Grace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you so much for your willingness (and desire) to pray for the City of Los Angeles. All of us who call the LA area our home desire to see change, but only a few seem willing to spend time on their knees beseeching our Heavenly Father to manifest His Kingdom in our midst. And therein lies the purpose of the Pray for LA Network! We desire nothing more than to behold God's Kingdom made visible in our communities, and we commit to fervently pray to that end.
With that said, permit me to suggest a few prayer topics for your consideration:
This is an election year, with many important issues being submitted to Los Angeles voters that will have impact for years to come. Irregardless of our political affiliations, this is a process that we should cover with prayer, seeking His wisdom and will throughout the next several months.
On the fourth Saturday of every month, worship teams come together from several different churches to hold a Worship LA event. The sole purpose of these events is to simply bring people from all the various facets of Christ's Body together in unified worship. Please cover these events with your prayers. The Enemy would like nothing better than to keep believers separate from one another. Pray for bridges to be built. Pray for unity. And pray that these events might serve to foster similar events focused on bringing the Body together as one.
There are several different prayer movements at present focused on the entertainment industry . . . and with good reason! Pray specifically for godliness and righteousness to enter into the decisions made by network and film executives. And please pray for our brothers and sisters who work in this industry. They truly need our constant intervention on their behalf. Pray that they will be able to stand firm for Him under all circumstances.
And speaking of prayer, we recently witnessed the "birth" of a new prayer ministry in the West Los Angeles area...a special evening devoted to Healing Prayer. This is a ministry birthed after a ten year process of several women seeking God's will for them and how He might use them to reach the community. Pray for these ladies . . . and for the service that is held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month. And pray too that the Lord might move in similar fashion on others throughout the LA basin. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Los Angeles became known as a City that prays?!
I've heard it said that Los Angeles is truly the world's first international city. I can't argue one way or the other as it regards the ascertain, but I do know that numerous people groups have made LA their home. Pray that these widely different groups of people, each with their own unique culture, can be reached with the gospel message, and that through them, that message will be spread to nations all over the world. Pray that we literally become the headwaters of a mighty river . . . a river of living water . . . flowing to every corner of the world.
It should almost go without saying that our pastors need prayer, but news recently came to our attention that is worthy of specific prayer. This fall, pastors from two different regions of the Los Angeles area will be gathering together for prayer retreats. These retreats have been termed "Prayer Summits", and they serve no other purpose than to bring pastors together for prayer and to seek God's will for the City. Please pray specifically for the pastors of the San Fernando Valley who will be holding their Summit in September, and then again for the pastors of the WLA area who will be following suit in the month of October. Pray for barriers to come down...for bridges of trust to be built...for openness with one another. And let's pray too that these summits will serve to release a fresh flow of the Lord's Spirit both upon the pastors as well as their congregations.
In closing, I wanted to share an anonymous prayer request received by the Pray for LA website.
"Note: the prayer request has been omitted for privacy sake and is being prayed for via the PFLA Prayer Network"
There must be a lot of family members, loved ones, and close friends who don't live in Los Angeles, but they pray for someone who does live here. Let's remember these faithful warriors who long for the day that their loved ones will be ushered into the Kingdom.
Lyle Randles, Director of Prayer Ministry
LIFE CONNECTIONS INTERNATIONAL
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