Prayer Request August 2006
It's easy to let the problems and trials dictate and rule our lives and hard to see all the blessings that God gives us during and in spite of the problems. But He gives them all the time. Sometimes by a smile, sometimes by a kind word and sometimes all you have to do is look around you at His creation.
Thank You, Father, for all the blessings You give us and for all the prayers You have already answered. May we always be mindful of and thankful for Your love, grace and mercy.
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
posted by Corry on 8/01/2006 07:33:00 AM
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Dear Heavenly Father
We praise You and thank You for who You're
You're our sovereign Lord and God
All glory and honour be unto You
Thank you for sending so many young people into our lives
O Lord!
Teach us how to guide and lead them
Show us how to pray for them
They're growing at different stages
They're facing so many challenges
They're having so many choices
They need love and acceptance
Please teach us how to love them
so that they will feel loved and accepted
Each of them is unique and special
They're precious gifts from You
May we come to You for strength and guidance
so that we can be excellent examples
to all the young people in our lives
Thank you, Lord
Thank you, Jesus
We pray all these in the most mighty name of Jesus
AMEN!
I appreciate the fellowship here.
(1) Please pray for my mom who has a number of ailments: cancer, specifically non-hodgkins lymphoma; Sjogren's Syndrome, an auto-immune disease; Rheumatoid Arthritis; and back problems. She is falling apart literally.
(2) Please pray for God's blessing in my job search, and I will look to God to be a light and lamp unto my feet. I really need a door of opportunity open up in greener pastures, and I know have to do my part to seek it. I have thought about Mobile, Alabama, or Florida lately, but my parents would just assume I move no further away from my native Virginia than the Carolinas for obvious reasons. I need wisdom here.
(3) I've contemplated ministry, and have lately removed myself from such participation. I want to grow diligently by God's grace and in His strength, and to grow I need full fellowship, rather than being blown around like a tumbleweed in the desert. So, it's vitally important that I locate a sound church when I relocate, and I look to God's grace for that.
Father, oh sovereign Lord, you are all knowing, merciful, loving, you're a God who heals and nothing is too hard for you. Your will be done in our lives, Father. I lift up to you ryan's mom. i ask for your comfort and healing to come upon her. i pray that she will receive your miracle as i stand in prayer with them. give ryan wisdom in every step he's going to take and in every decision he's going to make. lead him to where you want him to be. i pray and ask for your grace to be upon him.
Father, you know that i won't be able to blog as often and maybe it'll take some time before i could go back to blogging again. Lord, i ask that you will bless each and everyone of my blogger friends. keep them safe all the time. i pray for healing for those who are in need of it. nothing is impossible with you, oh God. i will sure miss all of my friends here. Father, i ask you that you will help us keep our friendship alive, even in the test of time.
to God be the glory. in Jesus' name i pray, amen.
Father God, I commit Ryan and his mom to Your mighty hands. Ryan's mom is suffering from a number of ailments, and it must be hard for her to endure. Oh Lord, I pray that You will give her extra measure of strength. Help Ryan and the family to support her, and stand by her in this difficult time.
God, please bless Ryan's job search, open the door of opportunity for him. Give him wisdom and guidance Father both in his job search and his faith journey, church and ministry.
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen!
Father, I pray for Pia. Please bless her during the time when she won't be able to blog as much. Please watch over her. May Your Presence be so evident that she can sense your love and grace all the time. We will all miss Pia here too, but we know that we are connected just a prayer away, and we know that You will continue to draw close to her in times of need.
In Jesus' name, Amen!
Amen! Thank you all so much for your prayers during my difficult times after my wisdom teeth surgery! I'm so glad it's almost over and that I can finally eat real food again! :) I'm sorry I've been MIA for a while but I will definitely be checking up on everyone soon! Blessings!
I'm so thankful to you all and continue to remember each request. Ryan and his mother are heavy on my heart and my hope for them is great. Pia is always on my mind and in my heart and I'm so thankful for Nan's wonderful report. I can't thank Audrey, Kitty and all of you enough for your love, support and prayers.
I would like to ask you to remember a request that is special to me. I am reposting this from an IMB prayer letter.
"CELTIC-SPEAKING PEOPLES OF WESTERN EUROPE (KEL-teek). Celtic Languages Team members who will be serving in Brittany are currently learning French in Paris. After completing their French study, they will then move to Brittany and begin Breton language study, taught through the medium of French. Please pray for their French studies to prepare them to learn the Breton language--it is hoped, beginning next year. Intercede for perseverance, patience and stamina throughout this learning process. Ask the Father to equip and bless these members for ministry. http://www.thecelt.org/ "
Please continue to remember all our mission workers.
Thanks. I sense whatever I do I need to take heed to the Apostle Paul's exhortation about taking heed to the small tasks at hand.
