This week’s prayer requests

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”

-In a world where our culture suppresses the knowledge of God, living the way the devil says is ok until it’s accepted and preferred, pray that we cling to the Word of God, remembering that it is God’s covenant promises given to protect and direct us. Pray we dwell on the truth that Jesus is more powerful than any scheme of the devil and that He has placed His trademark on us.

-Boldly pray for those in our midst carrying burdens they never imagined they would carry. Pray that they would know that God is “close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18), and that they will feel an overwhelming sense of God’s strength and peace.

-Pray for our congregation as we consider and submit Board and Council nominations, that our own personal agendas would be quieted so we can clearly discern the names God has prepared to lead our church.

-As summer continues to give way to autumn, pray for abundant harvests. Pray for farmers and workers - for safety and good weather and a profitable year. Pray, too, that we would be filled with Jesus’ deep love and passion for those who do not yet know Him and that God would open our eyes to those ready to receive His word.