…They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. (Isaiah 61:1-3)

Thank you Heavenly Father that your Spirit is always with us helping us to tell others of your good news. Enable us to reach out to the women you bring to us. Father, we pray that we would be attentive to your Spirit and cooperate with your leading as You mend broken hearts, proclaim freedom to the captives and bring light to those in darkness. Father, help us comfort those who mourn. Give us courage to approach the unapproachable, restoring them with your truth of who we are in Christ Jesus, your Son. We pray for a ministry empowered by your Spirit that brings healing, restoration, and life transformation.

FOCUS: Women's Ministries (see Pastors and Ministries section to pray for the leadership of this ministry)

• Pray for the wisdom, direction, and awareness of the Spirit's leading for the leaders who are involved in planning ministry opportunities this month.
• Pray for a movement of the Spirit, that He would draw the women to the opportunities available.
• Pray for open hearts for the women, that they would respond to His leading.
• Pray that as women meet women, the Spirit would connect them in a way that is only possible in Christ.
• Pray that, as women respond, life transformation would take place. May God be glorified in His work among us!

Thank you, Father, for these tears that have carried me to the depth of your love. How could I have known your fullness without the emptiness, your acceptance without the rejection, your forgiveness without my failure, our togetherness without that dreadful loneliness. You have brought me to Gethsemane, and oh, the joy of finding you already there! Amen.
        Bonnie Barrows Thomas