CSB Canada National day of Prayer
Mission Accomplished for 2019. We are already looking forward to next year:
Saturday, February 29, 2020 - CSB Canada's National Day of Prayer
James 5:16b-18 (from The Message) - "The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again."
Saturday, February 29, 2020 - CSB Canada's National Day of Prayer
James 5:16b-18 (from The Message) - "The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again."
CSB Canada thanks everyone who brought this important ministry before the Lord in prayer on March 2nd, 2019.
Many Prayer Warriors brought their heart-felt prayers before the Lord as He led them. The Bible says in the NIV that "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." We know this to be true and we see the results all the time... well, when we are looking. The Message helps us more clearly understand the implications of effective and fervent prayer: "and everything started growing again." That's what we expect... as the Lord leads, and as we, His people, follow. Praise God that He is the Almighty who answers prayer.
On behalf of the Board of CSB Canada and each member of our staff,
THANKS AGAIN and may we ever be Bright and Keen for Christ.
Many Prayer Warriors brought their heart-felt prayers before the Lord as He led them. The Bible says in the NIV that "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." We know this to be true and we see the results all the time... well, when we are looking. The Message helps us more clearly understand the implications of effective and fervent prayer: "and everything started growing again." That's what we expect... as the Lord leads, and as we, His people, follow. Praise God that He is the Almighty who answers prayer.
On behalf of the Board of CSB Canada and each member of our staff,
THANKS AGAIN and may we ever be Bright and Keen for Christ.
Ongoing Prayer Requests:
CSB Overall Ministry Requests:
Requests for our Staff:
- Pray that Christ would be given the preeminent position in all we do and say in the Tree Climber, Stockade and Battalion groups across Canada. And, that the Word of God would be clearly proclaimed, so that each boy or young man would have the opportunity to ask Jesus to become his Saviour, and to follow Him as a strong disciple.
- Pray that the CSB leaders, Tree Climber dads, Rangers, Chief Rangers, Lieutenants, Captains, Brigade Chairmen and church leadership will build strong connections with the boys and young men; that all involved in those ministries will bring glory to God and will truly be “Bright and Keen for Christ”.
- Pray that Churches across Canada would recognize their responsibility to build the upcoming generations of boys and young men, and would seriously consider using Christian Service Brigade as part of their ministry of Building Godly Men.
- Pray for the expansion of CSB to more churches in Canada. We need many more churches to join this ministry. We are particularly focusing on Calgary that was once a hotbed of CSB, and where we have had a number of inquiries from parents and churches about a ministry to their boys.
- Pray that we would be able to establish strong and vital contact with our alumni both of boys and leaders, particularly with our over 200 Heralds of Christ, to become ambassadors for CSB to lead our efforts to rebuild the ministry across Canada in their churches and beyond.
- Pray that the distribution of our latest brochure “Imagine” to pastors and leaders would spark an interest in them to encourage the men in their churches to start CSB ministries, particularly those whose churches have operated this ministry in the past .
- Pray for the Board Members of CSB Canada as they provide the overall leadership and determine the direction of the organization.
- Praise the Lord for each one of the monthly pre-authorized donors, many of whom have supported the ministry financially for decades.
- Pray for a substantial increase in ongoing support of our President, as well as the support for expanding staff and additional training resources.
Requests for our Staff:
- Pray for the staff of CSB Canada and their wives - Dr Steve (Bonnie) Grove, President and RD for North Saskatchewan; Harold (Carol) Browne, Vice President and RD for Quebec & Maritimes; Gord (Marie) Banman, Warehouse Manager and RD for Manitoba & South Saskatchewan; Ron (Diane) Carnahan, Regional Director for Ontario; and Howard (Kathie) Pike, Regional Director for British Columbia & Alberta.
- Pray for Steve Grove he works on the final stages of major revisions to Frontier Trails and a Junior Leaders manual for Battalion.
- Pray for our Upcoming CSB Staff Conference that will be taking place in Winnipeg in May.
National Prayer Requests:
- Pray for safety as our staff, leaders, boys and families travel to and from their CSB activities.
- Pray for CSB's efforts to "Build Godly Men of Today" as we encourage men and CSB leaders to be effective in their churches and ministries, families and communities; to be mighty Men of God and worthy Christ-followers.
- Pray that God will stir up church leadership to provide men in their churches opportunities to disciple and mentor boys to manhood through action-packed, geared-to-boys ministry programs.
- Pray for our partners south of the border, for Scott Haima and the staff of CSB USA headquartered in Buffalo New York.
- Pray that CSB in local churches will continue to Win and Train Boys for Christ, and that together we are Building Godly Men of Today and Tomorrow.
