Prayer
Requests
Before the seminar weekend
1.
That God would bring to
the seminar the people who need to be there and open their hearts to hear and
assimilate the good news at a deeper level than they have previously.
2.
That, after the seminar,
people would be willing to work through the follow-up reflections and
participate in group discussions of them.
3.
That, over time, God
would use the Harvest Program as a tool to motivate some additional people from
the congregation to actually get involved in evangelism in some way, and to move
others a little closer to having such motivation.
4.
That God would bless
Marvin Bryant to prepare and present the seminar in a manner pleasing and
faithful to Him.
5.
That Marvin would be well
and his voice would hold up during the seminar weekend.
6.
That everything about
this program would be done by God's power and for God's glory.
7.
Also, thank God for the
privilege of being involved in His mission, for the workers He has already sent
out, and for the work He has already been doing in the congregation there.
Prayer
Requests After the Seminar
1.
Thank, praise and glorify God for anything good that may have happened
during the seminar.
2.
Pray that people would
persevere in working through the Reflections.
Pray that they will not do them in a routine, mindless fashion but that
their hearts will be truly open to God.
3. Pray that God will work in people's hearts to increase their spiritual motivation to reach out. Pray that He will raise up workers from this congregation to go out into the harvest field.
4. Pray for the leaders of this congregation to continue to provide an evangelistic focus for the congregation and to have wisdom in how they do so.
5. Pray for those who are open to getting involved to have opportunities to do so, see them, and act on them. Pray for the congregation to have opportunities as well, and pray for any specific opportunities you see currently.
6. Pray for God's mission throughout the earth: for more workers, for the word to spread rapidly and be honored, for many to come to Christ and for a new era of evangelism.
7. Pray God's blessings on the Heart for the Harvest program. Pray that God will use it in other places to raise up workers for His glory.