March-April 2009
Watchman Prayer Ministry Director: Elaine Poindexter
Watchman Prayer Ministry Newsletter
PRAYER REQUESTS
Pray for President Obama and for every elected office.
Pray for the all the different activities of our children and youth.
Pray for our music search committee as they let God lead them.
Pray for our students, college, high school, middle school, elementary school.
Pray for those that are sick and for any request unspoken.
Pray for our soldiers around the world.
Pray for our church staff.
Pray for those who are lost, and our outreach to them.
Pray for our missionaries.
Pray for all those in the hospital, home, Hospice and nursing homes.
Beck's Baptist Church - A Church With HEART
As you are considering where God would want you to serve at Beck's for next year? Please read this article by Rick Warren and prayerfully listen to your heart!
When Serving God, Listen to Your Heart
by Rick Warren
-Proverbs 27:19 (NIV)
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The Bible uses the term "heart" to describe the bundle of desires, hopes, interests, ambitions, dreams, and affections that you have. Your heart represents the source of all your motivations - what you love to do and what you care about most. Even today, we still use the word in this way when we say, "I love you with all my heart."
The Bible says what is in your heart is what you really are, not what others think you are, or what circumstances force you to be (Proverbs 27:19). Your heart is the real you. It determines why you say the things you do, why you feel the way you do, and why you act the way you do.
Physically, each of us has a unique heartbeat. Just as we each have unique thumbprints, eye prints, and voiceprints, our hearts beat in slightly different patterns. It's amazing that out of all the billions of people who've ever lived, no one has ever had a heartbeat exactly like yours.
In the same way, God has given each of us a unique emotional heartbeat that races when we think about the subjects, activities, or circumstances that interest us. We instinctively care about some things and not about others. These are clues to where you should be serving.
Another word for heart is passion. There are certain subjects that you feel deeply passionate about and others that you couldn't care less about. Some experiences turn you on and capture your attention, while others turn you off or bore you to tears. These reveal the nature of your heart; listen for inner promptings that can point to the ministry God intends for you to have.
When you were growing up you may have discovered that you were intensely interested in some subjects that no one else in your family cared about.
Where did those interests come from? They came from God!
God had a purpose in giving you these inborn interests. Your emotional heartbeat is a key to understanding your shape for service. Don't ignore your interests; consider how they might be used for God's glory. There is a reason that you love to do these things.
Listen for inner promptings that can point to the ministry God intends for you to have.
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