Al R: Am trusting God for more work hrs at job to catch up $73  past due elec bill and to pay $220 tax bill by 1-31 in full. Also to buy a new spaces heater. Old 1 died before. I thought it wd. Also for Godson Tony's continued walk w/ God.

Anonymous: Praise God for a new job with limited travel! This is a huge help for me as a single parent. Praise God!

Anonymous: Jeremiah Hart healing to feel the power of the Holy Spirit and believe you are carrying him through in your plan.

Sheila G: 1) Complete healing for Adirenne from CMV 2) God to provide financial aid and $ for Adrienne to attend PCA full time starting next year.

Andrew G: (Age;11) Me and my sister are making each other nerf guns for Christmas and she is doing the detailing. But she might not be able to do it because she got behind on school. I want her to be able to get done with school.

Adrienne G: I am coming up on finals and I just want you to pray that it won't be stressful, and I am really worried about not being done on time and failing.

Manami K: God, Thank you for giving the Perron family the most precious gift, Michaela Joy Perron. Thank you also for giving me the desire of my heart, Adam. This Christmas is very special, but make it the best Christmas ever.

God, thank you for being near my grandma who is locked in senior home in Japan. Let her know how much you love her. Make the family members make more effort to see her and love on her.

Lord. I pray for a Godly man for Adam's sister Allison. Plant the desire in her heart to give her boyfriend an opportunity to meet our awesome Jesus.

Please continue to pray for Adam's brother, Auston. He needs to experience God's love before he can be set free from Satan and demons. I pray that the enemy will not get in the way this time for Auston to come to Summit Life Church for the Christmas Eve service. God, please do not let him walk out the door the same. Change his heart, change his mind and soul. Let him see that You are real and You are good. Let him see himself like how you see him. Break every chain that has been keeping him as a slave. Gambling, alcohol, drugs, everything that is making him a slave to Satan has to go in the name of Jesus. Lastly, please pray that depression and suicidal thought will be gone in the name of Jesus,

More peace, comfort, and joy for the Anders family. Give more wisdom and strength to the mom, Nesa Anders. Send guardian angels to protect her from any physical/Spiritual harm.

My boss's son, Christopher Jr. doesn't know what is wrong with his liver. There is a chance that he may need transplant. If he doesn't get one, his life span will be 10 years. We don't know the result of the test he took yet, so please pray that the test will come out with nothing severe.

"The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of the Lord." - Lamentation 3:22-26

CP: Lord, I pray for Michael's Spiritual sons that are struggling in life - they need a breakthrough with their addictions. The enemy has lied so many times to these young men - intervene God - make their paths straight in Jesus' name. 

Jordan F: Prayer for guidance and strengthening in my walk and healing. I'm coughing up stuff.

Kingsten E: My Family.

Dad & Mom P: Safe Travels.

The Brosnahan Family: Our Family and Beverly Aucoin heart issues.

Manami K: Thank you God for removing depression from my dad. Thank you for your healing on his physical body and more importantly, your love that has been changing him. God, continue to change his heart by letting him see the truth, Jesus and continue to develop the personal relationship. (He used to be an ashiest, but he prays to God with his hands together now!) 

I pray for total healing and restoration for Adam. Next week, we are travelling to Orlando, FL to attend Jesus Conference. I pray for miracles, breakthrough, and deeper understanding about Jesus as well as safe travels. 

Thank you God for my niece who is arriving next Feb/Mar and getting my sister-in-law ready for the day of delivery. 

Thank you for softening up Adam's dad's heart! Thank you for Auston's salvation! I pray that his will will align with God's will, obey His commands, and start living the life and promises that God always had for him. I pray for his future wife who will love him and be the mirror to help him see who he truly is in Christ every day. 

"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned...For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." - Isaiah 9: 2, 6

Weekly Prayer Requests

A. R: Trusting God for work at my job and the means to get there. Also trusting God for a good, safe, quiet apt to live at when he gets out of Salv Army 1/2 wy house on 10th. 

Manami K: My dad has been depressed and my family is worried that if it continues, he might commit a suicide. I am not worried at all, but I pray for spirit of depression and infirmity to be gone in the name of Jesus. Thank you for praying for strength, wisdom, and peace over my family. 

“For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me.”

‭‭- Psalms‬ ‭31:3‬

Weekly Prayer Requests

Al R: Trusting God for good apt for Godson Tony when he gets out of Salv. Army 1/2 hrs 11-10; for Godson Johnny for financial blessings to take pressure off his dad. J's going to Baylor dental school, which is expensive. I also am trusting God for work hrs at job.