Heavenly Father, I lift up Ryan and his mom to you. May You give healing and guidence. Bless Pia and her new venture and keep her safe and bless the mission workers in their ministry and give them what they need to carry out their work succesfully.
Thank You so much for Nan's healing so far. We pray for a total and quick recovery.
All these things we ask in Jesus' Precious Name. Amen.
We would like to ask your prayers for Patrick. Pat's scan came out positive. Something showed up on it and the doctors are not sure what that might be. It can either be scar-tissue, which they suspect at this point, or still part of the cancer tumor. Either way, they have decided to do surgery to find out for sure what it is and to remove it. Surgery will take place within the next 3 weeks. Should it turn out to be cancer, then Patrick will have to have another round of chemo-therapy.
Please, also remember Amber as she is starting her new job today. Thank you so much :-)
Father, i lift up to you all the mission workers. guide them as they do what they are called to do. i pray for your divine protection to be upon them always. provide them their needs, Lord.
I'm also lifting up to you Pat. Father, you're a God who heals and nothing is too hard for you. heal pat from this sickness, restore his body and make him well. i ask of this because i know that it is your will to heal your children. not my will but you're will be done, Father.
I also pray for amber as she starts with her new job. bless her, Father.
i pray all of these, in the name of Jesus, amen.
Father...I know that this might seem selfish, but I am asking for you to help me to keep my marriage together. I don't know what to do anymore. I feel completely lost and alone. I can't tell you how much pain I am in. Somedays it looks like there is hope, then the next day it's as though that hope never existed at all. The worst part, is that we have three children together. I firmly believe in the sanctity of marriage, and believe that the children need BOTH parents. Things have gong horribly wrong, and I have been praying everyday, all day long. I've been praying so hard lord, but it feels like you aren't hearing my prayers at all. PLEASE hear my prayers Lord.
Thank you Father for watching over Nan during her times after her wisdom teeth removal, and that she can eat real food again! Please continue to guide her and bless her.
Lord,we commit all mission workers all over the world into your mighty hands. In particular we pray for the Kel-teek, those who will be serving in Brittany. May you grant them wisdom, patience, energy and strength for their language studies. Help Ryan and all of us here to really take heed to the small tasks at hand.
God, we also lift up to you Patrick. May you give him peace as he goes through the surgery, and may Your healing hands be upon him.
Please bless and guide Amber as she learns the ropes of her new job.
Oh Lord, may you answer the above prayer of 'anonymous', restore their marrige, give them hope and love in the family.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
Bless you and love you all, Kitty
Most Gracious Father I beg your mercy on this family in their need. Please touch their lives as only you can. In Jesus precious name I beg it Father, amen.
Father, we lift up anonymous and the family to You. May You give them love and strength to work things out. May You show them what needs to change and where and guide and lead them in love, hope and faith, according to Your will.
In Jesus' Precious Name we ask. Amen.
Only You are worthy of all praise, Lord, and only You are able to keep and guide us in the paths of righteousness. We trust in You alone. May You be honored and glorified by our lives and attitudes, and grant the desires of our hearts in accordance with what will honor You the most. We know Your desire for Your people to live in unity and love, so we pray for healing in all our relationships. Burden us with unselfish love, Lord, through the power of Your Holy Spirit. May we be pleasing in Your sight.
I lift up the burdens of the sick, the afflicted and troubled to the Risen Savior. Great is thy faithfulness O Lord! In Yeshua's precious and most Holy Name, Amen!
One of my family friends Whitney L. (who is now part of our extended family by virtue of marriage to my cousin) just had a baby. To make a long story short, this beautiful young lady has been sick, and has had some unspecified painful complications. She was out of the ER the other day. Please remember her and her baby. I ask that the good Lord give them longevity, health, and provide for their every need. She is a hard-working R.N., and is taking off to take care of her firstborn son Brit.
Also please pray for David W. He is a honest police officer and a close family friend. He has pulled time in Iraq basically as a high-risk, soldier-of-fortune doing a security detail in the southern zone occupied by American, British and Australian troops. He is debating on future service, and they asked him to return. To say his job is dangerous is putting it mildly. In fact, his caravan was struck by an IED in February, and it killed two of the guys over there right in front of him. Providence has protected him. He showed me a bunch of pictures of guys he served with, who are no longer with us, as well as some graphic pictures of the attacks. This war really hits home. I personally cannot say I welcomed U.S.-Western intervention in Iraq, but all the same my heart is heavy for the soldiers and personnel over there in harm's way. I have had other friends that served in this war; and it is not a pleasant experience I hear. I almost signed up to go over there in 2004, and now I have no regrets about not going over there. If some good could come out of this bloody fiasco, I hope that young men and women would be drawn to Christ during this trying time.
