Equipping Ministry Intercession Ideas, August-September 2023 Part C

(See the two previous posts. Also see downloadable Equipping Ministry Prayer Guide; Praying Through the Gifts at Your Church:  A Spiritual Gifts Prayer Guide; and Equipping Prayer Guide—Praying Scripture for Your Congregation)

Pray that everyone at [insert church/group name] will know and believe that they are priceless, that their service in Jesus’ name is priceless, that their contribution to the health and well-being of the church—the Body of Christ—is priceless. Pray: “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you” (1 Thessalonians 3:12)

Pray through this edited quotation from Dallas Willard—that we would be those who focus on God first—and learn to abide in Him and enjoy His Presence:

Theologian Dallas Willard said: “The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity. You are an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe…”

            The “with God” life is not a life of more religious activities or devotions or trying to be good. It is a life of inner peace and contentment for your soul with the maker and manager of the universe.[i]

           That’s the whole point of tending to the soul — to fill us so completely with his presence that the brilliance of his love shines through us.[ii]…God wants you to focus on him. To be with him. “Abide in me.” Just relax and learn to enjoy his presence.[iii]

Pray the following for [insert church/group name]—that we would see ourselves as God’s children FIRST:

Jill Edward (adapted):

“We have two identities in Christ. We are beloved children of God and we are servants of God. They are both true, but the order in which we believe them matters. If I know myself to be a servant of God first, I will serve to earn my daughtership/sonship. If I know myself first as his daughter/son, I am moved to serve him. We are to know ourselves first as beloved daughter/son of God, and only then are we truly free to serve him, and to serve him faithfully.”

[Continued in the next series of posts.]

Shirley Giles Davis, author of the God. Gifts. You. Your Unique Calling and Design workbook, Your Unique Design Class Guide, Your Unique Design Facilitator Guide, and Gifts-Calling-Purpose blog, is a consultant, coach, facilitator who has worked with faith-based organizations, nonprofit agencies, and executive leaders in a diversity of fields for over 35 years. She currently serves as Equipping Ministries Director at her church.

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