Prayer List :: 07.20.08

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Father in heaven, we lift these requests to you:

  • Please bring healing to my friend Rachel's dad, Dave, who is undergoing treatment for cancer of the bile ducts. Give a renewed sense of hope and peace to Rachel's family. Be with Rachel this week as she is home to spend time with them and may they seek Your face, Father, in this time of need. [Posted 2008-07-16]
  • Prayer for Joshua Schuch that he may continue to feel well. That flare ups from behcet will no longer appear. Also to lift up the doctors and specialists that Joshua sees here in Mt. Pleasant, Lansing and Detroit. That they will be guided by the great physician! Our heavenly Father. [Posted 2008-07-16]
  • As Charis prepares to share her testimony at the SM Bonfire this Saturday, please reveal to her what you would like her to say and how you would like her to say it. Bring many students and speak powerfully to their hearts through Your Holy Spirit. [Posted 2008-07-15]
  • Lord, thank You for giving Jessica Rorai a phone interview for the new job opening in OIE as an Admissions Officer. Thank You for the favor she has there. Please give her this position if it is Your will. [Posted 2008-07-15]
  • Dear Father, we praise you and thank you for answering our prayers in getting Phil Weare a job. You have blessed him with a job above and beyond what he expected, especially in Michigan's economy right now. Thank you so much. [Posted 2008-07-13]
  • Father, we bless You for healing Cohen! Thank you that he is now officially "in remission" and further surgery has been cancelled. Please give grace to Jeff, Angie, Cohen and Camryn as the adjust to a "normal" life, and please prevent the cancer from ever returning. [Posted 2008-07-13]
  • Heavenly Father, please help my friend, Christian. While he considers himself to be a follower of Christ (and I know him as intelligent, gentle, and kind), he has been deluded into thinking that he is chosen of 'the evil one' to carry out his deeds. His life has been completely changed by this belief (he has been hospitalized a couple times). Lord, please deliver him from the evil one and fill him with you. [Posted 2008-07-09]
  • Clearly direct the international team as they seek You and Your will regarding conversation partners and bible studies for the fall semester. [Posted 2008-07-08]
  • We pray for the current women's small group with a focus on overcoming depression. We pray that each woman participating would know more deeply her needs and God's provisions, and have the hope to see the two meet. We pray for healing from past relationship hurts and the courage to seek peace and pursue it, whatever that may mean for each woman. Thank you, great Healer and Restorer. [Posted 2008-07-07]
  • Lord, may we rejoice and reflect upon the great salvation we have in Jesus! Thank you for including us in your family and giving us the desire to share Your love with all the nations. [Posted 2008-07-07]
  • Father, thank You for the generous giving of Your people this past Sunday to meet the most basic needs of people in Sichuan and Burma. Please send some of us to minister to our persecuted brethren in Burma, Sichuan, or some other part of the world. We do not just want to send money, but ourselves. May we indeed help firsthand the 'least of these Your brethren' and bring home a passion for such service. [Posted 2008-07-02]
  • Lord, please help me (Barry) prepare this week's message with passion for Jesus, thoroughness of preparation, and great love for your people. Thank You for the privilege of ministering to this body of believers, in this great city, at this time. [Posted 2008-07-02]
  • Thank you, Father, for the men of the construction team and for their wives and families. They show with their time and their lives what it means to be a servant of Jesus. [Posted 2008-07-01]
  • Father, thank You for sending Your Son to reveal completely what God is like. Please help us to understand completely who Jesus is, and to deeply respect His person and presence in our lives. [Posted 2008-06-30]
  • Father, we rejoice that Casey has represented You well in his quest to be an Olympian in Beijing this summer. Although it was not to be, we trust that You will be near Casey and his family as they transition to Iowa. Thank you for allowing us to have Casey and Tara as part of our body. [Posted 2008-06-27]
  • Father, thank you for the opportunity that Keith Tollenaere has to chaperone the IRCMPA High School Exchange trip to Okaya, Japan from July 31-August 15. Please give him wisdom as he prepares and leads this group of eight students (including Charis Flanders and Sarah Cook) overseas. Please guide him to see and address the needs of the group, as well as to see needs in our sister city that Grace Church may have the opportunity to address in the future. [Posted 2008-06-25]
  • Father I pray that the confessions of the mens prayer meeting will lead our church to a closer walk with You, and that the ground gained back for Your name will not fall back into the hands of the devil. May you strengthen the men of our church and protect them from any counter attacks the devil wishes to wage against them and Your body. [Posted 2008-06-25]
