Connecting with God, Each Other, and Our Mission Concert of Prayer Connecting with God, Each Other, and Our Mission

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Connecting with God

Connecting With God... In Worship

Women “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth Women “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

Men Know that the LORD is God Men Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Women Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Unison For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” - Psalm 100:1-4, NIV

Worship Chorus (Suggestions: “Here I am To Worship” and/or “How Great Is Our God.”)

Connecting With God... On Behalf of Needs

Connecting With God... In Difficult Times

Men “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God Men “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.” - 2 Samuel 22:7, NIV

Women “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” - Psalm 145:18, NIV

Worship Chorus (Suggestion: “In the Presence of Jehovah.”)

Connecting with Each Other

Prayer is a unique, God-given connector that forms bonds and brings about life-transforming change in peoples’ lives for time and eternity.

“Pray one for another.” James 5:16, KJV

I Prayed for You Today Even though I wasn’t sure Exactly what to say, I talked to God and spoke your name. I prayed for you today.

I asked the Lord to give you strength, To calm you from your stress, To free you from the things you fear And bathe your mind with rest.

I asked the Lord to help you In the uphill days to come. I asked our precious, loving God To complete what He’s begun.

He whispered in the quiet And He filled my heart with peace. He said that you are deeply loved, And that His love will never cease. - Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos

“Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles….

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” - Acts 2:41-43,46,47, NIV

Connecting with Our Purpose in God’s Kingdom

Unison “[I am] God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for [me] to do.” - Ephesians 2:10, NIV

“Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.” - Ephesians 6:19, NIV

“Pray for us... that God may open a door for our message.” - Colossians 4:3, NIV

Unison “We constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” - 2 Thessalonians 1:11,12, NIV

Worship Chorus (Suggestion: “Lord, I Give You My Life.”)

Unison “May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.” - Psalm 90:17, NIV

Worship Chorus (Suggestion: “Take My Life and Let It Be.”)

Connecting with God, Each Other, and Our Mission Concert of Prayer Connecting with God, Each Other, and Our Mission