If there is anything I do, if there be anything I leave undone, let me be perfect in prayer. After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing. Oh that I might be a man of prayer! H. Martyn
Mike Schwab was at the potluck/concert/ice cream social/movie night last Friday and looked great. He was limping a wee bit and his knee was a bit bruised - but those were the only signs of his recent knee surgery.
Khamla was also there and told me that her arm was doing much better. Wasn’t her testimony on Sonday morning awesome? To hear her tell of her family escaping Laos in the middle of the night, scooping water with their hands from a leaky boat - all to find freedom - well - it made me appreciate the freedom that I all to often take for granted.
We have a prayer request from Paula, Georgette Bersani’s sister-in-law. Paula’s stepfather, Frank(81) , was in a serious car accident that resulted in two of his fingers being amputated. His hand is pretty messed up - but thankfully he is alive as well as the mother and her two children who were in the other car. Please pray for Frank.
Georgette says that Baby Morgan is doing great with the closure on her head and that Laurie is also doing well with the precancerous mole that doesn’t warrant being removed at this time.
We continue to pray for the following: Geri Kinnish’s husband and recovery from surgery, Ashley & the infection in her heart lining, Jane Irwin & ovarian cancer, H Spees daughter Andrea and recovery from surgery, Judi Wright’s shoulder surgery, my co-worker’s sister with the brain tumor, George & Margie Martin and his cancer, Merle Rush, Matt & Dan Johnson, Michael Ferris, Candance & Nick Brown, Erica Hensen, Bob Melchor, Emmy Lou Graves, Laura in Ohio, John Rogers & cancer, Bryan Hitch & his blood pressure, Lillian Seward & shingles, Chris Vercoe & family, Chuck Beal & his heart, new employment opportunities for Dan Hansen, Tim & Lorna’s adoption of Drew, Bobbie Ronsley & lupus, Stan Reed & cancer, Kassel Coon in Afghanistan, Ray Rahn & his wife. Please send me any updates you might have!
Pray for our missionaries - The Faith Alive Clinic in Jos, Nigeria, Laurie Bethall in Prague, Judy, Faye & Miisaw as they work at the New Life Center in Thailand, Jan & Larry Martin in Thailand, The Reaching Hand Society in India, Dr. George Pe Myat & the hospital in the Congo, Bounkham & Khamla’s mission to Laos, Gospel For Asia, and all the missionaries worldwide.
Please keep our two church plants in prayer. Please pray for Karl & Shellie Roth with Flipside. Flipside will be holding their first Vacation Bible School later this month. Please pray for this outreach to the children. Please pray for Horacio & Cheryl Aleman at the LIFEhouse in Reedley.
Pray for our pastors, our leadership, our ministries, and Father’s provision for His Church. Pray that we recognize opportunities to share our faith with others. Pray for the Church that in these troubled times that she stands strong.
Pray for our country, her leadership and our military.
LORD of Lords, the Great I AM,
Forgive us, Abba, for the many times when we have not bowed our hearts to You in absolute surrender. Forgive us for when we have held back part of ourselves from You, whether it is the words we use, the actions we take, our wallets, our pride, whatever it is that separates us from being in Your perfect will. Forgive us, Father, and strengthen us so that we can release everything to Your sovereign power.
Risen One, Beautiful Savior we thank You for the great updates on Mike, Khamla, Morgan and Laurie. We ask that You continue to work in the healing of their bodies.
Holy Spirit, we pray for Frank as he continues to recover from his car accident. Be with him and with his family during this time and use this time to bring them close to You.
Triune God, we thank You for Your faithfulness towards all for whom we pray. We ask that You bless each situation and each life with Your goodness and Your power.
LORD of Eternity, we lift up in prayer - praying in agreement for those who serve on fields of harvest far from us. We pray for those who have left their own land to serve You in a foreign land, like Laurie, and Jan & Larry Martin. We pray for those missionaries who stay in their own land to spread Your Good News like the Reaching Hand Society, Gospel for Asia. We pray for those who travel between the USA and their native lands to bring supplies and hope like Bounkham & Khamla’s mission to Laos. We pray Your protection around all of those who serve You. We pray that Your presence is felt by them and that Your pride and joy in them is manifest in their lives.
We ask Your abundant blessings be poured out on Flipside Church and the VBS they will soon be having. We ask that You start even now to touch the hearts of the children who will come. Open their hearts, open their ears, open their eyes. Continue to bless Karl, Shellie and the family of Flipside as they serve You.
We pray also for the LIFEHouse Church and for Horacio and Cheryl and the LIFEHouse family. Bless them as their congregation grows and as they reach out to their community.
ABBA, we bend our knees and our hearts to You in gratitude for the pastors that You have placed in our congregations. We thank You for their hearts that are directed to You, open to You and listening to You. Help us to support our pastors with all the love in our hearts. We ask that You bless our leadership teams and our ministries. Father, bless our ministries as we reach out and engage our neighborhoods, communities, countries and world. Help us to focus on all that is important - to reach the world in Your name. Father, give us a heart that breaks for those who are in our lives who do not know You. Help us to show You to them by our actions, and by our words. Give us opportunities every day so reach out to somebody.
Holy God, I thank You that I am free to worship You without fear. I thank You that I am free to say what I think without fear of being jailed. I thank You for all of the freedoms that I have, and, Abba, I thank You for America. Father God, we humble ourselves before You and ask that You heal our land and turn her back to You. We pray for the leadership of our country and ask that You bless them with Your wisdom and courage to stand for what is right and not for what is politically expedient. We ask that You bless and keep the men and women who serve the cause of freedom in our military. Protect them, Father.
Mighty God, today as I was driving, I thought about what my life would be like without You, and my insides knotted up. The truth simply is that I would have no life because there is no life without You. Thank You for the life that we have in You today, thank You for the assurance that we never walk this path alone because You are always with us. Thank You most of all for the promise of eternity that we have in You. To know that someday soon I am going to bend my knees at Your feet, touch them, and cry, “Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD God Almighty!” is what gives me the strength to face today. We love You, LORD. We always will.
Posted by Valerie at July 6, 2005 05:14 PM