1. Mon. Pray for children who attend the Tri-Valley and Schuylkill Haven School Districts. Due to school policy, they do not hand out any flyers to children including Good News Club. There are very few children who attend these clubs.
2. Tues. Pray for the children who attend the Pottsville and Blue Mountain School Districts. There are no clubs held through these schools. Due to school policy CEF is unable to connect with the children through the schools.
3. Wed. Pray for children to complete their Mailbox Club TM lessons without reminders. Praise God for Janet Kramer and Lori Steffy who grade the lessons and send each child personal notes, and of course, stickers.
4. Thu. Pray for CEF of Schuylkill County to be bold and to think outside the box in reaching the children with the Gospel.
5. Fri. Pray for the children to call the Tel-A-StoryTM number: 1-888-878-8660 where they can hear a different Biblical truth story each day.
6. Sat. Pray for parents to be committed to have their children participate in Good News Club~ following through to the end.
7. Sun. Pray for children to want to be in Good News Club. Praise God for those who are excited about attending and are very vocal about how much they love club.
8. Mon. Praise God for the many children who are currently attending Good News Club.
9. Tue. Praise God for Jen Hautle who volunteers in the office each week keeping the child protection paperwork up to date.
10. Wed. Pray for God to awaken the children’s hearts to the gospel and their need for salvation.
11. Thurs. Pray for children in foster care. Pray for God to bring them to a place where they can hear the Gospel.
12. Fri. Today there is a CYIA TM (Christian Youth in Action) meeting being held in Lewistown. Pray for CEF who will be traveling for many hours to attend this meeting.
13. Sat. Praise God for every individual and church that supports CEF® financially. 14. Sun. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever!
15. Mon. Pray for ways to disciple the children who participated in the Summer Sizzler ministry held in Pottsville this summer. As of this writing every door has closed to CEF in having an outreach in Pottsville.
16. Tues. Pray for the children to have open hearts to the Gospel.
17. Wed. Pray for churches to serve with CEF to reach the children in their neighborhoods.
18. Thurs. The CEF committee meets tonight. Pray for the men and women who lead the ministry of CEF of Schuylkill County to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Committee chairman~ Erik Gottfried, Co- chair~ Wendell Heisler, Secretary~ Linda Fetherolf, Treasurer~ Cathy Nagle, Members~ Gale Hurst, Dana Oravitz, John Racilla, Luke Walker, and Havilah Walker.
19. Fri. Pray for children to understand Who God Is~ Creator, Holy, The Righteous Judge, Love.
20. Sat. Pray for children to understand they need a Savior~ they are sinners separated from a holy God.
21. Sun. Praise God that He “shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
22. Mon. Praise God, He is holy!
23. Tues. Pray for God to burden His people’s hearts to reach the children with the Gospel. Pray for them to sign up for Teaching Children Effectively, Level One, which will be held in the new year. This course is very effective at educating a tried-and-true method of sharing the gospel.
24. Wed. Pray according to 1 Peter 1:14-16 for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ: “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.'”
25. Thurs. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 26. Fri. Pray for parents to be committed to have their children attend the Good News Club and for more parents to see the importance of Good News Club to the spiritual growth of their children.
27. Sat. Pray for the children who attended Good News Day Camp to be diligent in reading the Keys for Kids they receive as part of their camp attendance. Keys for Kids is another tool to help children learn to have a daily time set apart to spend with God.
28. Sun. Thank God for the pastors who clearly preach the gospel in their churches. 29. Mon.
30. Tues. Pray for the children to know God is truth, “I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.” Isaiah 45:19b “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?” Exodus 15:11 Pray according to 1 Peter 1:14-16 for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ: “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.'”
Pray for God’s people to “Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done.” Isaiah 46:9-10
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