MC Hammer, Your Needs, And My Profile
I do this every other month.
It’s time again.
We are going to hold an online prayer service with a few other bloggers.
I want to open this up for you to share how exactly we can pray for you.
I’m always amazed at the needs that are hanging around this amazing community.
Depending on the amount of requests…We will try and do this live this TH night.
Because as the great theologian MC Hammer says…
“We’ve got to pray just to make it today”
RAIN IT DOWN
My wife is pregnant and due ANY DAY NOW!! She’s trying to do it naturally (with no medication). Please just pray that the delivery goes well, that she’s comforted in knowing that Jesus has complete control of the situation, and that God is with the doctors that are delivering our first child.
Thank you!
I need a job, I got laid-off after 5.5 years with a company on Dec. 11. My wife is in school full-time until May and can’t work. Please pray that God shows me a new opportunity soon.
My mother in law was diagnosed with breast cancer a few days ago. We do not know the extent of it yet and if it has even spread. We are scared but we know God is in control! Prayers that whatever the results of her PET scan are this Wednesday that we keep God the center of it all. Thanks!
Well… I actually got laid off this morning, and I’m currently sitting in Caribou Coffee trying to figure out what my next step in life is going to be. I’ve spent 3 years in professional sales/marketing in the financial industry but I’m feeling a STRONG pull back to putting my all back in ministry… Pray that I find where, when, and how. For now I’m gunna love God and love people.
favor with book publisher.
wisdom in next steps.
health of my church and leadership.
This year is looking really daunting for me and i’m starting to panic and feel the pressure. In short baby no 2 is due in August, i’m studying while working FT to finish my theology degree to follow God’s call back into ministry. We need to connect with a local church but cant find one we feel “at home” in. I want to follow God but I’m having a real hard time hearing him and I hate that…
Our church is doing a 50 day thing around the 7 Journeys…please Pray God does something so big withit no one can take any credit for it, that everyone would see Him…..or something like that:)
I am speaking at a combined worship service for 4 area churches. I’m nervous as can be! Please pray that I say exactly what God would have me to say – a word in season so to speak.
My husband and I have been battling 4 miscarriages and infertility for the last 3 years. We desperately pray for and hope for a child.
I LOVE that you do this. I’d covet your prayers for two things: 1) A quick and successful court date to bring our adoptive son home from Ethiopia in April 2) God to open doors for us to do development work in Africa. Thank you for your prayers!!
Direction Direction Direction
Trying to find a job and be a learning not an expert.
That this IVF cycle will result in a beautiful, healthy baby…
We are just starting a cycle, too. I will be praying for you, as well.
I’m empty. My kids need this Mom to pull it together and I’ve got nothing to offer them.
praying
I got you! Praying!
Steph, I got you, too! Been there a dozen times!
for 2010 goals- i feel like a kid pretending and i’m feeling anxiety. (check my blog if you’d like to get specific- there’s a post on my goals)
for my wife and i to get pregnant this year- we just had a miscarriage.
praise for an amazing 2009- triumphs through struggles and mountain tops (also on my blog)
thanks for praying!!!
Jason, miscarriages can be so hard. I’ve had several. I will be praying for you and your wife, that the Lord would comfort you during this time and bring you great joy in your life. Remember how important it is to keep your focus on the Lord and love your wife through it. Blessings to both of you.
Wow, I read this at the perfect time.
I HATE my job. I am very blessed to have a job and I make great money. But I HATE being here. My boss is the most horrible man I have ever met and has the ability to frustrate and huiliate me to the point of tears on a daily basis. He makes my life miserable. Please pray for him, because he must be so miserable inside to treat people the way he does.
Also, my fiance recently graduated with his BA and got a great job offer… In a different city. (Actually where my parents live so, it’s a good thing!) He is moving within the next month and I am desperately trying to find a job up there so I can also relocate. Please pray that everything works out for us.
PS- Thanks for doing this.
EVERYDAY LIFE: grace & strength to juggle working full time & homeschooling full time. that & extra finances. it can get overwhelming at times as a single mom. it’s hard being the sole-provider/comforter/cook/nurturer/leader of your own family…so i NEED grace to get me through it daily.
DREAMS: that there would be open doors for me to teach & preach God’s Word more. whether its at my church or another church & also to have grace to add to my to-do-lists is to write a few chapters to get my book started.
how can I pray for you? do share.
Pray for my sister who is drinking her family who is suffering and the teenage girls who are out of control. Ask God to show himself to this family in crisis. The Gill family.
Pray for the church plant I am working with in Bakersfield, CA. Pray we are able to connect people far from God to God, and are able to connect them to their God given calling in Christ.