Also, a friend of mine, normally stationed in Okinawa, a Lt. Colonel in the USMC, Richard Leino, who has helped me considerably with his charity, has been called up for a few weeks in deployment away from his family of three. He asked for prayer, so please remember him. He even suggested that I consider going to seminary with him after he pulls his time in the Corps which is only a few more years. For the time I have known him, I have come to hold him in high esteem. He is a good family man and Christian.
Deus Semper Fidelis!
God is always faithful!
Sinners, let us lay hold of the Cross, and savor the joy of our salvation! Christ is Risen! Our faith is real! Our hope is in Him! Our blessed assurance is the future glorification to come in the Heavenlies.
Matthew Henry, writing in the seventeenth century, reminds us that it is our duty to savor the joy of salvation, and fight the good fight of faith. He writes:
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice (v. 4). All our joy must terminate in God; and our thoughts of God must be delightful thoughts. Delight Thyself in the Lord (Ps. 37:4)... Observe, It is our duty and privilege to rejoice in God, and to rejoice in him always; at all times, in all conditions; even when we suffer for him, or are afflicted by him. We must not think the worse of him or of his ways for the hardships we meet with in his service. There is enough in God to furnish us with matter of joy in the worst circumstance on earth... Joy in God is a duty of great consequence in the Christian life; and Christians need to be again and again called to it.
Father, we lift up Witney and her baby to You. Please give them health and shower them with many blessings. Bless them to have a long life together and to grow in love with and in You.
We also ask Your guidance and protection for David and Richard. May You keep them out of harms way, as well as all the others serving abroad and burdend with this heavy task. Shield them from danger and bring them back safely to their families. Please Father, we also ask to strengthen their families during their absence.
In Jesus' Precious Name, we ask You. Amen.
A pastor friend once told me that ministry is praying for others when we need to prayer. When our bond is with Christ, this means we should have compassion for complete strangers as well as those closet to us.
So, here was an online friends' plea for prayer on behalf of her friend: as apparently a family has suffered a "horrible car wreck" and a little boy is in critical care with head trauma. I have no idea of the details, but God knows everything. Please consider lifting up this little boy, and especially their family in need of comfort at this time.
May Jehovah-Rophe — the Lord who heals work a miraculous healing for this boy injured in this car wreck.
Calling All Prayer Warriors...
Prayer in Jesus’ name puts the crowning crown on God, because it glorifies Him through the Son and it pledges the Son to give to men ‘whatsoever and anything’ they shall ask.
—E.M. Bounds
Intercession is the most unselfish thing anyone can do.
—Paul E. Billheimer
Dear Heavenly Father
We lift up this very special family to You, especially the little boy. You love each and every member in this family. Please be with them, comfort them and reassure them that You're in control of the whole situation. May they feel your peace and presence.
Oh Lord! We pray that the little boy will be healed completely and quickly by You. You're our best healer. Please remove all the physical pain from him. Guide the doctors as they administer medical help to him. We pray that the little boy will not suffer any permanent injury to his whole body, especially his head. Please send your angels to look after this little boy.
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Jesus.
In Jesus' most precious name, we pray. Amen.
Father, we ask for Your grace and mercy upon this little boy. Craddle him in Your healing Hands and bless him with a quick and full recovery. In Jesus' precious Name. Amen.
Proverbial Wisdom:
But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength.
—Isaiah 40:31
...pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
—James 5:16
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
—Jonathan Edwards
Pray, and let God worry.
—Martin Luther
The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him.
—William McGill
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
—Satchel Paige
Every Blessing in our mutual Lord and Savior Jesus Christ :-)
Heavenly Father,
I give all praise and glory to You Lord! I give thanks for the wondrous works of Your Hand — and especially for Your Son Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd. May you lift us all up in paths of righteousness for Your Name Sake, Oh Lord.
In the Precious Name of Yeshua,
Amen!
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
—James 3:18
Ryan, thanks for all your prayers and insightful reminders about prayer.
Dear Father God, it's so true that ministry is praying for others, and having love and compassion for everyone, whether our loved ones or complete strangers.
Lord, I commit the family that went through the terrible car accident. I especially pray for the little boy who is in critical care with head trauma. Please watch over him and his family, and may Your healing hands be with this little boy.
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen!
Beatitudes
The beauty of our Lord Jesus Christ's words in the Beatitudes is that is does not need commentary.
1 And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him.
2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.
12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
—Matthew 5:1-12
I am thankful for Jesus Christ!
Amen! Thank you Jesus Christ for Your words in the Beatitudes. Thank you for blessing us! Help us to be the poor in spirit, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, and be kind. We rejoice in You oh Lord!
Hi friends, my mother has been unwell recently with a sore back, and she went to have the x-ray done yesterday, and the result showed that she has degenerative osteroporosis. She's taking anti-deflamatory medicine. Pray that she'll get well soon.
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