Pray for Good News Week

Good News Week: Real Life Part 1: Prayer

The good news we have is God’s good news about Jesus for us, and therefore prayer is critical in our plans to share the good news. It reminds us that God is the Lord of the harvest, and he is the one, who through his Word, calls people into his Kingdom. We are his servants holding out the word of truth. Have you reflected on how you pray for your family, friends, and neighbours....
It is worth remembering with respect to prayer, we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.... Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Prayer is a privilege, praying for our harvest opportunities is part of the privilege of prayer. It is possible to lose sight on this privilege in the cut and thrust of everyday life.
Paul gives some more practical suggestions with respect to praying for our harvesting, “ Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.” Here are prayer points for us to pray generally and specifically. We ought to pray for those who proclaim the good news among us preachers, evangelists, lecturers, teachers, bible study leaders, scripture teachers, anyone who proclaims the word of truth. Specifically with Good news week in mind we ought to pray for Ray Galea, our visiting speaker, and our Trinity Mission Team.
What should we pray? We ought to pray that God may open doors of opportunity for the proclamation of Christ amongst our friends family and networks. Secondly we ought to pray that those among us who proclaim the word of truth will proclaim it clearly. We can be confident that Ray Galea will do that for us. I want to encourage you to be specific in your prayers naming those for whom you desire God to open doors for them to hear the good news. Prayer specifically helps us to be more focused in our encouraging and inviting.
Jesus teaches us to pray that God’s kingdom will come, God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. God’s kingdom comes in this present life through the preaching of the good news about Jesus, as God calls people to himself. Pray Hard !

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