May Your worth and work captivate our hearts, minds, and wills so that circumstances are transcended by the fact that You are for us in Christ. God, make us to be a church that is thankful to You and for You. You see this in Colossians 1 as Paul, himself in prison, prays for a church full of people whom he has never met-that they would understand the greatness of God and joyfully respond to the gospel with thanksgiving to God (Col. In other words, we want to see churches enveloped by a real joy in God because of what He has done for us in Christ. The Apostle shows us that the thankfulness we are after is God-centered and gospel-wrought. One way we can be praying for our churches is to plead with God that we would be thankful.īut thankful for what? And thankful to whom? 1:21) while noting thankfulness as a mark of a believer (Col. The Apostle Paul identifies being unthankful as a footprint of unbelief (Rom. Lord, make our church a Bible-saturated church.Ī thankful church should not be taken for granted, and an unthankful church should not be left alone. Cause me always to hunger for the truth while being ever satisfied with the truth. Our Father, give our church-give me-an abiding delight in Your Word. Everything pivots on what we do with the Bible. Imagine hearts so overflowing with the Bible that their text messages, conversations, and meditations just drip with the Scriptures. Imagine a church that longs to open the Bible each morning to discover anew the truth of God’s character and conquests. Imagine the impact of a church full of people who wake up eager to come and hear the Word preached on Sunday morning. Therefore, we can pray that the church would be filled with people who hunger for hearing from God in their private devotions, public gatherings, and conversations with other believers. After all, it is the Bible that God uses to make the child of God more like the Son of God (John 17:17). If the goal of the church is Christlikeness, then the diet for the church must be the Bible. Here are five ways that we can be praying for our own church family and other churches as well. I was reading through Nick Batzig’s helpful post on how to pray for our pastors and thought about how we could pray for our churches. As Christians, we know that when we think about our priorities, prayer is right at the top of the list. As we turn our calendars to a new year, we instinctively make plans to give attention to what matters.
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