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Prayer Calendat for December 2010

   | Columns | November 01, 2010



  1. Keep in prayer Southfield, Mich., RPC’s ministry to students at Lawrence Technological University.

  2. Uphold the young people of Minneola, Kan., RPC currently in college.

  3. With Trinity Christian Community Fellowship in Larnaca, Cyprus, praise God for Steven McCollum and his three-month ministry to youth and children in the city.  Give thanks for his encouragement and help to many. Pray for him as he returns home to Northern Ireland on Dec. 20. Pray that the Lord would give him direction for the future.

  4. Seek God’s blessing on those members of Christian Heritage (Endicott, N.Y.) RPC who need employment or changes in their current jobs.

  5. Give thanks with Grace (Gibsonia, Pa.) RPC for God’s gracious provision of able leadership and materials in the new building project.

  6. With the RP Global Missions team in southern Sudan, pray earnestly for God’s hand on the referendum quickly approaching. Ask that He will grant peace and stability in this troubled area both before and after the vote.

  7. Please pray for the upcoming conference on Dec. 11 with Dr. Bryan Chapell held at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in conjunction with the Reformation Society of Pittsburgh.  Pray that it will be an encouraging and informative time.

  8. Please ask that the Lord will provide more elders and deacons to serve the Coldenham-Newburgh, N.Y., RPC.

  9. With RP Global Missions, continue to remember the work of the Kobe Theological Hall in Japan, and especially those teaching in addition to their duties as pastors and presbyters.

  10. With Grace (Gibsonia, Pa.) RPC, ask that God would bring many to hear the gospel proclaimed in their new facility.

  11. With RP Missions, pray that God would raise up several people to lead the 20 mission teams scheduled for 2011.

  12. Prayerfully uphold Kaitlyn Gladfelter from Broomall, Pa., RPC, who will be arriving in Larnaca, Cyprus, for the seventh time on Dec. 8. Ask God to bless her as she helps Trinity Christian Community Fellowship with the youth and children. Pray that she will be an encouragement and help until she leaves on Feb. 15.

  13. Intercede for the elders, deacons and church officers of Belle Center, Ohio, RPC as they make decisions about church finances.

  14. Pray with RP Global Missions for Bill and Kalli Sterrett, as Bill retires in January. Give thanks for the many years of missionary service in both Japan and Cyprus, and ask for God’s wisdom in all their decisions.

  15. Please ask that God will spiritually strengthen the families and marriages of the members of Christian Heritage (Endicott, N.Y.) RPC.

  16. Ask the Lord to encourage the elderly members of Southfield, Mich., RPC who are homebound and are not able to regularly worship with the people of God.

  17. Please lift up a young man in the Coldenham-Newburgh, N.Y., RPC struggling with chemical dependency, anxiety, and depression. Ask that he might find peace with God through life-changing repentance and faith in Christ.

  18. Give thanks for the young and old at Covenant Fellowship (Wilkinsburg, Pa.) RPC. Pray that the congregation would make wise decisions about children’s classes, and pray that they would support the older saints and learn from them.

  19. Give thanks with RP Missions for the opportunities that so many RP congregations are now extending to God’s people. Pray that mission participants might grow in their understanding of Christ’s church and be more confident in their service to Christ.

  20. Remember in prayer the members of Minneola, Kan., RPC as they plan for the community vacation Bible school to be held next spring.

  21. Please pray that the Belle Center, Ohio, RPC members and officers will have wisdom to know about the best place to meet, until they have their own building again.  Please pray that Jesus would build this branch of His Church (Matt. 16:18) and then that He would build a physical building.

  22. With Trinity Christian Community Fellowship in Larnaca, Cyprus, pray for arrangements being made for short-term pulpit supply after Bill Sterrett’s retirement and until a permanent pastor comes. Pray for all the details and adjustments for the leadership and for the congregation.

  23. Please pray for Sherri McKissick as she helps to mentor high school girls at Minneola, Kan., RPC. Pray for the men of the congregation as they resume a Bible study on Wednesday mornings.

  24. Pray with Coldenham-Newburgh, N.Y., RPC for their eight college-age members who are scattered in colleges from Geneva (Beaver Falls, Pa.) to London, England. Ask for their spiritual growth, witness, health and success.

  25. Give thanks to God for the many young people who have taken part in the RP Missions efforts since 1997, and praise Him for the families, adults, and churches now participating in these short-term efforts.

  26. Give thanks for the love and commitment to one another found in the Belle Center, Ohio, RPC. Please pray for more people to enjoy and enhance these gifts through their evangelism efforts, and through the believers already finding biblical truth in the church.

  27. Pray for the high school members of Southfield, Mich., RPC who are seeking God’s leading for the next step in life.

  28. Earnestly ask God for wisdom and faithfulness on the part of the pastor and session of Grace (Gibsonia, Pa.) RPC.

  29. Lift up the young congregations in the Sudan founded by RP Global Missions, asking that they may continue to experience a time of peace, and that they will grow and be strengthened. Ask the Lord that more leadership will be trained soon.

  30. Praise God with the saints of Christian Heritage (Endicott, N.Y.) RPC for the four youths who became communicant members of the church. Pray for them to continue to grow in their faith.

  31. Give thanks to God for the Peter Smith family, who have moved to Wilkinsburg, Pa., to minister in Covenant Fellowship RPC’s urban community. Pray for Pete in his new role as executive director of Wilkinsburg Christian Housing, a ministry of Covenant Fellowship.