Manami K: I pray for Adam's complete healing this year, even this month. I pray that God will restore his energy daily and take away his fatigue and itching. I pray for continuance of surrender, complete trust, and obedience. I also pray for my friend Matt B. I pray that God will keep nurturing the seed of hunger and establish strong foundation for his relationship with Jesus before he starts seeking a girl. Protection for his heart and removal of the spirit of stupor. I pray for cancellation of the enemy's assignments against SLC. Let us walk in power and authority that exists in the name of Jesus 24/7. God, thank you for bringing more hungry and committed people. Thank you for growing their willingness to serve You.

"The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into darkness. Whatever they plot against the Lord he will bring to an end; trouble will not come a second time...Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away...Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, O Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed." - Nahum 1: 7-9, 13, 15

Weekly Prayer Requests

Johnson's: David's emotional freedom. Destiny's freedom towards college - non more hindrances Judah's continual declaration of character. T - next steps of transition - continual protection for all of us. Thank you Lord in advance.

Manami K: Thank you for praying for my and Adam's family. (Salvation and transformation) I also pray for Adam's complete recovery and restoration. As he goes through inner healing with Pastor Michael,  I want God to reveal the root of his sickness and give us the authority and power to break the curse, bondage, or whatever it is through the name of Jesus. I also pray for my Spiritual ears to open to listen to God's voice more clearly and acquire wisdom.

Isaiah 38: 15-20 "But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul. Lord, by such things men live, and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live. Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love, you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. For the grave cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. The living, the living - they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness. The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord. 

Weekly Prayer Requests

Anonymous: Please pray for Logan Ball.

Anonymous: I pray that my mother's health gets better, so she may live to see her grandchildren.

Al R: Had no work last wk. Trusting God for work, bus fare to get to it.

Manami K: No fear, surrender and trust in God's plan. Compassion and a heart to pray for unlovables. Eyes to see Heaven's reality. Good balance in life. Feeling a little burned out. More resources for Summit Life Church.

"For your have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in his mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously. - 1 Peter 2: 21-23

Weekly Prayer Requests

Joshua S / Chase S: for my family and my dreams and for Adam and his lover and his health and thank him for what he has done and pray for my brother Chase and his dreams and everything he has done.

Manami K: One of my tennis students, Nathan who is only 9 or 10 and very short, got very upset during the tennis class last week because of the way I played. He started hissing, came running, and ended up jumping over the net. I believe that was the spirit of Leviathan. There is a chance that my boss will not let him come back since he kicked other kid in the same class. I pray that he will be free from the spirit and we can still let him continue to see Christ who lives in us. I also need prayers for distracting spirits to be gone in the name of Jesus. Recently, I have had a lucid dream fighting some demonic force and have been sleepy when I try to gain more understanding about God. I want to keep growing and get closer to God.

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching. - Hebrews 10:19-25

Weekly Prayer Requests

Chase: My mom and dad get back together. Miracle from God!

Al R:That my Godson Tony completes his Sal Army time clean, that he gets a good job and an apt that has good residents. That my Godson Johnny knock out all present and future student loans in a timely manner.

"For you have made the Lord, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place. No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent. For He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone." - Psalm 91:9-12

Weekly Prayer Requests

Ashley E: The new ministry journey the Lord has called me too. What my next step would be.

Johnson Family: Thanking in advance for breakthrough on selling of condo community. Replacement of friend and family cars. No debt and quickly to resume assisting carpools. Continual abundance on all provision and protection. Inspirational dreams that repeat. Bless you who pray with me in Yahweh's name. Double blessing of love.

Jordan F: As I came to the end of my current position at work, I'm just burned out as a jailer. Prayer to help me finish the month out strong. I also have an interview coming up for a position as a collin county dispatcher. I've already passed the job application tests. Just need the interview.

Patrick H: Prayer Request: That my Father in Heaven would reveal what the core pain is I'm dealing with and wisdom to address. Receive healing.

Manami K: I pray for safe arrival of my niece/nephew in February. Thank you God for all amazing things you do in our lives. Help Chelsea get a job and let this alone time be the time for her to get more intimate with you, get the total healing, and mature into the woman You've always intended her to be. Thank you for all the joy you bring through Michaela Joy and the kids I teach.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who are called according to His purpose. - Romans 8:28

Weekly Prayer Requests

Al R: More hrs of work at job. Need to help my 2 Godsons w/ money. Both are going through some transitions. Want to help them w/ money as much as I can.

