Things To Pray For In October
Charles Spurgeon, in his book “The Power of Prayer in a Believer’s Life," writes:
“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.”
In God’s amazing kindness, you and I get to come before his “great throne” and ask Him for “great things”. It’s an astounding reality, and so here are some ways you can be praying for our Global work over the next month…
Please pray for Dave Taylor and Sovereign Grace Church, Sydney as they host 17 Filipinos from October 14th - November 6th, for the second half of our SG Pastors Immersion Training. This training will help us to continue putting some key foundations into Sovereign Grace Churches Philippines and bring these Pastors together as a foundational leadership cohort. We’re very excited about this step, as our two big groups of Filipino Churches start to come together in partnership in this way, all under the one banner of SGC Philippines.
At the same time, please pray for Dave York (Lead Pastor of Covenant Life Fellowship, Roseburg, OR) as he heads over to Manila, Philippines, this month to spend a week with Jeffrey Jo (Lead Pastor of CCSGM & SG Philippines National Leader) to continue to help talk through and build the necessary infrastructure for Sovereign Grace Churches, Philippines. These are exciting times for this dear country.
Please pray for McDonald Chanda, Cheila Chisulo & Ector Makaliki as they continue their ordination process in Zambia, and as they lead Christ Community Church in Ndola, Zambia, as well as the Copperbelt Pastors College, founded by our dear friend Wilbroad Chanda.
Please pray for Joselo Mercado, as he continues to write good reformed and Gospel-centered books for a Latin American audience, as well as serve and build many good relationships for Sovereign Grace in places such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico & Venezuela.
Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Pakistan who have been affected by the recent rioting. There were about 20-25 churches that were looted and burned as well as many homes of Christian families. One of those looted and destroyed churches is pastored by a man who is with the group that we have the privilege of partnering with, in Pakistan. So please pray, that God would meet them in this time of great affliction and sorrow.
… Together, may we take these “great things” and head to His “great throne”.