Before we start our program today, I'd like to take a moment to encourage you to spend extra time this month,

crying out to the Lord on behalf of your family, your church, your community, your nation, and our world.

Thank you to agree that these are desperate days. And as never before, we need to see God act.

Here's my friend Robin McKelvey to lead us in crying out to him for our churches.

Our Father in Heaven, thank you so much that we can come boldly to your throne of grace.

And you said there we would obtain mercy and grace to help us in our time of need.

So Father, thank you that right now we can cry out to you. You already know what's going on in our lives, in our hearts, in our mind.

You already know everything that's going on in this world. And so because of that,

we can completely trust you because you knew even before today. So, Father, it's my privilege to come

before you and cry out on behalf of the pastors that are pastoring the churches that you have

established. Lord, I pray that these men would

worship you with the words of their mouth. Lord, that they would bless you with the meditations

of their heart. And, Father, everything that they do and everything that they say would be acceptable

in your sight because, Lord, you're the ones that have redeemed us all from the pit.

Father, I also pray that these men will remember that you have called them.

Sometimes we forget that you didn't call us to be comfortable, but you called us out of darkness into your marvelous light.

So, Lord, help us to be light to everybody that we come

in contact with, that our light would so shine before men that they would be able to see your good

works through us and bring glory to you, our Father in heaven. And so, Father, that's my prayer for

these pastors, that they would be lights in the dark world.

Lord, that they would remember that you are the one, that they can completely trust in.

You're the author and the finish of their faith.

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