Weekly Prayer Focus Archive. Please continue to pray:
Week of March 12: Spiritual Life. Pray for growth and deepening of the spiritual life of all those involved in our congregations, both your own and all churches in the city. (Resource: You may want to introduce spiritual disciplines within your tradition or with a book such as https://www.amazon.com/Celebration-Discipline-Richard-Foster/dp/0340979267) The following slide may be helpful:
Week of March 19: Revival. Pray for the revitalization of the church in Ridge Meadows, for each person to have a growing relationship Jesus Christ, and active engagement in the community with those who don’t yet know Him. (Resource: You may want to invite a member to share an experience of personal spiritual renewal and invite the congregation to meditate individually on the depth and vitality of their relationship with Christ, followed by prayer for corporate deepening and renewal.)
Week of March 26: Church Leaders: Pray for pastors, elders, deacons and ministry leaders in our congregations in Ridge Meadows. (Resource: You may wish to ask congregational leaders to stand and invite members to extend hands or gather around leaders, offering prayers of thanksgiving and blessing, asking wisdom and refreshment, spiritual vitality and joy in serving.)
Week of April 2: Children: Pray for the children in our congregations, for children’s ministries (e.g. Sunday School) and ministries that bless children in the community (e.g. day camp or Vacation Bible School). Resource: Compassion video https://vimeo.com/129901228. Pray for your children, their parents and ministry leaders in your service.
Week of April 9: Missionary: Pray for a specific missionary or mission organization supported by your congregation or denomination. You may wish to draw from recent prayer requests from that missionary or mission organization, along with a photo or even brief video clip your missionary has provided.
Week of April 16: Youth: Please pray for the youth of our church and their relationships with those in our community. This article by Jeff Fountain may help pray with insight. Please pray for the needs and future of our teens and twenties, for their hopes and anxieties, their relationships and sense of purpose. Pray especially that their core identity will be knowing who they are in Christ. Please pray also for those who love them and relate most closely to them.
Week of April 23: Seniors: Please pray for those over 65 who gladly or with difficulty re-purpose themselves after careers and parenting seeking the Lord’s purpose for their lives in this new season. Please pray that seniors would have opportunity for a deepening relationship with Christ and new means of service in the church and community. Pray for flourishing and resilience* in their later years and especially for those who are secluded and don’t know Christ.
Week of April 30: Marriage: Please pray for joy and refreshment in the marriages in our community. Please pray for strength and grace in marriages where there is struggle and healing in marriages where there has been wounding. Please pray for mutual encouragement and putting one another first. Please pray for the honoring of marriage in our culture.
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