4 Prayers for Merge Community Church (Prayer One)

"Father, help us see the people of Lake Worth through Your eyes."

It is so easy to judge and evaluate people based on our prejudices', bias or our preferences. The sad thing is that we have a tendency to exclude people based on what we deem as their condition. I remember about this time last year when we were going public with our decision to plant a church in Lake Worth. Though people didn't say it with their lips, I saw it in their eyes. There confusion about why "anyone" would want to plant in Lake Worth showed their hand. They didn't see the people of Lake Worth as much of anything. They thought there were better areas, more financially abundant, more racial similar to us. However, I firmly believe that although their confusion may have been warranted, it wasn't God's plan for us.

I love Lake Worth and the people in it in ways that can only be expressed in a spiritual way. God has placed a burning and a burden inside my heart for the people in this community. I believe that God can break through to this city by breaking through us in love.

This is why I pray for our church that we would not see people through the lenses of our eyes. Rather see people through His eyes of love.

Heart and Soul,
BAG
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