October 19, 2005

e-Praise & Prayers

Blessings hemmed with praise will not unravel - Anonymous

In honor of Pastor Appreciation month, a new project started this past Sonday. The 777 Prayer Project is a one year commitment to pray for our pastors individually. If you are interested in participating in this powerful gift of prayer and love to our pastors, stop by the 777 Project table after services to pick up your prayer card.

An adjustment in medication and on the sleep apnea machine is allowing Nola Ambler to sleep better at night - which is allowing Judi to sleep at night as well. We lift praises!

Faye McDonald’s son, Tony, is going to be undergoing chemo & radiation for prostrate cancer.

Judi Wright’s close friend, Jerri, called her to let her know that Jerri’s brother Bob Hill had passed away. Please keep the family in prayer.

I am requesting prayer for my young friend, Katie. Katie suffers from a progressively worsening disease. It is hard on her, her family and all of us who love her so much.

Please pray for two of our Kids Klub children. Today, I got a phone call from their mother and the family is homeless again.

We continue to pray for the following: Michael & recovery from bypass surgery, Mike Joos & radiation treatments, Liz & stress from ill family members, Danette Joos mother fighting depression, Stan Reed & recovery from surgery, Karen as she continues to recover, Baby Logan’s recovery from surgery, Bob & Geri Kinnish, Denise, Merle Rush & recovery from a stroke, Doug Clapp’s brother in law with prostrate cancer, David & his heart, Helen & Harvey Wilmot, Walt Couch & prostate cancer, John Rodgers with cancer, Brandon & leukemia, George & Margie Martin and his cancer, new employment opportunities for Dan Hansen, Kassel Coon in Afghanistan

Pray for our missionaries -Jan & Larry Martin in Thailand, The Reaching Hand Society in India, SeaFM and their work in Southeast Asia, Dr. George Pe Myat & the hospital in the Congo, Bounkham & Khamla’s mission to Laos, Gospel For Asia, The Faith Alive Clinic in Jos, Nigeria, Laurie Bethall in Prague, Judy, Faye & Miisaw at the New Life Center in Thailand, and all the missionaries worldwide.

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 our country, her leadership and our military.

Great I AM, Who was and is and is to come,

God be merciful to us. Forgive us for our sins and make us pure within. Restore to us the joy of Your presence and the glory of Your love. Help us to be steadfast in our worship and service to You.

LORD of All, we pray for Tony as he starts treatment for his cancer. Be with him, LORD.

Comfort Jerri and her family as they grieve the loss of her brother, Bob. Grant them peace.

Abba, we lift Katie before You. I admit, Father, that I don’t understand this situation. But I do understand Your love for Katie. I understand that her life is being used to glorify You. And so I believe - even when I don’t see. Touch Katie, her family and her friends with peace.

LORD God, we place before You this Kids Klub family. The family has always faced problems with a stability. Help them find a stable environment.

Holy One, continue to do a mighty work in the hearts and lives of all those who continue on our prayer list. Work Your will in each situation so that Your glory shines more clearly.

LORD Jesus, Thank You so much that in this world of sorrow and sin we have Your promise that this world is not for us. We cling to Your promise of eternal life in Your presence and we rejoice in the day when our soul is freed to fly with joyful abandon into Your throne room to take our place with the multitudes already there.

Eternal Spirit, be with Your missionaries around the world. Give them opportunities to share Your Good News with those who have not heard. Open hearts and minds to their words.

Jehovah Jirah, hear the cry of Your children as we lift our pastors up before You. Provide for them, protect them, renew them. Bless the leadership and the ministries of our community of faith. Give us opportunities to show You and Your relentless love to a world that does not know You.

There are those in our country, LORD, who want to remove any mention of You in our schools, our government, our public places. They want to confine You and minimize You. Help us to resist this - but to do it in a way that brings no harm to Your name.

Help us to worship You with every word that comes from our mouths, with every action we take, with each breathe we take and every beat of our heart. We love You so much.

Posted by Valerie at October 19, 2005 05:13 PM