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Creekside Bible Church
Praying Together for Our Church

This Week’s Focus – Church Unity and Focus
Silent Prayer Guide

Adoration
My mouth is filled with Thy praise, And with Thy glory all day long. Psalms 71:8 (NASB77)

Take a moment to praise God for His character, His creation and His concern for us…Ask the Holy Spirit to place on your heart prayers of adoration.

Confession
Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For Thou art my praise. Jeremiah 17:14 (NASB77)

Take a moment to confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind.

Thanksgiving
…but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  1 Corinthians 15:57 (NASB77)

Thank the Lord for His goodness and for the ways He has blessed your life.

Supplications
 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 1:6 (NASB77)

Specific Prayers:
Ask the Lord to give us the strength and wisdom to fellowship together in unity

Pray God will help us love one another as we love ourselves

Thank the Lord for the impact Creekside has already had on our community

Ask the Lord to give us a passion to serve one another in love

Pray the Lord will help us understand our obligation to work together to share the Gospel

Ask the Lord to make our small groups a place of joy and intimacy

Pray that Creekside would become a church where everyone participates on Sunday morning, is involved in serving each other and is involved in outreach

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Creekside Bible Church
Praying Together for Our Church

This Week’s Focus – Touching Lives in Our Community
Silent Prayer Guide

Adoration
Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him.
For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.  Psalms 95:1-3 (NLT)

Take a moment to praise God for His character, His creation and His concern for us…Ask the Holy Spirit to place on your heart prayers of adoration.

Confession
All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.  Isaiah 53:6 (NASB77)

Take a moment to confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind.

Thanksgiving
Therefore I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Thy name.  2 Samuel 22:50 (NASB77)

Thank the Lord for His goodness and for the ways He has blessed your life.

Supplications
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.  Psalms 4:1 (NASB77)

Specific Prayers:

Thank the Lord for blessing you, so that you might be a blessing to others

Ask the Lord to help you live each day “on mission” for Him

Pray that God would help you reach into the lives of others

Ask God give you a passion to see others trust in Jesus

Pray that God will give you opportunities to make disciples, baptize and teach

Ask the Lord to give you the Holy Spirit’s power to evangelize and share

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All Times – “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit…”

All Types – “…and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition…”

All Together – “…for all the saints…”

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“Seeing People for the First Time”

“Can you see anything now?”  The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.” Mark 8:23-24 (NLT)

Restoration – “Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.”  Mark 8:25 (NASB77)

Faith – “And taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes, and laying His hands upon him…"   Mark 8:23 (NASB77)

Purpose – “…He asked him, "Do you see anything?"  And he looked up and said, "I see men…"  Mark 8:23-24 (NASB77)

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“The Power of Humbly Seeking God”

“Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.”  Ezra 8:21 NASB

Humble Ourselves – “Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.” Ezra 8:21 (NASB77)

Seek God – “For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, " The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him."  Ezra 8:22 (NASB77)

Receive His Favor – “So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty.”  Ezra 8:23 (NASB77)

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“Who Will Carry On?”
Ezra 8:15-20

“Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I did not find any Levites there.” 
Ezra 8:15 (NASB77)

The Work is Plentiful – “Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.”  Matthew 9:37 (NASB77)

The Work Requires Urgency – “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”  James 4:14 (NIV)

The Work Requires Extra Effort – “Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.”  Romans 12:11 (NLT)

The Work Requires Workers – “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Matthew 9:38 (NIV)

Personal Application and Prayer -

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Just Another List of Names?
Ezra 8:1-14

“Now these are the heads of their fathers' households and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes…”  Ezra 8:1 NASB
Timeline Review -

Comfort – "But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.”  Luke 6:24 NASB

Concern – “If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.”  1 John 4:20 NASB

Cost – “And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.”  Mark 8:34 NASB

Calling -

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