Prayer Letter - 6 February 2006

To: Prayer Partners
From: Pastor Lucenay

Our thought world is a world unto itself. Have you invited the Lord Jesus Christ to transform your thoughts? Paul wrote the Romans saying do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (12:2). Perhaps, this is a good time to invite God to do a healing work in our minds.

Father, thank You for creating my mind. You know everything about the way it is supposed to work and the way my mind actually works. You search every thought on my heart and in my imagination. Though I fight to discipline my mind so that every thought can be taken captive for Christ Jesus, I cannot win the battle alone. Thank You for meeting my weakness with Your strength.

Turn my mind from bitterness and an unwillingness to forgive. Take my mind off of the things that cannot be changed. Help me place my worries in Your hands. Grant me an attitude of Christ-like humility that refuses to live in pride, judging others when only You have that right. Cleanse the way I talk to myself so that Christ would be honored with every word that crosses the threshold of my mind.

Renew my mind with Your Word. Your truth can set me free from worldly thinking. Though my natural thoughts are not Your thoughts, I believe You can instill in me the mind of Christ Jesus. Through faith You have made me a new creation. Help me put off the old ways of thinking that are a part of my fallen nature and think godly thoughts renewed by the knowledge of Your redemptive work in me and in those around me. Set my affections on things above, not on the temporary things that make up this passing world. Help me see my life through the eyes of faith so I may walk in oneness with You.

Today I want to think about the things that are true in Christ Jesus. Guide the conversations of my mind in honesty, purity, and admiration. Help me focus on Your excellence and give You the praise for all You are and do. Please let the meditations of my heart be honorable and acceptable to You for I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

As we pray for our church family we are asking God to bring salvation to:

• T, A, B, A, J, RL, W, H, J, D, E, C, AC, MAC, MC

As we pray for our church family we join our brothers and sisters in praying for the following situations:

• pray for S and SM in their pregnancies (in my family we await the arrival of Elise and Holly’s daughters)
• JB, the child of A and M has been hospitalized with pneumonia in Thailand
• C’s ministry opportunity
• healing of R’s eyes; health issues faced by JS and LS; B and B; S (brain operation)
• AC in her bout with illness; for RL’s health; P’s health
• guidance in marriage and family struggles
• for people praying for the conception of a child
• the recovery of MK and JB
• a member asks for prayer as bids are turned in for his business
• a member asks for prayer that people will make good on the debts they have incurred
• student AK as she seeks to discover her purpose in HK

As we pray for our church let us:

• thank God for the positive response of Phillip Bennett in his response to the call as Minister of Education at KIBC and pray for Phil and Irene as they prepare to leave their church of 21 years to begin work with us.
• thank God for the excellent response to the Children’s Worker study under the direction of JN.
• ask God to provide workers for our Vacation Bible School.
• ask God to dominate our worship with His presence and work in our hearts with His power.
• ask God to speak to and through our pastor.
• ask God to guide Angie as she leads our music ministries.
• ask God to guide our Sunday School workers as they teach the Bible and interpret God’s Word in their classes.
• ask God to guide us to the right principal of our kindergarten and work through HK, the new administrator to help us properly guide this work.
• ask God to guide R and our chapel ministries at Tuen Mun and Tsim Sha Tsui.

Every week I ask God for the joy of seeing someone come to faith in Christ. Join with me in the prayer that God will use each of us in sharing His Great Good News and seeing people come to a vibrant faith in the Lord.

Thank you for your prayers. May God fill your life with His joy.