What is first on your prayer list? That’s right. Your family! By name. Everyday. I have 3 kids in school. I pray for them, their teachers, social challenges they’re facing, exams, temptations, etc. You remember what all that was like, don’t you?!
Locally I pray for more of my church’s local outreach efforts like campus ministries at U.T., the rescue mission, serving international students, FCA, Joni & Friends, etc. If you need categories of ideas of what to pray for locally, check out this excellent resource in Knoxville, TN as an example.
Nationally, I pray for my church’s efforts to plant more churches. We’re highly involved starting brand new churches in about 7 non-Southern states. Those church planting families need our spiritual assistance as much as our dollars and teams. I also pray for our Convention as a whole, its leadership, its national mission board, and its seminaries.
Internationally, I pray for 2 more Clusters of missionaries in Southeast Asia , and also for Sub-Sahara Africa (and many individuals serving in these areas).
I hope you are getting your own ideas about what to pray for locally, nationally, and internationally. I always have suggestions and will share them more specifically in a later post. Meanwhile, make your own list and pray! What you actually do is more important than what you intend to do!
[To read this series from the beginning, go here].
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