Ragamuffin Revival Prayer Meeting
This month has been a —–(female pootch).
Or crappy…
Today I feel like cussing…but I censored my typing, although you all know what I typed, so is it really censored if I thought it?
Anyways…
The Whittakers are broke, but only in America.
The truth is we have a roof over our head, and food, and work.
So we have, as Andy Stanley calls it, rich people problems…
I know I’m not the only one having a crappy month.
We are gonna do another wonderful Ragamuffin Revival Prayer Service.
Your prayers are thick. I love watching them impact peoples lives.
Live…Online…Streaming…And for us…
For the members here ar the Ragamuffin Soul community.
This coming Monday night…930 pm EST…
Here is a view of Kyle’s view of our last Prayer Meeting…
Untitled from Kyle L Reed on Vimeo.
So let’s collect prayer requests until Monday night… Just use this blog post to collect prayer requests and we will all pray for each other live…online…
Cool?
OK. Retweet this junk and post it to your facebook pages so we can cover our tribes in prayer.
RAIN IT DOWN
I have been battling some undiagnosed illness for about 2 years now, which keeps me in pain daily.
You rock, and I’ll be praying for you too!
If you guys could pray for the two doctor appointments I have coming up in September, that’d be awesome!
And please pray I can glorify God through all of this… prolonged pain has messed with my head quite a bit, and although it hasn’t made me question the existence of God or anything, it has screwed my relationship up with Him a little. I so badly want to use this to show people His unfailing love and peace, even when it doesn’t make sense.
Thanks so much for things like this, Los!
Know that God is using you now and will continue to use you through this. I’m bipolar and I like to say that I’m strategically imbalanced because God uses me to reach out to other people who are bipolar. God also uses me to reach out to family members of people who are bipolar. It’s not always easy but I’m happy to do it for His glory.
gosh that was so long ago, but that was a night that truly showed me the power of the internet and prayer.
Facing bankruptcy. Thanks for praying.
lifting you up…I have walked through it…there is life after…
Huge possibility of moving far away from friends, family and church. Needing prayer for the correct steps & decisions that we need to take. Nervously awaiting an salary offer from a pretty cool company. The potential for my husband is an awesome feeling. As a family we’ve never been able to provide insurance for our kids or ourselves.
my non-profit ministry for women with pornography addiction (http://dirtygirlsministries.com) needs some serious provision to come its way in order for me to be able to do it full-time. right now it is as if i have 2 full-time jobs — but the ministry suffers because it doesn’t have enough of my devotion/focus. trusting God has laid this ministry in my hands and will provide in His timing. peace in the interim.
Could you pray for someone i know (don’t wanna say a name) who has continually been trampled over and used by ‘business people’ who claim to be “Christians” and operate in a “Christian industry”
thanks
Hi Folks – great idea this
There are two biggies in our lives right now that I would seriously appreciate major prayer for, and definitely need God to chip in here!
1) I lost my job 5 weeks ago – came a bit out of the blue, and hit us whilst we were on holiday. Things are really quiet on the job front and things are tight. We know God has plans for us, and know He is in control – but all prayer is much appreciated. In a shameless plug, I’ve put more details on my blog at http://hartleyweb.co.uk
2) I have a spinal degenerative disorder which has now got so bad that the neurosurgeon wants me to have surgery. The surgery is risky as it’s in C5/C6/C7 (basically, most of my neck) and if it goes wrong I face the prospects of becoming a quadriplegic. If I don ‘t go for the surgery – then I face a near certainty of the same. Once again, there’s more on this on my blog – specifically at http://hartleyweb.co.uk/?p=301
Please remember us in your prayers – and we’ll be praying for you all as well
God Bless,
Mike
Wisdom… as we have become 1st-time parents to a beautiful baby girl.
Trust… that in spite of the seemingly scarce provisions, God is in control and providing in ways we don’t expect.
Grace… as we press forward in areas of work-ministry that are not the greatest “passion” of ours, but an open door that was presented and was evidently an opportunity for provision.
