How Can I Pray For You?
I have a 12 hour drive to Chicago today.
I can’t think of a better way to spend the time than praying for this community…
Fill me in…
How can I pray for you guys?
Los
I have a 12 hour drive to Chicago today.
I can’t think of a better way to spend the time than praying for this community…
Fill me in…
How can I pray for you guys?
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
I wonder sometimes if you realize how very moving it is to be asked that question. I sent you a DM on twitter.
Thanks.
And for what it’s worth, right back atcha.
That my family walks through the correct door that God opens.
If you can please pray for my kidney stone. I have a big stone and it knocks me to the floor, they say it is too big to pass, going to Dr tomorrow to schedule lithotripcy for next week, hopefully! Very painful and nothing is seeming to work with pain. Hard to take care of 3 kids when you are rolled up in a ball on the floor.
Thanks Carlos
I need more grace and patience with my brother, Matthew. I’m praying for your drive to Chicago!
Heya Los,
atm Im in university in London studying film&photography, however it is nothing I’d hoped it would be. I will probably stop my course, but I am trying to find out what God wants me to do next year. There are many options and I have no clue, I am not bound to London or Europe, nor to film & photography…
If you would pray that God will tell me what to do next year, to lead me to where He wants me, that’d be great!
For healing for my husband…physically and emotionally… after his diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Praying for you and your family as well Carlos.
This may seem a bit silly, but as a ministry assistant (read secretary
in a church, this week is a stressful one! I’ve got a ton of things to do, and it doesn’t seem like there are enough hours in the day to get everything done. If you could just pray for things to be calm in the office that would be great! We just want all that we do to prepare for this weekend to bring glory to the One that deserves it all.
Thanks Los! Praying for a safe drive fir you and the family!
I’m taking a ministerial exam today & am asking God to help me remember everything I’ve studied & been taught. Also for a safe drive to our state office & back to take the exam. Thanks. Praying for your trip too.
Thank you – it’s genuinely moving to be asked that from a friend at Church, it’s mind-blowingly humbling and awesome to be asked that by a friend I’ve yet to meet on the other side of the world.
I woul really appreciate it if you could please pray for several friends of mine who are all going through trying times – facing family loss, financial problems, health issues and other big problems. I would also be really grateful if you could please pray for my health as I have so many health problems it’s crazy, and impossible to list. The docs have told me that I’ll be on major drugs for the rest of my life, I’ll need a major opeation on my spine at my neck and loads else.
However, I know you’ll have loads of requests so please – if you only remember one of my requests, please pray for my friends as they really need it right now.
Huge blessings and love to you all.
Mike
(P.S. Just watching the CBS stream from here in the UK to see this amazing Beyonce performance :-p)
We’re seeking wisdom for big decisions that need to be made today. These will be life changers, so we want to make sure we are listening to God and not just our emotions.
Thanks and safe travels. We’ll be praying for you as well.
We’re trying to decide if we should dig in and really invest ourselves in our current church that is struggling in a lot of ways…or if its just too much to take on. We feel like we should stay but this church is known for sucking people dry and burning them out. Willing to work hard, just not sure where.
Pray for impactful services at The Orchard this weekend. I’ll be praying for your safe trip to Chicago! When are you making a guest appearance at The Orchard??
I am married with 3 kids (one adopted from Korea
)and I am praying about going in to full time youth ministry which could require us to move. Pray for direction and wisdom and for us to find the right church. Pray that we would be able to sell our home so we can move into the community we would be serving in. Thank you!
Praying for safe travels for you!
He is Risen!
Morning!
I have several friends that have all been laid off from their jobs recently. Please pray for them and their families – that they will remember that God is their provider.
Thx.
Safe travels!
Can you pray for my wife Cherith and I
Her employers have reduced her hours at work & will review the situation again in 6 months – with possible redundancies at that stage
I guess we know its ok & God will continue to provide etc but be cool if you could pray for us
We will also pray for you guys – now that you are super-stars!! hehe
We would like to adopt another child hopefully a girl this time.
My sons, Xavier and Adrian need prayer. Xavier’s daughters just moved three hours away with their mom and he’s struggling with not seeing them daily. Adrian needs to love himself.
I appreciate the prayers. My family needs a huge financial miracle.
I just hit “send” on my application to divinity school, and I am somewhat nervous. Please pray for peace for me in the next couple of weeks, while the school reviews my papers.
And praying that all goes well on your trip today, bro.
