Praise God for His everlasting faithfulness. Ask Him to help us hold firm to the hope we find in Him despite how desperate things around us may appear. Pray for us all to be instruments of His justice, especially the poor and oppressed. Pray for us all to be steadfast in our gospel witness.

This week we are praying for Unbound Grace, a Christian nonprofit seeking to help men and women find freedom from alcohol and substance use disorder by experiencing spiritual health through relationships with Christ and community with others. Unbound Grace seeks to be an arm of the Church, pointing people bound by addiction to God’s unbound grace through counseling, discipleship, and community. We’re also praying for Christ Church PCA in Trussville and Pastor James Dixon.

Day 1: Pray for the counselors, mentors, and staff of Unbound Grace. Pray for them to minister God’s grace and truth to all those in their care.

Day 2: Pray for the disciple-making efforts of Unbound Grace. Pray for more mentees to step up to become mentors. Pray for more volunteers from the local churches to step up to be mentors.

Day 3: Pray for the clients of Unbound Grace. Pray that the hope of Christ will shine brightly into the lives of hurting people. Pray for freedom from substance abuse disorder and for God’s continued grace in their lives.

Day 4: Pray for the staff of Unbound Grace: Tyler Harris, Emily Brooks, Liz Estess, Logan Cheong, and John Steakley. Pray for perseverance, wisdom, and humbleness as they seek to lead and minister well.

Day 5: Pray for the Foundry and the partnership Unbound Grace has with them. Pray for Unbound Grace to care well for their participants after leaving the Foundry residential facility.

Day 6: Pray for the Unbound Grace Board of Directors. Pray that they would lead well and with much humbleness. Pray for their families as the board members give sacrificially of their time to serve with Unbound Grace.

This week we are praying for Long-Termer, Tyler B., serving in Vienna, Austria. His main ministry is focused on meeting both the spiritual and physical needs of refugees coming from the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia through a ministry that is located outside of Vienna. He is also working with a small team to open a new ministry center for refugees who have been relocated from refugee camps to Vienna. Along with the refugee ministry, he is involved in the local church helping disciple the youth. 

Day 1: Pray for Tyler’s involvement in the creation of a new ministry in Vienna that will serve refugees in the city. They are currently looking for a place to rent and are praying that this future space will be used for the advancement of God’s Kingdom and for connecting refugees to a local church.

Day 2: Pray for Tyler as he continues to raise the support needed to live and work in Austria. Please pray for new support from other churches and individuals.

Day 3: Pray for language learning and acquisition. Much of Tyler’s communication with refugees is done in English, however, over the past few weeks, he has been meeting with a language partner to seek to improve his German. 

Day 4: Pray for the local church in Vienna. Pray for growth in Biblical teaching and for the next generation of leaders to hold true to the Word of God. Pray for weekly gatherings to be focused on the truth of God’s Word. Pray for the weekly youth meetings and for more opportunities to grow in discipleship.

Day 5: Pray for Tyler’s relationship with his team and team leaders. Pray for them to have wisdom as they work together for gospel advancement. Pray that they would be mutually encouraging to each other as they work together as a team. 

Day 6: Pray for a continuous desire to be in the Word and for Tyler to not be distracted by daily issues and activities. Pray for opportunities to share the truth of Christ with people he meets daily and among the refugees.