. Give thanks to Jesus who has met our greatest need through His perfect life, substitutionary death, and resurrection from the dead. Give thanks to the One who has met the righteous requirements of God’s Law and is able and willing to forgive those who place their hope in Him.
3. Ask God to give you greater confidence in and appreciation for Jesus’ authority so that you will live more fully for the joy that is to be found in obedience to God’s ways.
4. Confess to God your reluctance to live a life focused on exposing others to Jesus. Ask God for grace to courageously live as His witness.
5. Pray for people that you know who seem to be focused only on their broken external situations but fail to recognize their broken spiritual condition. Pray that God would give you opportunity to encourage them to find their healing in Jesus.
6. Praise God for providing for our church by sending Michelle Rose to us as our new Children’s Minister. Pray that Wesley and Michelle’s house in Brentwood would sell quickly.
7. Pray that those who visit our church will experience the warmth of our church family. Ask God to be gracious to our church and to grow our Body as He sees fit. Pray that our church members would find joy in inviting people to worship with us and that in God’s timing, both of our morning services would be overflowing with people!
8. Ask God to graciously save people this weekend during our worship services.