Manami K: I pray for my friend Chelsea, her transformation and total surrender to Jesus. I pray for strength, peace, and comfort. More intimacy with Jesus while she is away from home. Thank you Jesus for helping her to start a new chapter of her life and bringing the desire of her heart. Help her stand up on her feet, walk in victory, and have happy marriage as well as a healthy baby to herself. I also pray for Summit Life Church to prosper in Spiritual maturity and intimacy.

"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in - behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?" - Psalm 139

Weekly Prayer Requests

LaKendra A. & Family:  I just want to thank God for being so faithful in my life.  I thank him with all my might and soul because I know that it is because of him that I am whole.  Amen!

Stacey F.:  My sister Christ has suffered 35 years of chronic pain in her lower back, legs, and feet.  She has surgery scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 18th and doctors think this will finally relieve her pain.  Please pray that this is the correct care.

Manami K.:  Thank you Lord for Michaela Joy, but also for her natural mom, Chelsea.  Let us experience Your goodness through this baby.  I pray that Summit Life will be filled with people who want to enter God's Holy Holy place!

Karen H.:  I fell after roller skating.  My son went under my skates.  I was unable to break my fall and got a concussion.  Please pray for my healing.  Pray I can serve my God, family, and work well.

CP:  Lord, Your word says, "Joy comes in the morning!"  And in less than 24 hours, Michaela Joy Perron will be here!  We are praying for a safe arrival--seamless and peaceful and a perfect blending of families.  Thank you!

Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.” Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.

Matthew 8:2-3

Weekly Prayer Requests

Al R.:  That my godson Tony gets done with aftercare at Sal Army with flying colors.  He gets there tomorrow p.m.

Manami K.:  God showed me how lonely my grandma is in a senior home.  Please pray for God's love to reach her heart, thank you!  I want to learn how to be loving to un-lovables without looking down upon them.  

Anonymous:  Ms. Rose to get another house and a solid job to sustain it to be totally free from any residue of her past.  And that jobs be the gifts and talents she already produces.  For the Johnson's new ownership of condo land and home and debt, favor and wisdom and timing – protection for both these families.  Amen in advance and thank you.  

God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble.

Psalm 46:1  

Weekly Prayer Requests/Praises

Anonymous:  I am praying for strength and guidance.  I pray that God gives me patience and motivation, the healing of my husband Isaiah C.  I pray that he shows me how to be a better wife and mother and strength in my marriage.

Manami K.:  Protection for my brother's baby till they get here.

Jordan F.:  This past week my ankles and heels have been hurting constantly especially my right heel which sometimes when I take a step feels like a knife is being driven into it.

Al R.:  Hours at job--no work since June.  Closer walk with God for my godson Tony.

Anonymous:  Praying for family members to be touched by the Holy Spirit--to hear wisdom and truth in this specific matter--Holy Spirit capture their hearts--may they hear from You and understand that this is God's perfect will.  Amen.

Kevin S.:  I lost my job on Friday, and pray for God to open doors to an opportunity that is better than my last job.

So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.

None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.

Romans 8:31-39 

The Message

Weekly Prayer Requests/Praise

Adam A.:  1) Need total healing/deliverance/breakthrough, freedom with my physical body (health), 2) God send, anointed, beautiful wife, 3) miracles, total restoration.

CP:  My tennis friend Joan N. received the results from her breast cancer lumpectomy.  She is free from cancer spreading to lymph nodes--Yes and Amen God!!!  Thank you for praying!

CP:  Prayers for smooth and healthy delivery of Micheala Joy.  Father, thank you for guiding and providing every step of the way!  You are AMAZING!!!  Delivery:  Aug. 17th

Anonymous:  Need prayer for my wife and I.  We are not on one accord.  She has her ideas and I have mine, and we both believe that we are right.  Not looking for a tie-breaker, but for God's truth to be revealed.  Thanks so much at a breaking point.

The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty;
    the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
 Your throne is established from of old;
    you are from everlasting.

 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
 Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    the Lord on high is mighty!

 Your decrees are very trustworthy;
    holiness befits your house,
    O Lord, forevermore.

Psalm 93

Weekly Prayer Requests

CP:  My friend Joan N. was diagnosed with breast cancer--the lumpectomy was done this past Tuesday.  She is fearful of the lymphnodes results' that she will receive this Tuesday.  Please join me in prayer for a clear and free diagnosis.  In Jesus' name.

