Acts 13 -- 4.2.08
Father thank you for working in my life to bring about more sanctification and a pursuit of holiness. Father work Your sovereign grace in my life to the glory of Christ. Please fill me with Your Spirit that I may live a life that is worthy of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As I read Acts 13 I recognize Your calling on Saul & Barnabas at Antioch. Father I see a similar call for me. You have been pleased to send me out to preach and proclaim the gospel by establishing a church for the glory of King Jesus. In chapter 13 I have gleaned a couple of Scriptures to pray for New Life.
1. They proclaimed forgiveness of sins and that justification from everything is only through Jesus (v.38)
Father help us to proclaim and communicate the gospel so that everyone will know the only way for forgiveness and justification is through Jesus Christ. Help to make us first aware of the importance and significance of this crucial doctrine and then commend that to all those around us.
2. The next sabbath the whole city gathered to hear the Word of the Lord (v.44)
Father give us a place whether it's Eads or somewhere that would certainly please You--where we can see the whole city come to hear the Word of the Lord. God, please do this kind of work through us to the community You would plant us in.
3. The Word of the Lord spread through the whole region (v.49)
Wow. Could this be Your answer Father? We know that planting this church in Eads would give us access to many of the surrounding cities and we would definitely seek to be a regional church with a centralized location. Father what a testimony of seeing a city like Pisidian Antioch come to hear the Word of the Lord and then the Word spreading through the "whole region". God make Your Word and name great among us, Your people of New Life Church.
4. The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit (v.52)
Father it's just the Blessings and the Whittens, but Father please fill us with Your joy that we have been found to do Your will in this capacity. Please fill us with Your Holy Spirit that we will know it's not by our might, power or wisdom, but by Your Spirit who dwells in us. Amen!
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