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 York (Lead Pastor of Covenant Life Fellowship, OR, US) as he and his wife, Jill, head to the Philippines October 12th-21st, to serve our churches there. It will be a busy time for Dave, as he heads to both Manila and Cebu, with a full schedule containing time with pastoral candidates, preaching in two churches and two leadership summits, and facilitating a SGC Philippines Pastors & Wives Retreat. May it be a sweet time for everyone involved.
Please pray for Eric Turbedsky (Lead Pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Orange) and Riley Spring (Lead Pastor of Sovereign Grace Church, Parramatta) as they lead our very first SGC Australia Men’s Conference, October 18th-19th. With many men signed up, please pray this will be a rich time of fellowship and learning, all under the banner of ‘Christ Our Captain’.
Please continue to pray for the six Pakistani Pastors who are presently in our ordination process, and meeting monthly for discipleship and discussion. These men are the leadership group of five specific churches, and representative of over four hundred. So much begins with them and so please be praying for them, and for much wisdom for the ordination committees and leaders.
Please pray for the SG European area, as they meet during the Pastors Conference to discuss how to strengthen their relationships and what a future European BCO could look like. As the European area grows, three churches are pursuing candidacy: Calvary Galway (Galway, Ireland - Led by Ray Clancy), Iglesia Gracia Soberana (Santander, Spain - Led by Norman Pedd),and Chiesa Grazia e Verità (Catania, Italy - Led by Giuseppe Fortuna). Additionally, Pat Tedeschi will be moving to London in the New Year to lead Oasis International Church into SG partnership. So please pray for wisdom, provision, and a strong interdependency among these SG Europe churches, as well as Ed O’Mara, as he continues to lead as our SGC Area Leader for Europe.
Please pray for our missionaries in Thailand, as they move towards starting a Church. Incredibly, God seems to have opened some doors and be bringing pieces together to make this a reality. With services tentatively beginning, please be praying for them, for wisdom and for much grace for everyone involved. This is a very exciting development for our work there and as our missionary recently told me, “Honestly, all I can say is this is ALL God.”
Finally, please pray that God would give the members and pastors of Sovereign Grace churches opportunities to share the gospel with unbelievers in our communities, workplaces and on our campuses over this next month. You don’t have to be overseas to be on mission. May we all be on mission, wherever the Lord has us today.
... Thanks friends. Together, may we take these “great things” and head to His “great throne.”