New focus for our blog

Today our blog transitioned from 40 Days of Prayer to 40 Days of Purpose. You can still read and comment on the posts from the first 40 days. And new posts will be added from time to time about what we're learning together during these 40 days.

I hope you'll use the blog to share things God is teaching you and how He is using you to accomplish His purposes in your life.

Don't forget that we kick off tomorrow with a chili cook off and kick off rally. It begins at 5:00.
At the rally you'll be able to pick up your copy of the 40 DOP small group study and purchase a copy of the devotional "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren that we'll all be using.

See you there!

Day 34

Only 7 days until we kick off 40 Days of Purpose!

Each day a new post will allow you to comment on how God is teaching you and how your focus on prayer is making a difference. Feel free to share prayer requests. If they're for another person, please have their permission before posting. And share how God is answering your prayers as well.

Let's use this daily and regularly to encourage one another!

I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. *Selah

For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters they shall not come near him.
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. *Selah - Psalm 32:5-7

*Selah - "stop and think about this"

Praying for 40 Days of Purpose

A main purpose behind these current 40 Days is to pray for the next 40 as our focus shifts from prayer to discovering our God designed purposes together. We'll do that via a wonderful study called 40 Days of Purpose. During that time our church will be studying the same material in small groups, memorizing scripture and all be on the same page as we use a devotional called "The Purpose Driven Life".

Here's my specific prayer for the 40 Days: that God would move each of us forward in our relationship with Him and with one another. Each of us are somewhere in those circles. I'm especially concerned with those who are on the fringes of the family. So I'm praying for forward progress in our lives; moving toward the center.

I hope you'll join me in praying these next few days.