People of the City

There are people all over our city who are ready and waiting to be invited to be a part of what God is doing. They are broken, isolated, weary - just waiting for someone to extend an open invitation to them. My hope and prayer for our church is that we will be a church who serves the city. That we will be a church who ministers to the city. That we will be a church who partners with the city. That we will be a church who loves the city. God's redemptive heart is always for the people of the city and he wants to use us to expand his kingdom into their lives.

In Jeremiah 29:7, God tells his people to "Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." God wants his people to help the city find peace and prosperity. He wants to use us to intercede for it - to serve it - to bless it. And if it prospers we will prosper. In other words, if we serve our city with pure hearts and motives we will be blessed. As a wise man once told me, one of the best ways to grow on your spiritual journey is to engage people who are far from God - the people of the city!

Who is a person in our city who should be a part of the Next Chapter of the story he is writing? This weekend I invited you to ask the Lord for one person you could pray these verses over. May you pray, listen, and respond to how the Spirit prompts you. May you respond to how HE leads!

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you have received it and it shall be yours." (Mark 11:24)