WeakEnd Assignment – Your Pastor

 

Credit:  Barna Research

 

“Behold the Lord God will come with might, with His arm ruling for Him.  Behold, His reward is with Him and His recompense before Him.  Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, in His arm He will gather the lambs and carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.” Isaiah 40:10-11

 

“So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?’ He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.’  He said to him, ‘Tend My lambs.’

 

“He said to him again a second time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love Me?’  He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.’  He said to him, ‘Shepherd My sheep.’

 

“He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love Me?’  Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, ‘Do you love Me?’  And he said to Him, ‘Lord You know all things; You know that I love You.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Tend My sheep.’” John 21:15-17

 

Barna Research recently completed The State of Pastors, Volume 2, (created in partnership with World Vision, Brotherhood Mutual, RightNow Media and World Impact), and the overarching conclusion:  ‘When pastors align personally with their mission, the church benefits corporately.’

 

It got me to thinking how the challenges of today could either inspire or discourage our pastors.  What a joy it is to know that God is not just calling pastors by name -- as He did Peter -- but He is creating a new sensitivity and appreciation in their hearts to the growing need for them.

 

Assignment

 

1.    Set aside an hour and find a place where you will not be interrupted.

2.    Bring your Bible, notebook, something to write with, a way to watch the videos in this devotion and a refreshment

3.    Settle in, quieten your heart and pray that the Lord will help you have more understanding of the work of your pastor.

4.    Open your notebook to a fresh page, date it and then read these passages: 

5.    From what you’ve learned take time to watch this video, write down the key points and consider the primary role of your pastor.

 

Credit – amalia-life.com

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNpMtz6_WSs

YouTube – Primary Role of a Pastor

By – Grace to You (2 min 55 sec)

 

6.    Write a thank you note to your own pastor, thanking him for his faithful study of God’s Word and the sacrifices and work he does that no one but the Lord sees and be sure to deliver it.

7.    Add your pastor and his family to your personal prayer list and pray faithfully for them in their stated and unspoken needs.

 

Take care with love, especially His, Darlene (who still prays for you daily)

 

PS:  Find my statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (where you will also find a series of Bible studies). You can also find the devotions online, just search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’. 

 

There is an android ‘Google Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.  Not sure about Apple.  For the books, go to Amazon books.   For prayer requests and updates email me: darlenerichard@gmail.com

 

PRAYER REQUESTS

·      Pray for true, Christ-centred revival in America.

·      Patti and John – pray God continues to inspire them with His love and compassion, and that He will guard their health.  Pray especially for Patti as she is faced with an unexpected health challenge and for travelling mercies as she is now their designated driver. (Joshua 1:6-9).

·      Grant and Sue – for travelling mercies as they return from Japan today. Pray for their health, safety and adequate rest.

·      Jenny S– is home after her hip-replacement surgery on 4 April.  Pray for those who help her through this time and for her patience and growing strength.  Pray also for her aging father, in a care facility, fading away with dementia, and her mother recovering from a mastectomy.  Pray Father-God continues to provide sufficient financial support and winsome wisdom for this woman of God.

·      War Against Israel - Pray Israeli forces to locate and save all 133 remaining hostages.  It’s been over 200 days since 7 October when this began.  Pray for the wisdom and safety of Israeli soldiers, for those who have lost loved ones and for those moving through enemy territory as they risk their lives to restore peace and purify the land of all terrorists.  Pray also for the Palestinian people – many are helpless captives of war.

·      Barbara – beloved widow (of my brother, Tim) thanks you for your prayers. As one of God’s faithful widows, pray God always protects her, especially at night and during the violent storms that have swirled around the house. Pray God guards the structure and integrity of the house and places willing people in her path to help as she faces a life without Tim. 

·      Denny & Marci – Marci is a lifetime friend, who also helps me with the WeakDay Devotion books.  They’ve discovered she has internal shingles which was causing mysterious pain they through was her back. Pray for healing and her patience. Her husband needs prayer for improved heart health. He is currently also having tests. Pray for his patience, the wisdom and skill of his health care providers and for Marci as she supports him through this time. 

·      Junko – the $3,000 scammed from her through a false Facebook page has not been restored.  Please pray God quietens her heart and that the criminals are caught, and her money restored.  Also, continue praying as she applies herself to her studies, that she gets enough rest.

