Our mission for this prayer emphasis is: "Led
by the Holy Spirit, Trinity Lutheran will teach, model, and provide opportunities
to encourage a lifetime of fervent prayer."
TLC’s
prayer emphasis is off and running!
As February dawns,
you may be wondering what comes next. Much of that answer may be found in the
catalogue
of forty three different prayer objectives that were committed to by our various
leadership teams and ministries.
Our prayer emphasis
continues through the month of Mayas we will focus on a pattern of prayer known
as "ACTS":
February 26: Adoration
March
11: Confession
April 22: Thanksgiving
May 13: Supplication
Special
Prayer Service - Mark Your Calendar!
Wednesday, May
23 at 6:00pm, Prayer service focusing on Trinity’s continuing and newly elected
leadership. We will have an opportunity to pray in small groups with guided prayers.
Don’t miss this wonderful service of prayer. Whether this is a new method of prayer
for you or something familiar, please know God will bless you and our leadership.
Please
join us for all these services and bring a friend.
View videos of March's
prayer focus - CONFESSION on the Family
Life Resources page! Blessings on your prayer journey!!
Prayer
is . . .
If you asked 50 people to complete that sentence,
you would probably get close to 50 varieties of answers. Why is that? As Christians,
we have a sense of what prayer is. We know we are to pray.
What
we don’t always know is . . .
. . . how are we to pray? .
. . what words are we to say? . . . why do I get distracted when I pray? .
. . does God answer ALL my prayers or just some of them? . . . are some people
really better at praying than others? . . . why is praying out loud so difficult? .
. . am I to pray in secret or with other people? . . . am I selfish if I ask
others to pray for me? . . . what difference does praying make if God knows
all things?
If you have ever wondered about any of these
types of things, join us for a very special focus on prayer beginning January
1, 2012.
On each Sunday and Wednesday in January, there
will be a special emphasis on prayer in the sermon and throughout the worship
experience. The messages are intended to help all of us grow in our attitude about
prayer in our lives, our knowledge of what God’s Word says about prayer, and in
our skill to be more confident in our prayers.
The focus
on prayer will last far beyond these five weeks in January. Here is how "Lord,
teach us to pray . . . A Lifelong Journey of Prayer" will begin:
December
31, 2011, 3-4 pm A gathering at Trinity to pray for the joys and challenges of
2011 while we look forward to what God has in store for us personally and as part
of the prayer emphasis in 2012.
January 1, 2012 - 9:30 Sunday morning
Bible studies at 9:30 on Psalms and The Lord's Prayer begin
January 1,
2012 - Family Life Prayer Calendars are available
January 1 and 4 - Come
Just As You Are
January 8 and 11 - How Can I Possibly Trust?
January
15 and 18 - This Is Getting Personal
January 22 and 25 - Watching The
Divine Artist
January 29 and February 1 - Praying In Real Life
February
15 6:00 pm Prayer worship service
Did
you know that Trinity has a prayer request page on our website?
We
stand ready and willing to pray for your needs. Prayer requests are directed to
our prayer chain. We may contact you by email to confirm that we are praying for
you, but your prayer request and personal information will not be distributed
or used for any other purpose.