Guidance… to continue to follow His leading. I want to do certain things so badly…, and while they’re ministry for Him, I don’t want it to hinder the fullness of the plans He has.
Opportunities… to be able to lead worship. I spent 12 years leading worship about 49 out of 52 weeks per year, and in the last seven months, I’ve led worship three times. I feel like a part of me is missing, but I’m trying to see what God’s trying to teach me through this season.
My job is slow, pray that it doesn’t just stop altogether. My hubby and I are trying to get out of debt so we can save up to pay for an adoption. Please pray that we can live our lives completely while waiting for that next phase (and watching everyone our age around us go through the 1st child birth and onto the 2nd without us). Pray for my husband who just started a hard semester at school. Pray that he has time to complete his work well, while still working a FT job.
I’m praying that I’m chosen to go to France for a student exchange program at my culinary school.
I’m praying for a friend whose marriage is struggling right now.
I’m praying for my daughter who has just started her senior year of high school.
Tough year for me.
Mom dies in January at age 60 of cancer.
Our family dog who we had since she was a puppy dies a week later.
Dad dies in April at age 67 from liver failure tied to hepatitis.
Financial ruin because of horrible financial decisions (Dave Ramsey is helping)
All that and a decision to leave a workplace by the end of the year that pays well, but is in an environment so toxic, it sucks the life out of me.
Tough year, but God has also blessed me so much with a great family and great friends and I have Jesus to lean on. This decision to step out in faith with regard to work in an economy like this might seem crazy to some people. But this was me trusting God instead of procrastinating like Perry Noble talked about today:
http://www.perrynoble.com/2010/08/26/what-is-holding-you-back/
It’s a scary time. But it is also an exciting time. I started photography a looong time ago back in 1992. I wanted to do it professionally. It wasn’t the time. Now I am 40 and still young to take a big leap of faith and live out the dream that started 18 years ago.
Jay, Go with God my brother. I know what you are going through at least on the job front stepping out. Following a dream isn’t easy, but God is faithful. Los recommended a book to me a few months back, The Dream Giver. Great thoughts & insights for the journey. Be encouraged fellow journeyman.
Just want to give thanks. Have more blessings that I can count. I am sure I am missing a few even then…
There must be some trial or tribulation that I am forgetting, but I am just so darn grateful for all the blessings in and around my life that I want to give sincere, heartfelt, fall on your face and ball kind of thanks.
And I am humbled to add your lists to my list for Monday night.
Thanks Papa Los for pulling us all together to do this.
You da guy!!!
please pray for our medical bills we can’t pay…court date in september.
also for a business opportunity that can provide some stability financially. one is on the horizon.
pray for our ministry. we’re sowing truth in the midst of generations of false teaching. pray for the seeds to take root. pray for more workers to water and care for the tender shoots that do come up.
My sister and I both really need jobs.
I need the wall/s between God and me to come down, but I don’t know how to do it, and I’m terrified to be truly vulnerable with God and fully trust him because I’ve been hurt by so many people.
I have a lot of wounds from people who have said and done things that have reinforced the idea that I am just a failure and that I’m not worth a whole lot. Day to day I can generally keep these thoughts pushed aside, but when they surface, it’s emotional and spiritual agony. I really need healing in this area.
Brenda,
Have you ever read Captivating by John and Staci Eldredge? I ask because I know where you’re coming from, I’ve been there and am sometimes still there. Someone gave me that book earlier this year & it opened the wounds wide enough for God to heal. It was a painful process but one I’m glad I took/am still on at times.
If you ever need a listening ear feel free to shoot me an email!(ethnolili@gmail.com) I’m praying for you. You are a beautiful, wonderful child of God!!
I have read that book. It’s actually on my bookshelf right now.
Thanks so much for the offer. I may take you up on it. I so appreciate the prayers. I was driving today, and I got a little overwhelmed thinking of all the people who would pray for me tonight, and I’m excited to pass that blessing on to others. Sometimes it helpful just to know that I’m not invisible, that someone cares.
