Dear friends,

My reason for writing you today is to share our joy with you and to ask for your prayer support.

Two weeks ago we shared with you how God miraculously provided for us. Thank you so much for your loving and generous response.

We have entered into a season of the Lord's great love and power being manifested to many people, in a way I have not experienced in many years.

We are seeing increasing numbers of people personally encountering the Lord Jesus, beginning to grow as his disciples and, still hungering more to learn how to share the love of God with others. Discovering Christ, Following Christ and Sharing Christ courses are all being presented here locally and in other states with great fruitfulness. We are in awe of the grace of God at work in bringing many to himself in the context of our Church. Blessed be his most merciful name!

"Following Christ has helped me develop a deeper relationship with God. I can't wait for my daily prayer time…I don't want the course to end. I'm hungry for more!"

We are aware that we are advancing the good news of God's transforming love at a new level. We are experiencing the reality of being on the offensive in the spiritual battle for people's allegiances and very lives. We are involved with the mission of helping others to live for Jesus Christ as members of the Catholic Church!

People who want to advance the good news to others, who together are growing in their life in the Spirit and are increasingly available to be led by Him, 24/7. Not adding something to already busy schedules but rather knowing that He is Lord and he wants me available throughout my day to follow him, open to divine appointments that he arranges for me to be a channel of his love! Oh may the Father open us fully to the depths of his love made manifest in Jesus' death and resurrection, so that in His Spirit we might make his love known to all.

Would you join us in a more concerted effort of intercession? As St. Paul says in the verses from Ephesians above: prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. We know that in the mission of evangelization we are involved with front line warfare, and that "greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world" (1 Jn 4:4). We are not afraid, but rather want the covering of intercession that we might continue to press forward in accomplishing the mission He has given us to equip Catholics to evangelize. Times of personal prayer, rosary, Divine mercy, Eucharistic adoration, and charismatic prayer - any and all forms of intercession are deeply appreciated.

Will you consider if you can become a regular intercessor for ChristLife? Perhaps there is someone who is gifted in this area and would like to help organize ongoing prayer for us? We need intercessory prayer God's prophetic direction and guidance for our ministry.

Let me know if you are interested and able to help us in prayer. Also take a look at a wonderful article about intercessory prayer on our website!

Your brother in our most merciful Lord Jesus,
Dave
ChristLife