Prayer Requests 10-21-13

Who has a request or praise to share today?

Psalm 66

¹Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

²Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

³Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

⁴All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

⁵Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

⁷He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

⁸O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

⁹Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

¹⁰For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

¹¹Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

¹²Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

¹³I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

¹⁵I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

¹⁶Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹⁷I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

¹⁸If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

¹⁹But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

8 thoughts on “Prayer Requests 10-21-13”

For those of you not on FB, Ajsuun posted this:
My dad is failing. His kidney output is very low and he is very weak. I just talked to him on the phone and he is a little garbled but still coherent. He stated very clearly that he doesn’t want me to try to come home. He said, “If I live, I live. If I die, I die. There’s nothing you can do for me here and you are needed there on the field.” This is the decision that we had arrived at last fall when I went home for him, but I needed to know that was still the way he felt. Please continue to hold all of us up in your prayers.

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Lifting Ajisuun up to our Lord. It is hard to lose a daddy, but it must be even harder to be so far away. May God grant Ajisuun his perfect peace.

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Amen.

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We too were saddened by Ajisuun’s news. I just sent her an email to let her know we were thinking of, and praying for her and her family.

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Thank you all so much for your prayers. My dad is going home in the morning on hospice care. Things got really bad, really fast and he has refused extraordinary measures. Soon. God is lifting me up and giving me peace. Now I’m looking for the joy in the sorrow. I believe that God is going to do something special as I stay here in The Gambia and let the Gambians see my sorrow, but also the hope and peace that sustains me.

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Ajisuun, I so appreciate your updates, but especially your love for the Lord and your heart for the Gambian people. May the Lord continue to bless you with His peace in this time of sadness, and may He be glorified. Continued prayers for you, your family, and the Gambians.

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My prayers for you and your family, Ajisuun. My dad is also in the hospital with two bad infections. I haven’t been able to visit yet, since I had another obligation. He does have other family around him. I live the farthest away. He wants no extraordinary measures, either, but needs to do something to bring him relief from recurring infections. I hate to know he is going through this. Such is life, but it is not easy. I am glad you were able to talk to him and have peace.

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