40 Days of Praying - Day 15

Mountainview Community Christian Church: Give thanks to God for our financial partner in the Odessa church plant, Mountianview Community Christian Church. Ask God’s blessing on them and their ministry in the Denver area.

2 Corinthians 8:23 As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ.

Philippians 1:3-6 I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:15-19 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need. Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

I hope you get the chance to meet and know Jim Phillips, senior pastor of the Mountainview Community Christian Church. He and a small team of about 40 people planted the church about 13 years ago that has grown to be just about 100 smaller than us. They have a huge heart for God and a passion for lost people. Their enthusiasm for the advancing Kingdom of God is infectious. We have been so blessed in their financial partnership—they gave $50,000 to the Odessa plant sight unseen—because they wanted to encourage us as a church of Christ to be in the business of planting churches. Not only do they want to help us start, they want to encourage us to keep on going. When I read these scriptures I am reminded of Jim and the church in Denver. Let’s pray that God will take what they have given to encourage us and multiply it a hundred times. What could God do in our fellowship to light a fire for his kingdom and for the lost?

O God bless our brothers and sisters in Denver. Bless their ministry. Make them fruitful. Multiply their efforts. Bring thousands to Jesus because of them. And fulfill their dreams of planting 100 churches in the next 12 years. Only you could do that. Thank you for blessing us through them. Take what they have given and multiply it back to them. For Jesus sake, amen.

Grace.