After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life – Evelyn Underhill
Please pray for Jessica Winebrenner, a friend of Tammi Curtis. She as recently been diagnosed with cancer and has been given but a year to live. Her most serious problem is not the cancer – it is that she is not in relationship with Jesus. Pray that He will use this year to bring Jessica back to Him.
Pastor Dan Gates sent over an update on Sue Aldridge. Sue has been able to go home. She is receiving physical therapy and needs to be on oxygen, but she is eating better and continuing to show signs of improvement.
I talked to Debra Powder today, she went up to Stanford and the blood clot that has been giving her so much pain is gone.
I invited my co-worker to services again, she told me that her husband was having a hard time believing that we are a local church – he thought we were in LA or something.
Marva Ward’s dad is home from his surgery and recovering well.
Lil Wilson’s sister has been diagnosed with stage one kidney cancer.
Dottie Clem’s husband, Bill, is requesting pray for Dottie’s back & feet.
Please pray for Doris Rahn’s granddaughter, Holly Rahn.
Keep Matthew & Lisa Watson in prayer as they follow God’s call to Tennessee. Although we rejoice in God’s call upon their life, it is hard to see them leave us. Great news, though, if we don’t see them again here on earth – we have God’s promise that we will all end up in the same place.
My friend, Ann Herrington, has been given a very short time until she loses her battle with kidney cancer. Please pray for a peaceful passing into eternity.
Kids Klub will be having our first fundraiser on Wednesday, February 27th. It is in partnership with the McDonalds on Shields & Blackstone. 20% of all sales between 5:00pm and 8:00pm will be donated to Kids Klub. If you are in choir, Awana, in the neighborhood, or are just hungry, please come to McDonalds on that Wednesday to support Kids Klub. And if I may introduce a new “religious” word for that night – supersize!
Please continue to pray for – Katie, Eddie Ronsley & his heart & stomach, Nelle Lacy in hospice care, Sible Spikes in hospice care, Johnnie Sowell & vertigo, Vance Smith with nerve damage, Donna Hemphill, Carol Robertshaw, Kathy, waiting for back surgery and Walt Couch.
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 Amsterdam, Megan Dineen in Mexico and all the missionaries worldwide.
Pray for our pastors, our leadership, our ministries and our finances. Pray for opportunities to be fishers of people.
Pray for our county, the military who serve freedom and our leadership. Keep Zack
Ruud in Iraq and Frankie Banuelos in Korea in your prayers.
God Who Gives life,
You are all powerful, You are all knowing, You are all present. Creation and eternity are filled with You, created by You and sustained by You. We cannot even begin to understand how immense You are. And to our great wonder, You turn Your attention and Your love to us. Thank You for Your love, Your love means everything to us.
Yahweh Ropheha, God, our Great Physician, we leave to Your tender mercies and care all of those who are facing health challenges. We lift up Jessica and pray for her salvation, we ask continued healing for Sue Aldridge, for Marva Ward’s father, for Lill’s sister. We call out for Dottie Clem, for Ann Herrington and for all who remain on our prayer chain.
Abba-Father, our prayers come before You in praise of Debra’s blood clot being gone. We do not know the specifics of why prayer was asked for Holly Rahn, but You already knew long before our prayers come up before You. Jehovah Jirah, Our God who Provides, I pray for the fundraiser at McDonalds this Wednesday and ask, LORD, that You bless all who come in and support us. Open the eyes and the hearts of my co-worker and her family and let them see You in whatever they see in me. Holy Spirit, although we rejoice in Your call upon Matthew & Lisa’s life, there is sadness as they leave us. Thank You so much for the time that You have given us with them, thank You for all that they taught us, and all that we taught them. But most of all, thank You for Your promise that says that no matter how painful the parting – for those of us who are called by Your name, no parting is forever. We will be together again around Your throne.
LORD Jesus, with thankful hearts we pray for our pastors and for the leaders that You have placed in our communities of faith. Provide the people with willing hearts and provide the resources so that we can change the world in Your name.
Forgive me, LORD. I want so much to be like You, but when I look at me I see so much of the world. Forgive my weakness, strengthen me to be more like You, and help my life to burn brightly for You. Help us to share the incredible story of Your love.
Today, tomorrow, forever, You are our God and we are the children of Your heart. We praise You when the sun shines bright on our life. When the storms roll into our lives, help us to hold even tighter to You and continue to praise You in the storm.