Please pray that my husband will be able to find a job soon or that we will be able to figure out just what plans God has for us…he was laid off in mid September and I am a stay at home mom…also pray for my sister who recently found out that she is pregnant after trying for 5 years!:)
pray for the courage to fail in ministry. trying to let 2010 be the year that i don’t always take the safe route with the same programs & topics, but that i would be trusting God to do new & risky things that require faith. for a girl who is afraid of everything, i know im going to be prone to wuss out & fall back into the comfort of what i know “works” (and by works i mean, what i know looks good & gets teenagers to attend)
also for the wisdom to know that all of the above means nothing if it’s not beginning with me, personally. that i would live a great story – taking risks & leaps of faith & radical obedience before i try to convince my students to do it.
love this. thanks for praying & can’t wait to pray with you guys!
los,
Due to the economy in our area, our church is having to lay off two full-time pastors. I am one of them. I have led worship for 20 years, but am now feeling God calling me to a different role to serve in (lead or exec. pastor). Please pray for:
1. God’s leading as we seek a place to serve in.
2. My kids as we make this transition (we just got here a year and a half ago – I have 4 kids left at home).
Thanks!
I was diagnosed with a connective tissue disease in ’99. It’s effected me since I was a teenager . I am believing God for healing this year. I’m a mom of a 3 year old & that is a miracle in & of itself. I have never felt called to ask for specific healing; but only that my symptoms would subside. However, in the last 2 months, I have heard from God in my heart to ask to be healed & that I would be healed this year! (That is a scary & exciting thing to say out loud!)
I leave on Monday the 11th to go to Sydney, Australia for two years. Every security blanket I have right now will suddenly be gone. Pray for wisdom and for the ability to trust God to provide in a brand new place.
My dad has an extremely rare and an extremely fast growing cancer. Please pray against fear. Thanks so much. I hope to pray along with you all for these requests.
Prayers for my upcoming interviews. I was laid off in September, and the severance funds are about to run out. Unemployment has not kicked in, so it could be difficult in another month or so.
I’m reminded that the birds do not store things up, because God provides for their needs. We are a bit higher up the food chain in God’s eyes, so I do not worry about how I will be provided for. God has, is, and will forevermore provide for my needs. I’m so thankful that God is in my life. I cannot imagine what it must be like for people that do not have a relationship with Jesus, and have lost their jobs, or other losses.
Pray for them too.
Blessings!
My wife and I have a 2 year old daughter that has a lot of health issues….She got admitted to the hospital on Sunday and will probably be in there a while longer….Please pray that she would be healed.
Launching http://www.theplaceaz.com on Feb. 21. Church plants carry a variety of issues. Please pray for a smooth launch, the Gospel to touch lives in our city and God’s wisdom to make the many decisions that will need to be made. Thank You, GP
Your last post sounds like we need to be doing some praying on your behalf!
I sometimes feel I have no more fight left. I’ve been unemployed for almost 14 months and we moved 1700 miles from everyone & everything we knew for over 20 years. Kinda like the Vagabond Whittaker Family!! Hubby WAS unemployed also; we moved for a new job for him. Anyway. I really need to come up with the extra $$$ so I can reciprocate my pharmacy license from TX to WA. App fee alone is $330. Law exam is $185. It just isn’t in the budget. Very frustrated. And tired. Thanks.
My hubby and I were just surprised by God with the referral of an 8 year old girl. Surprised because we were NOT looking to adopt (for a fourth time). Surprised because it a girl that we met on our first adoption trip – almost 4 years ago.
Our request: that God would make us content for HIS timing in bringing her home OR that He would expedite her homecoming.
She was with her birth family for 4 years. Now – in an orphanage for 4 years. She needs her family…
currently our home is full of folks…my mom who just underwent double knee replacement plus my 94yo grandmother who is starting to slip mentally. space is running small, skin is super thin, and some major decisions re: the future need to be made. Prayer for wisdom, peace and (even) joy would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for praying…
I need to hear God regarding moving forward on a church plant outside of my denomination or taking the worship pastor role at my current church.
I’ve had a church plant vision for 6years but the timing has never been right. Relationships make this possibility more viable than ever before, but we also have baby#4 (ages 5 and under) on the way. So timing seems to be the issue.
I have a big meeting, January 22 with the denomination and our church executives to “put everything on the table”. Our prayer is go in Gods timing on good terms for all parties involved.
Shalom,
One of our good friends is in treatment for cancer. Please pray for total healing for Ron and for serenity for his wife during this trying time.
