Let's Keep Praying!

We're over 1/3 of the way through our Summer Prayer Friends 61 Days of Prayer! I just wanted to share a word of encouragement with you as you continue through this summer project of praying for a friend for 61 days. Click below or here to watch.

It's easy to feel like we've lost our momentum, but God can help us keep going! And our goal isn't a perfect daily prayer record, it's connecting with each other and connecting with God more than we were before. So let's keep going! If you haven't been in touch with your SPF this week, give them a call or send them a text and ask how you can pray for them and share how they can pray for you! 

Want some help? 

PRINT THIS SHEET. Write your friend's name(s) on it and let these prayers inspired by Colossians 1:2-6, 9-10 help you pray for your friend(s) this week. Keep it or tape it up somewhere you'll see it often.

CLICK HERE and SAVE THIS IMAGE on your phone and set it as your lock screen so when you turn on your phone you'll be reminded to pray for your SPF.

(If you missed anything or want to see it again, you can see or print all of the prayer prompts for June here.)

Praying with and for you,

Melissa

SPF 61 - Summer Prayer Friends has started!

Many of us want to pray more for our friends and we all need prayer! Sometimes we get busy and forget or it can seem like there are so many things and people to pray for that we don't even know where to start - so we just don't. I believe, though, that God hears our prayers and responds - even if our prayers are brief! If they are offered in faith, God listens and loves to hear our requests.

 
I want to help you pray this summer. Just think - if you take ONE MINUTE a day to pray for someone, that will add up to an HOUR of prayer by the end of July. What a gift!

What's even better is when we also SHARE with others so they can pray for us, too. THAT'S what being part of the Body of Christ and Family of God is really about.

I'm creating prayer prompts that can help you pray. I may be in over my head to try to do this for every day of June and July, but I believe in prayer and I know this is going to help me pray for my friends, too. So it's worth it.

I'll be sharing the prayer prompts on Instagram in my stories. Look for them at instagram.com/melissamayens/

To see or print all of the prayer prompts so far, click here.

Blessings to you as you pray!!!

Beyond #Blessed - Lent 2022

It's so easy to look at our lives or the lives of others and think we know what it means to be BLESSED, whether we feel like we are being blessed as much as others or not. But what if there's more to being blessed than having a nice home, happy family, and flawless instagram feed? Let's see what Jesus has to say in Matthew 5.

This recording is part of a series to help us walk with Jesus through Lent and toward Easter. You can watch it on youtube or right here:

You can listen to it here or on your favorite podcast app. 

May you be TRULY BLESSED beyond measure as you seek God's kingdom this spring.

~Melissa

(If your podcast app doesn't host the Sister Studies podcast, let me know and I'll add it!) The original recording shared here was made in February 2019 for the Sister Studies blog.