Prayer Action Plan
for Bunker Hill United Methodist Church
We renounce all our past, present, and future... |
We announce that... | We affirm that... | We will... |
| 1. reliance on our own strength and resources rather than on God. | in our Creator-God we have all of His strength and resources. | as we trust in the Lord and do not lean on our own understanding, He will direct our paths. (Prov. 3:5-6) | look to see where God is working and join in doing what He is doing. (John 5:17) |
| 2. failure to follow Jesus and obey His command to make disciples who pursue steps toward maturity in Christ. | God has called and equipped us individually and corporately to be Christ's disciple-makers. | the full authority and presence of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself empowers us to make disciples. (Matt. 28:18-20) | commit personally to follow Jesus and to be accountable to disciple one another to Jesus Christ. |
| 3. lack of love for the unsaved. | God is unwilling that any should perish. (2 Pet. 3:9) | as we follow Christ, we will be fishers of men. (Matt. 4:19) | be ready for and seize every opportunity to bless, fellowship, pray for felt needs, and share to Gospel. |
| 4. failure to consider others' interests in our zeal for our own ministry or interests. (Phil. 2:3,4) | we are to bear on another's burdens and thus fulfill the Law of Christ. (Gal. 6:2) | in Christ the whole body, joined and held together by every member, grows and builds itself up in love as each part does its work. (Eph. 4:16) | seek what is good for others and for the Body of Christ. (1 Cor. 10:24) |
| 5. conformity to the world and its sinful influences on our lives. (Phil. 2:3-4) | in Christ we are holy, even as He is holy. (1 Pet. 1:16) | God has given us everything we need for life and godliness. (2 Pet. 1:3) | focus our minds on things above to live holy lives set apart for God's priorities. |
| 6. failure to give priority to fervent believing prayer for every ministry leader. | the fervent effectual prayers of righteous people avail much. (James 5:16) | if we ask anything in His name, He will do it, to the glory of God. (John 14:13-14) | pray at all times without ceasing for all the saints. (Eph. 6:18) |
| 7. lack of love for the whole Body of Christ, regardless of denominational or ethnic differences. | there is one Body, and as we are individually members of it. (Romans 12:5) | it is God's will that in Christ we shall all be one, even as He and the Father are one. (John 17:21) | be diligent to preserve the unity of the Sprit in the bond of peace. (Eph. 4:3) |
