Things To Pray For In February
Hebrews 12.1-2, ‘Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great cloud a witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.'
We are all in a race. The great race. Indeed the greatest race of our lives! And so looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, here’s how you can be praying for us in the month ahead…
Please pray for the growing number of Sovereign Grace Pastors and Members that are seriously considering cross-cultural Church Planting & Mission. Please pray for myself (Dave Taylor), the Emerging Nations Team, Mark Prater (Executive Director of Sovereign Grace Churches), and those asking the question. May we together discern the will of God in each of these situations and may His guidance be clear. May His will be done.
Please pray for Mark Prater, Joselo Mercado (Lead Pastor of Iglesia Gracia Soberana in Gaithersburg), his wife Kathy, and Bob Donohue (Lead Pastor of Grace Community Church, Ashburn), as they head to Costa Rica, February 21-23rd. Together they will speaking and serving at the ‘By His Grace Conference' in San Jose, a new opportunity for us, aswell as spending time with Allan Mongue and his Church, an existing Sovereign Grace Church plant already in Costa Rica. Please pray that they’d be able to freshly encourage, equip and care for everyone involved.
Please pray for Carlos Contreras, Senior Pastor of Gracia Soberana de Ciudad Juarez and Regional Leader for Mexico, as he travels to Silao, Guanajuato, to take part in the Ordination Service of Manolo Quintal, on Sunday 15th February. This is a historic moment for us, marking the first time the ordination process has all been done in Spanish, from beginning to end.
Please pray for Marty Machowski, Author & Pastor in Covenant Fellowship Church, PA, as he heads to South Korea. He’ll be speaking to home schooling families some 24 times in the space of two weeks, teaching them to make the discipleship of their children a higher priority than their secular education, something that is such an important issue in South Korea where competition is fierce and the pressure to succeed is so very high. Please pray that God keeps him healthy, that the Spirit of God would breath life into his messages, and that there’d be much grace for his family whilst he is away. Please also pray for his time with our very own Songhwan Kang and Lord’s Grace Church. That he’d be a very real encouragement and blessing to them.
Please pray Mike Seaver, Lead Pastor of Risen Hope Church, Greg Dirnberger, Senior Pastor of Emmaus Road Church, Sioux Falls, and Rich Richardson, Senior Pastor of Center Church, Gilbert, as they begin to train 12+ Church Planting Coaches for our Global work, 25th-27th February, in Gilbert, Arizona. With growing global opportunities before us, we are eager to have more men trained in this most important task. … Looking then to Him, the founder and perfecter of our faith. May His grace abound to us all!