Stage 9 Vannes / Plumelec

We stay in Brittany today for the Team Time Trial TTT.  Today is one of my favorite stages in the tour.  Cycling is a team sport were everyone has a role, and today it takes the total time of the best 5 riders in the team.  I enjoy watching them work together as hard as they can to reach the finish line.  Today time gaps will grow for some of the GCs and maybe some will decrease their time deficits. Everyday brings new challenges not only on the tour but in our daily lives and it takes a team working as hard as we can to make it to the finish line.  God has put together a team call the body of Christ.  He created us to work together as a unit to reach the finish line.  Today pray for the body of Christ in Brittany.

Dear Father, We pray for the body of Christ in Brittany.  We pray that their faith will be strengthened and that their love for each other and for You will grown  Lord, send your Holy Spirit to start a revival fire in their hearts and use each local church to preach the gospel so that the people of France will call you Lord.  We pray all these things in the name of Jesus Amen.

Stage 8 Rennes / Mur de Bretagne

Department 35 Ille-et-Vilaine

Department 22

Today we raced in the region of Brittany and watched the crowds as they gathered along the roadside.  Cycling is loved by the people of Brittany from the local races to the national and international races.  Pray for the people along the road today.

Father we pray for the people of Brittany.  We pray that they will love you with all their heart and soul and mind.  Lord, we pray for a growth of love in our hearts for our brothers and sisters in Christ and for those who need you as their Father.  We pray  for all these things in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Matthew 22: 37-38
And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38"This is the great and foremost commandment.…

Étape 5 Carhaix to Cap Fréhel

I have been seeing this flag being waved here in Brittany.  It is their regional flag. Today in the award ceremony there was a lady dressed in a regional dress.  I hope we see more of the culture of Brittany as we move from Carhaix and ride along the northern coast of France to Cap Fréhel.

Lord, we enjoy the history of this place and it is a wonderful to see that history matters.  Lord, I pray that as the people of Brittany remember their history they will look to you for you are the maker of their lives in the past and today for the future.  We ask that as they celebrate their past they will celebrate You as creator of their land and homes.  You are the redeemer of their families and souls.  Father we pray that the people of Brittany will believe in You the author and finisher of their faith. 
We ask all these things in the name of Jesus. 
Amen