Next Thursday, May 6th, is the National Day of Prayer. This year it seems like we are more in need of God's help and blessing than ever. In our nation, in our communities, in our families and in our church family we need the power and presence of God's Holy Spirit. And so, I would like to call us, Rock Church, to a day of prayer. Along with Christians from throughout the United States, I invite us to pray for a move of God in our nation. Additionally, as this pandemic lingers on, I would ask us to pray for a wave of God's healing to wash over our communities.
We continue to make great progress on the lower level of our Sandown Campus building thanks to some amazing servants!
And I would also ask us to intentionally pray for the work of Christ through our church. The disruption to our ministry brought about by Covid has put us in a position of having to rebuild many of our ministry areas. We are having to redevelop our serving teams, strengthen our financial stewardship and relaunch a number of our ministry programs. There is much to be done, and the place to begin all of this is in prayer.
I believe with all my heart that there is power in unified prayer. So on May 6th, our National Day of Prayer, I would like to invite all of us to set aside some extra time for intentional prayer for our nation, our communities and our church. Our Rock House of Prayer has put together a framework that includes a prayer signup. From 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. the day has been broken into 30 minute time slots. We are inviting everyone to choose at least one half-hour time to be in intentional uninterrupted prayer. We've set up a Sign-up Genius where you can let us know what time you have chosen to pray. Our hope is that every time slot will be chosen and we can be in unbroken prayer from morning until night on that day. You can find the sign up at this link.
The Rock House of Prayer team has also put together some resources and areas of prayer focus that will be made available to everyone. We've set up a webpage where those resources and the link to the prayer sign up are easily accessible at rock-church.org/prayer.
I believe we are a point in the life of our church of great challenge and even greater opportunity. I am inviting us to pray for God's power, his provision and his direction through this pivotal season. As James writes in chapter 5 verse 16 of his letter “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” I believe that when we unite together in prayer as the body of Christ we see that power displayed in our midst and in our ministry.
I look forward to us begin together this weekend, online or in-person, as we continue our series “Love One Another.”
Love you all,
Pastor Steve