My brother has been making a lot of poor choices lately. Will you pray that he finds his way back to God?
i’m getting married on Saturday (yay!) but my fiance and i are feeling a bit ill (i think its a cold). we’re praying for strength to make it through the next couple days (all the pre wedding drama/rehearsal) and that we won’t pass it along to our friends/family.
we’re totally excited for our marriage and can’t wait to see how God will be glorified through our display of the gospel.
I’m searching for a teaching job in Dallas, have had lots of interviews and would ask that God place me where HE wants me and I would get outta the way.
How can I pray for you?
Hugs,
Adriana
Two job offers and a lot of stress and nerves about which way to go. Pray for wisdom
Funny thing is last time you prayed for us all I asked you to pray for me to find a job and now I have two of them. So thanks for this and that.
Hey Los,
I ask that you pray for me to be able to rest. I’ll be praying for you and your family.
THANK YOU!
-Ana
I am a pastor’s wife fighting depression. Sometimes I want to run away to a cabin by the sea and never come home. Thank you.
That my husband would get a job. And that I would have peace with having to go back to work full time.
I could use prayer in the area of finances…not for me, but for my upcoming missions trip to Africa. I’m about 2 thirds of the way there, but hurdles keep popping up with every day. God is my provider, and anything is possible through him.
I’m praying for you, too. I’m a dad of 3, and I know how it gets when paychecks don’t come with the intensity and frequency that you really need. Faith that can move mountains can make money grow on trees…as long as that faith is in the grower, not the produce.
i’d like you to pray for my mom. she’s just been diagnosed with a disease called achalasia. basically her esophagus won’t relax so it makes swallowing food and drinks incredibly difficult.
I am a pastor’s wife fighting depression. Sometimes I want us to leave the ministry. I am also a great actress and no one knows these things.
Me too, Los. Thanks.
To know God’s perfect will for either starting over new with my boyfriend of nine years, or moving on. Either decision will be life changing. Thank you. Can I pray for you?
I really need prayer that God continues to change my heart and draws me closer to Him. It is God’s work and not mine that saves me, and I have been convicted more and more lately. I am very broken from a past relationship and really just need prayer that God heals me and I learn to look to Christ, my Savior, instead of my past hurts, my sins, and my failures.
I just need a lot of Christ in my life.. I just want to be with Christ. I just don’t know how to heal.
Two things
1 – Dark Night of the Soul. Feel like walking away from the faith a lot of the time, giving up and giving into temptations of the flesh.
2 – Recurring medical condition. Migraine related headaches that have me out of work. Collapsing a lot. Not fun. God is faithful though
Thanks for being a blessing
What a wonderful thing to do on a long trip! Could you please pray for my mom. She is also driving to Chicago today and it is an 8 hour trip for her. She is driving alone literally and figuratively. My father, her husband, passed away 5 weeks ago today and she is “driving alone” a lot these days. She is lost and wandering without him. She spent the last 2 years taking care of him through his long illness. She needs all the prayers and love you can send her. Thanks!
Wow Los, I am incredibly touched by this… and I’d like to add that I’ll join you this weekend in praying for the requests that people list… What a great ministry…
I am starting medical school in August, and I am terrified. I know that this is God’s will for my life, I just need to learn to rest in his provision. I’m scared med school will be too hard for me and I’ll fail. I’m terrified of giving up my income and living on loans. And at my school with tuition and living expenses the average student graduates about $250-$300,000 in debt… I can’t even imagine that much student loan debt. So just pray that I will trust in God’s provision, that I will work hard and trust in the mental capacities God has given me, and that overall I would be a good steward of financial resources that I won’t borrow or spend more than I need.
Clarity and direction for my husband as he searches for a job. And clarity and direction for us as we look for a bigger home to accommodate the kids we will foster/adopt.
We’re super excited for the shift, but need guidance. We’re nothing without Christ and His direction.
This morning I feel like my 32 yr marriage is falling apart. Watching your family on CBS this morning brought me joy & sorrow if that is possible..You & your wife are so blessed!! I laughed & I teared up so yes I guess Im a mess this morning. Im wanting my son Justin & his wife to ck out Soul City(they live near there & Jarred baptised Justin in 2001)..they need prayer too. TRYING to seek God this morning..I will pray for your trip too & the Good Friday meeting..Thanks for asking the question..
Los, this is really selfish of me to ask, so feel free to ignore it. I’m pursuing my dream of becoming a published writer of fiction from a Christian world view. I’ve written a first draft and am re-working it into a (hopefully) better draft for my first writer’s conference mid-May. I’m really having trouble doing the re-write…it’s like all my creative juices are gone and it’s like pulling teeth. Please pray that God gives me direction on whether to push through and finish this before the conference or to start working on a second book and come back to finish this one.
