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Pray for Our Church Day 30

Posted on Jun 30, 2015 in Devotions |

June 30

Read Jn. 17:15; Matt. 6:13; Matt. 10:14; 1 Jn.. 4:1; 2 Cor. 11:14; 2:11

Lord, today we lift up our need for protection. Protect and deliver us from the evil one. Help us be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves as we deal with the wolves around us. Show us how to test every spirit to see if they are from You. Help us recognize the enemy’s disguises and schemes so that he won’t outwit us.

Benediction

Dear God we have finished our thirty days of prayer for our church family, leaders and our ministry to the world. Today we pray for your blessing to always keep you first in our lives, our ministry and our families. Give us wisdom as to what to do in the days ahead as we prepare for continued service. May we build this family exactly as You are leading us to build. I give You all the praise Lord! Amen.

“Only praying hands can build for God. They are his mighty ones, his master builders.” E.M. Bounds

Pray for Our Church Day 29

Posted on Jun 29, 2015 in Devotions |

June 29

Read Jn. 17:11-23

Lord, I lift up the Church universal. Father, we claim the power of Your name over us so that we will be one, as You and Your Son are one. We want Your joy in full measure just as Your Son, Jesus, prayed for us. Help us live as though we are not of this world; sanctify us by Your word. May we be brought to complete unity so that the world will know the truth of the gospel.

Pray for Our Church Day 28

Posted on Jun 28, 2015 in Devotions |

June 28

Read 2 Chron. 7:14; Rev. 3:17

Lord, I lift up the Church in our nation. We humbly unite and confess as one people—one Church called by Your name—that we have sinned. We’ve operated out of acquired wealth thinking we could do it on our own—but we are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. We seek Your face, O God! Thank You for hearing and forgiving us. Please dear God bring healing to our land!

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the over-whelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” Abraham Lincoln

Pray for Our Church Day 27

Posted on Jun 27, 2015 in Devotions |

June 27

Read 1 Cor. 12:12-26

Lord, I lift up FCBC as we seek to serve here in Fresno. Recognizing that we are part of the greater Church. Help us understand the value of serving with other bodies of believers. Forgive us if we forget to share, to reach out to other fellowship communities. For we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body. Help us to work at being one: concerned about one another—suffering with and rejoicing with other congregations as appropriate.

Pray for Our Church Day 26

Posted on Jun 26, 2015 in Devotions |

June 26

Read Gal. 5:14; Prov. 3:28; Isa. 61:4; Jer. 29:7; Lk 10:5-6; Ps. 127:1

Today Lord, I lift up our community, especially the surrounding neighborhood. Let us love these people as we love ourselves. May our concern for their needs override other things that take our time and focus. Rebuild and restore areas that have been devastated. Renew our community—send Your peace and prosperity into this place where You’ve planted us. Bless each individual home and family. Build each house from the inside out; watch over our city.

“Prayer penetrates doors we will never enter. Prayer breaks hearts that have been hardened by the most ruthless pursuit of position. Prayer bridges the gap between the modest den of the meek and the highest places of government, where laws are made and bills are signed and officials wrestle against impossible odds.”

Beth Moore

Pray for Our Church Day 25

Posted on Jun 25, 2015 in Devotions |

June 25

Read Acts 2:47; 1 Cor. 4:15; 1 Pet. 3:1-2; Col. 1:13; 2 Cor 5:20

Lord, I give thanks for the wonderful church growth we have experienced for the last 19 years. So…today I again lift up our church growth to You. Add to our number daily through new converts. We long to be worthy ambassadors in this ministry You have entrusted to us: that of proclaiming Your message of reconciliation to a lost world.

Pray for Our Church Day 24

Posted on Jun 24, 2015 in Devotions |

June 24

Read Rev. 3: 22; 2 Kings 6:17; Matt. 6:25, 33, 10

Lord, I lift up our priorities as a congregation. Give us ears to hear what Your Spirit is saying to our church. Open our eyes to see things as You see them. Help us move beyond issues of immediate need to pursuing Kingdom issues. We know that as a 131 year old fellowship we have growth and transitional needs. Please Savior help us to set vision so we might be brought to a place where “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” is more than just words we say.

“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.” John Bunyan

Pray for Our Church Day 23

Posted on Jun 23, 2015 in Devotions |

June 23

Read Rom. 8:1; 2 Tim. 2:25, 26; Ro. 6:6; Heb. 12:1

Lord, I lift up every one of who struggle with hidden sin issues. Keep them and us from the enemy’s scheme of condemnation. Grant us repentance so that we can escape the trap of the evil one. Thank You that sin was done away with on the cross and that we are no longer slaves to it. Help us to throw off everything that entangles—help us run the race with perseverance.

“But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.” Luke 10:25

Pray for Our Church Day 22

Posted on Jun 22, 2015 in Devotions |

June 22

Reading Gen. 16:13; Ro. 8:15; Isa. 61:1-3; 2 Cor. 1:3-4

Lord, I lift up those who are hurting right now. May they come to know You as El Roi, the God who sees them. For every situation of rejection, help them feel you close. Bind up the brokenhearted! In every area of bondage, set the captives free; in every case of mourning, replace it with Your oil of gladness. Comfort them so that they will have a ministry of comfort to others.

Pray for Our Church Day 21

Posted on Jun 21, 2015 in Devotions |

June 21

Read Ps. 68:5, 6; 25:16; Matt. 25:35-40; 2 Cor. 12:9; Phil. 4:19

Today I lift up our Agape ministry. Let us be a real family to all new arrivals, to those who long for a spiritual home. Show us ways to include everyone and to minister with grace. Stir up practical ideas in us that show Your love and care. Watch over Jeannie as she ministers, as she shepherds as she pastors. Give her personally and her family strength, courage and rest.

“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all. Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don’t want to wait for God to resolve matters in his good time because his idea of ‘good time’ is seldom in sync with our.” Oswald Chambers