Sovereign Grace Churches First Quarter 2024 Prayer Requests
It is our joy and privilege to be part of the family of churches in Sovereign Grace. Together as churches, it is our mission to advance the gospel of Jesus throughout various parts of the world. It is also our joy to pray for the needs that our family of churches has.
Recently, Mark Prater, Executive Director of Sovereign Grace Churches, provided a list of prayer requests for our churches in this First Quarter of 2024.
Quoting the Gospel of John (ESV) and then remarking, Mark wrote:
Jesus says, ‘I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.’ [John 15:5] We will bear much fruit for Christ by abiding in Jesus dependently, for apart from Him, we can do nothing. One of the ways we abide in Jesus dependently is to bring our needs to Him in prayer. Jesus says in John 15:7, ‘If you abide in me, and my words abode in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.’ Abiding dependently means asking Jesus consistently in prayer for His help and provision so that we can bear much fruit for Him. O. Hallesby, in his book on prayer, writes, ‘Helplessness becomes prayer the moment that you go to Jesus and speak candidly and confidently with him about your needs.’ …we are helpless because apart from Christ, we can do nothing. But when we speak candidly and confidently with Jesus about our needs, He will hear our prayers providing what we need to bear fruit for Him and His glory.
Let us together “go to Jesus and speak candidly and confidently with him” about these needs in our churches. And our churches bear much fruit in our gospel mission.
prayer requests
Pray that God would give the members and pastors of Sovereign Grace churches a renewed desire and opportunities to share the gospel with unbelievers in our communities and workplaces.
Pray for the Ark Church in Dnipro, Ukraine, asking God to protect them, and to use them to meet practical needs, and offer gospel hope to people impacted by the war.
Pray for the U.S. National Church Planters Assessment that will be held in Southern California on January 18-20, 2024, asking God to give wisdom to Greg Dirnberger as he leads this event and to the assessment team (Greg and Laurie Dirnberger, John and Nancy LoMness and Christopher and Stephanie Warren) in assessing future church planters in Sovereign Grace.
Please pray for Josh Kruger, Jr., and his family as they relocate from the U.S. in January back to Namibia to prepare to plant a Sovereign Grace church in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia. Please pray that God would assemble a strong church planting team and provide all they need including a meeting place for the church.
Pray for Bob Kauflin, Jefferey, Jo, Dave Taylor, and the Sovereign Grace Music team as they lead 2 events in Manila, Philippines, in March. On March 15, 2024, they will lead a “Gathering Around The Gospel With Sovereign Grace Music” event, and on March 16, 2024, a Sovereign Grace Music Asia-Pacific Musicians Conference. Pray that God would use both of these events to strengthen pastors and members of churches in the Asia-Pacific in the gospel and equip musicians and worship leaders to serve their church.
Pray for the Sovereign Grace Leadership Team as they lead a retreat, February 5-7, 2024, that will include our U.S. Regional Leaders asking God to envision, strengthen, and equip our leaders to serve our churches in the States.
Pray for Ed O’Mara as he leads the second Sovereign Grace Churches Europe Pastors Retreat, March 12-15, 2024, in Milan, Italy. Pray that God would continue to knit the pastors in Europe together relationally and equip them theologically as they look to build Sovereign Grace Europe in the years to come.
Pray for the 10 students currently in our Ethiopia Pastors College (Trinity Fellowship Pastors College) in Addis Ababa, asking God to equip them for pastoral ministry. Pray also for Josh Pannell, Dean of the Trinity Fellowship PC, asking God to give him grace in leading this second class of students.
Pray that God would continue to provide financially for Sovereign Grace Churches so that we can fund the gospel opportunities He is giving us throughout the world.