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The New Life in Christ

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Prayer Guides

Theme: The New Life in Christ
Putting Off the Old Self and Living from a Heavenly Identity
Week: May 4–8, 2026
Key Scripture: Colossians 3:1–2
“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven…”
“Think about the things of heaven, not of earth.”
Focus Point:
Actively pursue what matters to Christ—His will, His Kingdom, and His character. Fix your mind and heart on eternal things, not temporary distractions.

Monday, May 4
Living with a Heavenly Perspective (Dawn Fitch)
Fixing Our Hearts and Minds on Christ Above
Scripture
Colossians 3:1–2
Prayer Points

  • Lord, give us a heavenly mindset in all we do.
  • Help us set our minds on things above, not on earthly distractions.
  • Give us clarity of purpose and show us how our identity in Christ shapes our daily lives.
  • Free us from worldly distractions and temporary worries.
  • Help us focus on eternal truth and live with anticipation of Christ’s return.

Tuesday, May 5
Hidden Life with Christ (Cassandra Cash-Garrett)
Secure Identity in God and Future Glory
Scripture
Colossians 3:3–4
“Your real life is hidden with Christ in God…”
Prayer Points

  • Lord, help us see ourselves as risen with You.
  • Anchor our hearts in hope, knowing our true life is in Christ.
  • Remind us daily that our identity is secure in You.
  • Help us live with expectation of the glory that will be revealed.

Wednesday, May 6
Put to Death the Old Nature (Pastor Cash)
Rejecting Sin and Pursuing Righteousness
Scripture
Colossians 3:5–6
Prayer Points

  • Lord, give us strength to resist sinful desires and recognize temptation.
  • Cleanse our hearts and align our desires with Your will.
  • Deliver us from old patterns and habits that once controlled us.
  • Heal us from past ways of living and break every stronghold.
  • Thank You that we now live with a new identity in Christ—full of hope and freedom.

Thursday, May 7
From Disobedience to Transformation (Devin Meadows)
A Call to a New Way of Life
Scripture
Colossians 3:6–7
Prayer Points

  • Lord, heal us from every habit and pattern that leads us away from You.
  • Help us turn fully away from anything that once controlled our lives.
  • Open our eyes to anything that creates distance between us and You.
  • Give us a heart that responds quickly to Your correction.
  • Heal every effect of our past—restore what was broken within us.

Friday, May 8
Healing Through a Renewed Identity (Elder Carrie Howell)
Walking in God’s Restorative Power
Scripture
Colossians 3:10
“Put on your new nature… be renewed as you learn to know your Creator…”
Prayer Points

  • Lord, bring inner healing and peace to our hearts.
  • Heal broken relationships and restore connections with others.
  • Strengthen our bodies and bring physical healing where needed.
  • Help us fully embrace our new identity in Christ.
  • Let us walk in freedom, restoration, and wholeness.
  • Teach us to live daily from who You say we are—renewed, restored, and free.

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Protect Your Season

August 18, 2024 - by Rev. Brian A. Cash, Pastor

Exodus 1:6-22

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

8 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. 9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. 10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”

11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”

20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.