In November, we will continue praying for God to give us the ‘yield’, the harvest of people coming to know salvation for the first time. The coming of Jesus to earth was so that He could save people from their sins (see Matt 1:21), and we are reminded that ‘salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.’ (Acts 4:19)
Let’s pray for:
- our witness (both within church services and in our personal witness) to focus on Jesus, to lift Him high and to proclaim the salvation He along can bring
- all the outreaches of the church, including the Monday night youth club, the Friday parent & toddler group, the Friday night badminton and Saturday coffee morning to yield Christ-centred conversations and the building of good relationships
- all the preparations for Christmas outreaches, including the Christmas market (9th December) and carol services at Cherry Tree Court (11th December) and Market Street (18th December)
- our own personal witness to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues, that we may have boldness and courage to speak God’s word
N. T. Wright reminds us ‘the work of salvation, in its full sense, is (1) about whole human beings, not merely souls; (2) about the present, not simply the future; and (3) about what God does through us, not merely what God does in and for us.’ Let’s be confident that God can use us and is working in our local area to bring people to know Him!