Monday: Week of Fasting & Prayer

Let’s pray for SPIRITUAL GROWTH…

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people”
- Ephesians 1:17-18

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
- Romans 12:1-2

“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God”
- Colossians1:9-10

• Pray that everyone will receive the empowering of the Spirit, be strong in the love of Christ and filled with the fullness of God.

• Pray that every believer in Kerith will increase in their maturity as sons and daughters of the Father, becoming more and more like Jesus.

• Pray that each person will commit to keeping short accounts with God, confessing their sins and choosing to live a life of obedience and intimacy with God.

• Pray that we would move from discipline to delight in prayer and reading the Word, and that we would live a life of worship and thanksgiving.

• Pray that we will continue to be committed to gathering together at weekend meetings and in small groups.

• Thank God for our Kerith leaders and other key spiritual leaders in your life, Pray for supernatural protection, wisdom,favour, blessing and insight over them, that they would hear God clearly and lead with authority, integrity and anointing.

• Pray for a developing Godly wisdom for all people in the church as they face difficult situations in their families, work, school, colleges, friendships, and faith.

• Pray for a continuous and growing sense of the Fruit of the Spirit in the lives of the followers of Christ in Kerith.

• Pray for an outpouring and boldness in using the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to encourage, equip and build up the church.

For children…

RESOURCE NEEDED – Bible, play doh, worship music

Play some worship music and invite the Holy Spirit into your home. Pray over your child and ask for your child to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Pray protection over them as they go about their life at school, learning new things, navigating friendships. Ask Jesus to stay close to them.

Invite your child to mould themselves out of play doh with their hands outstretched, as a reminder that this is their posture towards God, even when they are busy doing other things. You could also use the play doh for confession & repentance – moulding something to represent whatever is separating them from God, then remoulding it, just like God remoulds each of us.

Carve out regular time to read the word of God with your child. Allow them to see you doing the same, as they will do what is modelled to them.