PRAYVANCOUVER.CA 2016-07-31
“Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13 NASB
REPORTS FROM THE CITY…(watch for updates daily on @plantvancouver)
GenSend Students made presentations this week of five new sites to begin work in church planting. They have engaged the community and established follow-up points for the planters in the city and those arriving this fall. We are thankful to God for the work done in the lives of the students and in expanding our understanding of God’s activity in our cities.
Cornerstone in White Rock – We are praying for the outreach during the White Rock Sea Festival occurring this week. We are praying for Earl and Meredith Grisaffe as they lead our efforts in the area.
We are praying for the invitations being made across the city for individuals to enter a personal relationship with Christ. We pray for open eyes to see and ears to hear the Gospel clearly and the courage to act with repentance and faith.
PRAY FOR THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS THIS WEEK..
Pray for a time of great fellowship and family building as the WBA Picnic is held on August 1st. Pray that many of our church families would join us for this annual gather and we would experience the unity and encouragement of the Spirit. Pray that new relationships would be started. Pray God would be honoured by our growing cooperation on mission together.
We are in the final days of preparation for Summer Youth Celebration at Gordom Lake. Pray for the spiritual and physical preparation of the Camp. This week pray for the leadership team as they work through the final planning details. Pray for the speakers, Tim Corbin and Josh Arrington, as they spend time in God’s Word preparing for each session. Pray for those specific students that have not yet registered that need the experience of this camp to draw them forward to their next step on mission.
Pray for the Prayer Network for Vancouver and Vancouver Island
As you join us in praying if there is a need or a praise you would like to share with our network please simple send a brief email to raywoodard@gmail.com. In busiest times of engaging our city with the gospel, there are three ways you can personally be involved and you can involve your church or networks.
- Several years ago we began weekly publishing the items we are celebrating as well as the needs of our churches and leaders. We seek to make this available every Sunday morning through our website, Facebook and twitter so it can be shared for the coming week with prayer warriors across the country. It can be seen at prayvancouver.ca .
- We began several months ago encouraging individuals and churches to be involved in an effort to stop and pray for Vancouver/Vancouver Island twice daily at 10:02 am/pm. This time was taken from Luke 10:2 to simply ‘Pray earnestly to the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into His harvest”. God has been answering this simple prayer offered by those who will discipline themselves to stop and pray.
- A growing group of our men are fasting and praying now starting Monday or Tuesday evening after dinner at 6:00PM. Some of our team will fast until Wednesday at 6:00PM and the rest of us will continue our fast until Thursday at 6:00PM. We will be praying as follows:
- Spiritual awakening of our churches, locally and nationally, that are called by His holy name (both in and outside our association)
- Christian men to have a renewed relationship with Jesusand a passion in sharing their testimonies concerning their experiences and walk with the Lord.
- Our Canadian leaders in government at all levels, to govern according to Godly principles.
- Our country that it would return to the Lord and be healed.
- Gods protection for our churches and church families.
- Our church leaders (pastors, elders, deacons, lay leaders)
- Spiritual and numerical growth of our churches and small groups
- Pray for the Harvest
What would happen if all men called by Christ name committed to this time? What if we all humbled ourselves before our Lord? Would you join us in praying the Psalms and petitioning the Lord from His mighty word? Will you join with us until we hear from the Lord?
Thank you for your steadfastness in fasting and praying!