That their bodies, minds, souls, and innocence would be protected
That they would learn and do their schoolwork to the Glory of God
That they would be a friend to the lonely, forgotten and friendless
That they would not be ashamed of the Gospel
That God would bring Christian people into their lives
That they would grow in knowledge and wisdom
That they would be obedient to their teachers, parents, and God
That they would be peacemakers
That they would be prayer warriors
Engaging your children in prayer
There are many different ways to communicate to God in prayer. There are as many ways to pray as there are people in the world, and I have found that oftentimes it is children who have the most simple, yet profound prayers. If you pay attention, you can learn just as much from a child praying as you can any trained pastor or theologian. The Kingdom of God truly does belong to them! (Luke 18:16)
Try this out at home:
Pray with art. Paint, draw, carve, mold, color, sketch or doodle your prayers, even if you do not consider yourself very artsy or creative. Have fun with it.
Paint, draw, sketch your prayers and dreams for your life, school year, family, church, and neighborhood. Draw or color your worries and fears. Draw Jesus holding you, carrying your fears, hurts, worries, doubts.
Jorge Acevedo loves Jesus Christ and his Church. Touched by the grace of God at seventeen, he was never the same. Rescued from a life of addictions, his greatest delight is connecting people to Jesus and the Church.
Jorge is the Lead Pastor at Grace Church, a multi-site, United Methodist congregation in Southwest Florida with three campuses (Cape Coral, Fort Myers Shores, Fort Myers Central). Grace Church is recognized as having one of the largest and most effective recovery ministries in America. From 1992 to 1996, he served as Executive Pastor at Christ Church United Methodist in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; from 1988 to 1992, as the Associate Pastor at First United Methodist Church in Kissimmee, Florida; from 1984 to 1988 as Minister of Youth and Children at Trinity Hill United Methodist Church in Lexington, Kentucky.
Jorge is a 1984 graduate of Asbury College where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Bible. He is also a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree. Jorge was ordained as a Deacon in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church in May 1986, and an Elder in May 1990.
Jorge was the 2001 recipient of the Denman Evangelism Award from the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church given to a pastor for excellence in evangelism. In 2007, He was named the Distinguished Alumni of the Year at Asbury Theological Seminary. In 2009, the Foundation for Evangelism named Jorge the 2009 Distinguished Evangelist of the United Methodist Church. He was a 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 delegate to the Jurisdictional Conference and a 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 delegate to the General Conference. Jorge serves on the Southeastern Jurisdiction and Florida Conference Episcopal Committees.
Jorge co-authored Sent: Giving the Gift of Hope at Christmas (Abingdon Press, 2015). He also authored Vital: Churches Changing Communities and the World (Abingdon Press, 2013) and co-authored The Heart of Youth Ministry (Bristol House, 1989). He has also written for the United Methodist Publishing House, Circuit Rider magazine, Good News magazine and Our Faith Today.
Born in Puerto Rico, Jorge at the age of four months, moved with his family to the United States where he was raised. Jorge is married to Cheryl Montgomery. Their oldest son, Daniel is married to Courtney who gave them four beautiful grandchildren, Mia, Levi, Seth and Zoe. They also have a younger son, Nathan.
That their bodies, minds, souls, and innocence would be protected
That they would learn and do their schoolwork to the Glory of God
That they would be a friend to the lonely, forgotten and friendless
That they would not be ashamed of the Gospel
That God would bring Christian people into their lives
That they would grow in knowledge and wisdom
That they would be obedient to their teachers, parents, and God
That they would be peacemakers
That they would be prayer warriors
Engaging your children in prayer
There are many different ways to communicate to God in prayer. There are as many ways to pray as there are people in the world, and I have found that oftentimes it is children who have the most simple, yet profound prayers. If you pay attention, you can learn just as much from a child praying as you can any trained pastor or theologian. The Kingdom of God truly does belong to them! (Luke 18:16)
Try this out at home:
Pray with art. Paint, draw, carve, mold, color, sketch or doodle your prayers, even if you do not consider yourself very artsy or creative. Have fun with it.
Paint, draw, sketch your prayers and dreams for your life, school year, family, church, and neighborhood. Draw or color your worries and fears. Draw Jesus holding you, carrying your fears, hurts, worries, doubts.
"
["imageurl"]=>
string(298) "https://cdn.monkplatform.com/image/czoxNjI6Imh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGczMuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbSUyRm1vbmtkZXYubW5rLjI2NzIyJTJGdXBsb2FkZWQlMkZzJTJGMGU5MDQ2MDMxXzE1NjUyMDc4MzRfc3VtbWVyLWNlbGVicmF0aW9uLTIwMTktc2VybW9uLmpwZyUzRnMlM0QyZGFhOGY5ZTJmZWEzYjdkNmM0ZmNjZjZkMDg1ODUzZiI7/summer-celebration-2019-sermon.jpg"
["imagetmb"]=>
string(401) "
"
["image2"]=>
string(345) "
"
["preacherImg"]=>
string(314) "
"
["preacherimage"]=>
string(274) "https://cdn.monkplatform.com/image/czoxNTE6Imh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGczMuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbSUyRm1vbmtkZXYubW5rLjI2NzIyJTJGdXBsb2FkZWQlMkZqJTJGMGUxMzI4Mjc3N18xNjM2NDk3NTIwX2pvcmdlLWFjZXZlZG8tMjAyMi5qcGclM0ZzJTNEMDkzNzUwNzg5ODJmOWFhNmZlZTFlNjI5YWVhYjVjZjUiOw==/jorge-acevedo-2022.jpg"
["preachermemberid"]=>
string(5) "52563"
["preacherNum"]=>
string(3) "305"
["category"]=>
string(17) "Cape Coral Campus"
["categoryslug"]=>
string(17) "cape-coral-campus"
["categorylinks"]=>
string(67) "Cape Coral Campus"
["categorytitlelinks"]=>
string(67) "Cape Coral Campus"
["category1"]=>
string(17) "Cape Coral Campus"
["category1slug"]=>
string(17) "cape-coral-campus"
["parentcategory1"]=>
string(17) "Cape Coral Campus"
["parentcategory1slug"]=>
string(17) "cape-coral-campus"
["parentcategory1child1"]=>
string(8) "Saturday"
["parentcategory1child1slug"]=>
string(8) "saturday"
["commentNumber"]=>
string(11) "Comments(0)"
["commentNumberonly"]=>
string(1) "0"
["commentList"]=>
string(1541) "