I was at this place, Jason about a year ago. Anne Jackson (@flowerdust) told me: Just vomit up the words. Let them out. Let them form sentences later.
Doing that allowed me to get to the place where I could rewrite what needed done. Keep pushing!
Please pray that I find a job soon. I am going to a career fair today that I hope will bring positive results. I was laid-off from a job I had for over 5 years in December. My wife is in school full-time, so other than unemployment, there is no money coming through our door. God has blessed us as we have not had to worry about money yet.
Wow! My heart is heavy and full of compassion as read through these prayer requests! Count on me to stand in agreement with you on these. C’mon God
Thanks Los for doing this. God is preparing the way! I just see His favor all over you and your family
that i would find God at home, where most of my struggles is, his direction, his strength and breakthru in family life…
I’ve got a heart that is full of a dream… I also have obligations and an education to finish… Please pray that I will stay true to my dream… pray that God will show me how to live it NOW– even though it seems like it’s far off in the future… pray that my faith will be strong and my trust in God will be refined… pray that my heart will not become calloused or bitter in the waiting.
thanks
For peace and patience and for money for a move I’m making soon.
direction in life and ministry. i’m 25, love living and ministering in michigan… and my student ministry internship is up soon. i love jr. highers… i just need peace and patience as i wait for God to show me my next step.
thanks.
I… I feel ill-equipped to encourage and counsel the people God has put around me. I want to lead them home, but sometimes I have no idea what direction that is in. Pray that I hear God more clearly, please.
Also, I’m in Chicago and it is a beautiful day! Get some italian ice while you’re out here…
Yes! Italian Ice! And maybe some Garrett’s Popcorn!
Thanks for your request….I am so well blessed and very thankful to have just found this site through the “single ladies” clip. Your children are beautiful…and their joyous singing and dancing in the video was great. I am praying that your trip to Chicago is Safe, Happy and Fun. PS…you are not a terrible father….just a real and present one! Thanks for sharing!
Wisdom and direction. God’s been stirring in my heart for some time now that I need to make a change. Trying to figure out what that change is and if now is the right time to make it.
I’m not going to ask you to pray for me. I am going to ask you to pray for Paul and Jason Watkins. They are two brothers in the band ‘Clemency.’ I had the opportunity to meet them and take some promotional portraits for them. They are really great guys and excellent musicians. Just pray for their safe travel and that God would continue to open doors. If anybody wants to listen, they can listen to some of their songs here:
http://www.clemencyonline.com/
Los, I’m praying for you. you are on my official list.
Pray for me to be the father my rebellious 18 year old son needs. i need to know when to speak and when to listen. when to press the truth and when to let it soak into his soul. i pray that God will grant him repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth and the He will shine the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ into his heart, mind and soul. thanks for praying with me.
you’re a blessing.
john
Wow! What a great idea!
My husband Marty and I could use some prayers. We are adoptive parents of the most amazing little boy. We are trying to start a second adoption, but are torn on what direction to go… It was so clear with our first adoption. We knew which country and even what month. Now… We’ve got nothing… Pray that God gives a sign! We’ve got lots of room for many children! Just struggling with the ‘what’s next’ Can you pray that we receive some clarity! We’re so excited to see what God is going to bring us!
And have fun in Chicago! That’s where we are, and LOVE IT! You’re welcome for dinner anytime!!
~Kathryn
I’ll take full advantage of the prayer, even though you’re probably already on the road. So don’t look at your iphone and read this. LOL
I’m still preparing for SoulQuench. As camp director I’ve been asked to speak this year. So God has given me the opportunity to speak into the lives of the students. My prayer is that I’ll shut up long enough to let God speak and do His business on the hearts of these students and other adults. Heck even myself.
Our 16 year old son and 19 year old girlfriend are pregnant and wanting to marry and live with us while he finishes high school. I am simply standing on Christ the Solid Rock. Thank you Los, your FL, Blog-party friend. -Michelle
Will you please pray for my friend, Jenn Faas and her daughter Kerrigan. Pray for a miracle in the health of her daughter. Pray for strength and His comfort and care for them. They are an amazing family. I am sure the Edwards have told you about them, Angela is Jenn’s best friend and a friend of mine too. So if you’ve already lifted them up and have time, lift them up again. Thanks so much. It inspires me to read your blog. Thanks for being so transparent and real.
Pray that the transition back to Louisiana is a smooth one. I am moving back from the Dominican Republic and I do not have a job or car. I have a place I can live but I have to have money to pay for the rent. I am a single mother and a teacher. At this point I am just looking for a job that can support my daughter and I and I can make a little extra to save for my daughter’s college in four years. Thanks for the prayers.