Johnson Family:  Complete healing of internal organs and their function.  Complete healing of nero-system and immune system.  Complete protection, wisdom, and abundance in the community selling, purchasing contracts, and future living location without DEBT.

Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.

Isaiah 53:4-5

Weekly Prayer Requests

Ashley C.:  My stepmom (Frankie) is going through kidney failure.  Her kidneys are only working 10%.  She also has cancer, and the main valve in her heart is shut down.  Me: Clarity in school, degree, and career path.

Shelia G. & Ashley:  The Lord would guide us during completion of our first contract.  Open doors that need to be open and shut those that need to be shut.

Auston A.:  Prayer for freedom/deliverance from addiction/gambling, salvation. Family--Miracles from God and His love, protection.  Larry/Nesa A.--Prosperity and much abundance from God. Adam A.--Total healing/restoration with health, Godly/beautiful wife.

Anonymous:  Please pray in agreement with me that strongholds and cycles long ago established in the workplace will be broken.  Please pray favor and protection over me, for the veils to be lifted off the eyes of those involved, and for the salvation of others in bondage. Praising God in advance for the things He has done.  Thank you for your prayers.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:4-5

Weekly Prayer Requests

Susan J.:  Pray for Jean who we met at Wal-Mart and works there.  She looked really sick and when I started talking to her, she told me that she has difficulty breathing, swallowing, and her head pounds.  She can hardly walk.  She fears her cancer has returned.  She is going to see her doctor on Thursday.  She fears the worst.  We prayed for her and we want others to uphold her.  Wal-Mart said if she misses another day off work she will be fired.  She was using the shopping cart as a support for her to walk.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and recovering of sight to the blind,
    to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

Luke 4:18-19

Weekly Prayer Requests/Praises

Sarah:  Healing, deliverance and restoration for my son Joelson.  That he may give his life to Christ.

Anonymous:  Father God, Creator of heaven and earth, we cry out to you for an answer regarding a very important decision for our family.  If this is something you have had in your plan, then give us confirmation in a mighty way to us, and to those praying for this situation.  You tell us in your word to care for the widows and for the fatherless.  We will not move forward without your hand of approval.  If we are best suited for this role, then make it evident.  "I give myself away, so you can use me."  We love you Father God.  Amen.

Al R.:  Praise:  Had 60 hours of work last week. God schedule for five days this week including two dual call days.  Prayer:  More work at job.

Ashley C.:  Stepmom is going through kidney failure and cervical cancer.  Aunt and uncles separation/marriage.  Discernment on my school and work path.

Manami K.:  My doubles partner, Susan B., had three miscarriages and is engaged with the this tennis pro.  Thank you for blessing their marriage and also for helping them adopt a child and become wonderful parents.  Thank you for their salvation.

1 I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.

2 He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings.

3 And He has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put their trust and confident reliance in the Lord.

4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who makes the Lord his refuge and trust, and turns not to the proud or to followers of false gods.

5 Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; no one can compare with You! If I should declare and speak of them, they are too many to be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering You do not desire, nor have You delight in them; You have given me the capacity to hear and obey [Your law, a more valuable service than] burnt offerings and sin offerings [which] You do not require.

7 Then said I, Behold, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me;

8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; yes, Your law is within my heart.

9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly [tidings of uprightness and right standing with God]. Behold, I have not restrained my lips, as You know, O Lord.

10 I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart; I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation. I have not hid away Your steadfast love and Your truth from the great assembly.

11 Withhold not Your tender mercy from me, O Lord; let Your loving-kindness and Your truth continually preserve me!

Psalm 40:1-11

Weekly Prayer Requests

Kay N.:  For my cousin & her husbands' grandson -- he tried to commit suicide yesterday by taking a lot of Tylenol!  Satan is barred from touching him!  In Jesus' name! Heal his body and cleanse every cell of Tylenol so he can live for You!!!

Manami K.:  One of my students who comes to the summer camps lost her mom a couple of years ago.  Nicole is suffering from depression.  Thank you for praying for peace and comfort.

Al R.:  Holy Spirit force field 2b around my godson Tony so he doesn't come across druggies he used to hang with when he gets out of prison in mid-August.

Psalm 146

1 Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2 While I live will I praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans, and purposes perish.

5 Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of [special revelation to] Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,

7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets free the prisoners,

8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright in heart and in right standing with Him).

9 The Lord protects and preserves the strangers and temporary residents, He upholds the fatherless and the widow and sets them upright, but the way of the wicked He makes crooked (turns upside down and brings to ruin).

