“Father, as I start my day, I ask you to control my thoughts, my steps and mostly my agenda. Please help me to trust you for all the details of my day. Remind me of my dependence on you and may my day be controlled by your will, not my will. Please provide opportunities for me to show people your love and help me be intentional in my conversations and interactions with people today. Help me to see and love people the way you do. Equip me to be your hands and feet in my neighborhood, in my job, in my school and in any place you lead me today.”
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 39
“Lord, I pray for the protection of every unborn baby in Central Iowa. I pray that you will allow the young mothers considering abortion to feel the life of this unborn child and to give her a mother’s love and desire to protect her child.”
Vision Offering This Sunday
FFC,
This weekend, Lord willing, our church will seize the opportunity to give above and beyond our regular offerings by participating in FFC’s Vision Offering. It is one of our two annual special collections that go towards specific projects and initiatives.
At our Ankeny campus, the offering is aimed at replenishing savings and laying groundwork for future mobilization. Several “goers” are in the pipeline, and future church plants/campuses are on the horizon. Plus, we’re aiming at increasing our mobilization budget by $100,000 by 2018. Though timing is in the Lord’s hands, we want to be appropriately aggressive and ambitious for God’s purposes. This year’s Vision Offering is the beginning part of that ultimate goal.
At our Bondurant Campus, our desire is that we would be as effective as possible in our community. One of the ways to increase our effectiveness is to have our own property. This is why we will begin to set money aside for the future purchase of our own place. So please join us in dreaming about and preparing for the future of the Bondurant campus as we seek to raise $15,000 for this purpose.
What part will you play? How will you invest? Please pray, then give generously and abundantly this Sunday in our 2016 Vision Offering. Whether you give $10,000, $1,000, or $100 extra, God will use it all as one sacrifice to make his name known among the nations. This is his biblical, historical and ultimate passion, and it is this passion that is our mission.
On behalf of the elders,
Pastors Todd and Carlos
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 37
“Our Father, I pray that the leaders and congregation of First Family will take the Great Commission seriously and actually become involved in making, baptizing, and teaching new followers of Jesus (Matthew 28:19–20).”
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 36
“Father, I pray for the families in our church who are opening their homes to foster children and orphans. I pray for God’s financial provision and for His grace and mercy as these children adjust to their new home.”
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 34
“Lord Jesus, as the Holy Spirit continues to help us understand the Word of God, I pray that we will learn to use God’s Word to speak to one another ‘in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody’ in our hearts to the Lord (Ephesians 5:18-19).”
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 35
“Heavenly Father, in the midst of trials, I can so easily lose sight of the hope that you have given me. Please let Romans 12:12 play out in my life – that I might rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation and constant in prayer. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 33
“Lord Jesus, I pray and ask you to ignite a hunger within First Family for Your Word. May we be a people of the Word and ready and able to give an answer to anyone who may ask. May He open the floodgates of worship and praise within our church family as His Spirit leads us into a closer walk with our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ!”
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 32
“Father, I pray that in this election year, God would raise up strong voices for righteousness among the political leaders of our country. I pray that He would prosper and bless those who call upon His name and give them favor among the people. Pray for wisdom and compassion for all of the leaders of our country.”
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting | Day 31
“Lord, I pray that God would frustrate and hinder the work of abortionists in Iowa, that they would be discouraged in their work and ultimately turn from their routine of murder to the gospel of Jesus Christ for grace, mercy and forgiveness.”
“Lord, I pray that God would frustrate and hinder the work of abortionists in Iowa, that they would be discouraged in their work and ultimately turn from their routine of murder to the gospel of Jesus Christ for grace, mercy and forgiveness.”
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