A different kind of book, to be sure, but this is the last year Waymakers will be publishing Seek God for the City. (And besides, they put Austin on the final cover!)
For 27 years, Seek God for the City has been a beacon of Biblical prayer in the days leading up to Palm Sunday. Steve and Barb Hawthorne have researched and written prayers that lift our eyes beyond our problems, to the hope of the glory of God. For forty pages, each day is laid out with four different areas of prayer. Here is one from a few days ago, that is particularly close to our heart at CTR:
Normally, I would encourage you to grab one of these high-quality booklets and jump in the stream of prayer that thousands around the nation and the world are already engaged in. But … this year’s printed edition is sold out! However, there are a few alternatives.
The first and best is to get the app. Not only do you have access to all of each day’s prayers, but there are lots of other goodies that aren’t included in the print edition. For example, there are links to Operation World’s extremely-helpful prayer guide for each of the day’s nations to pray for:
Also, down at the bottom is a “…” menu that leads to a section called Cool Tools, which you can explore.
Another option for Spanish speakers is to download the free PDF of the entire prayer guide, en español.
As mentioned above, this is the last year that Seek God for the City will be published. Steve & Barb will be moving on to other important activities - Steve editing the 5th edition of Perspectives and writing his own books, while Barb is looking forward to spending more time with her expanding number of grandchildren! Another important member of the Waymakers team, Stephanie, has retired and moved to a different state.
Let’s pray for them - first of all, thanksgiving for their dedication and sacrifice to put out this prayer guide for almost three decades, and for all of the prayers that have been lifted up to heaven and answered by the Father as a result. Let’s also pray for their new endeavors to bear fruit for the kingdom.