That I can find a church that fits
The coolest part about you asking is that I get to go pray for each of these people too.
Los, how can I pray for you?
on a side note, how come I’m not notified when I get a reply?
If you get this and you haven’t gotten to Chicago yet, my dad will receive the results of 3 different scans that he had done on Tuesday to see if chemo is working to shrink 2 tumors in his lungs. He is a Christian, and is ready to go if they come back and say it is not working, but selfishly, we want them to shrink so we can have him around for many more years! And for emotional and physical strength to get through the rest of the treatments.
As far as prayers for me, it has been a terribly rough week with my girls and I have felt like I was going to lose my mind. If you want to pray for a little peace, then that would be awesome!
And BTW – I LOVED the Single Ladies video and my girls (3 & 4) wanted to watch it over and over and over!! Thanks for making us laugh!!
For my health. I’ve been exhausted alot lately and need to get checked out. I’m a bit concerned.
Please pray for us concerning our fertility treatments this month. We pray for pregnancy!
Los I don’t interact much with your blog anymore. Still I would appreciate it if you and the community (whoever reads this and is moved to) would pray for my family. I found out this week my dad has a VERY LARGE tumor in his colon. They think it’s contained but they aren’t sure. He goes in tomorrow to meet with the surgeon to talk about when the surgery will be. He’s not even 60 yet man. We’re trying to stay positive but it’s tearing me up.
Dad’s a believer. He has been, by far, one of the biggest spiritual influences on my life. I’m just having a tough time dealing with this and keeping focused on ministry and leading worship.
Thanks Los. I truly appreciate what you are doing here and the community that God has used you to help build up to support all of us.
Chris, I’ll be praying for you. My mother passed away in January from colon cancer at the age of 60, so I know exactly how you are feeling. I’ll pray God works through the doctors and can use their skills to help heal your Dad. I’ll be praying for you as well you go through this dark time.
Carlos,
I would love it if you would pray that I would uphold the idea that life is not about having what I want, but wanting what I have.
Thanks so much!
My wife and I are seminary students, and looking for a new church. We need wisdom in finding a church family. And that we stay humble and able to be used by God
i’ve only just “met” you yesterday after following a tweet about your adoption. i love how you’re speaking up for the orphans of the world and encouraging adoption by sharing your journey.
we have 5 young children. our little boy joined our family from Africa in November. we know God has a brother for him out there and we are praying and searching for him. despite us not mentioning this to our 3 year old, she also insists that we “GO GET HER OTHER BABY BROTHER.” my heart is aching for him. thank you for your prayers.
I too, DM’d you on Twitter.
Suffice to say for the others who might pray, there’s a struggle within me that occupies my mind and heart — sometimes almost debilitating. Peace & resolution would be my prayer.
Could you pray for the salvation and protection of my extended family? This is my fervent prayer (and request of others).
For our team on easter.. we have had a few bumps in the road..
Carlos – could you please pray for the resurrection of my wonderful family. Restoration of a marriage and a family where God’s love once bloomed. I’m using thanksgiving as a weapon and praise as a sword and hope that you will join me in seeking the restoration of this most precious family and the miracle of God’s precious promises. I am waiting patiently for God to bring my beloved husband home. Thank you so much.
Your sister in prayer.
pray for continued provision through these rough times, pray for grace and forgiveness through my divorce, pray for safety for my friends fighting overseas, pray that I would allow myself to be used by God more in ways that strain me and bring me closer to him. Thanks
That I embrace who I am in Him and all He has for me-to love like He loves; always-to be ready in and out of season-to know when to shake the dust from my sandals-to pray continually for all He brings to me-to forgive amidst the pain-
Next May I will be graduating with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Spanish. I will have been in school for 6yrs (I didnt wanna give up lol). But anyway for the last few weeks I feel like God has given me the passion to but a full time missionary and not use my degree at all. And Im totally willing to do this. I just need prayer for direction and determining what he really wants me to do!!! I get so confused deciphering my passion vs. His will!!! Thanks
I’m heading home for a couple of weeks soon and I haven’t spoken to one of my grandmothers after we had a blow up fight when I was home at Christmas. Just praying that my time at home would be refreshing and that maybe my grandmother and I would start to repair our relationship.
We’re considering changing churches. Huge step for us, can use all the prayer we can get!
That God is with me and that his will be done as far as my sons custody is concerened, and that I find a good christian lawyer for my court daate in two more weeks. Oh and that I can remain calm during all these struggles.
