Pray for Tulsa Bible Church

Pray for Tulsa Bible Church

·            Ephesians 4:1-3

I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to

walk in a manner worthy[1] of the calling to which you have been called,

with all humility[2] and gentleness,[3]

with patience,[4] bearing with[5] one another in love,

eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

·           Pray for the Elders as they prepare for and proceed with a senior pastor search.
               Brian Shoop, Forrest Cowan, Mike McCloskey, David Sargent, Phil Martin.

·            Pray for Dr. John Conner as he brings the Word in the morning service each week.

·            Pray for Pastor Kade as he pastors, plans, and leads us in the worship services.

·            Pray for Pastor Phil, for his good order and the firmness of his faith in Christ

·            That our love would abound still more and more.

·            That we would be sincere and without offence until the day of Christ.

·            Healing: Isaiah 40:29
"He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength."

·            Hope/steadfastness: James 5:11 “Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.” 

·            That members would share the gospel this week—and see more conversions!

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[1] “(ἀξιως), an adverb, meaning “in a manner worthy of.” The adjective form means, “having the weight of (weighing as much as) another thing.” Thus, Paul exhorts the Ephesian saints to see to it that their Christian experience, the Christian life they live, should weigh as much as the profession of Christianity which they make.  Wuest Word Studies

[2] “the having a humble opinion of oneself; a deep sense of one's (moral) littleness; modesty, humility, lowliness of mind  --Thayer’s Greek Lexicon

[3] “gentleness of attitude and behavior, in contrast with harshness in one’s dealings with others” --Liu

[4] “Longsuffering” is makrothumia (μακροθυμια). Trench, contrasting this word “longsuffering” with hupomonē (ὑπομονη) (patience) says: “Makrothumia (Μακροθυμια) (longsuffering) will be found to express patience with respect of persons, hupomonē (ὑπομονη), patience in respect of things. The man who is longsuffering, is he who, having to do with injurious persons, does not suffer himself easily to be provoked by them, or to blaze up in anger (II Tim. 4:2). -- Wuest Word Studies

[5] “Forbearing” is anechō (ἀνεχω), “to hold up, to sustain, to bear with equanimity, to bear with, endure.” This is in explanation of makrothumia (μακροθυμια) (longsuffering). -- Wuest Word Studies