Lakeview Christian Center

January: Church Family

Morning Meditation Psalm: Psalm 1
Song: “Knowing You”

Women of the Church

“Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.” (Titus 2:3-5)

Pray for….

-Growth in the leadership of husbands for their wives
-Strengthening of biblical roles and values for women
-Effective fellowship among the women of the church
-Encouragement and empowerment for wives and mothers
-Grace and faith for single moms and for those who may struggle in their season of singleness
-Women to rejoice in trials and persevere in affliction
-Young ladies to speak grace and promote unity
-Older women to train younger women in the Lord
-Church filled with women who hate gossip, idleness, jealousy, and strife but who study God’s Word daily, bear the church’s burdens through prayer, and encourage the saints in steadfast faith.

January: Church Family

Morning Meditation Psalm: Psalm 84
Song: “Haven’t You Been Good”

Fellowship & Relationships

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:19-22)

Pray for….

-Consistent and meaningful participation in Covenant Group ministry
-Establishment of meaningful friendships
-Commitment to fellowship and consistent attendance
-Church characterized by godly conversations
-Humble pursuit of accountability and correction
-Freedom from bitterness, jealousy, gossip, and other enemies
of relationships
-Those on “the fringe” to feel welcomed and connected
-Gospel to be at the center of our relationships and church life

Awakening Prayers for Awakening

“Revival is a season in the life of the church when God causes the normal ministry of the gospel to surge forward with extraordinary spiritual power… Revival is seasonal, not perennial. God causes it; we do not. It is the normal ministry of the gospel, not something eccentric or even different from what the church is always charged to do. What sets revival apart is simply that our usual efforts greatly accelerate in their spiritual effects.” –Ray Ortlund

Personal & Corporate Revival

-Softened hearts ready to receive the Word
-Fresh vigor and empowerment in the battle against sin
-Awakening of boldness in personal witness
-Experience of the presence of the Spirit in daily living
-Church community characterized by self-sacrifice & service
-Gospel central in the life and ministry of the church

Revival in the City

-Influx of visitors for our Sunday gatherings
-Gospel to shine through us into the Lakeview community and beyond
-God to bless this city with the gift of repentance
-Nominal Christianity & dead religion replaced with vibrancy & Gospel truth

The New Year

Looking Back: Thanksgiving

“For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God” (2 Cor. 4:15)

-Personal Blessing—What has the Lord done in your life recently?
…Victory over sin and freedom from bondage?
…Sustaining you through seasons of trials?
…Fresh experiences of the presence of His Spirit?
…Financial provision or physical healing?
-Corporate Blessing—What has the Lord done in our church?
…Leading many visitors to attend on Sundays
…Saving soul after soul through Alpha & outreach ministries
…Growing us in the unity of the faith

Looking Forward: Faith

“From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another” (John 1:16)

-Experiencing the “year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:19)
-The Men’s Retreat (Jan. 30-31)
…Men rooted in the Word and the discipline of prayer
…Men to experience freedom in categories of besetting sin
…Fathers to receive fresh revelation to lead their families
-Revisioning & renewal for the various ministries of the church:
…Operation Replant, Alpha, & Mercy Ministry
…The Pivot, Youth, and Children’s Ministries
…Covenant Groups & Weekend Services
…PrayerForce & corporate prayer gatherings
-2010 to be a year of Kingdom-minded, self-sacrificing, Gospel-centered, risk-taking growth in LCC for the glory of God