Week One Prayers
May 2
Pray that we have unity amid diversity. We have the gospel of Jesus in common if nothing else.
"There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
Ephesians 4:4-6
May 3
Pray that we develop a culture of disciplining which views instruction and encouragement as vital to the Christian life.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
May 4
Pray that we have faithful elders who rely upon God's Word to prepare for the work of ministry.
The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching."
1 Timothy 5:17
May 5
Pray that we have a hunger for studying the gospel so that we are prepared in God's Word.
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."
2 Timothy 2:15
May 6
Pray that we have transparent, meaningful relationships with one another.
Jesus prayed about his followers: "that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you."
John 17:21
May 7
Pray that God's Word is proclaimed carefully and correctly through preaching and teaching.
"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?"
Romans 10:14
