Strategic Partners
As a result of God’s leading, the Pastor’s and leadership of our church are inviting anyone with a heart for BCOB to join us in strategically praying for the following things. As your pastor I am excited about the idea that God is inviting us to be a part of His plan for so many people in our communities and neighborhoods. I believe this may be the single most important thing to the future of our church. Nothing in our lives has the power to unite our hearts and minds together as prayer does. There is something about praying in numbers, and praying for the supernatural things that only the presence and power of God can make happen. My prayer is that as you join us in praying that you begin to allow God to open your hearts and eyes to see what He is doing in our midst. Take time to celebrate the “wins” as God showers his blessings upon us. Some of these "wins" will be very evident and some will "look" like mere coincedences but when we committ to praying it puts our hearts in line with what God is doing so be on the look out for those God moments!
We know that some of you are great prayer warriors and that you have a way in which you pray in your life very passionately and consistently so we assume that this will come to you very easily and we thank you for your commitment to join us in praying. For everyone else who wants to join us in praying and have no clue where to begin we have a few ideas for you.
1) set a time where you can avoid distractions (this means the cell phone as well)
2) Divide the list into 7 parts and assign each part one day a week and pray as often as possible on that day.
3) Pray with your families about something on the list when you sit down to eat let each member draw one request out of a hat
4) Pray with others
5) Don’t try to memorize the list print it off and pray about the things
6) Go for a walk or a drive and pray (without noise)
7) Remember, prayer is sharing your heart with God, so just talk.
This list will be updated monthly and as needed.
They will also be available at the welcome desk at the church.
May 2010 prayer request -
Pastors -Nathan John and Dan- That they and their families will have God's protection, and the leading of the Holy spirit,
Church leadership - that God will give them wisdom in discerning His will for the direction of the church. (more details next month)
Unity - that every generation would realize the importance of each other and that we truly embrace doing God's work together that we become a unified church that is willing to grow (spiritually) in the neccasary areas to go to the next level of ministry in our communities.
Ministries - Youth, children's, and Celebrate Recovery and the volunteers (we will do new ministries each month)
Yourself - where is God leading you to participate? (giving, volunteering, joining a small group) What can we to do to promote the health and unity of our church?
Refinery - We believe that paying this off would be God honoring and allow Him to open more doors of possible ministries pray that this can happen. We are seeing new lives every week being touched by what God is doing through this place of ministry. (this is a "win")
V.B.S.- This year it will be July 26th to 30th pray that God provides volunteers, and begins speaking to the young lives that we attempt to reach.
Sundays- Ask God to prepare your heart for worship, and to receive His words with a Humble heart. Pray for God's direction in all areas.
Please keep in mind this is not an opinion poll, or a list of things that have been decided. They are areas in which we truly seek and desire to see God show us His plan as we seek to move forward in His presence. Please join us in praying and celebrating as God does great things through us.