30 DAYS OF PRAYER | DAY 26 – Praying for RedemptionKIDS

I love that almost 51% of Redemption church attendance is found in the kids’ classrooms, from babies to 5th graders. These kids have already been the focus of much prayer at Redemption. Primarily, that focus has been seeking Jesus and asking for His help in teaching these kids to love Him. Jesus taught that kids…

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30 DAYS OF PRAYER | DAY 25 – Praying for Elders

Acts 6:4 “But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Whether it is a new church like Redemption or an established church, Elders are sometimes expected to play every role in the church from janitor to spiritual leader. As our launch date of January 12, 2014 approaches, it is…

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30 DAYS OF PRAYER | DAY 22 – Praying for a Heart for the Needy

I am grateful that Redemption Church began its initial Thanksgiving serving meals and fun to a local area perceived to be poor. It also was encouraging that our church spent time in prayer for the extreme poor of the Philippines when they were so totally devastated by typhoon Haiyan in November, remembering especially the children,…

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30 DAYS OF PRAYER | DAY 21 – Praying for the Fatherless & Widow

Throughout the old and new testament are instruction pertaining to the care of widows and the fatherless. God cares for them, and expects us to care for them as well. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained…

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30 DAYS OF PRAYER | DAY 20 – Prayer for Evangelism

Jesus came “to seek and to save the lost.” His birth, his life, his death, and his resurrection have made a way for men to be saved. We were saved from our sin, but we were also saved to serve. Grace has come to us through Jesus, but God’s grace was never intended to terminate…

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30 DAYS OF PRAYER | DAY 19 – Praying for Repentance and Rejoicing

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”    So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine…

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A Prayer for Authenticity, Grace and Confession

Many books have been written of the topic of biblical community, but I find that one element is often overlooked: confession. The reason is that confession is hard to do. It feels risky. In a grace-less world that rewards only strength and success, confession of weakness or failure seems foolish. We become quite adept at…

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