1. Prayer Guide for July 26-August 1 with Prayer Prompts from Pastor Josh Adoration: Praise for Who God Is by focusing on one of the names or descriptions of God in the Bible. Matt. 6:9Father, you have also been with me in the times that I have felt alone, scared, and upset. Your love for me is never based on conditions and for that I am thankful and humbly fall to my knees because that is all I can do for a God that is beyond words and deserves my respect. Confession: Recognizing our continuing need to repent for sin and seek God’s forgiveness and cleansing. 1 John 1:9Father, I confess that many times in my life I have relied on my own strengthen and never asked you for help in the times that I needed you the most. Forgive me for not trusting you when you were taking me in a direction in life I didn’t like or didn’t want to go. I am sorry for not listening to you the first time.Offer your confession to the Lord… Thanksgiving: Thank God for all He has done, direct praise to Him and recognize answered prayer! 1 Thes.5:16-18Lord, thank you so much for being there for me. Thank you for always knowing what is the better path to take. Thank you for knowing me better than I know myself. Thank you for a wonderful church that I get to attend and serve at. Thank you for the great annual conference we just had and that all of the OCEC pastors were reassigned to OCEC. Express your thanks to the Lord… Supplication: Bringing personal requests and intercession for others before God’s mighty throne. Heb. 4:14-16Father, I pray that you help us as a church to live out the spiritual disciplines that we have been learning this summer. I pray that you help me Father to be a man that practices them for not a few months but let’s the practice of the disciplines become a life-long adventure.Enter the throne room of God and bring your requests before Him with a heart of trust and dependency… Pray for these OCEC families: (Praying for 20 households this week = praying through the church directory every 9 months!) Louis & Tammy, Christopher, Andrew WorthingtonAlan & Holly, Andy, Tommy Emily WymoreMelanie YoshimuraJohn & Gemma, Jared, Lauren AbrahamJoe & Kathy AdrianSerena WorthingtonFranky WymoreVera YoungrenBrian & Collee, Alex, Noah, Tabi AdamsMichael & Melanie, Amanda, Isabelle AlbenRon & Suzanne WrightTerry & Lori, Mandi YambraDorothy ZookWyatt, Dylan AdkinsPat AllenBrandi WriglesworthHolly YoderJames, Julia, Jonathan AbbottBertie, Sonny AdrianThomas & Peggy, Kailee, Claire Allen