After leaving my last Youth Ministry I’ve been out of ministry for a little over a year now and am really praying that God opens the right doors and I end up exactly where he wants me to be. Very difficult and trying time. I just want to get back in the game and start influencing some kids for Jesus.
So much to pray for in my life right now: Currently I’m looking for a job as a worship leader in Knoxville, TN. I have been a worship leader for so long and am out of ministry right now. I was pastoring a church locally and it was not the right fit for me. I’m looking to lead worship again after understanding that God has called me to continue as a worship leader because that’s how He’s gifted me. I have a job, but it’s not permenant and the future is a bit uncertain.
I’ve also had some weirdness going on with me health-wise that is going to be checked out this week. All of this with a 3 month old boy at home is getting pretty overwhelming. Would really appreciate prayer.
Let His Kingdom reign.
i could use prayer for my family, finances and wisdom. I’m launching a book, caring for a 10 month old daughter, trying to bring mommy home from work, mentoring a 14 year old daughter, and trying to do it all with grace.
We’re in the process of adopting from Liberia. There is still a hold on adoptions and we continue to watch our little boy grow up in pictures. To make matters worse my husband was laid-off a week before Christmas. Please pray that he finds a position soon and that this will not be a roadblock in our adoption.
I am frustrated with me current all of my current relationships, particularly with God. But it’s an ongoing cycle of me seeing the walls that I have around my heart and not knowing how to tear them down. How can I sing “I surrender all” when really I only surrender what feels safest? Pray that I learn how to let go….of everything. I want to be able to surrender ALL.
I am that slippery piece of soap you talked about in your last blog and for once in my life I just want to be totally caught.
my wife is due in two weeks with our first child, a daughter. we’re praying that He would make her mighty in her generation, that my wife would have a healthy labor, and that i would be husband & dad that continues to seek Christ & love my family. thanks los.
Family Tensions…
Beginning my hardest semester so far at North Greenville University next Wednesday. Taking 18 credit hours and it will be my second semester of my junior year. Finances are tough, classes will be tougher. I need the support and encouragement. Thanks in advance!
Just to accept the pain with grace, and that I continue to trust that my isolation won’t keep me from fulfilling His plans for me… whatever they may be.
I’m feeling led to get into the battle against human trafficking. Please pray God leads me to the group with whom he wants me to join to help save women and children forced into slavery.
I’m in a middle season. This summer my wife and I will realize a dream with moving to a new town to plant a church, but right now I’m working a temp job to pay the bills.
Patience and grace that’s what i’d have you pray for.
Two ongoing struggles:
1. The strength to keep depression at bay
2. For our churches that we would learn to get along and represent our Savior well. We suck at that! Die on the hill of truth but leave personality differences at the door.
I would covet your prayers as our organization, we minister to the families of fallen firefighters, organizes a huge fundraising event on March 20. We have never had to ask for money before. My husband and I have always funded the organization out of pocket, but there are several reasons why we are now having to look into funding sources. Anyway, I felt that God placed it upon my heart to do this motorcycle ride and then a cook-off at the end as a charity event. I don’t know anything about either of these things and yet that is what we are planning. We are now only a couple of months away and I am stressed out. Please pray for peace, wisdom, guidance, resources, volunteers, and success so that we may continue to provide ministry to the families and children who have lost their loved one in the line of duty.
Thank you for doing this!
pray for continued strength to fight these battles and continue forward in strength knowing and following His calling regardless of what I may “want” someday. just continued protection in relationships and that I would guard my heart and cultivate only friendships.
thanks for the prayers!!
Los please pray for my families finances. 6 months ago I moved my wife 300 miles away from her family believing God wanted us to volunteer in my home church. Since then we have been struggling to make ends meet every month. We have a baby coming in March and almost everyday I wake up so overwhelmed thinking about how we are going to pay for thing like diapers that I want to pull the covers over my head and fall into a coma so I don’t have to think about money.
please pray for better jobs and the heart of a hustler (not a scammer, but of one who thinks of many ways to supplement my income)
thanks los
.phil
I’m a 21-year-old who’s moving to a big city for the first time to do an internship for my school. I am excited, of course, but I am also terrified.
This internship involves working in a church with the youth there – something I aspire to do in my adulthood.
I’m praying that all goes well safety-wise (I don’t get mugged or killed in the city!) and that all goes well soul-wise (with myself, my coworkers, and the youth we’ll be hanging out with).
If you could pray for me too, that would be wonderful. I’m much more than slightly terrified about this. Thank you so much.
Pray for the Mentor Me Project, the Mentors, the Mentorees and the direction.
