Together for the Gospel is next week. I look forward to traveling with 12 of our men to go to this conference (with an estimated 7000 attenders). Kevin DeYoung offers the following tips in praying for the conference…
* Pray for safe travel.
* Pray for good conversations on the road and in the hotel.
* Pray for the ability to comprehend and apply a fire hose of good teaching.
* Pray for the speakers, for their preparation, for their hearts, for their health, for passion and humility.
* Pray that thousands of local churches would be strengthened through this gathering.
* Pray against envy, comparison, competition, and pride.
* Pray for discernment to buy some good books, not too few and not too many.
* Pray for the families left back at home, mostly wives and children.
* Pray for musicians, technicians, and volunteers who will serve us during the conference.
* Pray for conversions. Some in attendance may not be believers. Certainly thousands in Louisville aren’t and could hear the gospel from one of us.In particular we can pray for the folks working behind the scenes to put together this massive event. There must be hundreds laboring on our behalf. But I know of three men in particular who need our prayers:
Paul Medler (Sovereign Grace)
Matt Schmucker (9Marks)
Andrew Sherwood (9Marks)These brothers have been and will be serving us in countless ways. I asked Paul Medler how we could pray. He wrote:
Prayer would be appreciated—the key people are Matt Schmucker, assisted by Andrew Sherwood (both 9Marks) and me. With 7,000 attending, there are many details and items to be coordinated, so we’d appreciate prayer for the ability to be diligent, clear-minded, and attentive to the many details, and for stamina and good health! Thanks!