My Initial Email
It’s my prayer for God to teach me how to pray for those in need and one of the desires of my heart is for God to mold me into a prayer warrior. So, I’m praying for guidance and for God to teach me how to pray for my Pastor, my church, family and friends and I’m asking God to just examine and change my heart accordingly.
2 Chronicles 7:14 says:
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Notice the action steps laid out in this scripture that we must take: humble ourselves, pray, seek God's face and turn from our sin. If we do these things, God WILL hear us from heaven. With that being said, my Pastor's wife loaned me a book to read on Sunday. This book lays out how to pray for our Pastor and our Church, giving scripture to go with everything it says to pray. I’ve only made it to the third page of the book so far and at this rate it will take some major time to circulate this book. I’m taking notes and I have just started praying these things out loud daily. This morning as I was praying, I was just thinking of what a difference it would make if I could get other “Prayer Warriors” to come in agreement with me on these very things. So, I’m looking for some people who are willing to bind together in prayer daily. Who are willing to sacrifice a little of their time, who are willing to let God reveal to them the area's they need to change in their own life so that we can be a stronger body and can move forward, united in this battle. Right now more than ever we need to be covering our Leadership in prayer. I truly believe that Jesus is returning quickly and if we think our battles are hard, imagine the battles that they are facing on a daily basis. The enemy wants to stop them and the work they are doing for the Lord. So we need to encompass them in prayer consistently.
I would like to send a text and/or email out weekly on what we can focus on for that week. If we do this weekly that should give you time to memorize and build upon that list weekly. I will send you a small portion of scripture to read once a week and with it will be an area to focus on in prayer for example, Matthew 2:7-12, Pray for divine protection for Pastor and his family, cover them in Spiritual Armor and ask the Holy Spirit to lead, guide and direct their every step and to guide them away from any temptations or traps of the enemy. (Add your own flavor of course and continue to cover them in your own personal prayers but make sure and ADD these things specifically to your prayers at least once a day).
Even if it’s just two of us, I really want us to dedicate some time to this daily. If you’re interested, please let me know, if not that’s ok too. I just really feel deep down like God is looking for his people to fully surrender to him and his will, seeking him in prayer consistently. His word tells us in Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. We need to claim this promise as we ask God to work in the life of our Pastor and our Church.
I know that with God all things are possible. I’m looking forward to what God has in store for our Pastor, his family, our Church and us as a Body.
Scripture Reference
2 Chronicles 7:14
Matthew 2:7-12
Matthew 7:7
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