“That every man grow in his
relationship with Jesus Christ through an effective men‘s
ministry in every
congregation.”
This is an invitation for
you to join in prayer each week with men throughout the ELCA
at noon on Wednesday... or
when you are able. We are praying for revival/renewal for men
throughout the ELCA and
beyond. This includes the men in your life, for the support of
ministry with men
churchwide.
John 14-1-14: 1 "Do not
let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God[a]; trust also in me.
2 In my Father's house are
many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going
there to prepare a place for
you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the
place where I am
going." 5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are
going,
so how can we know the
way?" 6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through me. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my
Father as well. From now on,
you do know him and have seen him." 8 Philip said, "Lord, show
us the Father and that will
be enough for us." 9 Jesus answered:
"Don't you know me,
Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who
has seen me has seen the
Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Don't you believe
that I am in the Father, and
that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just
my own. Rather, it is the
Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I
say that I am in the Father
and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of
the miracles themselves. 12 I
tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I
have been doing. He will do
even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
13 And I will do whatever
you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
14 You may ask me for
anything in my name, and I will do it.
Questions: Put Jesus’ statement in 14:6-7 in your own
words. Do you think the promises
Jesus makes in v. 12-14 are
“blank check” promises about prayer? In verse 12, does he mean
the church will do works
greater in power? Greater in scope? How could this be? In light
of 14:6, how do you respond
to someone who says, “There are many ways to God”?
(Scripture verses and
questions from the Master Builders Bible for Men)
Our prayer for all of us as
leaders is that our spiritual vision would be so clear that
we would see “Jesus only”.
Men, once again the purpose
of these weekly encounters is to pray for renewal, and
revival in the church-
beginning with men. Let us be relentless in our prayer that this
ministry will be one that
supports that renewal/revival among men.
PLEASE PRAY:
● For the men in your life and beyond- that they might come to a deeper
relationship
with Jesus.
● For our financial support, short term and long term continues to
be a critical
right now; so that we can do
the ministry with men God has called us to do in empowering
congregations to reach men
for Christ.
● For events:
● Pray especially this week for the men who will gather for the
“One Year of Live” retreat
in
and will be the last one
before we take it “national”.
● The One Year to Live retreat and Connecting with Younger Men: Changing
Church Culture
events being developed by
LMM.
o The Lutheran Men’s Gathering in
● For the LMM Board, the Young Men’s Ministry Council, the LMM Development
Council
and our synod and
congregational men’s leaders.
Finally- please pray that
those of us in leadership keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. Our
focus is for men to have a
growing relationship with Jesus.
On behalf of our leadership-
thank you so much for your prayers!
Doug Haugen
Director, Lutheran Men in
Men's Ministry Specialist,
EOCM
Doug.Haugen@elca.org
Phone: 773-380-2566
Kim Moseley
Administrative Assistant
Kimberley.Moseley@elca.org
Phone: 773-380-2595
Fax: 773-380-2588
Lutheran Men in Mission/ELCA
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gift to LMM and honor someone who is important in your life,
you may do so by going to www.elca.org/lmm, clicking "ELCA Gift
Basket", and downloading
a certificate with the
individual's name on it.