10 The Lord shall reign forever, even Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Weekly Prayer Requests

Anonymous:  Strength, endurance, joy, faith.

Blaine R.:  Clear thinking, focus, and peace to get things done.

Shelia G. & Ashley A.:  That God would bless our business financially and bring the right deals to us in His way and time.

Manami K.:  At work, my coworkers are watching The Game of Thrones.  Christians need to be aware of what to watch, what not to watch.  Please pray for wisdom.

3 I thank God Whom I worship with a pure conscience, [a]in the spirit of my fathers, when without ceasing I remember you night and day in my prayers,

4 And when, as I recall your tears, I yearn to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

5 I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), [a faith] that first lived permanently in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am [fully] persuaded, [dwells] in you also.

6 That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination].

7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

8 Do not blush or be ashamed then, to testify to and for our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake, but [with me] take your share of the suffering [to which the preaching] of the Gospel [may expose you, and do it] in the power of God.

9 [For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]; [He did it] not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago].

10 [It is that purpose and grace] which He now has made known and has fully disclosed and made real [to us] through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life and immortality (immunity from eternal death) to light through the Gospel.

11 For [the proclaiming of] this [Gospel] I was appointed a herald (preacher) and an apostle (special messenger) and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12 And this is why I am suffering as I do. Still I am not ashamed, for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am [positively] persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that which has been entrusted to me and which I have committed [to Him] until that day.

13 Hold fast and follow the pattern of wholesome and sound teaching which you have heard from me, in [all] the faith and love which are [for us] in Christ Jesus.

14 Guard and keep [with the greatest care] the precious and excellently adapted [Truth] which has been entrusted [to you], by the [help of the] Holy Spirit Who makes His home in us.

2 Timothy 1:3-14

Weekly Prayer Requests

Anonymous: Restoration in all things.  A break in the rain before the hay crop is lost.

Jordan F.:  I need prayer for my insomnia.  I had been sleeping well for three months without medication but now having to take it again.  I also need guidance in either finding a new job or staying at my current one.

Ashley C.:  Step-mom is going through kidney failure as well as cervical cancer.  Prayer that I find a better job.

CP:  I pray for the complete healing of my friend Melanie's back so that surgery will not be necessary.  Give her peace and stillness during this time.

Anonymous:  For my precious sister-in-law who's struggle with addiction has her in treatment for at least 3 months.  God, you are in the wrecking and rebuilding business!  May her new life be built on the foundation of your cross.  I pray she encounters You like never before through this process.

Anonymous:  Would you agree with me in prayer for my husband who has had much pain in his lower right abdomen area?  He's scheduled for hernia surgery this Thursday, May 28th, at 10:00 a.m. Please pray that all goes well in the surgery and that he has a quick and painless recovery.  Thank you!

Come and let us return to the Lord, for He has torn so that He may heal us; He has stricken so that He may bind us up.

After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him.

Yes, let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord [to appreciate, give heed to, and cherish Him]. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the [heavy] rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

Hosea 6:1-3

Weekly Prayer Requests

John R.:  Pray that I will decrease and He will increase daily.  Pray that the Holy Spirit will teach how to truly praise Him daily.

CP:  As I travel this week with my team, prayers for smooth and safe travels to and from South Carolina. Lord, keep us healthy and free from injuries, and may I be a light for you in this competition--and may we compete to the best of our abilities--are for your glory.  Amen.

Anonymous:  For "3" near and dear to us currently suffering in the darkness of addiction.  Father, we plead with You on their behalf to break the chains of bondage in their lives.

CP:  I praise you, Lord, for the winds of change within Your church.  Draw us closer to your heartbeat--our ears are open and pressed upon Your chest to heart from You--unite us--direct us--ignite us to continue Your work on this earth.  Amen.

“At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

2 Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
    found grace in the wilderness;
when Israel sought for rest,
3     the Lord appeared to him from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
    O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
5 Again you shall plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
    and shall enjoy the fruit.
6 For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
    in the hill country of Ephraim:
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”

7 For thus says the Lord:
“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
    and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
    ‘O Lord, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country
    and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
among them the blind and the lame,
    the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
    a great company, they shall return here.
9 With weeping they shall come,
    and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them walk by brooks of water,
    in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is my firstborn.

10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
    and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
    and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
11 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
    and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.
12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
    and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord,
over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and over the young of the flock and the herd;
their life shall be like a watered garden,
    and they shall languish no more.
13 Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
    and the young men and the old shall be merry.
I will turn their mourning into joy;
    I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
14 I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
    and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah 31:1-14