Calling all prayer warriors … Please join us while we serve on the mountain for the 30th time!!! Make sure you look for us on Facebook and Instagram for updates and pictures!! FB: FPC Whippany Youth Ministry Insta: Youthfpcwhippany
Give of your Hands to Serve and your Hearts to Love~ Mother Teresa
Let’s pray this together… Heavenly Father, we want to have our minds, hearts and bodies ready to do Your work. Right where we are at, start preparing us please. We want to be more than ready. God, we ask that You empty us of ourselves and start filling us with more of You. More of Your love and more of Your grace, we want to pour that out to others.Heavenly Father, please fill us with Your wisdom and knowledge. Father, we want to be ready to serve our neighbors. Holy Spirit, start doing a deep work inside of us. Prepare us from the top of our heads to the soles of our feet. We pray all this in Jesus name. Amen Prayers for travel safety
Pray the Lord’s favor would be upon the mission team as they travel
For good weather and road conditions
“The Lord will keep you from all harm — He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” – Psalm 121:8 Prayers for open hearts
Pray for God to soften hearts to receive the Gospel
That He would begin to speak to the people even before your team climbs the mountain
That you would be able to meet both the physical and spiritual needs that the people long for the most
“So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” – Isaiah 55:11
Servants hearts - Serving Let’s pray this together…Heavenly Father, we want to give our very best in serving Your people. We want to serve with excellence and love. Jesus we want to serve and love just like You do. We need You to show us now how to do and do it just like You. When we serve we want the others to see You Father not us. We want everything we do to be done in love. Every where we go that Your presence goes with us. Heavenly Father, not only do we want to serve the people of the Cumberland Plateau but we also want to serve and be Your hands and feet in our travels. On the roadways, in the town and everywhere we go we want to serve and love others. In Jesus Name we pray all this. Amen Prayer for willingness
Heavenly Father, we want to be people of willingness. Whatever is asked of us, we want to do. We want to do it without complaining or grumbling. We want to work with smiles on our faces and joy in our hearts. No matter the circumstances we want to be a team that is always willing to serve at every level. God, please give us the willing hearts that we need. We pray all this in Jesus Name. Amen
Prayers for wisdom and understanding
That your team would be able to minister the gospel in a way that will best reach the people you are trying to serve
That you would have discernment in any spiritual or physical situations you might walk into
“Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.” -Ephesians 6:19
Prayers for travel health
Pray against sickness, disease, and infection
For physical safety and an accident-free trip
That each member of the team would be strong and healthy and have the energy needed to do the job.
"That you shall preserve my going out and coming in from this time forth and forevermore. Preserve my life and get me to my destination adn back home safely. I may not see the dangers along the way, but I ask that you keep me away from them. Watch over my steps Lord." ~Psalm 121:8
Pray that the Lord would bring the right people across your path
That the Lord would create opportunities to serve and minister that you have not even planned — and that you would recognize those opportunities when they occur
That you would find meaningful ways to connect
For lifelong friendships to form
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” -Colossians 4:5
Prayers for a united team
Pray against quarreling, arguing or division amongst team members
That each person would strive for unity and peace with each other
That you would serve one another and put each other’s needs before your own
For your love for one another to be a witness to everyone who sees you
“I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.” I Corinthians 1:10
Final Prayer Father, we thank You so much for everything You have done in our lives. We thank You for Your many blessings and we thank You for our health and families. Holy Father we are so excited to be apart of this mission trip. We are grateful that You have allowed us to be a part. Thank You for providing financial for each one of us. God, we stand before You wanting to be Your hands and feet. We need You to do a deep work within us. Remove from us whatever is not pleasing to You. Cleanse and purify our hearts and minds. Empty us Father of ourselves. We want You to pour into us over and over. We want to be saturated with You. We want Your presence to go with us. God, please direct our steps and path. Father, we want our hearts and mind to fall into alignment with what You want to do. We want to fall under Your authority. God we want You to use us in new ways. We want You to use us in such a way that it will glorify Your name.Here we are God vessels that want to be used by only You. God show us how to love, be love and give love. Show us how to be grace and give grace. Get our minds and bodies ready physically, mentally and spiritually. God we want to truly be Your hands and feet. We want to be God with skin on. Heavenly Father, will You start preparing our families for our departure. Will You please give parents, spouses and children a peace and comfort. That You will take care of us and protect us. And we will return safely. Precious Father, thank You again for the opportunity to serve Your people. We pray all this in Jesus Name. AMEN Special thanks to Encounter God's Presence and Faith Ventures for their inspiration and prayers.
Mountain T.O.P. 2024 July 6 - July 14
We are so excited to be celebrating 30 years of working on the Mountain this summer - meeting the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of the people on the Southern Cumberland Plateau in Grundy County, TN. To achieve this goal we will be to opening up our hearts and using our hands to do God's work. To celebrate we will be working with Day Camp or service project - the choice is yours!. Our week long service is woven together with spritual-life programming starting with a morning Holy Time-Out, Midday Day Break, evening worship and activities.
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