·      Mitt and his brother, Eavon – both visited church Easter Sunday.  Please pray for them as they strengthen their walks with the Lord. 

·      Demi and John – John was attacked and stabbed several times, including piercing his heart.  Although recovered physically, they are still pulling their lives back together.  Pray they might find the Lord in all the chaos left behind and that she finds work after a year of searching -- as she is now the ‘breadwinner’.

·      Yoshimi – Is enjoying her new job and taking training courses in IT to help her be more ‘marketable’.  Pray she is calm, able to concentrate and remember all she needs to.  She is attending church and reading her Bible.  Pray she grows into a deep, personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

·      Lindsey - the youngest daughter of my dearest friends, Annette and Lyle. Lindsey needs your prayers for healing, strengthening, patience and pray for the wisdom of her health care providers.

·      Andrew M – head of Deaf Ministries Intnl., is travelling internationally with the ministry for final visits before returning to Australia. Please pray for travelling mercies, robust health, and adequate rest and, most of all, for abundant harvest of those who need creative ways to ‘hear’ the Gospel.

·      Jeff and Rachael’s family – Peyton (granddaughter) graduated from college Dec 2023.  Carter (grandson) is doing great in his first year in college.  Praise God that both are exceptional students and love the Lord.  Pray they are not distracted by worldly things, that the Lord watches over and protects them, that they continue to do well as their lives develop under God’s loving hand and that their love of God’s Word increases daily.

·      David – son of Grant and Sue that the Lord would draw him closer to the cross.

·      Sarah and Andrew – have settled into their new roles, with him at home and her work becoming stressful and ‘full on’. Pray for this precious Christian couple that they focus on family balance to the glory of the Lord.

·      Nerida – that her living and career situation is resolved with grace, and she finds a new place to live and work that is more peaceful and supportive.

·      Bettina – has retired after a lifetime of service to her company.  Pray each of her five married daughters, spouses and 18 grandchildren support her as she enters this new phase of her life, and they all continue to grow in their love of the Lord Jesus Christ.

·      Ian and Jenny– continue to pray that his desire to grow his understanding and effectiveness with personal evangelism is fulfilled and that their two grown children would turn back to their relationship with Christ.

·      Elina – needs God’s wisdom and the courage of her convictions and resolve to live a life that is Christ-honouring for herself and her young son, Jimmy.

·      Megan (for emotional healing) and Scott, her husband (for patience and wisdom) and wisdom for his sister, Clare, as she seeks to support them through troubled times.

·      Christine – give her strength as she journeys to heart-healing, pray for her son traveling in Europe and pray most of all that her husband gives his life to the Lord.

·      Robin – continue to pray for her strength and healing after the loss her beloved mother. She has now moved into a new home and her daughter has moved away. 

Pray for those in full-time service

Pray the Lord upholds our Christian leaders – that they never compromise God’s Word and remain bold and courageous in the face of evil.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray Especially for Salvation for:

·      Fred and Barb – brother of Patti, and his wife -- for salvation.

·      Bryan and Julie (Patti’s daughter) Pray for the salvation of at least one of the family and that the others will follow shortly thereafter.  They are parents of Callilah, Adrian, Micah, Kevin and Nate -- lost, damaged and troubled children – all of whom we have prayed for over the years.

·      Louisville family of Jeff and Rachael – that a desire grows in their heart for a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

·      R & B – exploring the Truth for themselves. Pray God places true believers in their paths to disciple them.

·      Becky – recovering from spinal surgery.  Pray for her patience and her health carers to be wise and compassionate, that her family rallies around her to care for her and, most of all, that she finds the Lord in all this.

·      Sophie– seven-year-old daughter of a friend who is chronically ill and frail.  Pray for her, her parents and health carers to find ways to manage her symptoms and heal her and that this will lead them all to God’s saving grace.

·      Paul – please pray for him.  He still has no job or work after more than ten years.  Pray the Lord provides needed work so he can begin to heal and strengthen.

·      Peggy – a dear friend and colleague of my sister-in-law who has been battling cancer in her neck for years.  Her new oncologist has started a combination of chemo and radiation that seems to be working, but she is miserable.  Pray for her as she waits for her body to heal and strengthen and that she finds salvation.

