Who has a prayer request today?
Updates and praises are fine as well. 🙂
Psalm 29:1-4
1 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Wandering Views 
Please pray for a woman who is going to present a conservative viewpoint at a UN panel discussion tomorrow. She will be speaking on why decriminalization of prostitution is harmful for women. Tough subject. Pray for her safety in travel, too. She needs lots of prayer uplifts. Thank you.
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A big blow-up occurred between my niece & her mom, & me. My relationship with my niece has been shattered. My perspective is that I have been unfairly judged & misunderstood (& that what they accused me of I didn’t even know I did), but I’ve asked God to forgive me for my part in leading to that. Although I thought I’ve been polite & reasonable, I recognize that there were probably times I was acting in the flesh, rather than seeking God’s wisdom.
Please pray that God will use all this (more details will appear on Our Daily Thread sometime this morning) that the devil means for evil, & turn it around for good.
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Requesting prayer cover today as I witness to Eve, my young Mormon friend. I’ll be speaking (emailing) with her about the book of James and her belief that the book says faith plus works equals salvation, and that faith alone is not enough. Please join me in praying for wisdom in my interactions.
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Heavenly Father,
Your blessings have been apparent this morning at the tag office and during the rest of our errands this morning. Thank You for those many times when things seem to go better than expected. Thank You for those times when things seem to not be going so well for we do not have understanding in what You are up to then. You know what You are up to in turning bad happenings into something good for Your purposes. We trust in You that You are at work in Karen O’s situation with her neice and the neice’s mom. I pray Your light will shine over all and make it clear what is cluttering their relationships. I pray for understanding of the issues. I pray for those who would bully their opinions onto others to see their wrongheadedness. I pray that those who wish to put down others as being unworthy of coming to conclusions at odds with other people because of faith in Jesus would stop their harassments and learn to live with love as a guiding force and set peace as their goal. Lord, I do pray for those who are on the left politically and socially to be tolerant. You, Lord, are so aware of how they first pushed us with tolerance. Now they have left that behind and expect total acceptance. Next they will be pushing for full engagement in the same behaviors. Help us, dear Lord, not only to survive these verbal assaults, but to thrive under them. Strengthen us, Karen O especially, for the word battles. Please show the flaws of the thinking that is sending flaming darts toward the believers. I pray for Your strength to be made perfect in our weakness. Bless You, God Almighty, for the great things You have done and are doing this day. May You be given ever increasing glory and honor. In the name of Jesus, Amen
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Heavenly Father,
I also lift up 6 Arrows as she has the opportunity to bring the light of Your word to her Morman friend. I pray the friend will have a softened heart ready to have understanding of what the word she hears truly means about her salvation. May she recognize the truth in the words than conflicts with her previous understanding and how she has been taught. May she know that although she has done good works which have helped people that those alone could never be enough to add up to the full cost of salvation. Help her to understand grace and the giving goodness of Your will to have us saved by the blood of Christ which is the only element worthy of saving people from sins. May she know that good works might be worthy of rewards in heaven, but that the good works have no part in securing salvation. That comes from what Christ did on the cross and she had no part in that except for the acceptance of his gift to her. May she understand the arrogance of thinking that she could ever do a work good enough to even partly cover her sins. Lord, please make a way for this person to fully grasp the concept of salvation as You have explained it in Your word. I pray in the name of Jesus, Amen
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6 Arrows,
Praying for you as you share with your friend. I have a dear friend who became a Mormon in high school and then we had lively discussions about beliefs and the gospel. When he asked questions of the church leadership they forbade him to talk with me or 2 of his other friends. Eventually, that attitude of supression was the straw that broke the camel’s back and led him out of the church.
Please pray for our church…we have been going through a series of problems. Several staff members have moved on to accept other ministries and members have followed them. I pray that what we see as division and subtraction, God would use to add to and multiply the body of Christ. Please pray that we as members don’t get caught up in hurt feelings, etc. and that our witness to the community is not damaged…
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“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Mt. 5: 11,12
Taken from the sermon on the mount, which then goes on to tell us about being salt and light.
