Church Discipline

I am not entirely comfortable with this topic, Lord, but due to our positions as Junior Church coordinators, we have been informed about the membership meeting on April 6 for a church discipline issue.

I don't want to know who, or what.  I do want to ask You to spread Your mercy over the offender(s) and over the leadership.  What I want, what I ask, is that people would be drawn to You in this situation.  Too often these situations breed hurt and hardness in people's hearts, and instead of repentance, these "offenders" are often lost, sometimes for years and occasionally for life.

So, I ask for blessing, gentleness, restoration, and true repentance.  May the leadership handle this in a wise and Godly way, not lording it over anyone.  May they not rest on being "right" but much more on bringing lost sheep back into the sheepfold.  Please, dear Father, may Your magnetism work here to bring glory to Yourself by bringing people back into Your family.

In Jesus name, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, may You direct the script~~Amen.