EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 35: For Local Schools and Safety
In 2018 there were reportedly 94 school gun violence incidents in the United States (US Naval Postgraduate School data, vox.com, 12/10/2018). Back in October a 13YO Trickum Middle School student brought a butcher knife to school and stabbed one of his teachers. We are living in an era where potential violence and training for active shooter response are part of how schools have to operate. We have several teachers in our congregation. Let's pray for the safety of teachers and students and that our society would come to God to have the deepest needs and causes for violence addressed in His grace for us all.
"All your children shall be taught by the LORD,
and great shall be the peace of your children." - Isaiah 54:13 ESV
"He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?" - Micah 6:8 ESV
Monday, February 4, 2019
Sunday, February 3, 2019
40 Days of Prayer: Day 34
EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 34: For Visitors and Impact in the ATL
Atlanta today is welcoming a whole bunch of visitors - it's Super Bowl Sunday! Atlanta is a great town and a lot of people live here and more move here every year. We have visitors to our church as well. Let's pray today for our welcoming of visitors, not just for a cursory initial greeting, but for us to have Christ's heart in welcoming all who come to our community and to our church. Pray for us to be able to show real interest in others, to hear their stories and know their needs, to show them Christ and to invite them to grow together in faith. Pray for godly hospitality.
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." - Matthew 25:35–36 ESV
"Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God." - Romans 15:7 ESV
Day 34: For Visitors and Impact in the ATL
Atlanta today is welcoming a whole bunch of visitors - it's Super Bowl Sunday! Atlanta is a great town and a lot of people live here and more move here every year. We have visitors to our church as well. Let's pray today for our welcoming of visitors, not just for a cursory initial greeting, but for us to have Christ's heart in welcoming all who come to our community and to our church. Pray for us to be able to show real interest in others, to hear their stories and know their needs, to show them Christ and to invite them to grow together in faith. Pray for godly hospitality.
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." - Matthew 25:35–36 ESV
"Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God." - Romans 15:7 ESV
Saturday, February 2, 2019
40 Days of Prayer: Day 33
EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 33: For Community Groups, Discipleship Groups
Our prayer for this year for EACF is that we would grow in how we love one another. Some ways we build relationships are our four community groups and our five ongoing discipleship groups. Please pray for depth of relationships and a real sensitivity to the Holy Spirit as we hope to grow in our ministry to one another. Pray for courage and faith to get real to share our burdens and to encourage and help one another. Pray for us to grow in our knowledge of God's Word and in our maturity in applying the Word of God, in confessing and repenting of sins, and in walking in the grace and Spirit of God by faith.
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." - John 13:34–35 ESV
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2 ESV
Day 33: For Community Groups, Discipleship Groups
Our prayer for this year for EACF is that we would grow in how we love one another. Some ways we build relationships are our four community groups and our five ongoing discipleship groups. Please pray for depth of relationships and a real sensitivity to the Holy Spirit as we hope to grow in our ministry to one another. Pray for courage and faith to get real to share our burdens and to encourage and help one another. Pray for us to grow in our knowledge of God's Word and in our maturity in applying the Word of God, in confessing and repenting of sins, and in walking in the grace and Spirit of God by faith.
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." - John 13:34–35 ESV
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2 ESV
Friday, February 1, 2019
40 Days of Prayer: Day 32
EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 32: For ACCC and the network
Our congregation is the fruit of the labor and faith of those who have gone before us, and in the case of our church, that is the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church. While ACCC planted ACCCN in Johns Creek/Alpharetta and ACCCNW in East Cobb, our EACF congregation was effectively the first church plant...it just wasn't acknowledged as its own church back then!
Let's pray for ACCC, for Pastor Steve Huang and the elders, for the deacons and other servants. Pray in thanksgiving for their faith and legacy! Pray for the parents to care for their children in the youth and children's ministries. Pray for their outreach and for the kids who come without their parents, and there are many in that group at our church on Sundays. And pray for the other churches in the network, as ACCCNW is looking to fill several staff positions and ACCCN is still searching for their next English pastor.
"Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind." - 1 Peter 3:8 ESV
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen." - Galatians 6:18 ESV
Day 32: For ACCC and the network
Our congregation is the fruit of the labor and faith of those who have gone before us, and in the case of our church, that is the Atlanta Chinese Christian Church. While ACCC planted ACCCN in Johns Creek/Alpharetta and ACCCNW in East Cobb, our EACF congregation was effectively the first church plant...it just wasn't acknowledged as its own church back then!
Let's pray for ACCC, for Pastor Steve Huang and the elders, for the deacons and other servants. Pray in thanksgiving for their faith and legacy! Pray for the parents to care for their children in the youth and children's ministries. Pray for their outreach and for the kids who come without their parents, and there are many in that group at our church on Sundays. And pray for the other churches in the network, as ACCCNW is looking to fill several staff positions and ACCCN is still searching for their next English pastor.
"Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind." - 1 Peter 3:8 ESV
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen." - Galatians 6:18 ESV
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