40 Days of Praying - Day 14

Church Planter: Pray for God to help us identify the church planter who will lead the Odessa Chruch plant next fall.

1 Corinthians 3:10-12 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Romans 1:5 Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

When God begins a great work he calls a man. There will be others who are called to join in leading and working. There will be others who sense the leading of the Holy Spirit to throw themselves into the mission. But first, God calls a man. I believe I can say it without contradiction that when you see a great work of God, whether in the Bible or in history, you will find a man who has been called to launch it and lead it. This hasn't always been our understanding, but it has been our experience. If there is a great church to be built then God has been building a great man to lead it.

Pray for a man and his wife who love Jesus and love people. Pray for someone with a heart for the lost. Pray for someone who has a vision for what God wants to do and is willing to work for it. Pray for a someone who is a team builder. Pray for someone who will lead with greatness and will point that new church to Jesus. Remember, when God launches a great work he forms and calls a great man.

O God bring a leader for this great work. Make him powerful and wise. Fill him with the Holy Spirit. Use his life to reflect and point to Jesus. And may you gain glory for yourself through what you do in him. Amen.

Grace.