Are you Praying for Montgomery?

"If our encounter with God does not require something of us, we have to ask whether it was really God we encountered." (Alan & Debra Hirsch, Untamed)

As we go through this week, question to ask self: Am I doing what God requires? Micah 6:8 lays out out pretty plainly."........this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God". Doing what is right....wondering about praying for this city...for this people, for those who are desperately needing the Savior.........

Challenge:
The Montgomery Baptist Association has seen that there are FIVE key issues that need to be addressed in Montgomery: Race, Poverty, Schools, Crime and Consumer Religion. Sacrifice some time this week from TV, books, cell phones, etc and FOCUS on praying for Montgomery and all its needs and how you can be part of the solution.

Here are some prayer points and you can add your own

Crime-Praying for wisdom for our public safety folks as they protect. Pray for encounters with the Living God for those who commit crime. Remember: crime is a symptom of a sick heart.

Poverty-Praying for provision, for insight, for direction for those who are impoverished. Praying for those of us who have our needs met to be more generous. Praying for our "system" to stop enabling people to be imprisoned by poverty.

Race-Living a life where we see ALL people through God's eyes and treat them with love, kindness and mercy. ALL people are God's creations but we tend to not treat those who are different from us the way we would like to be treated.

Schools-Lord have mercy on our school systems in the area. Praying for wisdom, for creativity, for politics to get out of the way of education and for administration to stop fighting and work together for the good of the kids!

Consumer Religion-BIG in Montgomery! Praying for Christians to step up and start giving out of sacrifice not abundance. Praying for Christians to get out of self and start worshiping the Lord and not the programs! Praying for Christians(all of us)to stop picking and choosing what "easy" verses we will live by and ignoring the hard ones!

Here is a great verse to end on today......let's pray it together this week! 


II Chronicles 7:14: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land".