Where do I start? There are a lot of changes in my church recently. The worship pastor and the youth pastor are leaving. I consider myself the “worship pastor’s assistant”. I help lead with him, and I lead when he is not in service. I’m not sure what is going to happen next. Should I apply for the worship leader position? Should I feel free to leave the church? I know I’ll have to leave one or both of my part time jobs to do this, and I have college to finish. I just need some direction from this point.
Blessed to be moving to serve the church where I grew up. God is good! But moving brings the stress of trying to sell a house in a terrible market. I know that debt is on the horizon. I trust that God has a plan for how this will all work out.
Please pray that the right family shows up who needs our home. So that we can go serve those who had such a huge hand in making my wife and me who we are today.
for the last two years…i’ve needed a car…no door has opened and now its really getting down to the nitty gritty you could say..no one will buy it cause the transmission wont change there for i cant get any money to put something down on a new one..i need god to open a door
I will be praying for you and the fam. Pray for me as i am battling some physical battles with my gall bladder.
Ministry “stuff” wisdom, discernment and the financial provision to do what God’s called us to do at our church! BLESSINGS
I am a hair’s breadth from total kidney failure. Although I’ve fought tooth and nail to avoid it, I’ll be starting dialysis in a week or so. I’m on the kidney transplant list, but haven’t found a living donor match yet. Pray for a short time having to deal with dialysis, the wisdom and strength to deal with how to live life and make a living while dealing with dialysis, and a long line of potential donors! Thanks!
Ok, so I teared up reading this post and then the prayers of the folks above – s thankful that you guys are hurting and yet you are praying for OTHERS. Wow… thanks Los – you guys are rockstars. I pray that God gives you guys the blessings of this scripture: Job 42:10: “The LORD restored the fortunes of Job WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold.” – that’s what ya’ll are doing. thank you – what a gift.
so, my prayers. My marriage (my brand new marriage – we are less than 2 years in).
I have three days left at my job with nothing lined up yet. Being let go due to budget reductions. Our church is in a pastoral transition and is facing some major challenges that have the potential to split it. There is much hurt feeling and loss of trust floating around.
i hope God will fix what i broke…
He’s started. i hope he can finish.
i broke things real good.
Hey, Los & fam! You guys have had an incredible journey this summer. Sorry I couldn’t get to Creation NW. They moved it from The Gorge, which is just a mere 10 miles from me. Mad me sad!
Still needing a job. Have been in WA a year this week! It has been an incredible journey for my husband & I. And our daughter, who remains in Austin. All my applications for transferring my license are done. All my fees are paid (thank-you, God, for that $1000). Just waiting to see what restrictions they will apply to my license. I celebrated 3 years clean in July & have continued my life of recovery above & beyond what was “required”.
That is all. Love your heart, Los. You never forget your tweeple! Can’t believe I’ve been coming around here for nearly 2 years!! Love your honesty on your own struggles. I pray God continues to provide for all 5 of you. Mentally & materially.
Pray that God opens the door for the student ministry position I interviewed at on Monday!
We have been trying to get pregnant with our fourth child of almost a year to no avail. Please pray that we find peace in whatever the Lord shall do with us in this area.
Secondly I just opened my own bakery and I really want to use it as a launching pad to reach out to people in the community. Please pray that God expands my wisdom and grace to be a living example of Christianity and Grace!
That God would make clear what I need to do in regards to job/ministry. Stay with the church I’m at and suck it up or begin looking to move on. I don’t want my discomfort (loneliness/lack of friends/community, far from family, etc.) to dictate my decision, but it’s super painful to continue pouring out in full time ministry when all of my friends & family are 1100 miles away and I’m working in a church where I’m literally the only mid 20′s single person in a church of 800. Pray that I would continue to desperately desire obedience above all else.
My family needs Jesus. My mom is hurting and wrapped up in bitterness. My dad is tired all the time. My brother is strong, so strong that he sees no need for a savior. I don’t know how to show Him to them.
I’m about to move far, far away. I’m excited and nervous and scared and anxious. It could be a dream come true. It could be incredibly difficult. It could be both.
