A Week of Prayer, and Setting New Goals

Wednesday: Seeking people    

Scriptures: Jeremiah 29 verses 11-13

Part of the purpose of this week is to prepare ourselves as we seek God’s will. May God fill our hearts with a desire to seek him and his will.

Are you ‘wholehearted’ in your seeking of God at present? If not, what’s missing? What’s hindering you? What can you do to symbolise that you want to put God first again?

Think about any times in your life up to now when you’ve felt God might be leading you or guiding you. How did you sense God’s guidance? If you’re meeting as a group, share your stories

Do you know of anyone who is particularly seeking or needing God’s guidance in their life at present? Pray for them.

Pray and ask God to make us, individually and as a church, responsive to his voice. Pray especially for our time together on Sunday, that we would sense him speaking to us as we meet together.

You might use this prayer: 

Lord, what do you want of us?
We’ve sat in church and listened to your Word.
We’ve sung our songs and prayed our prayers
And in obedience met around your table.
We’ve read our papers, watched the news
And sometimes shed a tear at the cruelties we see.
Yet you want more?
Lives moved to action and commitment?
Lives lived in service of others?
Lives which call you Lord
And follow where you lead
In work to bring the world to life.
Amen.