United States of America

Okay, so it isn't Monday so I am either early with the post or late, but any event I figured we would pray for the USA. Seeing that we have a huge election coming up on November 4th it would be good to pray for our own country.

Pray for:

• the next president and all the leaders of the government. Pray that they may have wisdom in making tough decisions as well as the support of the country.
• the churches and church leaders that they may be able to use the blessing of being in the USA to bless and reach out to those in their communities as well as around the world.
• the jr. high and high school students. Pray for the Christians to bold in sharing their faith and inviting others to church. Pray for the non-Christians to begin to see their need for a savior and that they would see in Jesus everything they need.
• those who are sick. Pray that they may be healed, but that God's will be done
• anything else you can think of, that needs prayer.
  

Mission Mondays

Last week we had many different prayer stations that all focused around the Lord's Prayer. One part of the Lord's Prayer is "your kingdom come, your will be done" which is such a vital part to that prayer. In praying those words we are asking that God's kingdom be established here on Earth and it is every day. God's kingdom comes to Earth whenever the gospel is proclaimed and people come to know Jesus Christ as their savior. In keeping with the Lord's Prayer I am going to post on Mondays a country that we can be praying for throughout the week. We will pray for many different aspects of the country, but most importantly we will be praying for the salvation of the people living world wide.

I will post a country tomorrow, but for today, pray through the Lord's Prayer and focus on every word. You can find the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13.

Game Show on Wednesday

This coming Wednesday, June 18, we are going to have a game show for youth group. We will have prizes for the winners and maybe a Rob Dubois' CD if it gets here in time.

All of the questions are going to come from what we have studied this past semester so all the questions are going to be about Jesus or what he taught.

Here is a list of the passages of Scripture that we have studied in order from January to last week.

Temptation Luke 4:1-14
Jesus Purpose Mark 1:14-15
Follow Me Mark 1:16-20, Luke 9:57-62
Peter Walks on Water Mathew 14:22-33
Peter confesses Christ Mark 8:27-30
Peter denies Christ, but is restored John 18:15-18, 25-27; 21:15-19
I am the bread of life John 6:22-35
I am the light of the world John 8:12
I am the door and the good shepherd John 10:1-18
I am the resurrection and the life John 11:25
I am the way, the truth and the life John 14:1-6
I am the vine John 15:1-6, 11
Beatitude 1 Matthew 5:3
Beatitude 2 Matthew 5:4
Beatitude 3 Matthew 5:5
Beatitude 4 Matthew 5:6

The Beatitudes

Our current series is over the beatitudes. Check them out below:


2And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

6"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

7"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

8"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

9"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

10"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.