·      Jen N – a Jewish woman I met during a project. Please pray for her that she will find a new role and that she stays safe and healthy.  Pray for her and her two boys (ages 16 and 17).

·      Don Yockey - lost his fight with cancer.  Pray the Lord uses this time to open the family’s hearts to His love and salvation.

·      UPDATE - Sue and Rob – Luke was ordered to leave their home last Friday after verbally abusing Sue. And he did.  Pray for Sue and Rob that they get their lives back together and for Luke to get the mental health support he so urgently needs.  Pray the Lord saves all three. 

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones with fragile health.  Pray God takes special care with them and protects them in practical ways and that the Lord will have mercy on them.

Pray for the World

Remember

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyEWhCoOMKY

YouTube – What is ANZAC Day All About 

By The Incredible Journey (4 min 2 sec)

 

“All things are wearisome; man is not able to tell it.  The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear filled with hearing.  That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which will be done.  So there is nothing new under the sun.  

 

“Is there anything of which one might say, ‘See this, it is new’?  Already it has existed for ages which were before us.  There is no remembrance of earlier things; and also of the later things which will occur, there will be for them no remembrance among those who will come later still.”  Ecclesiastes 1:9-11

 

“He has made everything appropriate in its time.  He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. 

 

“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good in one lifetime; moreover, that everyman who eats and drinks sees good in all his labour – it is the gift of God. 

 

“I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.  That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.” Ecclesiastes 3:11-15

 

War seems to be a constant throughout the ages.  Certainly, the Old Testament pages are filled with conflict.  Someone once told me a war has started every twenty minutes somewhere in the world since the beginning of modern history. 

 

I’m unsure where they got that statistic, but it seems since Cain killed Able, fighting has been the rule rather than the exception.

 

Yet God is not surprised.  History repeats itself so we can avoid repeating the same mistakes…if we will only pay attention. 

 

Take care with love, especially His, Darlene (who still prays for you daily)

 

PS:  Find my statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (where you will also find a series of Bible studies). You can also find the devotions online, just search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’. 

 

There is an android ‘Google Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.  Not sure about Apple.  For the books, go to Amazon books.   For prayer requests and updates email me: darlenerichard@gmail.com

 

Please update your PRAYER REQUESTS

·      Pray for true, Christ-centred revival in America.

·      Patti and John – pray God continues to inspire them with His love and compassion, and that He will guard their health.  Pray especially for Patti as she is faced with an unexpected health challenge and for travelling mercies as she is now their designated driver. (Joshua 1:6-9).

·      Grant and Sue – for travelling mercies as they return from Japan today. Pray for their health, safety and adequate rest.

·      Jenny S– is home after her hip-replacement surgery on 4 April.  Pray for those who help her through this time and for her patience and growing strength.  Pray also for her aging father, in a care facility, fading away with dementia, and her mother recovering from a mastectomy.  Pray Father-God continues to provide sufficient financial support and winsome wisdom for this woman of God.

·      War Against Israel - Pray Israeli forces to locate and save all 133 remaining hostages.  It’s been over 200 days since 7 October when this began.  Pray for the wisdom and safety of Israeli soldiers, for those who have lost loved ones and for those moving through enemy territory as they risk their lives to restore peace and purify the land of all terrorists.  Pray also for the Palestinian people – many are helpless captives of war.

·      Barbara – beloved widow (of my brother, Tim) thanks you for your prayers. As one of God’s faithful widows, pray God always protects her, especially at night and during the violent storms that have swirled around the house. Pray God guards the structure and integrity of the house and places willing people in her path to help as she faces a life without Tim. 

·      Denny & Marci – Marci is a lifetime friend, who also helps me with the WeakDay Devotion books.  They’ve discovered she has internal shingles which was causing mysterious pain they through was her back. Pray for healing and her patience. Her husband needs prayer for improved heart health. He is currently also having tests. Pray for his patience, the wisdom and skill of his health care providers and for Marci as she supports him through this time. 

·      Junko – the $3,000 scammed from her through a false Facebook page has not been restored.  Please pray God quietens her heart and that the criminals are caught, and her money restored.  Also, continue praying as she applies herself to her studies, that she gets enough rest.

·      Mitt and his brother, Eavon – both visited church Easter Sunday.  Please pray for them as they strengthen their walks with the Lord. 

