Prayer & Praise
God of the ages,
you are the beginning of our journey
and our strength as we pause along the way.
Hold us by the hand as we grow,
show us where to seek you,
and guide our steps that we may find you.
Give us devoted hearts that we may love you,Â
and your peace when we reach our journey’s end.
remember in prayer
Noelle – Mamma passed away
Michael- chester, his cat has FIV and can’t come home.
Victor- chronic back pain
Michael – kidney stones.-recovering from gull bladder surgery
Captain Kevin – Hi Friends, I’m really struggling with pain, fatigue, and vertigo right now. I have to be back to work officially in 12 days, and have so much to do to get ready for the new school year, but it’s difficult to focus on those tasks. Maybe God could send me a secretary/massage therapist/physical therapist/chiropractor.
JoelG – If you could pray for the guys at The Home in downtown Portland. That they know they are loved by our Lord beyond comprehension.
Scooter Jones- son is not doing well
Lurkie Loo -I have a dear friend who was just diagnosed on Valentine’s day with inoperable Stage 4 glioblastoma (brain cancer). She is 44.
surfer51 (david) “stage four” prostate cancer.
John 20:29 – cousin Jerry has prostate cancer
Erunner- mom has blocked arteries
Lennea- sister salvation and cancer My sister has asked me to not contact her anymore as I brought her information about a pending lawsuit against her (from the school district she teaches in). I pray that she would draw near to the Lord and confess her own sins.
filbertz – nephew’s 16-year-old son who evidently accidentally shot himself new year’s eve, still in pain over drew’s death.
JD – young step nephew shot himself in the head the day after Christmas 2016.
Erunner- wife RA
Paige- 4 boys to be pleasing to God
Captain kevin – new direction for he and his wife, work load, health
Dan -new direction for he and wife, looking for a new church
UnCCed- still hurting over treatment from her church
Luisa- hurt by church
the least of these-hurt by church
Disillusioned-hurt by church
Bart- hurt by church
praying for the above today….Father remember Your mercy! Have You forgotten us? We need You. We need Your healing power. We need Your balm of Gilead. We need healing. Our hearts bleed in pain over our infirmities our losses and our hurt. Please hear us as we cry out for mercy! send Your angels to comfort the inconsolable. Remember your mercy.
Amen, dusty, amen
it was this past week i think that Michael noted that God’s attributes do not contradict each other and that is hard to get my mind around…
However, this morning i was reading about Adam’s (& Eve’s) disobedience – God instructed them to not eat of that one tree’s fruit – but they listened to another voice that advised them that it would be to their benefit to go ahead eat it – and they ate… Now God’s absolute righteousness demanded absolute justice, but God’s powerful (absolute) love found a way to reconcile the two – to overcome the sin and the judgement of it that His righteousness demanded… but it would take time (perfect omniscience, perhaps?)…
maybe, what tests our Faith today is God’s timing? 🙂
I thank God for the change in the weather. It was just 102F today, and at 1120PM, i just felt the sea breeze. I have a genetic condition where I have no sweat glands. Hot weather is uncomfortable at best and potentially deadly at worst. I spent less than ten minutes outside in the shade yesterday in 110F weather and my temp spiked to 101.2F. I thank God for my A.C. working today because it was acting up yesterday (85F in my house, I had to cycle it a few times before it started working).
New victor, praising God with you for the ac working and for the sea breeze….praying for cooler temps for you.
Prayers please for Floridians as Irma approaches. Lord have mercy.