Praise and Prayer for 9/30

He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not - to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God - that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord." - 1Corinthians 1:28-31 (NIV 1984)

There is no prayer meeting at church this week but we join for a time of prayer every Wednesday night from 8-9pm.

Answered prayers:

New prayer requests:

• Please lift up Lina Kim in prayer. Lina is a former Pathway youth who recently graduated from MIT and is now a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at MIT. Please pray for the students at MIT who are dealing with the pressures of school and life. Pray for Lina to be an effective minister for Christ as she prays, teaches, counsels and preaches the Great News of our Lord Jesus Christ to the campus in MIT. Pray for Lina to have the financial support necessary for her to continue her ministry, and for her to grow in all aspects, and most of all in her relationship with Christ, so that she can joyfully share God's love and hope with the students on campus. Pray also for God's protection of Lina in this dark place and for God to guard her from any spiritual attacks.
•  Pray for the upcoming 10th annual Dodgeball Tournament on October 10 hosted by our Pathway youth to help raise money and awareness for the needs in Africa. Pray for the logistics, planning, volunteers, and great participation, and for opportunities to invite and interact with friends who may not yet know Christ.
• Pray for the upcoming Family Fall Festival on October 31. Pray for those God will lead to Pathway to experience the joy that we have in Christ. Pray for our volunteers to be ready to extend God's love to our visitors and for God to soften hearts to be receptive to Him.

Active prayer requests:

• Pray for the Go Deeper series and for our pastors who deliver God's message to us. Pray for open hearts to receive, to go deeper in our relationship with God and to partner with Him to share His love and to reach the lost.
• Pray for continued progress in working toward possible solutions to our rental situation and finding favor with Sleepy Hollow and its investors. Pray that we will follow God's leading and represent Him well.
• Pray for wisdom and insight as the church leadership looks into ministry growth.
• Pray for God's wisdom and deliverance as the ELT continues to look into the church finances.
• Pray for our Life Groups and the focus to experiencing life together. Pray for development of leaders and for groups to desire to reach out to help others connect with a group.
• Pray for God's wisdom and leading as we minister in the Dublin and surrounding community. Thank God for the opportunity to partner with Open Heart Kitchen to help serve meals to those in need in our community and continue to be in prayer for this ministry. May God's love and hope be experienced in our community.

Please incorporate the following in your prayer: 

• Praise Him for specific evidences of His glory, power, wisdom, grace, mercy, faithfulness, love, or other attributes in our lives this week
• Give thanks with grateful and joyful hearts for specific blessings we have received this week
• Come before Him with humble hearts and pray for our lives to align with His purposes
• Pray for Pathway's leadership to seek Him first in all decision making, to lead by example, to be passionate and committed to growing our congregation as followers of Christ, and to receive encouragement from God and our congregation
• Pray for commitment to God's vision and mission for Pathway and our responsibility as part of the body to fulfill the mission