Dear Servant Leaders,

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God (Philippians 4:6).

As Lutheran Women in Mission, we know that prayer is a large part of the foundation of all that we do with and through the LWML. We ask God to bless our meetings and programs. We pray for our mission grants and those blessed by them. We pray for each other in good times and in bad.

The Bible assures us that God hears our prayers. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him (1 John 5:14–15). Because of God’s love for us, we have confidence that we can bring any request before Him — and He will hear it. This doesn’t just mean the small requests, this means the big requests, too. We don’t need to be afraid that we are asking too much of God. Nothing is too much for Him.

Remember the song from vacation Bible school?

“My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There’s nothing my God cannot do [for you].
The mountains are His
The rivers are His
The stars are His handiwork, too.
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There’s nothing my God cannot do [for you].”

We serve a big God, so we can pray the big prayers. Pray for a mission grant goal that feels a little bit out of reach, but with God’s blessing, it can be met. Pray for the lost one to be found. Pray for life to feel less overwhelming, and then trust that it will not be overwhelming. Pray big, dear sisters. Pray BIG.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen (Ephesians 3:20–21).

God's Blessings,

2021–2023 Group and Leader Development Committee Members
Christina Bean
Elaine Engelman
Jennifer Gierke
Brianne Stahlecker, Chairman
Marie Chow, Vice President of Organizational Resources, advisory