Things To Pray For In August
Charles Spurgeon, in his book “The Power of Prayer in a Believers Life," recently quoted by Mark Prater, says the following,
“Do not bring before God stinted petitions and narrow desires, but remember, as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are His ways above your ways and His thoughts above your thoughts. Ask, therefore, after a Godlike fashion, for great things, for you are before a great throne.”
Isn’t that amazing! You and I, can now go before a “great throne” and ask God for “great things”. What a reality!
And so with that in mind, here’s some ways that you can be praying for us in the month ahead…
Please pray for the Pastors of Sovereign Grace Churches around the world, asking God to give them wisdom as they continue to lead their local churches through COVID-19 related decisions.
Please pray for Michael Granger as he and his family begin the process of planting a Sovereign Grace Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia asking God to give Michael wisdom for when to launch his plant in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please pray for Riley Spring (Sovereign Grace Church, Parramatta, Australia) and David & Jorge Del Castillo (Iglesia Gracia Soberana, Santa Cruz, Bolivia) as they continue to press on in their first year of Church Planting.
Please pray that God would continue to give the Sovereign Grace Churches Leadership Team wisdom for how to expand globally in a way that preserves our theological convictions, gospel values, and allows us to continue to build relationally, both in the pandemic and beyond it.
Please pray for Joselo Mercado, Lead Pastor of Iglesia Gracia Soberana in Gaithersburg, as he a heads to Puerto Rico, this month, to preach at his friends Church, teach at a seminary on marriage, and lead through a series of meetings on the future plans of Reformados.
Please pray that God would continue to provide financially for Sovereign Grace Churches so that we can fund the gospel opportunities He is giving us throughout the world.
…May we take these “great things”and head to the “great throne”. What a reality!