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December 12 2008 at 4:21 pm

Gathering to Pray This Sunday Night

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I know this is very late notice, but we’ve decided to hold a prayer meeting this Sunday night, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Events Center.

The purpose of this prayer meeting is very simple: we’re to pray for God to use our upcoming Christmas Eve services to open people’s hearts to the gospel.

Here’s how this came up:

I got a call this morning from a dear member of our church who had been praying and asking God to save those who don’t know Christ. As she prayed she was overwhelmed with an awareness of the hardness of heart among unbelieving people and a hardness in her own heart and among Christians for the plight of the lost. She was weeping as she spoke. “I think we need to gather and pray,” she said. “I believe we should pray for God to give us his heart for the lost and to use the Christmas Eve services to spread the gospel.” As soon as she shared the idea, I felt a sense of excitement to do just that.

I thought of Cathy Mays who is directing the production and had a burden to pray for her and the whole team that’s putting this together (a team of 150 volunteers is involved: choir, cast, orchestra, costumes, sound, lights, ushers…). I also thought of the unbelieving men and women who will attend and the many other opportunities the Christmas season offers for us to reach out as a Christian community. This will be a great time to ask God to use us and these services to glorify Jesus Christ.

Because it’s such short notice, I don’t expect that a lot of people will be able to come, and I don’t want anyone to feel bad if they can’t. But if you are able to be there, please join us to pray.





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