God’s design for the church involves each and every person who is a part of it serving in whatever ways God has designed them to serve – according to their spiritual gifts, passions, and personality.  For our church to please God, mature, and reach others, each of us must commit to serving others inside and outside the church.  Ultimately, maturity comes, not through learning more and more about Jesus, but in serving more and more like Jesus.
 
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”   -- Matthew 20:28  (NLT)
 
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”   -- 1 Peter 4:10  (NIV)
 
“We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.”  -- Ephesians 4:15-16  (NLT)
 

• Pray that each of us will adopt a daily attitude of seeking to serve, just like Jesus.
• Pray that each of us will identify our spiritual gifts and seek ways to employ those
• gifts in ministry. In addition, pray for understanding of how those gifts work together with your personality, passions, and experiences to effectively equip you for the work to which God calls you.
• Pray that each of us will understand how critical it is to the growth and work of the church that each of us fulfills our roles of service.
• Pray that each person in our church family will be able to answer specifically the question, "In what ways are you serving the body of Christ? those outside of Christ?"

WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE –  March 18, 2026
Missions: 
Capstone Church, Helena, Montana – Caleb Groteluschen, pastor; Ben Quigg, worship leader
Juan Pablo and Sol Herrera –  Hispanic ministry in Ponder
Senator Barnes & family –  East Asia Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative for World Ventures
Stephen & Sabrina Marshall –  church planting in France

Church:
Outreach effort at Ponder Frontier Day
Staff search for worship leader
This week’s worship service, Bible studies, and BodyBuilder groups

Personal Needs:
Spiritual awakening in our community, in our nation
Salvation -- Those on your "Who's Your One?" list
Shelly Pope –  new chemo treatment for liver cancer has not worked – seeking other options
Kerr Broadstreet  (Kim's brother) – cancerous tumor in shoulder has begun to grow again
Todd Turner (fiance of Jesse Woolery's cousin) – recovering in Kansas hospital from surgery to deal with an infected heart valve, which was causing congestive heart failure
Tristen Garza (grandson of longtime PISD administrator, Kent Josselet) – experiencing difficulties with lower extremities, with walking; undergoing testing and physical therapy
Gary Carrington –  in hospice care for his cancer in multiple organs
Martha Wyatt – at home now, recovering from cracked vertebrae in neck from fall
Chary Horton –  experiencing instability in walking, resulting in falls
Grief:  Maranda McClain and family – death of her husband, Justin
Halle Deaton (25 yr old former member from Krum)   – recovering well from surgery related to breast cancer
Tommy Bean –  needing renewed strength following a recent mini-stroke
Hank and Susan Quigg – pray for their recovery from house fire and their rebuild over the next few months
Those in assisted living/nursing homes:  Barbara Nofziger, Carolyn Gillespie, Mary Alice Benton
Our government leaders
First responders