“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.
Matthew 4:1-11: 1 Then Jesus
was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the
devil. 2 After fasting forty
days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to
him and said, "If you
are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4 Jesus answered,
"It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on
every word that comes from the mouth
of God.'"5 Then the
devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of
the temple. 6 "If you
are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is
written:
" 'He will command his
angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so
that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.'" 7 Jesus answered him, "It is also
written: 'Do not put the
Lord your God to the test.'”8 Again, the devil took him to a very
high mountain and showed him
all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 "All this
I will give you," he
said, "if you will bow down and worship me." 10 Jesus said to him,
"Away
from me, Satan! For it is
written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”11 Then
the devil left him, and
angels came and attended him.
Questions: When was a time you were in the spiritual
desert? How did you handle it? Why
was it necessary for Jesus
to go through this? What kind of temptation does Satan throw at
Jesus? How are you tempted
today? How do you handle that
temptation?
(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:
Special prayers this week:
• 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.
Please prayerfully consider
a year end from yourself and/or your congregational men’s group. Our fiscal
year ends January 31.
• For
events:
• The
One Year to Live retreat and Coming of Age 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
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.