A Call to Prayer

 "Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it-the LORD is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." 

Jeremiah 33:3

If you have been reading our blog from the beginning or know anything about our story and how God brought us to Scotland you will know that Jeremiah 33:3 was the scripture I meditated on and prayed through much before God led us to Glasgow. If you want to know more about our story check out this previous blog post. This past Friday we had an all church meeting where more than 40 regular attenders of the church met at the pastor's house to talk about some key things going on in the church as well as commit to praying for God to move this summer at Harvest Glasgow. We have many plans for the summer, but we would be amiss if we didn't get on our knees and start asking God to move in these plans and work in ways we can't even imagine. So the church was called to prayer and I want to call all of you to pray for us as well. Pray that God would move among his people here and do a great and hidden thing in this city. We long to see this city changed for God's glory and to see many turn from their sin and place their faith in Jesus Christ.

Here are some specific things we are doing this summer that we would like you to lift up in prayer. Our main focus will be on Evangelism, Invitation, and Prayer.

Evangelism

• Bungo in the Back Lanes-community event where we will be serving and using any opportunity to share Jesus and invite others to church.
• Holiday Club-Summer VBS at the church. Hoping to invite many children from the neighborhood who don't know Jesus. Pray whole families will come to know the Lord through this event. 
• Personal Boldness-Pray that as a church we would be bold in sharing the gospel with our unsaved friends, family, and co-workers.

Invitation

• Open House-We will be hosting an Open House for the church on June 18. Pray that many will come and we would be bold in inviting people to come.
• Church Birthday-August 18. Pray we would use this opportunity to invite others to come along to Harvest.
• Flier Drop-Pray the fliers get to the people who need them most. Pray that those who have stopped going to church will pick up a flier and come to Harvest. Pray for those who don't know the Lord as well that this would plant a seed in their hearts and that there would be new birth in Glasgow.

Prayer

• Summer Prayer Groups-We will not be having small groups this summer but prayer groups instead. Pray that these times would be focused on crying out to God and that He would be glorified in our time together. 
• Weekend Warriors/Global Prayer-We are starting two different email prayer newsletters. Global Prayer will be a once a month newsletter for those around the world who would like to know how to specifically lift up Harvest Glasgow and Scotland in their prayers. Weekend Warriors is a weekly prayer email that highlights what will be going on in the service and calls people to be praying specifically for the church service on Sunday. If you would like to receive either of these emails please email prayer@harvestglasgow.org to sign up!

"The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." James 5:16

Thanks for praying!
You are loved!