DAY 22: SATURDAY JANUARY 23, 2021
FOCUS: O LORD, HELP US TO KEEP GOFAMINT ENTRANCE DOOR WIDELY OPENED REGULARLY, AND HER EXIT DOOR TIGHTLY CLOSED
TEXT: Acts 2: 42-47; Acts 6:7
INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYER
In the Acts of the Apostles, the Scriptures made us to understand that the Lord added to the church daily, those who were being saved. Stressing earlier, “…they continued daily in one accord in the temple…and from house to house..”. It means that, following the apostolic pattern, assimilation must precede addition. It was after they had been meeting in the church and in the houses, that the Lord added to the Church. This was the model that the Lord gave us during the COVID-19 lockdown last year, and many ignorant Christians were complaining to God! God was returning us to the early apostolic order. Churches that quickly got this message from God saw tremendous growth of their church membership during the lockdown.
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Another instrument God used for church assimilation and growth was the ardent study of the Word of God.
(Acts 6:7; 19:10). The church graduated from the level of addition to multiplication.May we therefore conclude that when the entry door is opened effectively, the issue of closing the back door is much easier, because the keys that opened the entrance door is the same that will close the back door. These keys are in the passages given above, but briefly summarized below.
(a) Developing an intimate and personal relationship with the new converts.
(b) Providing necessary support structures for the young converts to stand well.
(c) Providing the needed commitment and steps for new members to serve God.
(d) Providing motivational structures for new members to evangelize and win souls.
With the above keys, the entrance door is widely opened, and the back door firmly locked.
LET US PRAY
1. Let us give thanks to the Lord that the concept of Church growth is not new to us in GOFAMINT, as our founding fathers had tested it and it worked for them.
2. Let us thank the Lord that as we call upon Him in this year’s prayer, He will do it again, and even make us surpass the founding fathers. (Haggai 2:9).
3. O Lord, you made the early apostles grow from addition to multiplication, and eventually exponentiation. Lord, we connect with this covenant of the fathers for the end-time harvest.
4. Lord, forgive us of all carelessness we might have exhibited concerning people you have sent to us in the past, and as a result, they left. Father, cause them to return.
5. Baptize us with a new grace of conserving and consolidating souls, and let your anointing be upon us for apostolic results.
6. Father, we receive abundant financial resources to spend on consolidating souls that are in need. Give every one of us the commonwealth spirit of the early apostles.
7. Lord, make our churches the solution grounds for souls that are yearning after You and the needed breakthroughs in their lives, by the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
8. Father make every minister-in-charge of each Assembly to be an effective advertiser of Jesus Christ for every new convert or visitor.
9. In every area where we are deficient as leaders and workers in your vineyard, Lord make this place a transformation ground for us, that we might reach out effectively to the people you have sent us to establish.
10. Every toxic behavior in our lives, that drives away converts and members, or that makes potential covenant helpers of our church to be disinterested and possibly leave, we nullify by the Blood of Jesus.
11.We pray for people in transition of life situation and circumstances, such as marriage, jobs, health challenges, etc, that they find ready help in our churches from now on.
12. O Lord, take us back to the early apostles pattern of growth, and cause the spirit of rivalry and position seeking to die in our midst.
13. O Lord, visit us afresh with your power and anointing that nobody will come to our churches without receiving the touch of the Holy Spirit in his or her life.
14. Father, let there be an outburst of the gifts of the Holy Spirit among us, as in the days of Pentecost, confirming the Word of God with signs and wonders.
15. Ask for the wisdom of God on the part of our local church leaders to handle and resolve all matters of conflict among the brethren and bring glory to God and growth to the church.
16. Pray for the leadership wisdom and anointing for Biblical restoration for those who fall into sin among us, that they will not miss the grace of a second chance.
17. Grant us the grace to develop every member to become not just a disciple, but also learn to disciple others, at least through the principle of one-wins-one.
18. Let all our church fellowships and assemblies henceforth provide the warmth and acceptance required by new converts to graduate and mature to disciples.
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