The 80-For-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church in Community Groups Who to pray for: CG Leaders, Bob and Amanda Blanton Pray that they walk in wisdom toward the outside world Pray that they would make the most of every opportunity for the kingdom Pray that their speech would be graceful…
80-For-80: 6/10/14
The 80-For-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church in Community Groups. What to pray for: Humility for CG leadership and CG pastor To follow God's leading in the matter of groups To be open to reason and various ideas from others To seek what's best for the church as a whole…
80-For-80 Initiative: 6/8/24
The 80-For-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church in Community Groups Who to pray for: Community Group Leaders, Steven and Shonda McManus For their growth in the knowledge of Christ For their family and marriage For their ministry, shepherding a CG Scripture to Pray: "I pray that He would grant you, according to the…
80-For-80 Initiative: 6/7/14
The 80-For-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church in Community Groups Who to pray for: Group Leaders, Dennis and Ina Przywara Pray for the gospel to continually transform them Pray for their endurance in gospel ministry Pray for God's protection on their marriage Scripture to Pray: "Therefore I am rejoicing over…
80-For-80 Initiative: 6/6/14
The 80-for-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church to be in Community Groups. What to pray for: Our goal: 80% of the church in CGs That we would hold our plans loosely and follow God's will That the Lord would bring a new sense of community to our church That we…
Jesus Cries Because He’s Perfect
There is a tendency for us to say, 'I am afraid of the grief, I am afraid of the sorrows'...But look at Jesus. He was perfect, right? And yet he goes around crying all the time. He is always weeping, a man of sorrows. Do you know why? Because he is perfect. Because when you…
80-For-80 Initiative: 6/4/14
The 80-For-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church to be in Community Groups What to Pray for: Connecting people in Community Pray for greater commitment to and involvement in LBC Pray for new CG leaders to arise Pray for a culture of discipleship to develop at the church Pray for those…
80-For-80 Initiative: 6/3/14
The 80-For-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church to be in Community Groups. What to Pray for: That our Community Groups would be more rooted in Christ CGs would grow in their knowledge of Christ CGs would have a strong affection/love for Christ CGs would be conformed more to the image…
80-For-80 Initiative: 6/2/14
The 80-For-80 Initiative is 80 days of prayer for 80% of the church to be in Community Groups. What to pray for: Gospel transformation within our Community Groups. Pray that the members of the CGs would be transformed by the gospel more and more Pray that the gospel would motivate the groups toward mission Pray…
The Anxiety of Prosperity Theology
I often hear people say, “If God is going to bless us, we must believe fervently without any doubts that God will bless us. We must claim our blessing with full assurance that we will get it.” But we don’t see that here, nor do we see that attitude in other places in the Bible.…
Raising Lazarus 