Things To Pray For In October
Psalm 127.1 says, ‘Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labour in vain’, and it’s so true!
Unless the Lord builds the house, we labour in vain and so as we look out on October and what’s ahead, here's some headlines of things you can be praying for us in. For everyone involved globally, we so value your prayers…
Lets give thanks to God for Songhwan Kang (Lord’s Grace Church, South Korea) as they recently celebrated their 10 year anniversary, and for how the church has come to experience the great power of the gospel and His grace. Thank God for how members have come to trust in Him even in times of hardship, and to love each other even more as years go by. Please pray for wisdom as Songhwan shepherds the church with families hard hit by the COVID 19 crisis, and that the gospel may shine forth in the midst of trials. Please pray for the gospel to take hold of people’s lives as they commence a 1:1 discipleship course: Gospel and life. Finally, pray that the Lord of the Harvest will bring forth another healthy gospel centred church to be planted in Seoul in the next few years.
Please pray for Fabiano Silveira Medeiros (Igreja Graca Soberana de Sao Paulo):
For the Lord to grant him wisdom and strength as a bi-vocational church planter in order that he may be able to best balance personal spiritual and physical life: specifically, care for his family, dedication to his secular job and with all his responsibilities with church. Please pray that God would lead him through the whole ordination process as a pastor with SG with humility and trust in Him, enjoying and being grateful for the assessment of his fellow elders in SG. Pray that the Lord would make him see a time in the near future where he can devote full time to the church and the building of a family of churches in Brazil by God's grace and in His sovereignty.
Please pray that the Lord would grant the church plant in São Paulo an increasing growth in living the cross centered life, in making disciples informed by that perspective and in pursuing and growing in the spiritual gifts. That God would also help Fabiano identify elders who will walk alongside him in building the church and eventually helping them multiply as a church devoted to planting churches that plant churches.
Pray that the Lord would grant wisdom in how they build with church planters who have been seeking a relationship with them. Pray for Emerson Soares (Rio Grande, south of Brazil) and Ricardo Silva Ricco (Marília, in the state of São Paulo), who have declared their desire to build a relationship with SG through Fabiano’s church here in the city of São Paulo. Please also pray for young men who have been seeking their friendship, support and counsel: Milton Medeiros (a group of churches in Rio Grande as well); Jader Bittencourt and Emanuel Malinoski (in Porto Alegre, south of Brazil); Fabinho Leal, Marcos Arrais and Anderson Lopes (the three in church plants in São Paulo).
Please pray for Nathan Smith (Grace Church, Bristol) as they seek to navigate the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, amid new lockdown restrictions that might last another 6 months. Pray that the pastoral team would know how to lead the church well through this season of difficulty, and that the church family would have many opportunities to bless and serve the local community, and proclaim the gospel to a hurting, struggling world. Please also pray for the continued deepening and strengthening of relationship and gospel partnership with other UK pastors and churches: Neil Todman & Simon Dowland (Headley Park Church, Bristol), Tom Magness (Welshpool Community Church, Welshpool), Greg Cruse (Horsecastle Evangelical Church, Yatton), Richard Lacey (Woodgreen Evangelical Church, Worcester), and Jonny Herring (The Village Church Emersons Green, Bristol). These are wonderful like-minded gospel men, with whom the pastoral team have had the privilege to build genuine gospel partnerships with over the last few years.
Please pray for Jayaprakash Ravuri (Calvary gospel Church, India) as they look for more gospel opportunities among orthodox Hindus who really hate Him. Please pray that the Lord may establish the church and the ministry there. Please pray for their children ministry which they have been running as a learning center where about 50 children come every evening for two hours for learning, education and different activities. This has been closed due to Covid-19, but they are looking forward to reopening soon. Please pray that the learning centre will be a great way to reach the children and their families with the gospel. Please also pray for wisdom and clarity as they begin praying and planning to start an orphan home. Finally, please pray for a muslim family who recently came to faith and were excommunicated from their relatives and community for the sake of their confession. The man of the house broke his leg and he needs to be bed-ridden for a couple of months. Please pray against the scheme of the devil, and for healing and for provision for his family at this time. Pray that the Lord will establish their faith in this time of trial.
Please pray for the ongoing safety of our Pastors around the world, particularly those serving in unreached people groups.Thankyou so much. May His grace abound to us all!