A New Year

Praise God for His gift of a new year. Ask God to help us live every moment driven by the work of the gospel in our lives. Pray for God to continue to grow our knowledge and understanding of His Word as we study it individually and corporately. Pray we will all be doers of God’s Word and not merely hearers. Ask God to grow our trust in Him and reliance upon Him in every aspect of our lives. Thank God for His ongoing guidance in our lives.

Students and Education Leaders

This week we are praying for our students and their leaders as they return to classes after the holiday break. We are also praying for Grace Life Baptist and Pastor Joel Frederick

• Day 1: Pray for all of our elementary, middle, and high school students to see their lives as the center point for God to reach the next generation in Birmingham through them.

   

• Day 2: Pray for God to use Brook Hills students to establish a great reputation for the gospel in their communities.

• Day 3: Pray for our students to be bold and clear as God opens doors for them to share the gospel with their peers.

• Day 4: Pray for all parents and teachers in the Brook Hills faith family to be encouraged and equipped as they follow God’s lead to minister to students and their families.

• Day 5: Pray for those who serve in administrative roles in our students’ education. Ask God to help them make wise decisions as they seek to lead the next generation.

• Day 5: Pray for those who serve in administrative roles in our students’ education. Ask God to help them make wise decisions as they seek to lead the next generation.

• Day 6: Pray for our faith family to fully embrace the opportunity to reach succeeding generations by investing in the next generation now. Pray for those already intentionally investing in the next generation. Ask Got to make their ministry fruitful for the glory of Christ throughout the rest of the school year.

Cooperative Outreach of India

This week we are praying for our partner Ramesh Landge and the Cooperative Outreach of India ministries (COI).  COI has been our partner for a number of years and hosts Short-Term teams. COI focuses on training pastors for church planting, engaging unreached peoples through community projects, and serving the poor. Join us this week as we pray for Ramesh and his staff at COI.

• Day 1: Praise God for His faithfulness to COI. Thank Him for bringing joy and hope to their staff and those they are ministering to in North India.

• Day 2: Persecution is a reality in the area where many of COI’s church planter’s work. Pray for God to protect their team and to use even the persecution they experience to drive the gospel forward. Pray for these team members to be strengthened in their faith as God provides for them in their suffering.

• Day 3: Pray for the growing work of the Lord in North India. Pray for the COI as they work to strengthen believers in different communities and for the church to continue to grow as a result of new disciples being made.

• Day 4: Pray for Ramesh as he leads COI. Pray for God to give him wisdom to shepherd his team and clarity of vision for the work of COI.

• Day 5: Pray for Ramesh, his wife Gloria, and their children and grandchildren. Pray for God to give grace to their family and unify them together for ministry. Pray for their family to be a testimony to the surrounding community of their faith in Christ and God’s work in their lives.

• Day 6: Pray for God to get great glory from the work He is accomplishing through COI. Ask the Father to call men and women to Himself and continue to use COI to make the gospel known and establish His church among unreached people groups throughout North India.