Wk 70

February 2, 2007 To The Ends of The Earth…

Verse for the week:
...to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
(Eph 3:10-11)

Quote for the week:

“Water cannot rise any higher than its source, nor can the mission overseas be any stronger than the supporting church at home. A sick church can never save a dying world…Throughout history, revival at home and missions abroad have always gone together.” – J. Herbert Kane, A Concise History of the Christian World Mission

People Group of the week:
Please pray for the leaders of the Apostolic Christian Church of America, the Elder Body. I found this website to be an excellent prayer help for Christian leadership:
http://www.prayertower.net/Pray4Leaders.htm
(*Links to websites do not necessarily imply endorsement.)

Apostolic Missions Committee Member to pray for this week:
Phil Stettner (Bluffton North, IN)

Apostolic Elder's Wife to pray for this week:
Roberta Stoller (Smithville, OH)

Apostolic Christian Missionares to pray for this week:

Please pray for the brothers and sisters in your local congregation.

Other News:

The Elder Body convenes next Wednesday for a series of meetings called the Mid-Winter Conference. These Elder Brothers have been entrusted with the leadership of our denomination. Please take time this coming week to lift them up in prayer. I know all of them really desire to have strong prayer support. They have the heavy responsibility of guiding our particular part of the worldwide Body - the Body through which God has ordained that the entire world be evangelized and redeemed! Wow! What a calling! As the Verse of the Week says, God has eternally purposed that the church should make God's manifold wisdom known not only to the world but even to the spiritual forces! God's given us the power to do it! In addition, the Quote of the Week makes a great point that overseas missions is only as strong as its sending churches. Let's hit our knees in faith, joy, and expectation - we've got some Body building to do (ok, that's a really bad pun, but that thought just popped into my head :)

Your Prayer Partner,

Joe G.

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"The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray." - Samuel Chadwick