Parkside Church Westside Blog

Hi Friends,

At our most recent Parkside at Prayer time, I passed along this list of 18 ways to pray for Parkside Westside. I recently read this in a blog and thought it offered great guidance that we could use for ourselves. During Parkside at Prayer, we were able to easily turn these single sentences into short prayers.

Will you do the same thing on a personal level and then get together with a friend and do the same? If you pray for three of these items a day at a time, you can cover them all in the course of a week. If you pray through them with a friend, or group of friends, you can probably make it through the list in half an hour. In other words, this is a simple way to seek God’s help for us as a local church. We are dependent upon God for all things, and calling out to Him in prayer is a reminder of our need and our hope in Him.

Will you pray for these 18 items?

Warmly,

Matt McAlvey
Lead Pastor

18 Ways You Can Pray for Parkside Westside

1. That we would have unity amid diversity—loving those with whom we have nothing in common but the gospel.

2. That a culture of discipling would form in which making disciples is viewed as an ordinary part of the Christian life.

3. That faithful elders would use Scripture to train members to do the work of ministry.

4. That a hunger for studying the gospel would form among attenders so that they can guide and guard one another in it.

5. That transparent, meaningful relationships would become normal and remaining anonymous strange.

6. The preaching of God’s Word—that it would be biblically careful and Holy Spirit saturated.

7. That elders would remain above reproach, kept from temptation, complacency, idols, and worldliness.

8. That the church’s songs would teach members to biblically confess, lament, and praise.

9. That the church’s prayers would be infused with biblical ambitions, honesty, and humility.

10. That adult attenders would work to disciple teenagers and not just leave it to programming.

11. That the church’s primary teachers grow in dedication to God’s Word even when no one’s watching.

12. That it would grow in being distinct from the world in love and holiness, even as it engages outsiders.

13. That attenders would share the gospel this week—and see more conversions.

14. That attenders would be prepared for persecution, remembering to love, not curse, their persecutors.

15. That hopes for political change would be outstretched by the hope of heaven.

16. That giving would be faithful, as well as joyful, consistent, and sacrificial.

17. That more attenders would use their careers to take the gospel to places it’s never been.

18. That attenders would be good and do good in their workplaces this week.