We first began meeting in the prayer room as we started quarantine. Our hope through it all was to set aside time and ask for God to move in mighty ways, especially as we began observing this social distancing phenomenon.
Our time together in the Prayer Room has been sweet. Guiding you through prayer has been rewarding for us. You’ve shared many stories with us of how you have found hope, comfort, direction, peace, and life pursuing the Father in prayer.
So, as we sign off from this prayer room for now and you establish your prayer room, let us continue to draw near to the throne of grace. Let us drink deeply from His life-giving well that never runs dry. And may we continue to find abundant life in Christ.
Join us as we pursue Jesus, in The Prayer Room. Led by Kyle Goen, Riverdale Campus Pastor, and joined by his wife Amy.
We will pray through Psalm 138.
[1] I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
[2] I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
[3] On the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased.
[4] All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD,
for they have heard the words of your mouth,
[5] and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD,
for great is the glory of the LORD.
[6] For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he knows from afar.
[7] Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your right hand delivers me.
[8] The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands. (ESV)
Given the current temperature of our nation, we wanted to not only acknowledge the Racial Divide currently in the US but also engage in prayer and conversation to allow the Holy Spirit to guide our hearts and minds. In doing so, our prayer is for Christ to be glorified as each of us pursues how we can see people the way Christ sees people.
Ephesians 2: 13–16
[13] But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. [14] For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility [15] by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, [16] and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. (ESV)
In the conversation are Ken Hampton [Sending Associate Minister], Brandy Hernandez [Riverdale Campus Ministry Assistant], Travis Ryan [Worship Pastor], and Pat Hood [Senior Pastor].
Join us as we pursue Jesus, in The Prayer Room. Led by Steven Ackley, College & Next Gen Pastor, and joined by his wife Emily.
We will pray through Psalm 42.
[1] As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
[2] My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
[3] My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
[4] These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.
[5] Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation [6] and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
[7] Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
[8] By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
[9] I say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
[10] As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
[11] Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God. (ESV)
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by RC Ford, Stewarts Creek Campus Pastor, and his wife Callie.
We will pray through Psalm 23.
[1] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
[2] He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
[3] He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
[4] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
[5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
[6] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. (ESV)
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by Steven Ackley, Next Gen & College Pastor.
We will pray through Psalm 16.
Psalm 16
You Will Not Abandon My Soul – A Miktam of David.
[1] Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
[2] I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
[3] As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
[4] The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.
[5] The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
[6] The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
[7] I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
[8] I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
[9] Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
[10] For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
[11] You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (ESV)
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by Kyle Goen, Riverdale Campus Pastor.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:16
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by RC Ford, Stewarts Creek Campus Pastor.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:16
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by Steven Ackley, Next Gen & College Pastor.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:16
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by Kyle Goen, Riverdale Campus Pastor.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:16
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by Steven Ackley, Next Gen Pastor
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:16
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room. Led by RC Ford [Stewarts Creek Campus Pastor].
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:16
Join us as we continue praying for God to move in mighty ways, in The Prayer Room.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” - Hebrews 4:16