Building a community associated with the idea that a cord of three strands is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12
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Holy Week Devotional Guide
Lent is marked by a time of prayer and preparation to celebrate Easter. Since Sundays celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, the six Sundays that occur during Lent are not counted as part of the 40 days of Lent, and are referred to as the Sundays in Lent. The number 40 is connected with many biblical events, but especially with the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing for His ministry by facing the temptations that could lead him to abandon his mission and calling. Christians today use this period of time for introspection, self examination, and repentance. Please join us as we enter into 24 Hours of Prayer Thursday, April 1 following the Maundy Thursday service through Good Friday and culminating with a silent Saturday.
9:45am Last Sunday of each month: Join Ray Hopkins and the men of Hope as they gather together in the Kid's Only Worship Room to pray for the vision that Pastor Lonnie has for our church and show our support for this vision. The bible shows us just how important prayer is. God wants to hear from each of us not only individually but as a group of men who want to love and honor him. Prayer is a powerful tool that will help our church to grow and serve God and his people.
"The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:16
Seven Ways to Pray
Originally printed in World Vision Magazine, Winter 2006
#1 Bathtime: Think Clean Water
Nearly 3.3 billion people are without access to clean water – that’s more than the combined populations of N. America and the European Union. Without access to clean drinking water, children are at a much higher risk for life-threatening diseases.
#2 Off to Work: Think Child Labor The U.S. national minimum wage is $5.85 per hour. Many children worldwide earn less than $1 a day, if they are even paid at all. Around 176 million children work in ways that are likely to harm their health, safety or moral development.
#3 Lunchtime: Think Hungry Kids
McDonald’s serves nearly 50 million people worldwide each day. Three times that number of children go hungry everyday, leaving them undernourished, vulnerable to disease, and prone to stunted growth.
#4 News Break: Think Education
There are twice as many children worldwide – 117 million – who do not receive a primary level education as Americans who receive a newspaper each day. Without education, these children are condemned to carry out menial jobs and will struggle to provide for themselves and their families
#5 Heading Home: Think Displaced Children The number of displaced people in the world has steadily decreased over the last five years, but there are still an estimated 9.25 million children who have been forced by violence or disaster to leave their homes-that’s 2.5 times more children than there are homeless people in the U.S.
#6 Take a Vitamin: Think Medical Access Every year, 15 times more children die of readily preventable diseases than Americans who are killed by heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S. Many children lack access to health care simply because they are poor.
#7 Bed Time: Think Orphans There is more than twice the number of orphans in the world than children under age 15 in America. Africa is the only area of the world where the orphan prevalence rate is increasing, largely due to the AIDS pandemic.