...each part does its work.
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Ephesians 4:11-16
We offer today our thanks, for being knit together as part of the body of Christ, for being allowed the opportunity to be in unity with one another and in doing the work of the church. Help us become mature in our understanding of your love for us, and protect us from those who would seek to divide or deceive.
We pray that your Holy Spirit would blow open the doors of your churches to receive those who are in need. Help us see you in the faces of the poor and the prisoner, that we will know how to serve. We pray for ministers, chaplains and teachers, volunteers of faith and prison evangelists who share the good news with your children in prisons across the country. Strengthen them and renew their souls, fill them with your love. For corrections officers, administrators and governors, help them to fulfill their responsibilities with integrity and compassion, and help us seek true justice.
We lift up the following individuals who are known to us:
Tanya Rhodes and her sons, Leslie Baker and family, Johnny Matthew Ellis, Moizes Guzman, Deborah Gasca, Tabitha Alexander, Jessica Little, Marian Brown, Wakinia Starnes, Rachel Moses and her family, Michael Moses, Renee Lingard, Garlon Duane Lingard, Summer Barber, Tracye Jackson, Jennifer Wilborn and Robert Padilla, Charlotte Johnson, April K. Feigler and family, Levoy R. Dansby, Joshua Washington, Delinda Viscaino, Randy Bowman and his special concerns, Misty Capron and Alyiah Blanks, Stacey Durham and her family, Tina Stallings, Bonita Alston and her family, Nicole Gould, Jacqueline Jones, Willile B. Owens III, Jarvis Jerome Wagner, Jessica Thomas and her family, William Disney, Amanda Carter, Dana Stripling, Stacy Landers and family, Dora Blanchard, Michael Graham, Tiffany Griffin.
In your love for them, you know their trials and their suffering, you know their longings and their prayer. We place our trust in you, dear God, that their prayers are heard and are answered, and that through Jesus Christ, we are all being made new.
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Ephesians 4:11-16We offer today our thanks, for being knit together as part of the body of Christ, for being allowed the opportunity to be in unity with one another and in doing the work of the church. Help us become mature in our understanding of your love for us, and protect us from those who would seek to divide or deceive.
We pray that your Holy Spirit would blow open the doors of your churches to receive those who are in need. Help us see you in the faces of the poor and the prisoner, that we will know how to serve. We pray for ministers, chaplains and teachers, volunteers of faith and prison evangelists who share the good news with your children in prisons across the country. Strengthen them and renew their souls, fill them with your love. For corrections officers, administrators and governors, help them to fulfill their responsibilities with integrity and compassion, and help us seek true justice.
We lift up the following individuals who are known to us:
Tanya Rhodes and her sons, Leslie Baker and family, Johnny Matthew Ellis, Moizes Guzman, Deborah Gasca, Tabitha Alexander, Jessica Little, Marian Brown, Wakinia Starnes, Rachel Moses and her family, Michael Moses, Renee Lingard, Garlon Duane Lingard, Summer Barber, Tracye Jackson, Jennifer Wilborn and Robert Padilla, Charlotte Johnson, April K. Feigler and family, Levoy R. Dansby, Joshua Washington, Delinda Viscaino, Randy Bowman and his special concerns, Misty Capron and Alyiah Blanks, Stacey Durham and her family, Tina Stallings, Bonita Alston and her family, Nicole Gould, Jacqueline Jones, Willile B. Owens III, Jarvis Jerome Wagner, Jessica Thomas and her family, William Disney, Amanda Carter, Dana Stripling, Stacy Landers and family, Dora Blanchard, Michael Graham, Tiffany Griffin.
In your love for them, you know their trials and their suffering, you know their longings and their prayer. We place our trust in you, dear God, that their prayers are heard and are answered, and that through Jesus Christ, we are all being made new.
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