Strategic Prayers for Flourishing in Relationships: Impart Your Life and the Gospel
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© Great Commandment Network II #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D) Dear Brethren, We look forward to serving you through #EQUIP as a new strategic initiative of the NHCLC. Various resources, online training, and catalytic events are designed to support you and your church as you become “Equipped to Impact” your community and beyond through gospel living and a servant’s heart. “Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest…” (Matthew 9:38) We celebrate your next steps in living out the Matthew 9:36-38 challenge to: • ELEVATE the ministry of prayer (DisciplesPray). • ENGAGE and Equip believers in Whole-life Discipleship (DisciplesCare). • EMBRACE friends, family members, co-workers, and neighbors with the life and love of Jesus (DisciplesShare). As you make this #EQUIP journey, count on our prayers and heart to serve you. Abraham Hernandez Executive Director Paco Garcia EQUIP Director Visit nhclc.org/equip for training schedules, resources, and other support.
Vulnerably impart both your life and the gospel to those who don’t know Jesus. © Great Commandment Network 1 #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D)
• 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8 Desiring to impart both the gospel and my very life. • Colossians 4:2–6 Ask God to help you make the most of every opportunity to speak about Jesus. Pray that you will proclaim Christ’s message clearly with grace and compassion. • 1 Peter 2:7–8 Jesus is the Cornerstone. He is the One by whom we set the guidelines and foundation for our lives. • 1 Peter 3:15 If someone asks about your hope as a follower of Jesus, always be ready to explain it with gentleness and reverence. • A Spirit-empowered disciple imparts the gospel and one’s very life in daily activities and relationships, vocation, and community. M1 © Great Commandment Network 2 #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D)
© Great Commandment Network 3 #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D) Pray for Yourself/ Your Pastor
“Holy Father, I pray for You to guide me as You open doors and open hearts so that I may clearly and wisely testify about a relationship with Jesus. Help me share how He is the astonishingly valuable Cornerstone who forgives all wrongs and gives eternal life and hope. May I walk in Your strength, grace, and seriousness, responding obediently to You and being sensitive to others as I gently give an account for the hope that comes from Your place in my heart (1 Peter 3:15).” © Great Commandment Network 4 #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D)
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“I pray for _______ to see open doors and walk through them as he/ she responds lovingly to open hearts with clear and wise words. May these conversations help others readily turn from wrong and place their faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior/Forgiver. I ask that Your grace be abundant as he/she shares vulnerably of life and the gospel so that others realize the great value of Who You are and all You are willing to give (1 Peter 3:15).” © Great Commandment Network 6 #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D)
© Great Commandment Network 7 #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D) How to Use the DisciplesPray Resource Collection • Let’s BLESS PASTORS and their families as we provide a regular prayer covering for their faith, calling, relationships, wellness, and finances. • Let’s EQUIP PASTORS in a prayer strategy for their members using these same, guided prayers. • Let’s ENGAGE MEMBERS in a prayer strategy for their family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors using these same, guided prayers. Supporting Great Commandment Network and #EQUIP.
© Great Commandment Network 8 #EQUIP - Relationships 7 (D) Finance In “whole-life” discipleship, the focus of John 10:10 broadens from only focusing exclusively on faith to including other dimensions of “abundant life” or flourishing such as relationships, wellness, vocation, and finances. In “whole-life” discipleship, missional churches engage their members and reach seekers through giving priority to a Spirit-empowered faith which can be defined with observable outcomes using a biblical framework. The metrics for measuring Spiritempowered faith or the growth of a disciple come from Scripture and are organized/framed around four distinct dimensions of a disciple who serves from Ephesians 4:11–12. Therefore, the “40 Spirit-Empowered Faith Outcomes” have been identified and organized around: • Serving/loving the Lord—(Acts 13:2) L1-10. • Serving/loving His Word—(Acts 6:4) W1-10. • Serving/loving people—(Galatians 5:13) P1-10. • Serving/loving His mission—(2 Corinthians 5:18) M1-10. Go to greatcommandment.net/spiritempoweredfaith for a complete listing of 40 outcomes of a Spirit-empowered faith disciple! Faith Relationships Wellness Vocation Supporting Great Commandment Network and #EQUIP.
This devotional is part of the DisciplesPray Resource Collection, an initiative of