November 7, 2022

This Week's Teaching | SRQ Meetup | Call to Prayer  

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This Week's Teaching: ​What If You Prayed This Prayer For Your Enemies & God Answered It?

If we follow the world's ways, we will hate our enemies. We'll fight against them, pay them back wrong for wrong, and cheer when they get what they deserve. And it will feel sensible, like the right thing to do. To be sure, Christians are on the side of justice. God will repay everyone according to their choices, and we will rejoice that his judgments are always right. But those who follow the way of Jesus learn to do something so radical it's almost unimaginable. In this week's teaching we attempt to imagine it. We look at Stephen's final words as he's being martyred. He prayed, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." What if you prayed that for your enemies, and God answered it?

As you watch/listen above, follow the scriptures below in your Bible.

• ​Acts 7:58-60
• Luke 23:34
• Luke 6:28-36
• Romans 12:14-21

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SRQ Meetup Details Finalized

The Sarasota churches have our next meetup, Tuesday, November 15, at 6:30p. RSVP and we'll let you know where. As with all meetups, this is a perfect time to introduce your friends to what we're doing!

We'll spend time practicing the four devotions together. For the meal, we're going to try a "brown bag" event this time. Bring whatever you'd like to eat, and whatever you'd like to eat on. (In other words, bring your own food, plates, and utensils. If you want to share with others, that's fine too, but this isn't a potluck.) We'll provide something to drink.

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Call to Prayer

• As the U.S. feels the political divisions this election week, pray that God's "kingdom would come and his will would be done on earth as it is in heaven." Pray that we would be known by our love for the Lord, for each other, and for our neighbors. Pray that our conversations would be filled with grace, seasoned with salt, ready to give an answer for the hope we have in these last days.
• Pray for the global Church, and especially those who are suffering persecution. Pray for those risking their lives to explain the gospel to those who haven't heard yet. Pray that they would proclaim it fearlessly and effectively. Pray that many would come to faith.
• Please keep praying for those in our network who are discerning their first steps in planting a microchurch. Pray that their conversations would be fruitful, and that we would know how to encourage and strengthen them.

Amen!