By the reading of Scripture I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. -Thomas Merton
With great sadness I report to you that Ellen Burton has passed away. Please keep her children and family in prayer.
Yolanda Morales is recovering well after undergoing surgery for bone spurs in her shoulder.
Please continue to pray for German Amezcua and his family. This is the family that was hit by the 15 year old driver. Emmanuel, the younger brother is still in ICU of the burn center. He will hopefully be going to Valley Children’s shortly. He is responsive and able to watch TV although he is still not eating on his own – but through a tube.
Our Katie has to wear a safety helmet continuously as she is falling down more. Please keep this precious young woman in prayer.
Please pray for a friend of mine, Eddie Ronsley, as he faces continuing health challenges with his heart.
Idaleen Conklin is undergoing several medical tests to try and determine the cause of her illnesses that are keeping her at home.
Nelle Lacy & Sible Spikes are in hospice care. They are both in good spirits. Please pray for God’s continued mercy on them.
Blanche Shuck is in San Joaquin Gardens health Center after a myocardial infarction. Please go for a visit if you can.
Pray for healing of nerve damage on Vance Smith’s left side
Johnnie Sowell is having tests done to determine the cause of her vertigo.
Please continue to pray for – Donna Hemphill, Kelli Hasting, Linda Morris, Carol Robertshaw, Bob Molander, Glen, Bev Willis, Josh, and Ann Herrington with kidney cancer, Kathy waiting for back surgery, and Walt Couch, with prostrate cancer.
Pray for our missionaries –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, Meghan Dineen in Mexico, and all the missionaries worldwide.
Pray for our pastors our leadership, our ministries, and Father’s provision for His Church. Pray for the opportunity to go fishing.
Jehovah Most High,
You are God of heaven and earth; You are God of the skies and the seas, the mountains and the valleys, the deserts and the rainforests. You are God over life and death. You are God over everything that moves and everything that doesn’t move. Most important of all, You are God over us. We bow our hearts before Your majesty.
Infinite Father, we lift up Ellen’s family before You and ask that You comfort them in this time of loss.
Abba, there are so many on our prayer chain who are struggling with health issues. We pray in agreement for their healing. We pray for Yolanda’s continued recovery from shoulder surgery; for Emmanuel Amezuca as he heals from the car accident; for our Katie as her health continues to weaken. We pray for Eddie Ronsley and ask, LORD of Light, that You strengthen his heart; for Idaleen Conklin as she undergoes these tests and that a resolution will be found; for Nelle and Sible as they continue down the path home to You. We call out for Blanche at San Joaquin Gardens, for Vance and the nerve damage and for Johnnie – that they will find the cause of her vertigo.
Please continue to bless those on our prayer chain and place Your hand on every situation.
Savior of the World, we ask that You pour Your Spirit on Your missionaries. Help them to see as You see, to hear as You hear and to love as You love.
We pray a wall of protection around our pastors and their families. In Your power we bind satan and his snares away from them. Fill our pastors and our leadership with a fresh vision of what You would have us to accomplish for Your kingdom.
Holy Spirit, we live our lives so fast. It seems that we are always running here and there chasing after who knows what. In our busyness we forget that You are the source of our life and that when You called us to follow You, You called us to fish. In the hustle and bustle – particularly during the Christmas season, we blow pass opportunities to tell of You, without even knowing us. Forgive us for our carelessness. Open our eyes, Father, to see those You would have us speak to.
You are the wonder of our life, there is no beauty brighter than Yours, there is no life better than Yours, there is no place we would rather be than in Your presence. We stand amazed by the wonder of You. We love You, Lord and gladly commit our lives to You.