April Petitionary Prayers

In the month of April, Rebecca is gathering our petitionary prayers into one place so that we can pray for each other.

Today, and every day, I am praying for our little church.

We've been meeting together since last October. We worshiped in homes for two months, then started meeting in a local town hall in December. We were adopted as a Home Mission Church by the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in March and are part of the Presbytery of the Midwest of the OPC.

As a Home Mission Church, we have come under the guidance of another church in our Presbytery. Their Session is now our Session and they will guide and direct us as we go forward, helping us to identify and train a Session of our own and giving us help and encouragement as we grow and develop.

Here are some of the things I pray for each day:

• That God would would establish our church on the foundation of Jesus Christ and that He would be glorified and exalted in our worship, our ministries, and in the lives of the people of Christ Covenant OPC.
• For God’s direction and guidance as we seek His will concerning our new work
• For God’s establishment and preparation of future church leaders
• For the men of our over-seeing Session and the church in Grayslake
• That we would serve together in unity and in love.
• That God would continue to provide pulpit supply until we call an organizing pastor.
• That God would prepare both the church and our future pastor as we seek His timing and direction in the calling of that man of God. 
• That God would add to our numbers.
• That we would seek Him in His Word. 

Update on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 08:35AM by Kim from Hiraeth

Dorothy is praying for Christ Covenant OPC, too!  And, no, we didn't plan to mention the church in both our posts today!  That was providential!

Comments

[Lisa writes...]

Amen! May the Lord do more than you can ask or imagine! As I have prayed and interceded for my own church over the years, often with more doubt than faith, I've discovered (to the praise of His glorious grace) that He can and will!

[Pam]

Thanks for sharing this Kim! We pray for you at my Church and I will pass along these specific requests for Wed. night prayer meeting. I'll log them into my prayer book, too! Still praying for you too! I'm feeling much better, thank you for the prayers and notes ...

[ukrainiac]

Praying for you and God's work through this new body of believers. I remember when our little PCA church in Maryland was getting organized -- really thrilling to see God moving in hearts of His people.