Prayer and Praise: February/March 2022

"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12

Sometimes in the busyness of life, it can be hard to hold onto one simple truth: that if we receive and believe, we are children of God. This month has been a very busy one for our chapter. There have been a lot of meetings, emails, and deadlines. And sometimes in the work of trying to reach children for Jesus, it is easy to forget that I myself am a child of God. I am dependent on him, and I am also loved by him. I can do nothing without his help, but he also offers his help to me unreservedly. He is a good father.

Praise for:

• The Cokato and Annandale GNC’s have recently started!

• Great meetings with church leaders and youth regarding our Summer Missionary program (CYIA—Christian Youth In Action)

• The opportunity to minister to summer missionaries this weekend at our Winter Retreat.

• A grandma who is helping her grandson (a GNC student) read his new Bible.

Pray for:

• Our Winter retreat, this weekend, for summer missionaries. Pray for safe travel to Covenant Park (near Duluth), God would minister in and through us. • A GNC student who is inviting his friend to attend the GNC. Pray that the friend will be able to come.

• Current Good News Clubs that meet, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Pray for more children to be able to attend, that teachers will be prepared and present the gospel clearly, that learning would be fun and engaging. Pray too, that God would work in the hearts of the children to draw them to Himself.

• Our summer ministries: Pray for God’s help in direction as we plan for Summer Missionary training (CYIA).

• Pray for teens to serve as Summer Missionaries, and for locations to host 5-Day Clubs.

• Our meetings regarding CYIA. That they would be fruitful and that God would provide His team of summer missionaries.

• Church and volunteer connections as we expand our ministry in Stearns, Meeker, Mcleod and Kandiyohi Counties.

• A couple ministering weekly in a mobile home park that would like to start a Bible study. Pray for God to provide a place for them to meet.

• God to provide the needed financial resources to expand our ministry.