·      Demi and John – John was attacked and stabbed several times, including piercing his heart.  Although recovered physically, they are still pulling their lives back together.  Pray they might find the Lord in all the chaos left behind and that she finds work after a year of searching -- as she is now the ‘breadwinner’.

·      Yoshimi – Is enjoying her new job and taking training courses in IT to help her be more ‘marketable’.  Pray she is calm, able to concentrate and remember all she needs to.  She is attending church and reading her Bible.  Pray she grows into a deep, personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

·      Lindsey - the youngest daughter of my dearest friends, Annette and Lyle. Lindsey needs your prayers for healing, strengthening, patience and pray for the wisdom of her health care providers.

·      Andrew M – head of Deaf Ministries Intnl., is travelling internationally with the ministry for final visits before returning to Australia. Please pray for travelling mercies, robust health, and adequate rest and, most of all, for abundant harvest of those who need creative ways to ‘hear’ the Gospel.

·      Jeff and Rachael’s family – Peyton (granddaughter) graduated from college Dec 2023.  Carter (grandson) is doing great in his first year in college.  Praise God that both are exceptional students and love the Lord.  Pray they are not distracted by worldly things, that the Lord watches over and protects them, that they continue to do well as their lives develop under God’s loving hand and that their love of God’s Word increases daily.

·      David – son of Grant and Sue that the Lord would draw him closer to the cross.

·      Sarah and Andrew – have settled into their new roles, with him at home and her work becoming stressful and ‘full on’. Pray for this precious Christian couple that they focus on family balance to the glory of the Lord.

·      Nerida – that her living and career situation is resolved with grace, and she finds a new place to live and work that is more peaceful and supportive.

·      Bettina – has retired after a lifetime of service to her company.  Pray each of her five married daughters, spouses and 18 grandchildren support her as she enters this new phase of her life, and they all continue to grow in their love of the Lord Jesus Christ.

·      Ian and Jenny– continue to pray that his desire to grow his understanding and effectiveness with personal evangelism is fulfilled and that their two grown children would turn back to their relationship with Christ.

·      Elina – needs God’s wisdom and the courage of her convictions and resolve to live a life that is Christ-honouring for herself and her young son, Jimmy.

·      Megan (for emotional healing) and Scott, her husband (for patience and wisdom) and wisdom for his sister, Clare, as she seeks to support them through troubled times.

·      Christine – give her strength as she journeys to heart-healing, pray for her son traveling in Europe and pray most of all that her husband gives his life to the Lord.

·      Robin – continue to pray for her strength and healing after the loss her beloved mother. She has now moved into a new home and her daughter has moved away. 

Pray for those in full-time service

Pray the Lord upholds our Christian leaders – that they never compromise God’s Word and remain bold and courageous in the face of evil.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones with fragile health.  Pray God takes special care with them and protects them in practical ways and that the Lord will have mercy on them.

·      Wayne B – is slowly losing his precious wife, Lyn, (diagnosed with frontal, temporal dementia about four years ago).  She has been in care since May of 2020, and recently had a succession of falls.  She is now in a psycho-geriatric facility.  She sometimes knows who he is but is no longer able to respond.  Pray for comfort for Wayne as he deals with this difficult situation. 

·      Joni – a long-time friend, healing now from a hysterectomy as she faces a last series of cancer treatments.  Pray all she now needs is radiation treatment rather than chemo.  Pray for her healthcare providers and for her protection because she lives alone.

·      Dana, daughter of Annette and Lyle gave birth to their first child, Elliot.  Pray God watches over this precious, new child throughout her life and that He captures her heart early on, so she may inspire others by her faith and love.

·      Hans– a dear friend in Germany struggling with lung cancer and financial difficulties.  Pray for his healthcare providers and that he is surrounded by faithful and compassionate Christian friends who will remind him of the Lord’s love.  Pray for his Mom (age 84) that their time together is filled with extraordinarily good memories and lots of love.

·      Jake – continues his battle with COPD (emphysema) and heart problems (he’s now had five stents).  Pray for his health carers and those who support him through his journey.

·      David –Pray for the strengthening of his health so his quality of life is restored.  Pray for his patience and continued wisdom for his health carers.

·      Heidi -- (David’s daughter and home carer) has recovered from the flu.  Pray for her continued wisdom, patience and joy, and that her job continues to go well.

