Central Baptist Church of Mazabuka

Bi-Weekly Prayer Report for the period 9th to 22nd February 2009
No. 54

•    Baptism and new members’ Class: This has now commenced. The first one was attended by 11 people. A few more are expected to join in as the class progresses. The objective is to prepare the attendees for baptism and church membership. A number who will be attending are still spiritually undefined and we intend to use this opportunity to have personal interviews with them and more accurately explain the gospel message to them. Do pray with us that those who are Christians will be prepared for membership and those who are not will discover their true spiritual status and come to Christ for salvation.
•    Thursday Bible Study: This is another new meeting which has now commenced. We had the first meeting on 19th February and it was attended by 7 people. The first topic we are looking at is the parable of the sower. The objective is to assist those who are just professing faith and those who are coming into church from various spiritual backgrounds to examine themselves with regards to the genuineness of their profession of faith. We would like this class to consolidate the new members’ class. We would also like it to be a forum to which we can invite those people we are counseling but who do not attend our church. Being a mid week meeting, a number of people might face difficulties with attending; so join us in praying for the establishment of this bible study and that it will be used of the Lord to bless many in our land.
•    Couples Meeting: Our second meeting for marrieds (first in the New Year) was held on 14th February and was attended by 7 full couples and 2 married ladies. We were looking at the subject of preparing for retirement. We tried to show from the scriptures that God is continually providing for our needs during our days of formal employment but He expects us to manage these provisions well so that we at the same time prepare for the future. We used the story of Joseph in Egypt. God revealed there would be 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine. When put in charge Joseph used the 7 years of plenty to adequately prepare for the 7 years of famine. This is the type of wisdom we need to employ in our family lives. Our next meeting is scheduled for 18th April. Do pray for these meetings especially as we seek to use them as a forum for evangelism as well as for biblical counseling in our town.
•    Monet: He is a young man who has been in our midst for a while now. He has just passed his Grade 9 exams to go into Grade 10. Since he has been having problems with support issues from his relatives in town, his family has decided that he goes to continue pursuing his school in the town of Chirundu. He is a Christian and was settling well in our midst. Pray for him that he might settle well in the town of Chirundu and that he might find meaningful fellowship there.
•    School leavers Meetings: We last held meetings for school leavers sometime last year. They were disrupted after the death and funeral of our late president. There after it became difficult to gather the school leavers. But since another stream of school leavers has been added to the previous one, we would like to revive these meetings. We are planning to hold one on the afternoon of 12th March which is Youth day and a holiday in Zambia. Pray with us that everything goes well and for the establishment and continuity of this ministry.