Join Our 30 Day Prayer Journey!

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Thirty days. That’s what we’re asking for. 30 days of specific prayer, starting this Saturday and ending March 12th. Redemption City Church is inviting anyone and everyone to join us as we take a “30 Day Prayer Journey.” We want to see the children of God call out to their heavenly Father like never before. We want to see God work in miraculous ways. We want to see lives changed!

Over the past several weeks, as RCC explored Jesus’ “5 Life-Changing Prayers,” we have seen God answer specific prayers in amazing ways. People are praying that have never prayed. Seasoned saints are rediscovering the life-giving benefits of prayer. God’s answered prayers for jobs, finances, health, difficult situations, and more.

We want to see God do more. And we believe he will. We believe that our heavenly Father loves to answer the prayers of his children. He loves showing his strength in our weakness. He loves to surprise and energize us with his wisdom and might. He loves to hear the voices of his kids.

Take this journey with us. All you have to do is pray specific prayers about whatever is on your heart for 30 days. Simple, right? We made a bookmark that provides direction for your specific prayers, if you need it. You can download it here.

As we approach Saturday’s launch, I’ll post a few brief summaries of each of the “5 Life-Changing Prayers” for those of you who didn’t get a chance to hear about them or may have forgotten them. Until then, let’s spread the word for the #30DaysOfPrayer journey. Let’s pray for the journey as it approaches. And let’s watch with expectancy, as our specificity leads to His visibility in our lives, families, churches, cities, and world!

The Church Fathers and the Death of Christ

“Because of the love he had for us, Jesus Christ our Lord, in accordance with God’s will, gave his blood for us, and his flesh for our flesh, and his life for our lives.” Clement of Rome, Letter of the Romans to the Corinthians

“The Father of all wished his Christ take upon himself the curses of the whole human family, knowing that, after he had been crucified and was dead, he would raise him up. . . . His Father wished him to suffer this, in order that by his stripes the human race might be healed.” Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho

“When the Son of God became incarnate, and made man, he commenced anew the long line of human beings, and furnished us with salvation in brief, comprehensive manner. So what we had lost in Adam–namely, to be according to the image and likeness of God–that we might recover in Jesus Christ.” Irenaeus, Against Heresies

“And so it was that two wonderful things came to pass at once: the death of everyone was accomplished in the Lord’s body, and death and corruption were completely done away with by reason of the Word that was united with it. For death was necessary, and death must be suffered on behalf of everyone, so that the debt owed by everyone might be paid.” Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word

“Christ, though guiltless, took our punishment, that he might cancel our guilt, and do away with our punishment. . . . Confess that he died, and you may also confess that he, without taking our sin, took its punishment.” Augustine, Reply to Faustus the Manichaean