Things To Pray For In October
Psalm 139.7-10 declares, ‘Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there you hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.'
There is nowhere we can go where we are outside of God’s presence, nowhere, and that’s one of the many things that makes prayer such an incredible and daily opportunity. The King of Kings and Lord of Lords is always present, always with us, and always eager to hear us.
And so here are some specific things that you can be praying for, and talking with the King about, in the month ahead…
Please pray for Joselo Mercado (Lead Pastor of Iglesia Gracia Soberana de Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, and Key Leader for our work in LATAM) as he pulls together a small group of SG LATAM Pastors in Panama, 7th-10th October, for the purpose of beginning the work of forming a wider leadership group for our work in LATAM. For David Del Castillo (Bolivia), Jacobis Aldana (Colombia) and Sergio (Costa Rica), would this be a wonderful time of creating unity and vision for the days ahead.
Please pray for the Ripple Youth Conference to be held in Manila, Philippines, on 18th October. Please pray that the same move of the Holy Spirit witnessed during the Men's and Women's Conferences over the last three months, will also powerfully sweep through the Youth Conference. In addition, please pray for the speakers and the messages to be delivered, so that the truth of Christ would so anchor the youth that they would stand firm in their biblical convictions, boldly proclaim the gospel, and be a salt and light in this time of confusion and darkness. Now, more than ever, this needy generation must hear the unwavering truth of Christ.
Please pray for Trinity Grace Church of Athens as they send out a missions team to Rancho 3M. Pray the team would be a blessing to everyone who is there and that they’ll be able to continue putting in the groundwork for a hoped for Church Plant at Rancho 3M in the days ahead.
Please pray for Sovereign Grace Church, Nairobi, Kenya, and Sovereign Grace Church, Windhoek, Namibia, as both churches look for new venues to meet in on Sundays. Both churches have experienced some wonderful growth, so please pray that God would provide two new meeting venues for them, that the work of the gospel can continue to expand to others in those two cities and beyond.
Please continue to pray for the ARK Church in Dnipro, Ukraine, led by our friend Michael Ostanin. This dear church continues to feed over 400 people a week, care for refugees on a daily basis, and share the good news of Jesus Christ with any and all that will listen. They are doing an amazing work in Ukraine, may we never tire of praying for these dears saints.
Please pray that God would continue to provide financially for Sovereign Grace Churches so that we can fund the gospel opportunities He is giving us throughout the world. We really do have more opportunities than we can fund and so we are so in need of His grace in this.
… May His grace abound to us all.