Local Witnessing and Faithful Giving
Please Pray:
...That God would
lead us to be a witnessing church
and our faithful
giving will impact our community.
WITNESSING
1. OutReach. Pray for those who
witness and evangelize and for those who hear.
23Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be
filled. Luke
14:23
21So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent
Me I also send you.” 22And when He had said this, He breathed on
them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
John 20:21-22
20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Acts 4:20
16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes, for
the Jew first, and also for the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness
of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just will live
by faith.”
Romans 1:16-17
8Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His
prisoner: but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the
power of God, 9who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling,
not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which
was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. 2
Timothy 1:8-9
20Let him know
that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from
death and cover a multitude of sins. James 5:20
FAITHFUL GIVING
1. Obedience: Pray for a growing awareness
of everyone’s responsibility to give.
10“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be food in My house, and prove Me now with this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for
you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you such blessing, that there will
not be room enough to receive it. 11And I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground; nor shall
the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says the Lord
of hosts.
Malachi 3:10-11
2. Joyful Giving
Spirit. Pray we have an attitude of gratitude for all the Lord has given
us.
18In everything give thanks; for this the will
of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
7So let each one give as he purposes in his
heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8And
God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, in all things, may
have an abundance for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:7-8
18Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing
to share.
1 Timothy 6:18
10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and
he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. Luke 16:10
8Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another
has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8
1(I)f you diligently obey the voice of the Lord
your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you
today, that the Lord your God will
set you on high above all nations of the earth. 2And all these
blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you, because you obey the voice of
the Lord your God. 12The
Lord will open to you His good
treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to
bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall
not borrow. 13And the Lord will
make you the head, and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath;
if you heed the commandments of the Lord your
God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. Deuteronomy 28:1-2, 12-13
3. Our daily
needs: Pray that we will have faith to believe God will meet our daily
needs.
11Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11
20So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to
you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move
from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. Matthew 17:20
38Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken
together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same
measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38
4. Jubilee. Pray we retire the debt on our
building, being mindful we are His spiritual house.
27“For You, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have
revealed this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore
Your servant found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.” 2 Samuel 7:27
4Coming to Him as to a living
stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you
also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ. 1 Peter 2:4-5
