Matthew 18:18 (MSG)"Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this. When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I'll be there."
Sandy Hall came through surgery just fine. Good news - the cancer doesn’t appear to be as bad as they thought it might be.
From Ann Mead: My praise - Yesterday I had my post op with my surgeon. They took an Xray of my hip and told me that it looked good. He also told me that I could start putting more weight on my leg. I begin Physical Therapy tomorrow to transition me from walker to cane to walking on my own. I know that I have progressed this quickly due to the prayers that went up from FBC! Thank you, church family. I love you all.
From Biana: Please be praying with us for a special young woman who lives in one of the Faith Alive Transitional Housing apartments. We are having trouble stabilizing her overall health situation. She will do better for a week or so, & then will go downhill again. It is very confusing and frustrating. Testing for other problems like TB & malaria have been negative, yet she continues to have breathing & eating problems. Her name is Marju (not spelled right, but that's how you pronounce it). Her sister is caring for her as best she can with no resources as her husbands family has sent them away, although they have been letting her children come for visits occasionally. Thanks for caring, loving, & praying with us.
Please pray for Gokharya Barela, Garsia Barela and their families in India. When these two men refused to renounce Christianity they were beaten and their wives sexually assaulted by Hindu extremists. In a move to protect the perpetrators from prosecution anti-conversion charges are being leveled against the nearby missionaries and these families.
Pray for traveling mercies for the Sullivans, the Kennedys, the Lombardi’s, the McKelvey’s and the Coles who are currently in Ireland and Pastor Chris and Mitzi who are in Georgia
In a little over one week we are sending up to 19 Care Fresno kids up to Sugarpine Christian Camp. Please pray that Jesus will touch them and that their hearts will turn to Him.
We continue to pray for the following: Kirt Hunt, Charlie Betts, Nola Ambler, Lillian Seward, Merrill Hardison, Dorothy Wajckus, Dennis Galloway, Jonathan Rumsey, serving in Bagdad, Jim Purgason, Ellen Burton, Aunt Pat & cancer, Katie Arizon, Uncle Dale & chemo, Mike Abbott in Afghanistan, Walt Couch & prostrate cancer, Mike Joos & recovery from radiation treatment, George Martin & cancer, Tony & treatment for prostrate cancer, John Rodgers with cancer.
Pray for our missionaries - Jan & Larry Martin in Thailand, The Reaching Hand Society in India, Dr. George Pe Myat in the Congo, Bounkham & Khamla’s mission to Laos, Gospel For Asia, Biana Grogg with 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.
Father God,
The greatest joy of our lives is knowing that You are always with us - even to the end of time - even throughout eternity. Your love is our foundation.
We praise You, Holy Spirit, for the great news from Sandy and Ann. We ask that You continue to move in their lives, continue to heal their bodies.
We lift Marju up before You and ask that You show those who are caring for her the answers to the health challenges that she faces.
With heavy hearts, Jehovah Shalom, we pray for these two families in India and ask that You bring peace to their lives. We pray for all of Your children who face persecution around the world. Help us, who are not persecuted, to hold them up in prayer always.
God of our Protection, we pray for those who are now traveling and who are soon to travel during this summertime. Keep them safe as they travel and bring them home to we who love them.
Great and Glorious God, You have promised that when we pray in agreement that You will go into action. We are praying in agreement for the children that we will be sending to Camp Sugarpine, that You will touch them and speak to them in such a way that they will yield to Your call.
It is such a joy to come into Your presence, Holy Father. Our spirits find rest in You.
Bless the situations and the people, LORD Jesus, who continue to be on our prayer chain. Your will is perfect and we seek it for them.
We pray for our much-loved pastors and for their families. Give them times of refreshing.
We pray for those who serve You as missionaries around the world and ask that You place a stronghold of protection around them.
Pour Your abundance on Your Church, Savior, so that we may reach the world with Your good news of mercy and hope.
I love the life that You have given me, Abba. It is not what I imagined as a child - it is much better than that. But as much as I love it, I never forget that this is not where I belong. I belong with You, I long to be at Your feet. I am happy and content to serve You here for as long as You want me to, but there is a part of my spirit that reaches out to You and asks, “How long, oh LORD, must I stay here?” It is because we love You, You are all we want.
Posted by Valerie at June 7, 2006 06:57 PM