Prayer for Week of October 20

 

Loving and merciful God, we praise you for the work you are doing through Second Baptist Church of Wroclaw.  We thank you for the pastors, Wojtek and Bogdan, who shared their passion for Christ with us, and provided the opportunity to partner with them for an afternoon.  We ask that you bless them with creativity, energy, wisdom, and unfaltering love as they minister to their church.  And we ask that you bless the congregation as they grow in understanding of your grace and truth, so that Second Baptist may shine brightly as a beacon of hope to all those around her.

 

“You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.”  Mathew 5:14-15

Prayer for Week of October 13

O Heavenly Father,

As our friends at EST prepare for their "Days of Reformation" conference (Oct. 30 to Nov. 1), we pray you will be ever present in the final days of planning and also to all who gather together for this event. Use this conference to strengthen and grow the relationships between EST and the community, especially as EST strives to raise money and awareness for Hospice for Kids. Lord, soften hearts and bring this community of faith together to show support for the families of these children in Hospice.

"The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."    Luke 1:37

Prayer for Week of October 6

Holy and Omnipresent God,

As the international Board for EST meets in Little Rock, Arkansas, this week, be present in the room. Give each person serving you in that capacity the courage and inspiration to seek peace there, in Poland, and throughout the world. May your vision be theirs. For Wojtek and Marek, as they travel from Poland, may the support, encouragement, and enthusiasm with which they are received, by both the Board and those in churches they visit, sustain them through the winter months as they faithfully seek to do your will.

"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one is a part of it."   
    1 Corinthians 12:27

Prayer for Week of September 29

Dear God,

We lift up Liz and Doug Searles and their weekly circuit ministry of language classes, bible studies, pulpit supply, and youth and music programs. We ask for travel safety and also for financial and creative resources as Liz and Doug continue serving congregations and communities within Lodz and beyond. May your grace, O Lord, make possible that which seems impossible to us.

"Hope thou in God."   Psalm 42: 5

Prayer for Week of September 22

Gracious and Loving God,
During this time of new beginnings  in the academic year, we lift up those faithful ones who have served you at EST in unsung ways- the security personnel who protect and secure the property, the custodians who maintain the building, the receptionist who welcomes all to the ministry, and all those who serve you in ways often unacknowledged and unnoticed.

"Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up your hand! Do not forget the humble."   Psalm 10:12

Prayer for Week of September 15

We thank you God,
for the relationships you are building between your servants in Poland and the United States. We pray you will continue to grow this work you have begun in us: a work of love and service.

"... Always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it..." Phillipians 1:4-6

Prayer for the Continued Journey

Lord,
Mold us that we as strangers in a foreign land may stand with those we visit as brothers and sisters in, and as, the living example of Christ.

"Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel."
Philippians 1:27