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Thesis: Praying up new servants
For kids: Mr. Potato Head Prayer
For kids: Mr. Potato Head Prayer
I want to be your hands
I want to be your feet
I'll go where you send me
I'll go where you send me
Prayer and Me
Prayer request brings a sense of security
Prayers requested for Grandma Betty
Telling her encouraging stories about Jewell Squires
Our short history of Prayer
Our short history of Prayer
1. Karen Fisher- Leadership Retreat 2015 - Challenge to Prayer
2. Glenda getting prayer chain / texts started again
3. Several major health concerns in congregation whose recipients became very active in sending in prayer requests for others
God didn't stop there
4. At least one small group that meets here in part to pray for our church and others
God didn't stop there
5. Group decided to pray with worship leaders before each Sunday Service
God didn't stop there
6. Meet team wants to take this on the road and do some prayer walks in our neighborhoods - if God has been tugging on your heart, speak with David McMahan about that.
That doesn't count the praying you all do outside of more official church functions
We have always been a praying congregation, and we have gone through seasons of prayer
Sometimes looking at our history of prayer might look like driving around some important landmarks
- focusing on Thanksgiving
- praying for others,
- praying for ourselves,
- spending time listening to God...
Going around these in a big circle
Through it all, God has wanted to grow our prayer and help us share it.
Where do we go from here?
What part does prayer play in our mission of making disciples?
Winepress song
Ancient winepress was a large vat of stomping people
human machine used to separate the good from the bad, the wine to be served in celebrations from the pods to be fed to cattle
Praise of infants - quoted by Jesus on Palm Sunday, the entry to Jerusalem
Praise as strength against enemies and avengers
This is a prayer of the vulnerable and the guilty
"What is man that you think of him?"
My study Bible points out that Job uses a similar phrase but with a different emphasis.
Instead of wondering at God’s care, Job—in the midst of his suffering—wishes God would leave him alone ().
But God does care
As much as we care about and are responsible for the world, God cares more
This is a prayer submitting to God in our time of service and strength.
We have much to pray about, many requests, many needs, and we take prayer requests from anyone (at least I will)
What about God?
What are God's prayer requests?
"The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few."
When the church is growing by 7,000 new believers a week, we need more servants, more disciples.
When the church is dying by 7,000 new believers a week, we need more servants, more disciples.
We are not growing as United Methodists or as Christians in America
Fewer people have Christian funerals
Fewer people attend funerals
If nothing changes, 80% of pastors will retire from our conference in 5 years and most of them will not be replaced.
This year and almost 40 are retiring and we are bringing in about 10 new pastors.
Instead of raising up new disciples to lead the church, we have discovered it is easier to just close then.
At the going rate more than half our churches will close in the next 15-20 years.
Seasonal Challenges
Are you working for God this summer or are you taking time off?
It's okay to do different things in different seasons, but don't let the season, squeeze God out of your life.
Greatest commandment: Give God 10% of m my heart, soul, mind, and strength?
No! All.
We are working for God, pressing one another in the wine press.
The good and bad will be separated in us.
The good can only grow if the bad is let go.
Do you want to just be 10% saved?
After you are gone, will people call you an "almost Christian"?
There are disciples to be made today and you are one of them.
The Spirit of God is ready to go.
Are you?
Prayer
We want to be your hands
We want to be your feet
We'll go where you send us
We'll go where you send us
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