Things To Pray For In March
1 Corinthians 8. 1-5, ‘We want you to know brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches in Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will, begging us earnestly for the favour of taking part in the relief of the saints - and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.’
One of the things I so love about our family of churches is the desire and commitment to display a similar interdependence to what we see in those verses. We really do believe that we can do far more ‘together’ than we can ‘alone’, and I love that about us!
With that in mind then, here’s some of the ways that you can be praying for us in the month ahead…
Please pray for Lynn Baird (Pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Pasadena, CA ), Todd Peterson (Pastor of Cross of Grace Church, El Paso) and Myself (Dave Taylor) as we head to the Philippines, 6th - 15th March. Whilst there we will be preaching at the Church of the Chief Shepherd Leadership Summit in Manila, on the first weekend. We’ll then be relocating to Cebu to run our third annual Sovereign Grace Churches Philippines Pastors Conference, and so please pray for us and the 80+ delegates that are planning to attend that conference. All these delegates are pursuing partnership with Sovereign Grace Churches and so please pray that this conference is a blessing and encouragement to everyone in attendance.
Please pray for Joselo Mercado (Senior Pastor of Gracia Soberana, Gaithersburg, MD) as he heads to Peru, 4th-7th March, to preach at a CMA Church in Trujillo. This is a great gospel opportunity in a country that is ever growing in the area. Please also pray for Joselo as he then heads to Barranquilla, Colombia, 27-30th March, to preach at Centrados, a conference put together by the Caribbean Coast Network of Churches. He will be preaching three times at this event, and then on the Sunday he’ll be heading to be with Soberana Gracia Church in Santa Marta, to continue the conversation of partnership and adoption with them. Gabrielle Reyes (Pastors College Graduate) will also be accompanying Joselo.
Please pray for Nathan Smith (Senior Pastor of Grace Church, Bristol, England) as he hosts a Worship Matters Intensive, 16th-22nd March, alongside Bob Kauflin (Sovereign Grace Director of Music). There are over 14 UK delegates signed up for this event and so please pray that this will be a really effective and encouraging time for everyone involved.
Please pray for Ben Kreps (Senior Pastor of Living Hope Church, PA), Doug Hayes (Pastor of Covenant Fellowship, Glen Mills, PA & Director of Covenant Mercies) and Steve Bice (Senior Pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Dayton, OH ) as they head to Liberia, Africa, 27th March - 2nd April, to serve our good friend Dyonah Thomas. They’ll be teaching over 200 pastors who will be attending the Pastors College for that week, teaching in some of the Grace Network Churches, and continuing to develop and strengthen our partnerships with the dear brothers there. Please pray that God would give them wisdom in how to best steward our growing partnership with Dyonah and the churches he serves in West Africa.
Please pray for Michael Granger and his team in Ethiopia as they prepare to launch their Church Plant in June. This month of March marks a ‘soft-launch’ for them, and so please pray that all goes to plan and that the glorious grace of God abounds to them all!… Thank you so much for partnering with us in prayer, we appreciate it very much!