Bi-Weekly Prayer Report for the period 3rd to 16th Nov 2008
No. 47
- Women’s meeting: The monthly women’s meeting for November took place on Saturday the 15th. About 35 women attended. The women had a visiting speaker from Kabwata Baptist Church, Mrs. Mwamba, speaking on ‘Financial management in the home’. Most women struggle in this area resulting in bad habits like accumulating debts and indiscriminate borrowing from their neighbours. Mrs. Mwamba showed that all the resources we have are from God and we are therefore under obligation to manage them prudently. She showed how one can make a simple budget before spending their money. The topic was greatly appreciated. Do pray with us that much good will come out of this presentation.
- Chipo: She has been to a couple of the ladies meeting and after the October one she indicated that she would like to receive some counseling. She has finally come forward to share her situation. A young lady of 26, she’s involved with a married man and has a child by him. The man’s marriage is on the rocks and she wonders what she should do if he asks her to marry him. Spiritually, she claims she professed faith in Christ some six years ago and that she has been derailed in her spiritual life by the scandals she finds herself in. She would like us to assist her to come out of this mess. We pointed out to her that what we offer is biblical counseling and she should be prepared to obey what God says in order to come out of her difficulties. She was agreeable and promised to make herself available regularly for counseling sessions. Pray for Chipo as she seems very deeply involved emotionally with the married man. Pray that if she is indeed a child of God, she will experience increasing spiritual strength and resolve which will enable her to say no to all that which is sinful. Pray for us that grace and wisdom will be granted to us to know how to assist her.
- Maureen: She is one of those who over the past couple of years has shown much spiritual promise as we have been seeking to assist her after her marriage broke down. She is one of the people we have had on the list of potential baptism candidates. But of late, after her husband came back and took her back into his home she has disappeared from church and seems to be actively avoiding us. This is a great disappointment to us coming after she had shown so much promise. Do pray for Maureen that the things of God she has learnt in the period she has been in our midst will be used of the Lord to convict her and to show her the right way. Pray for us that we may deal patiently with her.
- Gift: He is a young man who has been consistent in attending church services over the past few weeks. We started interviewing him with regards to his salvation. He has a Seventh Day Adventist background and he seemed rather muddled up in his understanding of salvation. He is newly wed and his wife is SDA. We agreed to commence evangelistic studies in his home to be attended by his wife as well. But before we could commence, he just got a promotion at work and has been transferred to the town of Mongu in the western province of Zambia. We therefore plan to hand him over to the brethren in Mongu so that they continue following him up. Pray that this works out and that Gift and his wife will have an opportunity to fully grasp the gospel message.
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