·      Becky – in the slow recovery process, lots of physical therapy but in a wheelchair now and sometimes uses a walker.

·      Jen – pray for her safety and welfare, and that those who support her and her beloved pet, Rosie, are there when she needs them.  Pray for her patience and that she will realise how much the Lord loves her.

·      Philip and Sue – Philip recently had surgery.  Pray for his health carers and for Sue as she supports him through his recovery.

·      Leon – out of intensive care into the high dependency unit.  Pray for his health-care providers that they are wise and compassionate. 

Pray for the World

Hurt Me More Than You

 

Credit: lovethispic.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6_seXpz6eI

YouTube – How to GROW SPIRITUALLY closer to GOD

Video 1 – The word of God

By – DLM Christian Life (13 min 2 sec)

 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 

 

“For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

 

“But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.”  II Corinthians 1:3-7

 

It must be a regulation ‘Parent Statement’ from the ‘Raising Kids Well Manual’: ‘This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you,’ when punishment must be meted out.  And every kid thinks this is silly, because obviously punishment hurts the one being punished!

 

And yet…after you grow up you begin to have a paradigm shift to realise that unless you are heartless, having to discipline or correct someone is really difficult and it does hurt you. 

 

God’s desire and aim for His children is that they grow increasingly into the image of His beloved Son (II Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 4:15).  God is ‘sad’ when we disobey and comforts us through our times of discipline so that we grow strong in Him.

 

Take care with love, especially His, Darlene (who still prays for you daily)

 

PS:  Find my statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (where you will also find a series of Bible studies). You can also find the devotions online, just search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’. 

 

There is an android ‘Google Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.  Not sure about Apple.  For the books, go to Amazon books.   For prayer requests and updates email me: darlenerichard@gmail.com

 

Please update your PRAYER REQUESTS

·      Pray for true, Christ-centred revival in America.

·      Patti and John – pray God continues to inspire them with His love and compassion, and that He will guard their health.  Pray especially for Patti as she is faced with an unexpected health challenge and for travelling mercies as she is now their designated driver. (Joshua 1:6-9).

·      Grant and Sue – for travelling mercies as they have some special time in Japan. Pray for their safe return.

·      Jenny S– Pray for her as she recovers from hip-replacement surgery (4^th of April).  She is home now.  Pray for those who watch over her during her rehabilitation and for her patience and growing strength.  Pray also for her aging father, in a care facility, fading away with dementia, and her mother recovering from a mastectomy.  Pray Father-God continues to provide sufficient financial support and winsome wisdom for this woman of God.

·      War Against Israel - Pray Israeli forces locate and save all 133 remaining hostages.  Pray for the wisdom and safety of Israeli soldiers, for those who have lost loved ones and for those moving through enemy territory as they risk their lives to restore peace and purify the land of all terrorists.  Pray also for the Palestinian people – many are helpless captives of war.

·      Barbara – beloved widow (of my brother, Tim) thanks you for your prayers. As one of God’s faithful widows, pray God always protects her, especially at night and during the violent storms that have swirled around the house. Pray God guards the structure and integrity of the house and places willing people in her path to help as she faces a life without Tim. 

·      Denny & Marci – Marci is a lifetime friend, who also helps me with the WeakDay Devotion books.  She had tests that discovered an L-11 lumbar compression fracture – very painful. Pray for healing and her patience. Her husband needs prayer for improved heart health. He is currently also having tests. Pray for his patience, the wisdom and skill of his health care providers and for Marci as she supports him through this time. 

·      Junko – the $3,000 scammed from her through a false Facebook page has not been restored.  Please pray God quietens her heart and that the criminals are caught, and her money restored.  Also, continue praying as she applies herself to her studies, that she gets enough rest.

·      Mitt and his brother, Eavon – both visited church Easter Sunday.  Please pray for them as they strengthen their walks with the Lord. 

·      Demi and John – John was attacked and stabbed several times, including piercing his heart.  Although recovered physically, they are still pulling their lives back together.  Pray they might find the Lord in all the chaos left behind and that she finds work after a year of searching -- as she is now the ‘breadwinner’.

·      Yoshimi – Is enjoying her new job and taking training courses in IT to help her be more ‘marketable’.  Pray she is calm, able to concentrate and remember all she needs to.  She is attending church and reading her Bible.  Pray she grows into a deep, personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

·      Lindsey - the youngest daughter of my dearest friends, Annette and Lyle. Lindsey needs your prayers for healing, strengthening, patience and pray for the wisdom of her health care providers.

