“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.
Romans 8:6-11: 6 The mind of
sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is
life and peace; 7 the sinful
mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can
it do so. 8 Those controlled
by the sinful nature cannot please God. 9You, however, are
controlled not by the sinful
nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And
if anyone does not have the
Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ
is in you, your body is dead
because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11 And if the Spirit of him
who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised
Christ from the dead will
also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives
in you.
Questions: What does Paul say about the options that
Christians have in living their life?
Where is the battle for
control of your life going to be fought- and won or lost? What does
it mean to be “lead by the
Spirit”? (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
● 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.