Pray for MUCH - April 30

April 30, 2014

 

Verse: James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

 

Pray that:

• God will help your faith in light of this promise

• God will broaden your vision for your ministry

• God will broaden your vision for FBC

 

God said to me:

Pray for MUCH - April 29

April 29, 2014

 

Verse: John 14:12-14

 

Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

 

Pray for yourself:

• Lord, help me believe the truth of what Jesus said

• Lord, help me see how my prayer life needs to change in light of this promise

 

God said to me:

Pray for MUCH - April 28

April 28

 

Verse: Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

 

Pray for yourself:

• God will speak to you directly during the next 2 weeks

• God will stir your heart in the direction He wants to take you

• He will show you something truly “mighty”

 

Pray for the FBC Family:

• God will stir our hearts by praying together.

• That folks who may struggle in their prayer lives will be encouraged

through this emphasis to call on Him.

• That God will excite in us a sense of reaching lost people in a MIGHTY way

 

God said to me:

The Power of a God-Seeking Prayer Life

The Power of a God-Seeking Prayer Life - Jeremiah 29:11-13; John 17:3; James 4:8

 

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:11-13

 

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.  John 17:3

 

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:8

 

Dr. Gregory Frizzell, guest speaker

Prayer and Spiritual Awakening Specialist of the

Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma and the NAMB

 

Understanding our Identity as Givers

Foundations for the Future

 

Understanding our Identity as Givers

 

God established giving from the beginning as our identity.

“Willingly” shows the heart.

 

What happens to the church in the next generation if today’s parents fail to exercise Godly stewardship with such passion that they pass it on to their children?

 

Age     % given by generation

65+                              46%

55-64                           22%

45-54                           17%

35-44                           11%

Under 35                       4%

 

FBC generational giving rates:

Age     % given by generation:

65+                              27%

55-64                           21%

45-54                           26%

35-44                           19% (2nd largest group)

Under 35                       7%

 

Understanding our Identity as Givers

 

Deuteronomy 11

 

FBC gives through:

·       Tithes and regular offerings – operates budget

·       March to the Manger – funds missions offerings/projects

·       Foundation for the Future – capital needs

 

2014 Capital Offering: April 20

·       Debt reduction

·       Chapel renovation for children’s area

 

What are you teaching your children?

 

Understanding our Identity as Givers

Understanding our Identity as Givers   Exodus 25, 36

 

4 Truths about who we are and why we should give:

 

Truth 1:

God established giving from the beginning as our identity.

“Willingly” shows the heart.

 

Truth 1:

FBC gives through-

·       Tithes and regular offerings – operates budget

·       March to the Manger – funds missions offerings/projects

·       Foundation for the Future – capital needs

 

Truth 1:

2014 Capital Offering – April 20

·       Debt reduction

·       Chapel renovation for children’s area

 

Truth 2:

It reminds us that all we own comes from Jesus.

 

Truth 3:

When they were not giving, they used their wealth and talents to make an idol.  Exodus 32

 

Truth 4:

When they began giving, there was a huge impact:

·       Everyone participated                                36:4-7

·       There was too much                                   36:4-7

·       God’s presence rested in their sacrifice 40:34-38