Our Anchor In A World AdriftSample

Pray for the City

Except for a few tourists, there were no parishioners that Sunday inside the Stadtkirche, the city church officially named St. Mary’s Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This was the church where Martin Luther regularly preached while a stone’s throw away is the All Saints’ Church where he nailed his 95 theses. Ironically six centuries later, in this same place where Reformation began, people now rarely worship in churches.

Cities today face a spiritual challenge. Studies show that most urban centers are becoming less Christian. As a result, many city dwellers miss out on opportunities to know and connect with God. Religion has become less influential and is replaced by other worldviews and practices. Also, when refugees and migrant workers enter a host country, they bring with them their non-Christian beliefs and traditions, thereby creating religious diversity in the city.

God commanded the Jewish exiles through the prophet Jeremiah to pray and seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which they were exiled. Shall we all then in unity cry to the Lord of the harvest? Wherever you are, let’s pray for...

• all the city dwellers and those in the surrounding areas to seek God and revere Him;
• discernment and boldness for Christians to share the gospel;
• the Church, the Body of Christ to shine brightly as light to the world, leading unbelievers to Christ.

By praying, by reaching out to develop relationships with people in our communities, by serving them in significant ways, and by sharing with them the message of God’s love, we are fulfilling our calling as lights of the world.

Prayer: Lord of the harvest, we pray, send more laborers into the cities!

Click here to learn more steps to reach the urbanites in our world:www.gmi.org/7stats