Father, Your words are crystal clear: when Your people repent, You will hear our prayers and heal our land. Our church is in dire need of genuine repentance. Lord, open our hearts and reveal the folly of our ways, guiding us back to You. Help us not to shy away from discussing current events to avoid offense. You, Lord, confronted politics and social issues head-on, so let us follow Your example.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10 ESV
“From the day of the Declaration…they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledge as the rules of their conduct.” – John Quincy Adams July 4, 1821
The Church MUST!:
⦁ Make disciples, not consumers.
⦁ Preach the Bible, not opinions.
⦁ Plan theological worship services, not theatrical ones.
⦁ Make Jesus famous, not ourselves.
⦁ Expand God’s Kingdom, not our brand.
⦁ Be ambassadors of Christ, not causes.
– Shane Pruitt National Next Gen Director NAMB (North American Mission Board)
Operation World Pray for Argentina : Buenos Aires is one of the world’s largest urban areas, and the gospel does not reach many who live there. The cultured upper class are harder to reach. The Jewish community (one of the world’s largest) has few believers. Some churches started work among the 500,000 slum dwellers, homeless, and street kids, but more work is needed. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese communities continue to grow with only one agency reaching out to them. Pray for the many Christians present in Buenos Aires to gain a passion for sharing the gospel across social, economic, and cultural boundaries.
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