Prayers of Resurrection Expectation Part 4

As we continue to draw closer to Easter, let's continue to pray specifically for our churches: that we, as the Church, would experience Christ in new and fresh ways.

Again, the prayer time is set up in a five minute time frame with a new topic each minute. So, get out your cell phone timer, set it for one minute, and let's pray.


Minute 1: Thank God for the many good gifts that He has given to us. (Matthew 7:11 and James 1:17)


Minute 2: Pray that we are salt and light to the world. (Matthew 5:13-16)

Minute 3: Pray for our church’s ministry to young adults.

Minute 4: Pray that God will reveal how He wants us to minister to the people groups in our local community.

Minute 5: Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved! Psalm 80:19

As you go through your week, pray for the different ministries of your local church.

See you in a week for the final installment of Prayers of Resurrection Expectation. Our expectation is soon to be fulfilled!

Prayers of Resurrection Expectation Part 3

As we continue to draw closer to Easter, let's continue to pray specifically for our churches: that we, as the Church, would experience Christ in new and fresh ways.

Again, the prayer time is set up in a five minute time frame with a new topic each minute. So, get out your cell phone timer, set it for one minute, and let's pray.

Minute 1: Dear Father, thank you for the people you have brought to the local church.

Minute 2: We ask that you work in the hearts of each person that attends this church, that they would identify their talents and put those talents to work for Your glory.

Minute 3: We pray specifically for our ministry to youth.

Minute 4: May each of those who follow You have the courage to talk to others about You and the gift of living daily with You.

Minute 5: Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. Psalm 86:6

As you go through your week, pray for the leaders of your local church.

See you in a week for the next installment of Prayers of Resurrection Expectation.

Prayers of Resurrection Expectation Part 2

The first week of Prayers of Resurrection Expectation was a huge success! I organized the five minute prayer time into five chunks. At the beginning of each minute I started a timer on my phone and then said a quick prayer. The remainder of the minute was open to anyone to say a quick prayer on that topic. Of course, we were all praying quietly for the entire minute and God hears those prayers, too!

Here is this week's schedule so that you can join the prayer fest.

Minute 1: Thank you, dear God, for creating the church, where we can grow in our understanding of Your love for us.

Minute 2: Lord, help our church leaders be able to discern Your direction for our church and ministries.

Minute 3: Lord, we pray specifically for the church's ministry to children.

Minute 4: Lord, we ask that many who do not know You would come to the Easter Egg Hunt (or an upcoming program at your church) and be drawn to You. 

Minute 5: Lord, we trust in You to do things in and through our church that are so great, we could not even imagine them right now, as Your word states in Habakkuk 1:5 "For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told."

I also provided a few topics for prayer throughout the week.

• Pray for revival within the church.
• Pray that we proclaim Good News to those who are lost.
• Pray that we are welcoming to the new people that God is sending to join our church family.

Let's continue to pray and trust that God is listening and working!

Prayers of Resurrection Expectation Part 1

Over the course of the past few months, God has been speaking to me about my attitude. Not that I have been living each day with a bad attitude, but that my attitude has been driven by my “to do” list. I have spent a fair amount of time on auto-pilot: wake up, go to work, come home, make supper, clean up the dishes, think about doing laundry, watch some tv, go to sleep. Lather, rinse, repeat.

When I say that God has been speaking to me, I don’t mean that I am audibly hearing His voice. I am using this language to refer to a continuing impression that God is placing on my heart. I further believe that this impression is from God because the Bible reinforces the message in Isaiah 40:28.

Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
    and his understanding no one can fathom.

The message was loud and clear, I sent my Son to Earth to die for your sins. He not only died but He conquered death and is alive, reigning with Me in Heaven so that you will be able to spend eternity in Our presence! Where, o child, is your joy?!

What a message that I need to hear, especially as the Easter season approaches. Each moment of my day deserves to be filled with joy despite my circumstances. My church family deserves to live each moment filled with joy. Every human on Earth deserves to know the joy of Jesus!

So for this season leading to Easter, I have decided to organize a weekly prayer time at my church that is focused on shaking the joy back into us. I am extending this invitation to the blogging world as well. Join me each Thursday leading up to Easter (or whenever your schedule allows) in anticipation of celebrating Christ’s resurrection with Prayers of Resurrection Expectation.