Day 14 - Saturday - January 21-- Prayer Focus - BLC NEXT GEN
Today we are praying for a generation (NEXT GEN at BLC) to be mobilized for Jesus!
Luke 10:2 (NIV)
2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
We do not have a harvest problem. There is no shortage of opportunities to help people move their spiritual lives forward.
We have a worker shortage - so we pray to the Lord of the Harvest to help us reach those who could join Dream Teams and help in the harvest.
We need to help people - and today we’re praying for our youth at BLC (BLC Kids and Elevate Student Ministry). We are praying that they will hear God’s call in their lives.
I remember when I gave my life to the Lord. Shortly after I was working with youth but going to college to be a high school teacher and basketball coach. I recall people speaking into my life encouraging me to go to Bible college instead.
On September 19, 1982 an evangelist, Pastor S. Lee Homoki preached a message “The Spoils of War” (1 Samuel 30). In that message I remember him saying 'God has not called us to the recreation room, God has called us to the battlefield.’ Shortly after that, he and others spoke into my life that I should be in the pastorate.
A few years later, Michelle and I realized God was indeed calling us into pastoral vocational ministry and we began preparing. This was a result of people believing in us and speaking positive, faith filled words into our life. We were the young generation at that time and those older could see God’s call in our lives and helped us see and hear God’s calling.
So today our prayer is 3 fold:
Called - to call people who are called by God - to discover their purpose.
Prepared - to help people submit themselves to a time of preparation called discipleship. This means getting the training and making preparations for the calling that God has placed on our lives.
Placed - to help those who are called to find that place where God would have them serve. That they might have clarity in God’s leading.
Today we pray for our NEXT GEN to rise up (Elevate) to join in God’s abundance harvest field.