  • Please guide and direct the planning for the upcoming Construction Team retreat and in-particular those who will be teaching from Your Word. Please prepare the hearts of all who will attend to be completely open to whatever You have planned, individually and collectively, and may they return with a greater resolve to pursue You more fervently. [Posted 2008-06-24]
  • Healing for Heather Coffman's foot. It was injured during our house fire last summer and has never healed. She has an appointment tonight (Tuesday) at a free clinic in Lansing at MSU. [Posted 2008-06-24]
  • Father, we pray that you heal Heidi Nelson-Stringer's headaches and that You protect her from discouragement, blessing her with perseverance and a constant sense of Your presence. [Posted 2008-06-23]
  • Father, may the simple reading of the book of Hebrews on Sunday, and the words of encouragement shared by different people, bear fruit in the lives of those present. [Posted 2008-06-23]
  • Lord, please bring healing to Aiden and encourage and empower the Harsh family. Oh Lord, we ask that you heal Crystal (Aiden's mom) from C. Dif (Clostridium Difficile Colitis) as she takes another round of pills for 21 days. May this sickness not pass to anyone in the Harsh family and may Crystal have the strength to continue mentally fighting this and not "give up." [Posted 2008-06-21]
  • We praise You, God, for the benign tumor results on Scott Burgess’ mother AND for benign results on the colon scan! We also pray for the salvation of Heidi Burgess' 96-year-old grandpa. [Posted 2008-06-20]
  • Lord Jesus, guide us in our pursuit of the Embers property. It is our desire to glorify You alone in acquiring this property. Please provide the needed funds through Your people and please keep the property for Your purposes until those funds are gathered. [Posted 2008-06-19]
  • Father, thank you for blessing us with so great a salvation! We know that it is through the obedience of Jesus that we are blessed in Your sight. May we respond to such love with faith to carry out Your will even when we feel weak and powerless. [Posted 2008-06-17]
  • Father, we pray for healing for Joshua Schuch. We pray for the doctors and for the family which is trying to help Joshua in any way possible. [Posted 2008-06-17]
  • Father, please continue to strengthen the Adams family. Cause Cohen's broken leg to heal quickly, and please allow his upcoming surgery to happen as scheduled. In Your mercy, may the surgery reveal no new cancer, and may You heal our young friend completely. [Posted 2008-06-08]
  • Father, it is overwhelming to know that 14,000 children are dying daily due to the food crisis. Help us as a body to pray for them, to seek Your will and to act as You lead us. Raise up and empower leaders who will make wise choices and act on the behalf of the poor and needy. Raise up the Church worldwide to act as well. Help those who are suffering to be drawn to You and filled with Your joy and peace. Amen [Posted 2008-06-05]
  • Father, thank you for the renewed hope Sally senses. Please allow Sally to regain her strength, to eat well, and to build up her immune system, as she recovers from her latest chemo treatment. [Posted 2008-05-29]
  • Father, we pray for the Chinese people who are recovering from the massive earthquake in Western China. May those who follow Jesus respond to this crisis in a sacrificial and helpful way that brings healing to those who are suffering. May the Gospel go forth to the hearts of all the Chinese who have not yet heard. [Posted 2008-05-24]
  • Father, please help us to get truly intentional about being your disciples and then making disciples of all nations. May we indeed share Jesus with someone this week. Thank you for the privilege to represent you, and suffer for you, when called to do so. [Posted 2008-05-24]
  • Lord, please help Your people to come to terms with their addictions (video games, internet, sex, food, coffee, etc.) and give them the self-control to enjoy these things in a balanced way, without being controlled by them. May Your people truly be free from the control of anything but Your Spirit! [Posted 2008-05-24]
  • Lord, thank you for the safe delivery of many healthy children this year. Please protect any women who are pregnant in our church and may they deliver healthy, strong children who will make a positive impact on this world as they grow up. [Posted 2008-05-24]
  • Father, as we begin this new week may we seek first Your Kingdom and draw ourselves near to You for everything we need. Bless Your people and may we equip ourselves with Your Word and Your Spirit as we set ourselves and others free from the things that keep us from being all that You have called us to be! [Posted 2008-05-22]
  • Father, open the doors to Myanmar, not only for food and water supplies, but for Your Gospel. Send forth harvesters into Your harvest field in Myanmar... may Your people obey Your call. Break down the demonic stronghold on the political system and generational strongholds. May the cry of the Myanmar people reach Your ears and may You swiftly come to their aid. [Posted 2008-05-11]
  • Father, please deliver Your people away from evil and toward Your Word, Your healing fellowship, and toward the awesome privilege and responsibility of making disciples of all nations. May we turn from our addictions, our worldly pleasures, and our selfishness and be willing to go through the desert of emotional loneliness as we 'dry out' our souls from artificial stimulation. [Posted 2008-05-11]