Join us each Wednesday at 9AM in the sanctuary for a time of focused prayer. We take prayer requests and read over the verse(s) in the prayer guide for the week. Then we take time for corporate prayer. Everyone who like to pray may do so. This is a great chance to learn how to pray and be encouraged by fellow church members. If you have any questions or would like to request prayer, see Bro. Will. Also let us know if there is a specific area that you would like to recommend be the focus of our weekly prayer guides.
If you have a specific need, we encourage you to reach out to your Deacon and Sunday School class. You may also let us know specific prayer requests here. Be sure to note if it okay to share the request with the weekly prayer group.
2025 Annie Armstrong Week
Each year, we take time around Easter to remember the important work of missionaries at home. We are called to be salt and light right her in the United States and Canada. We will have daily focused prayer in addition to collecting money to help support the important work of sharing the Gospel here in our nation. For more information, visit https://anniearmstrong.com/. To give here at Sharon Heights, simply use a special envelope for “Annie Armstrong” or in your online giving, choose “Other” and specify the purpose as “Annie Armstrong.”
Even though it is after Easter, you may still give by designating for Annie Armstrong.
National Day of Prayer 2025
Join us on Thursday, May 1, 2025 for national day of prayer. We will meet in the Sanctuary at 9AM or join us via Facebook Live. Join us by clicking this link.
The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people to pray for the nation
. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. Our Task Force is a privately funded organization whose purpose is to encourage participation on the National Day of Prayer. It exists to communicate with every individual the need for personal repentance and prayer, to create appropriate materials, and to mobilize the Christian community to intercede for America’s leaders and its families. The Task Force represents a Judeo-Christian expression of the national observance, based on our understanding that this country was birthed in prayer and in reverence for the God of the Bible.
For more information about the history of the National Day of Prayer, check out the official organizational website.
Just after the Temple was dedicated in Jerusalem, the Lord appears to Solomon and gives a warning about why He has answered his prayer for a place to worship. He tells Solomon to follow God. He and the people of Israel will either be an example for the nations of God’s favor or God’s wrath. In the midst of these directions, we find 2 Chronicles 7:14. Today (and everyday) we choose to serve God and call our nation back to Him in prayer.
“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV
2025 National Prayer
God of hope, fill us with all joy and peace in believing, so that we will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
You have caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; therefore, we hope in what we do not see. This world is not our home or reality, but the Lord is our Rock, our Truth, our certainty.
God of hope, we pour out our praise and are filled with Your powerful presence.
We pour out repentance of sin and are filled with forgiveness and righteousness.
We pour out pain from the attacks of the enemy—anxiousness, fear, anger—and You fill us with courage, assurance, and love.
We pour out our needs, the desires of our hearts, and are filled with Your Kingdom provision and purpose.
We pour out our hearts for our nation, for the people and places, relationships and responsibilities the Lord has established: the
Church, Family, Education, Business, Military, Arts, Entertainment, Media, and
Government. May all who live, serve, and steward in these be filled with Your purpose, wisdom, strength, and truth.
Let Your lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us, as we have hoped in You.
In abounding hope, anchored by our hope in the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen!
Written by NDP Task Force President, Kathy Branzell