Greetings Family,

Ponder these thoughts from the author of the book, “Discerning The Voice Of God”.

“So as we get ready to dig in, let’s say a prayer that God will bless what He’s about to give us, and that He’ll open our hearts, certain beyond a doubt that we’ll hear from His Word and His Spirit.“ (Page 13); Author: Priscilla Shirer

For this week (August 27 through September 2), let’s consider the following bible passages on prayer, in collaboration with the “#BeEncouraged - Bible Passages That Share Encouragement” from our Allen Temple website. We beseech you to ‘pray aloud’ and meditate on the prayer themes and the scripture verses. If possible, let's pray together during the 7am morning hour, 7pm evening hour or 12:00 noon time-frame.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

• Believe, God has the answers
  • Psalm 5:3 (NIV): In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
• Believe, God has the answers
  • Psalm 54:2 (NIV): Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
• Believe, God has the answers
  • Psalm 9:1 (NIV): I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
• Believe, God has the answers
  • Daniel 9:3 (KJV): And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
• Sunday School Lesson (9/2) – God Created the Heavens and Earth
  • Genesis 1:1-13 (NIV): ¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. ³ And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. ⁶ And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” ⁷ So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. ⁸ God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. ⁹ And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. ¹¹ Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. ¹² The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. ¹³ And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

Please come join us, as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s Sunday school lesson

As we continue seeking the will of God and His discernment through the processes of prayer and meditation, we invite you to not only incorporate our Scripture & Meditation Focus into your daily life via the weekly newsletter insert, but also the entire archive on the Church website (Allen-Temple.org; click Pastoral Transition on the top blue bar of the home page), but to also join us at our Thursday Pastoral Transition Prayer Hours in the Sanctuary. The Prayer Hour will be followed by Thursday Evening Bible Study taught by Pastor Smith and Reverend Olu Bereola. Dates and times are:

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule

Thursday, September 6 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, September 20 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, October 4 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, October 11 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, October 25 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

 

God Bless!!!