Compassion means that if I see my friend and my enemy in equal need, I shall help both equally. -Mechtild of Magdeburg
Char Cole is requesting prayer for her brother-in-law, Dick, who has been diagnosed with prostrate cancer and for her daughter-in-law’s mother who has lapsed into a coma for no apparent reason.
Please keep my friend, Glen, in prayer as he deals with the passing of his wife.
Bobby Mo’ was up at San Francisco for a follow-up on a removal of a cancerous tumor.
Carol Robertshaw’s lung tumor has shrunk with chemotherapy.
Linda Morris will be going to Walnut Creek for treatment for liver tumors on December 11th
George Esparza is home and doing great.
Kelli Hasting has a very busy week, she is moving, cleaning up her old apartment, and then will be having surgery. Please keep our beloved sister in prayer.
Donna Hemphill has been having severe stomach pain.
Sara Ojeda is requesting prayer for her non-Christian friends and for the opportunity to witness to them.
Please continue to pray for – Bev Willis, Josh, Ellen Burton, Ann Herrington with kidney cancer, Eileen Betts, Kathy waiting for back surgery, our Katie as she faced ongoing health challenges, and Walt Couch, with prostrate cancer.
Pray for our missionaries –Meghan Dineen in Mexico, Biana and Faith Alive in Nigeria, Judy, Faye & Miisaw with New Life Center in Thailand, Jan & Larry Martin in Thailand, The Reaching Hand Society in India, Yvonne Deel in Belize, Bounkham & Khamla in Laos, Laurie Bethall in Prague, and all the missionaries worldwide.
Pray for our pastors our leadership, our ministries, and Father’s provision for His Church. Pray for the person that Jesus has laid on your heart, and pray for boldness to speak His name.
LORD Jesus,
We love this time of year as we gather to celebrate Your birth so long ago. Our joy and our celebration is in Your love for us, a love so strong that You would willingly leave Your glory behind and step into our world to become Emmanuel, God with us. And You are still Emmanuel and still with us.
We pray for Dick as he deals with the prostrate cancer. We pray for the mom who inexplicably lapsed into a coma. We ask for peace to surround Glen at this time. Continue to touch Bobby Mo’ and Carol as they fight the tumors in their bodies. Be with Linda as she travels to Walnut Grove to receive treatment. Kelli is also undergoing medical treatment, LORD, and we ask for Your presence to be strong with her. Donna Hemphill is suffering, Abba, we pray for Your mercy to be on her. We praise You for Your hand of healing on George and ask that You continue to heal him. We pray, Jehovah Shalom for those who remain on our prayer chain.
Holy Spirit, we thank You for Your child Sara and for the courage of her young life. Give her boldness and opportunity. LORD, give us boldness and opportunity also.
We pray for our beloved pastors at this busy time of the year. Place a stronghold of protection around them and their families. We pray that we always keep You as the focus of our ministries. Provide for the needs of the ministries,, and in particular we ask for Your provision for the December to Remember series in our children’s ministries.
Father of All, we pray for Your servants who serve You in places around the world. Protect them as they serve.
Christmas is the time that we remember the greatest gift of all, the gift of salvation that began with the birth of God as man. Everything that had been promised since Abraham was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus. Everything that makes our lives worth living is also fulfilled in Jesus. Thank You for loving us and for showing us a grace and mercy that we could never have found without You. We love You, LORD God.