A short spoken prayer by Justin R. Lester directed to church leaders who are seeking revitalization and sustainable success for their congregations. The speaker prays for leaders hearts, families, visions, repentance, and submission to God, asks God to reveal future possibilities for their churches, and closes with encouragement and a brief reference to a book/phrase about "How to play church."
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Foreign. Listen, maybe you're on here today and you're wondering whether or not to even purchase this book. You see me talking about Xbox and churches and Madden and let's playing church. Can I just take a moment to pray for your church because maybe the reason you're here today is because you feel that your church needs the revitalization sustainable success. You're curious about looking at a different way to revitalize your church. I just want to pray for you. Is that okay? God, I bring before you, my friend, today. Wherever they are, whatever community they're in, God you know the state of their church, know the state of their people. But God most of all, right now, you know the state of this leader's heart. I pray God for this leader's heart. Their family, their dreams, their goals. I pray they submit all of that at your feet. I pray God they submit themselves at the cross. And I pray God, they pick up what yout desire. Forgive us God, for having visions that are that don't have youe in it. Forgive us God, for building churches that have moved you'd out of it. But God revealed to us in our repentant hearts. God revealed to us the goals, the possibility, aspirations and the future you have for your church because of these leaders, because of their hands, because of what you want to do through them and with them. For your glory, for our good, and for the good of those we're called to serve. Father, I give my friend back to you. I pray that you use them to build your church. That even as they play with it, they'll love what they build. God, I give you glory and praise today. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Take a read of it. Take a look at it. It's simple, to the point. How to play church. Have fun while you do what you love. Hey, God bless you.