Carlos you are so kind. Can you pray for me, to have more strength to pray, to have a the desire to pray like i once use to, but more. That the Holy spirit can start working in my life and change me completely as a person. I want to serve Jesus and do what He wants me to do, but im weak. And im weak because i admit i hardly pray anymore. Thats all i need. Thank you so much! God Bless
I’ll be praying for you, that you travel safely. Please pray for me, that I’ll be able to focus and do the things I need to do.
On top of being a husband, father of two, a software tester and involved in the leadership of a local church, I run a small non-profit dedicated to providing access to clean drinking water to the Rendille tribe in Northern Kenya.
For me, I’d like for you to pray that the Holy Spirit would help me hold my family in the proper priority and find balance in the rest of my commitments within the time that is leftover after my family time.
For my organization, Dynamic Water, I’d ask that you pray that others with a passion for helping provide access to clean water would come along side of me and help us serve the people of Laisamis, Kenya. It can be a lonely road at times. Working with others would make the journey more enjoyable.
Thanks for offering to pray for us all.
Pray for the abundant harvest that we are expecting on Saturday and Sunday at our church. Los if you are heading back to atlanta on saturday stop by at 4:30. Catch our address from site link.
Peace
Would love for you to ask God, on my behalf, for clarity about my role in His mission. Struggling at the moment. Looking for clarity.
Please pray for my husband, my marriage, my heart. We have a difficult road ahead of us, and we will only make it by the grace of God.
Please pray that he will have the strength to resist temptation, to resist following his heart, and to stay true to the commitment he made last night.
My son is finishing his freshman year of college. He is confused with where he thinks he needs to be…praying for Godly wisdom in his choice making and peace for him.
I just need Jesus. Is that simple enough?
Hubby broke his leg Saturday- had surgery Monday
Work for the government (enuf said)
and I am in business w/my folks, this week my mom is all over me and i am so worn down. Feeling, not good enough, always wrong, etc.
Jesus would be good. I need the Ressurection this week!
thanks for asking
That I would be healed from whatever this is that has me sidelined in Fort Lauderdale. I am so sick today that I could not get out of bed and catch my flight home to Austin. That God would provide me strength to make it through the night.
Hey there!
Can you pray for my feeling of overwhelmedness? I serve 5 campuses and feel like I have quintuplets that all need sippy cups and cheerios at once as we prepare for Good Friday and Easter services.
Thanks!!
My fiance had a kidney transplant 5 years ago (Jan 23, 2005) and about two weeks ago her body started to reject the kidney. God is good and our doctor(s) have been very proactive, but we’d still love prayer that the treatments (which are draining and fatiguing and nauseating..) will be effective. The treatments are scheduled to last right up to the week before our wedding, so that’s a bonus one.
Thanks,
Wayne
Real and lasting transformation into the woman I was created to be.
Praying for safe travels for you, man. For me, I’d covet some prayer around my wife and I connecting in a real way in community. We’ve been in Arizona for a while and it feels like it’s taking forever…currently at a church where it feels like community is valued. Pray for that to continue, por favor.
please pray that God would miraculously provide a job for me…been looking for the past 10months.
PS: are you going to be soul citying it tomorrow night?!!
I’ve just had a couple revelations in my life which feels incredible so I’m just hoping to stick with them. I really need prayer because I know God’s leading into the missions field and I need to really trust Him in how He’s gonna let that happen. I really have no clue what He is planning! btw your kids are adorable!! I just posted your video about your son singing single ladies on facebook! haha
I was just approved for weight loss surgery. I’m excited and frightened all at the same time.
hi. would you pray for my 22 yr old sister to be freed of heroin addiction? thank you so much. p.s. you seem like a great dad.
I’ll also be praying…
I’m praying too! Addiction is tough. May she be freed from the chains of addiction, guilt, shame, and life, and enter a place of peace, and love from her sister.
Amen for thinking of someone other than your self for prayer from Los. If we all could be so selfless….
Hey Los, I’ve been looking for a job lately (or some freelance work.) Prayers would be great!
Download Alliota, Hanes, & Jeremiah’s “Lake Shore Drive” from iTunes and listen to it when you hit Chicago. I can’t tell you how much I miss Chicago and, truly, that song is a prayer to me. Just listen to it.
I need Prayer for Healing. I have been battling Breast Cancer for quite awhile. I also am a Amputee who is in desperate need of a wheelchair. My current chair is literally falling apart and is not safe for me to be using. I have written about it on my Blog. There is a widget for donations if anyone want’s to make a donation.
Please, Pray that I continue to “Keep the Faith” and always have my eyes on Him! God Bless You! Jo
Please pray for healing of my heart from the seperation from my now ex fiance, and for the worries and pain I feel for my child. Thanks =)