I have started training our church members in how to use this prayer app for our ministry and it is really fun. The first five people to sign up to be Prayer Partners in our church’s prayer app are all women- Jan, Kristen, Maree, Judy and Evie.

These five ladies are all unique there is a former Navy medical officer, a PhD, a car enthusiast, a teacher and a business owner; there are many shared interests- golfing, witnessing, sports, travel and others. All are devoted Christians and passionate about their faith. And, there are many more women and men just like them in our church. We praise God from Whom all blessings flow!

Each of these women have aspirations and ideas about how use this prayer app to better serve members of our community and of our congregation better. Each see ways to leverage this technology in the service of the Gospel. It is my privilege as their pastor to “equip the Saints for His service”.

I am looking forward to prayers being added to our prayer database and to seeing the Holy Spirit guide His church in the care which is provided.

In Romans chapter 16 the Apostle Paul mentions several women by name starting with the better known Prisca and then going on to speak of five women who are vital in the ministry- Mary, Junia, Julia, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Paul also makes thankful mention of female relatives of certain disciples in this chapter.

My personal prayer life was impacted by my mother. My mother regularly encouraged me to say my personal prayers before I went to sleep and my mom has asked me many times over the years to pray for certain people or situations. Martin Luther once said that a mother’s heart was her children’s classroom.

Let us thank God for the Women of Prayer in our lives. Amen?