And pray for the welfare of a provincial town of 25000 people.
Every time I hear someone invoke Jeremiah 29:7 and pray that business in town will be more profitable I suppress a groan.
As if that equates to a biblical concept of welfare.
This article by Bliss Spillar outlines the way in which he encourages Christian prayer for cities.
A disciple of Christ is a life on mission, one that I believe is marked deeply by prayer for the people God has sent them to. Our states, our cities, our neighborhoods desperately need the life-giving renewal and redemption that flow from Christ’s life, death and resurrection.
Praying for the mission of God in our cities is one of the beautiful ways we join God in His renewal and redemption of our city. Let us be people who are marked not just by lives on mission in the everyday, but people who intercede daily and earnestly on behalf of our cities.
Tomorrow night mgpc will gather for our first Sunday prayer and we’ll pray for the welfare of our city that the Bible proclaims.
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