Karen, it is good to examine our hearts, but realize that Jesus did nothing wrong and said nothing, but the truth in love and he was hated, insulted and falsely accused. We must accept that we will have the same thing happen to us, no matter how great our motives or love. It hurts. Jesus knew it would and yet tells us to rejoice. How great is our salvation that we can rejoice even in the midst of pain!
It all puts me in mind of how much we need each other’s prayers!
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Thank you, Janice, for your prayer, & Kathaleena, for your encouraging words.
One of the things that especially bothers me is that the issue at hand (homosexuality & same-sex marriage) is also present in my own home. Both of my daughters, & both of my upstairs friends’ daughters, buy into the “born that way” mode of thinking, & consider the issue of same-sex marriage to be a simple one of basic human rights.
My Emily has even said that people are only against it for one of two reasons – hatred or ignorance.
So even in our own home, Lee & I have to tread carefully. As for me, I don’t want this to be a matter of conversation &/or debate at home, which could tarnish our witness of Christ’s love. I pray that Lee & I would exhibit a spirit of humility towards those who disagree with us, not a spirit of pride in our “rightness”.
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Mr. Klasko’s contract has still not been completed.
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Praying for all of the above…Karen, you know we deal with this as my nephew is openly gay…it is gut wrenchingly difficult when we love so deeply and are viewed as “haters” when we take a Biblical view….
This request seems so small, yet, it is something disconcerting to me at the moment….I am on an HOA Board in my community. When we purchased our home in this community, upon signing the closing documents, we agreed to the legally binding covenants. Neighbors down the road have been keeping chickens in a coop on their property. It is expressly forbidden in the covenants…we are now faced with a decision…do we as the HOA Board grant a variance? We are caught between a rock and a hard place…most homeowners want the covenants upheld…and there are many who want the variance so that they,too, can own chickens! We as an HOA Board could be looking at lawsuit either way we vote! Asking for wisdom and peace in the community. Thanks much
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Nancyjill, I had a friend who was president of a HOA for a condo community. It was such a headache and heartache that she eventually bowed out of the responsibility. I felt she hung in there too long because of the stress it caused her. You have a really difficult situation to deal with. Prayers for y’all.
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prayers for us please. Husband has taken one off to visit a bio grandmother, the other two do not like to go visit and since it is an unhealthy thing, we are not pushing it. Anyway, that leaves me with an angry fifteen year old, several oppositionals and a couple of attachment disorders. I need to see them as my children. So prayer for my attitude! Thanks.
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Heavenly Father,
When I think about Mumsee and her situation I consider all the angry tension experienced must feel like being in a yard with angry goats butting heads. I pray Lord for Your divine intervention to change those noncompliant ones into compliant sheep who will follow her lead. Please give her the wisdom and strength to counter arguments and instigate Your peace. It can only happen through Your divine assistance and words given by the Holy Spirit. Please, Lord, we are asking on behalf of our Sister-in-Christ, Mumsee. Please be with her husband and the other one while on their venture making a worthwhile visit. In the name of Jesus, Amen
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Mr. Klasko just called to say that his contract has been finalized. Thanks be to God, and thank you for your prayers.
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Klasko – Glad to hear it! Praise God!
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Another request…
Emily & Forrest will be driving down to Pennsylvania with R, to visit Forrest’s great-great grandmother. R’s mom was supposed to go with them (it’s her grandmother they’re visiting), but she has a pinched nerve that’s paining her. So, it’ll be just the three of them. Emily & Forrest will stay in a motel room while R stays at his great-grandmother’s house.
That’s the plan. Emily is a little nervous that, with his volatile personality, R may end up getting mad at her for something & leaving her there. Or who knows what.
(She is going as his passenger, not driving on her own, because she doesn’t have experience driving on highways.)
So, please pray for protection for Emily & Forrest; for all of them, really.
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Thank you all for your prayers. I haven’t emailed Eve yet; for some reason, the words I want to say are just not coming to me. It’s not that I don’t know what to say — I’m just tired and not thinking well and am struggling with expressing myself clearly.
InButNotOf, how encouraging that is that your friend left the Mormon church! Thank you for sharing that.
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