The Apostles Mission in Judea and Samaria

A Prayer

Holy Heavenly Father,

Make our hearts right before you, and keep us from greed. We know your Holy Spirit cannot be bought or sold. Help us to truly understand your gift of grace each day. May your word be accepted and your Holy Spirit be received as it goes out to all, impacting more and more nations. Gather your scattered children. Call your children, your adopted ones, from all the corners of the earth. Let your children:

• Stand in divine Glory
• Stand in your covenants
• Stand in your law
• Stand in your grace, and
• Stand in your promises.

God over all, may you forever be praised. These things we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Journal Exercise

Prior to his belief in Jesus, Simon the sorcerer boasted that he was ‘great’. When he saw the Spirit at work through Peter and John he saw the possibilities of gain being obtained through his faith. Do you experience a similar temptation to use Christianity as a means of bringing glory to yourself? If so, think of some steps you can take to beat this sin, and ask for forgiveness and strength to incorporate these steps into your lifestyle.

If it is not a problem for you pray that your leadership team will be protected from this sin.

A Quote

Man is more powerful when he is in prayer than when he is behind the most powerful guns.

– Billy Graham

A Challenging Prayer

Pray that God’s people, in submission to the Lord Jesus Christ and his command to make disciples of all nations, will:

• Reform the life of the Church (including our culture, ordinances, customs, use of resources and the deployment of ministry), which will in turn;
• Encourage and enable the multiplication of faithful Christian fellowships, congregations and churches, obedient to the teaching of the Bible, which equip and nurture their members, and extend into our villages, towns and cities and in all the world.