Prayer & Praise: 10/03
COLLECT
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in continual godliness, that through your protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly serve you in good works, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
GENESIS 2:18-24
Then the Lord God said, âIt is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.â Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
âThis at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.â
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
PSALM 8
O Lord our Governor, how excellent is your Name in all the world; you have set your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and infants you have ordained strength, because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider your heavens, even the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained. What is man, that you are mindful of him; the son of man, that you visit him? You made him little lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and honor. You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands, and you have put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen, even the beasts of the field; The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea; and whatsoever walks through the paths of the seas. O Lord our Governor, how excellent is your Name in all the world!
HEBREWS 2:1-8
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere,
âWhat is man, that you are mindful of him,
or the son of man, that you care for him?
You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,
     putting everything in subjection under his feet.â
Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.Â
MARK 10:2-1
 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, âIs it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?â He answered them, âWhat did Moses command you?â They said, âMoses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.â And Jesus said to them, âBecause of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, âGod made them male and female.â âTherefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.â So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.â
And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. And he said to them, âWhoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.â
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, âLet the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.â And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
please remember in prayerâŠ..
Duane â My nephew, Ray Michael, was a first responder spending two weeks after 9/11 reconnecting Wall Street networks. He was placed on life support today with no prognosis of recovery owing to his lung damage.
Prayers for a peaceful endâŠ
Michael â a dear friendâs son, Jake passed away. He leaves behind a wife, 2 small children, grieving siblings and a devastated mom.
Michael â spiritual warfare, health, mental and physical strength and energy, healing in every aspect of his life.
filbertz â recovering from being on a ventilator from covid
BrianD â I lost my sister, and now a friend of the family (my mom)Sherrie has died of cancer. Please pray
Captain Kevin â Appreciate prayer. Iâve been in a Fibro/fatigue/depressed funk .
Also, Iâm teaching piano and voice at a local studio, and need many more students to make things work.
Everstudy â Please keep my son in your prayers as he prepares to head out of state to college. Also, keep my wife in your prayers as she prepares to let our son head out of state for college.
Michael â Prayers appreciated as I navigate this weeks happenings hereâŠmajor stories take a lot of energy and stamina and I have little of either.
Pray for all concerned that we will act in truth and righteousnessâŠ
ERunner â I will also be seeing an endocronologist to have my parathyroid checked as my body is producing way too much calcium. Would you pray this works out and that I will trust God through the process? Thank you. Allan
Linnea â Would you pray for Greg? He and my husband play tennis. He was treated for an aggressive brain cancer and thought he was clear, but it has roared back. Please pray for healing and that he and his wife come to know the Lord. Thank you!
Paige â Asking for prayer for a family issue⊠God knowsâŠ. and the silencing of a lying gossip who is spreading slander about me to family members and others. Itâs an on going issue that is quite perplexing, and apparently demonic. Twisted, delusional and strange.
I spoke to a trusted friend about the issue and was told âSatan has given XYZ power to turn people against youâ and âXYZ has been used by Satan to destroy your former marriage and harm the church and now to divide your familyâ.
This XYZ happens to also be cyber stalking me here on the Phoenix preacher.
May God enlighten all souls to see and know Truth and walk in it by His Spirit.
Jerod- find a good internship.
cash â depression , PTSD
David H â I have Bellâs Palsy . Right side of my face is paralyzed.
JD â Marshal whose mother told him that she doesnât love him
Linnea â Jon and Sarah. Please pray that they would know Godâs love and would follow Him out of horrible lifestyles to freedom.
the new Victor â pray for Godâs protection and mercy upon my children, whoâve been through a lot, including witnessing domestic violence in the other home, and that I am strong and engaged enough to lead them so they donât turn out like the sons of Eli.
Michael, Rick, Joel, Dan, capt. Kevin, Owen â wand to hear from God in their prayer life
JTK- ongoing back issue.
David H â Aunt Ramona has Adenocarcinoma primary lung cancer.
Victor- chronic back pain
Lurkie Loo â dear friend with inoperable Stage 4 glioblastoma (brain cancer). She is 44.
Linnea- sister salvation
Paige- 4 boys to be pleasing to God