A Guide for Prayer for Easter 2009

“Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.”
Luke 24:5b-6 (ESV)

Please pray...

1. ...that CVCers would invest in the lives of people and invite them to our Easter services (John 1:40-42).

2. ...that God would be at work in the lives of people so that they respond to personal and/or media invitations to attend CVC (John 1:43-46).

3. ...that God would send to us on Easter Sunday many, many people who have been looking in places of death to find life (Luke 24:5b-6).

4. ..that God would especially anoint the music, the message, the prayers, the greeting, the ushering, the conversations, and every other aspect of the worship experience (Luke 2:18-19).

5. ...that God would give our pastor fresh insights into God’s Word as he prepares and as he preaches (Acts 2:37-38).

6. ...that God would enable people to repent of trying to find life in dead places (II Timothy 2:24-26).

7. ...that God would enable people to find true life in Jesus (John 14:6).

8. ...that effective follow-up and assimilation would take place so that “outsiders” to the Kingdom will become “insiders” (Acts 2:40-41).

9. ...that tangible displays of God’s presence and power would be felt at our Easter service, resulting in testimonies being shared that prove that God is among us (Acts 2:43).

10. ...that God’s Kingdom would advance long-term as a result of our Easter services (Matthew 6:10).