Psalms 2:8 ESVAsk of me, …

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; …

8 For everyone who asks receives, ...

Psalms 2:8 ESV8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

ASK GOD FOR YOUR CITY AND THIS

NATION

James 5:16-17 ESV16 ... The prayer of a righteous

person has great power as it is working.

James 5:16-17 ESV17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

ASK GOD FOR MORE LABORERS

Matthew 9:36-38 ESV(36) When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 9:36-38 ESV(37) Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

(38) therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

Genesis 11:4 ESV4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."

Genesis 1:28 ESV 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth …

Psalms 2:1-4 ESV1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,

Psalms 2:1-4 ESV3 "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

Matthew 16:18 ESV18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Revelation 7:9 ESV(9) After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

BECAUSE JESUS BUILDS THE CHURCH

1. I WILL ASK GOD FOR MY CITY AND FOR LABORERS

2. I WILL CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM

3. I WILL TRUST THAT THE CHURCH IS UNSTOPPABLE