As We Gather-As We Depart, Let Us Pray

In just a little while, the church will gather here at Williams Creek Baptist.  How shall we prepare for this momentous occasion as we assemble together to worship the most high God?  Let us begin with prayer.  Pray that God would be most glorified as we lift up His name.  Pray that your heart is surrendered and prepared for the teaching of His powerful Word.  Pray for the lost, pray for the weak and weary, pray for those who expound the Scriptures, pray for your family, pray for your brothers and sisters who are in the Lord...pray for God to move in this place of gathering, in this community, in this land...in this world.

As we prepare to leave our time together this morning, let me encourage you to do one more thing: PRAY.  Charles Spurgeon charged his flock in this manner as they prepared to depart from the gathered assembly on the Lord's Day, January 6, 1861:

"Get alone, dear Friends, get alone this week! Pray for your children this week, and groan with God over your ungodly sons and daughters! Pray for your neighbors this week! Put God to the test! See if He does not open the windows of Heaven upon you. Be much in prayer and you shall be much blessed. And O poor Sinner! You who have never prayed before—the year of God’s re deemed is come! This is the acceptable day of the Lord; if you seek Him, He will be found of you. 'Seek you the Lord while He may be found. Call you upon Him while He is near.'” (Charles Spurgeon, A Sermon for the Week of Prayer, January6, 1861)