Please lift The 2012 General Conference of The United Methodist Church up in prayer as it begins today (and continues through May 4) in Tampa, Florida.
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O God, I pray for strength and stamina for the delegates of GC2012. Be their rock and firm foundation. Provide them with the spiritual grounding they need for the journey ahead. As they build their lives on Christ, the solid rock, develop your character in them!
Lord, give them favor with one another and with the people you call them to be in ministry with.
Give them wisdom so they may lead well, and discernment so they will be able to sift through all the distractions in order to focus on those things you call the church to be about!
As they navigate the journey ahead, give them patience and persistence to stay the course in the midst of the challenges and obstacles that will arise during the slow-going work of transformation and revitalization!
And give them courage to follow the leading of your Spirit, even when it’s hard!
Through your leadership in their lives, expressed and lived out at General Conference, make us a movement once again, a movement fully engaged in the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!
Amen.
-the Rev. Randy Willis
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