“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 church wide.
John 4:5-26: 5 So he came to
a town in
had given to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the
journey, sat down by the
well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to
draw water, Jesus said to
her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8 (His disciples had gone into
the town to buy food.) 9 The
Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan
woman. How can you ask me
for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her,
"If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink,
you would have asked him and
he would have given you living water." 11 "Sir," the woman said,
"you have nothing to
draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
12 Are you greater than our
father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself,
as did also his sons and his
flocks and herds?" 13 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks
this water will be thirsty
again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never
thirst. Indeed, the water I
give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to
eternal life." 15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me
this water so that I won't get
thirsty and have to keep
coming here to draw water." 16 He told her, "Go, call your husband
and come back." 17 "I
have no husband," she replied. Jesus
said to her, "You are right
when you say you have no
husband. 18 The fact is, you have had
five husbands, and the
man you now have is not your
husband. What you have just said is quite true." 19 "Sir,"
the woman said, "I can
see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain,
but you Jews claim that the
place where we must worship is in
declared, "Believe me,
woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on
this mountain nor in
what we do know, for
salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come
when the true worshipers
will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind
of worshipers the Father
seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his
worshipers must worship in
spirit and in truth."
25 The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is
coming.
When he comes, he will
explain everything to us." 26 Then Jesus declared, "I who speak
to you am he."
Questions: What is significant about this story taking
place in
Jesus risk his reputation to
ask a favor of this woman? Why does Jesus turn the conversation
to her personal life in vv
16-18? What aspects of Jesus conversation could you use as
a model for your discussions
with searching friends?
(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 as the need is
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:
● The One Year to Live retreat and Coming of Age events being
developed by LMM.
o The Lutheran Men’s Gathering in
● The LMM Executive Committee meeting this week and 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
If you would like to make a 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.