President's Blog

Prayer is to be our first choice, not our last resort. “I’ve tried everything else to fix this problem… maybe I should pray about it?” Ouch, how many times do we catch ourselves behaving like this?

Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 6:13b (KJV): “For thine is the kingdom, and the POWER, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”

God blesses us when we decide to depend on His power, rather than our own strength.

“You [God] bless all who depend on you for their strength…” (Psalm 84:5a, CEV).

God does not bless self-sufficient people.

God won’t bless the self-reliant.

Those are people who live their lives as if God does not exist. If we are not careful or intentional we can daily live like this as believers.

God blesses those who recognize they need His help. And God blesses those who expect, believe, and trust that God will help. God will give power—strength for the day.

What are you expecting God to do in your life? Are we expecting God to give us strength… to receive it, endure it, or dream it?

God blesses those who seek His Kingdom. God’s Kingdom is found wherever Jesus is allowed to act as King. That means, I allow Jesus to be sovereign over my heart and life. It means I make the Lord’s agenda my agenda. It means God’s plans become my plans.

God’s will becomes my will for my life. It means I don’t seek God to bless what I’m doing in life. I seek God to help me do what He is already doing. God promises to bless His Kingdom’s work.

The Fellowship’s DAY of PRAYER

Would you join me in seeking the Lord, asking Him to guide us as churches and God’s people to those things He blesses?

Our annual “Fellowship National Day of Prayer” is Sunday, November 9, 2025.

I’m asking every Fellowship Baptist church to spend some time in their November 9th worship service participating in the National Day of Prayer. This time could include some (or all) of the following:

• A sermon on prayer

• A prayer time for our churches and our ministry for the sake of the Gospel

• A testimony

• Information in your church’s bulletin on prayer requests for the Fellowship

• Showing the four-minute-long “We Are the Fellowship” video which tells our story (to view the video, click here). 

You can find more information on how to promote and conduct your “Fellowship National Day of Prayer” on Sunday, November 9th by clicking here. 

May you, your church, and our movement of churches experience the blessing of God as we submit ourselves to His will and work.