Thanks
Kyle
Pray for our continued transition to life overseas. We’ve been in Thailand for 5 months now (out of our 10 year commitment), and everyday we face a new challenge. We are continuing daily language study, and learning to live in our new culture. Pray for wisdom as we are currently seeking out a more permanent ministry location in Bangkok, and meeting with Thai pastors to learn where they believe we are most needed. Remember our families back in the Midwest as well, as they are really feeling the separation from us as the holidays have all passed by.
Thank you for covering us in prayer, and we’ll continue to lift you and your family up in your upcoming transition as well!
I just had a test done at the drs & they found something I have to talk to my dr. about. I need prayer for everything in the following months with it, my insurance is gonna run out soon, and I follow up with my doctor this Wednesday. Which will bring about more tests. Pray for healing please and God to be all over this. I know He can heal me.
Thanks for the prayer, I appreciate it more than you ever now.
I was laid off in November, and started my own biz. I haven’t had any work come my way. Please pray for clear direction in what is next for me, my wife & our amazing baby boy; as well as for provision. Thank you so much!
~NickShoe
A friend and I are in talks of taking a major step of faith. We both have ministry positions right now at different churches in our area, but God is really working in our lives and moving us in the direction of planting a church. God has given us a vision to do church much different than where we currently are, a vision where we do life together with people who truly love Jesus and want to worship Him not just one day a week.
So pray for us, please!!! Pray that God will continue to guide us and that we will continue to follow His guidance.
Thanks so much and God bless!
I think this is awesome that you are doing this!! My husband and I could use some prayers regarding our finances. He just got a new job, we have a 2 year old, and one more on the way (due in May). Being a stay home mom, we feel we’re doing the right thing, but when cars are breaking down, bills are coming in, his paycheck is just enough to pay the housenote and the few other bills we have. We have no credit cards, but things are so tight, at times we wish we did! Just pray that our finances will continue to cover our bills!
Please pray for my mother. She has made the decision to ignore God’s word to live a sinful life. She has been a follower her entire life and now wants to take advantage of his Grace. She believes she can do anything she wants and God will always forgive her. She has been seeking a new church who will let her live this lifestyle without any discipline. I love my mother very much and it breaks my heart to see her like this. Pray that God’s truth touches her.
My husband Paul is an out of work teacher in Cali, laid-off due to budget cuts. He has a second job interview on Jan. 12!! He has been out of work for 7 months and we are loosing our house. Please pray for God’s favor and blessing over this interview. THANK YOU!!!
my husband and i have reached the decision that we want to adopt. we have a three year old little boy together and we’re pretty sure that adoption is the next step in growing our family. please pray for us to know when the timing is right, to go domestic or overseas, and for wisdom and knowledge…cuz we don’t have a clue how to do this.
For me to push through the pain of life and reflect God’s love.
Los,
Lately I’ve come to realize my time with Christ is minimal – at best. I desire to mirror a Psalm 119 love for the Scriptures. I can’t make it without Him.
Also, my husband and I are walking through quite the storm right and need hope and healing. More than anything I want His name to be glorified through this mess. Please pray for guidance, and for people to rise up next to us and help us fight against this season – because it’s getting hard to do it alone.
We are starting our next campus here at Bay Area Fellowship and it’s going to be an inner city one…something very new to us…
Pray for Gods FAVOR
My dad is going through chemo for liver cancer. His name is Casey. This is the 3rd time he’s had cancer.
My heart is broken for his struggle and I’m angry.
Hey Carlos. It meant so much to watch you pray for my request last time, so I’m submitting the same request again. Mike is still struggling with depression and it takes quite a toll on our life. Please pray that we will experience freedom. Thanks friend. Miss you.
My wife and I just had our first baby on the 2nd and, although I have no prayer in the conventional meaning of “getting stuff”, I would love for this community to be thanking God alongside us.
Carlos–thank you for doing this..it’s just another piece of the amazing ministry to do. My prayer(s) is for my church family right now. I am very close with our pastor, he’s an amazing person with an incredible heart for the Lord. There has been some recent issues in some areas of our church — mainly people complaining about other people, about the pastor, etc. The man is the entire staff; he can’t do it all alone, but when he finds people who are gifted in certain areas, he gets beat down like he stole something. He’s having a rough start to the year and I’d just like to ask for some comfort and strength for him and the rest of our church as we try to grow in God’s vision. Thanks again–you rock.
My 12 year old son Hunter has set his goal for 2010 – to get 200 orphans in the Central African Republic sponsored or raise $84,000.00 to cover them. Please pray for God’s glory and will to be done in this and that people would sense God’s calling to be a part of this and heed His call to help His children. Thanks for doing this!