Bi-Weekly Prayer Report for the period 11th Aug to 7th Sept 2008
No. 41 & 42
- Ladies meeting: The monthly women’s meeting for August took place on Saturday the 16th. The topic for discussion was ‘Medical Issues that affect women’. It was handled by Dr Grave Singogo and his wife from Evangel Baptist Church. About 35 women attended and time could not permit to exhaust the medical related questions they were asking. The meeting paid immediate dividends as one of our women’s committee member, Karen, who is married but has not been able to conceive yet immediately went for a medical scan and was found to have fibroids in her uterus. She has since started receiving treatment. Pray for her emotional well being as this discovery has affected her negatively. Continue to pray that these monthly women’s meetings will bear more and more fruit.
- Holiday YP: These meetings were organized for the teenagers who were around for the school holidays. Topics relevant to their age group were handled in addition to enjoying a time of games.
- Death of the president: On 19th August Zambia lost its Republican president who died after experiencing a second stroke. The whole nation has been stricken with grief and as a church we saw it fit to take a break from our series in the gospel of John and look at themes related to our president’s demise. The first sermon we took was from Psalm 68, which reminded us that God is the Father of the fatherless. For this reason he appoints leaders over men. This general fatherhood issues from God’s goodness towards all he has created. The second sermon looked at the certainty of death and the appointment with God which we must all keep. If the highest man in the land had to keep this appointment all of us will be required to do likewise. Finally, in the third sermon last Sunday, we concluded by returning to the theme of God’s fatherhood only this time we were looking at the specific or spiritual fatherhood of God which he bestows upon all who believe in his Son. Do pray that much good will come out of this grief that has befallen us as a nation. Pray also for wisdom and God’s guidance to us as a nation as we choose a new leader.
- Family Annual Reformed Baptist Conference: This took place from the 25th to the 29th of August and was attended by 13 people from our church. A few were attending for the first time and it is always our intention to expose those who have started showing keen interest in the things of God to these conferences. Pray especially for Bernard, Moses and Mildred who seem to be either serious seekers or have recently professed faith. Moses’ father is a Hindu and this makes his situation particularly difficult.
- Sheba: She is a 21 year old grade 12 dependant to Karen and Lewis. She recently got involved with a young man and her guardians have just discovered she is expecting. They have referred her to us for counseling although she does not attend church with us. We have commenced the counseling with her. She claims to be a Christian although the profession does not seem to be valid. She faces a number of challenges as she must sit for major exams in two months time. Pray for wisdom as we try to assist Sheba.
Raphael Jadge Banda
Missionary Pastor
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