·      Andrew M – head of Deaf Ministries Intnl., is travelling internationally with the ministry for final visits before returning to Australia. Please pray for travelling mercies, robust health, and adequate rest and, most of all, for abundant harvest of those who need creative ways to ‘hear’ the Gospel.

·      Jeff and Rachael’s family – Peyton (granddaughter) graduated from college Dec 2023.  Carter (grandson) is doing great in his first year in college.  Praise God that both are exceptional students and love the Lord.  Pray they are not distracted by worldly things, that the Lord watches over and protects them, that they continue to do well as their lives develop under God’s loving hand and that their love of God’s Word increases daily.

·      David – son of Grant and Sue that the Lord would draw him closer to the cross.

·      Sarah and Andrew – have settled into their new roles, with him at home and her work becoming stressful and ‘full on’. Pray for this precious Christian couple that they focus on family balance to the glory of the Lord.

·      Nerida – that her living and career situation is resolved with grace, and she finds a new place to live and work that is more peaceful and supportive.

·      Bettina – has retired after a lifetime of service to her company.  Pray each of her five married daughters, spouses and 18 grandchildren support her as she enters this new phase of her life, and they all continue to grow in their love of the Lord Jesus Christ.

·      Ian and Jenny– continue to pray that his desire to grow his understanding and effectiveness with personal evangelism is fulfilled and that their two grown children would turn back to their relationship with Christ.

·      Elina – needs God’s wisdom and the courage of her convictions and resolve to live a life that is Christ-honouring for herself and her young son, Jimmy.

·      Megan (for emotional healing) and Scott, her husband (for patience and wisdom) and wisdom for his sister, Clare, as she seeks to support them through troubled times.

·      Christine – give her strength as she journeys to heart-healing, pray for her son traveling in Europe and pray most of all that her husband gives his life to the Lord.

·      Robin – continue to pray for her strength and healing after the loss her beloved mother. She has now moved into a new home and her daughter has moved away. 

Pray for those in full-time service

Pray the Lord upholds our Christian leaders – that they never compromise God’s Word and remain bold and courageous in the face of evil.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray Especially for Salvation for:

·      Fred and Barb – brother of Patti, and his wife -- for salvation.

·      Bryan and Julie (Patti’s daughter) Pray for the salvation of at least one of the family and that the others will follow shortly thereafter.  They are parents of Callilah, Adrian, Micah, Kevin and Nate -- lost, damaged and troubled children – all of whom we have prayed for over the years.

·      Louisville family of Jeff and Rachael – that a desire grows in their heart for a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

·      R & B – exploring the Truth for themselves. Pray God places true believers in their paths to disciple them.

·      Becky – recovering from spinal surgery.  Pray for her patience and her health carers to be wise and compassionate, that her family rallies around her to care for her and, most of all, that she finds the Lord in all this.

·      Sophie– seven-year-old daughter of a friend who is chronically ill and frail.  Pray for her, her parents and health carers to find ways to manage her symptoms and heal her and that this will lead them all to God’s saving grace.

·      Paul – please pray for him.  He still has no job or work after more than ten years.  Pray the Lord provides needed work so he can begin to heal and strengthen.

·      Peggy – a dear friend and colleague of my sister-in-law who has been battling cancer in her neck for years.  Her new oncologist has started a combination of chemo and radiation that seems to be working, but she is miserable.  Pray for her as she waits for her body to heal and strengthen and that she finds salvation.

·      Jen N – a Jewish woman I met during a project. Please pray for her that she will find a new role and that she stays safe and healthy.  Pray for her and her two boys (ages 16 and 17).

·      Don Yockey - lost his fight with cancer.  Pray the Lord uses this time to open the family’s hearts to His love and salvation.

·      UPDATE - Sue and Rob – Luke was ordered to leave their home last Friday after verbally abusing Sue. And he did.  Pray for Sue and Rob that they get their lives back together and for Luke to get the mental health support he so urgently needs.  Pray the Lord saves all three. 

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones with fragile health.  Pray God takes special care with them and protects them in practical ways and that the Lord will have mercy on them.

Pray for the World