I want to trust God moment by moment that it’s ok to be 23, make mistakes, and pursue Jesus. I feel like I have to be this awesome holy Christian guru with tons of perspective, experience, and knowledge on how to love God and His people.
praying for you all
Our church is about to vote on whether to embark on a building project. Pray that we make the correct decision and that it brings us all together.
Also, for my stress level. I’m working full time supporting four kids, my wife and I, working at the church as worship leader and small group leader, taking six hours of seminary courses, and trying to rest every now and then.
Thanks Los and Ragamuffins!
Three weeks from today, I fly to England to live and study for a year (at least). I’m getting a masters degree in Modern Slavery Studies, and the whole thing is massive and overwhelming.
But my chief prayer request right now is my living situation. I don’t have anything lined up. There are options, but choosing a place without seeing it, without meeting my housemates is scary. I don’t want to have that fear. My prayer is that I’ll end up with the right people, whether that means they’re amazing and lovely or if they’re people who need Jesus and he wants me to show them love.
PRAY THAT “Breakaway B’ville” (a college ministry) will go well!
08-31-10 we are kicking off the 2010 semester of “Breakaway B’ville” it’s gonna be BIGGER and BRIGHTER than last year….Pray that the NAME OF JESUS and HIS GLORY would be made known through our area.
find out more at: http://calebgordon.com/?p=1045
We are super pumped!
Please pray for my husband, as he has some big decisions ahead regarding his career direction. He needs God to guide him.
And, that God will provide us a way completely out of debt. We paid off $70,000 in debt over the last three years and have about another 13,000 to go. It’s tiring! Praying for you and your family. I know the broke thing all too well…
Wow! $70,000 in 3 yrs is AMAZING! Congrats on getting this far!
Prayer for my brother & his family and my mom who are embarking on a move together. Finances, jobs, finding a house, etc. are uncertain. My brother is a worship pastor who was called to a church 5 years ago, leaving the area where we all grew up, sacrificing much. The church has now become dysfunctional because of a new pastor & my brother has chosen to leave and go back to the church he came from. My dad died in January and my brother wants my mom to move with them and live with them. I love him for that! My sister-in-law needs a job as she is currently the executive assistant for the pastor! Prayer for wisdom, peace and clarity! Thanks so much!
Please pray for my family. My parents divorced when I was very young, so I’ve always been afraid to get married. Well, I am engaged now and the date is set. Problem is my family is still in shambles–haven’t talked to my dad in over 8 years (and I plan to somehow make contact with him soon). And my mom, bless her heart, thinks my fiance is the devil and is the worst choice possible. I know he isn’t, and have plenty of support from friends and my pseudo-family, but it can be quite disheartening at times to have my mom resent me and my fiance. Please pray for unity and God’s blessing on our families and our marriage. He’s the only one who can work on my mom’s heart and prepare us for a conversation with my dad. Thanks for the prayers!
I just resigned my position as youth pastor and we have no idea whats next. Family of 6 moving into Mom and Dad’s house in order to stretch the finances out and search for next youth pastor position.
Thanks in advance to all, & I’ll be praying for everyone as well!
I start radiation Monday, 2nd time since March. I knew what to expect upfront last time, but this round is whole different ballgame and stakes are much higher. Please pray for strength, stamina, minimal side effects, and hopefully after this round–No More Nukes….No More Nukes!
trust God period!
Tom
Los great to have you back leading at home this weekend, wish I was serving on prod team to thank you in person for revival & prayers!
Tomorrow is the unveiling (1 year anniversary) of the 13yr old brother of one of the girls in my community youth group who committed suicide last year.
Last year god stitched us all closer through the pain, and i just hope that this year while the tragedy is still fresh in our minds and hearts, he will be present and we can continue working through the pain and questions together.
Also, i love my partner dearly and she is my best friend, but i am not sure how much further we will be going together, i’m just asking abba for wisdom, patience, and the ability to pull my head out of my ass if it is needed.
My wife has been battling severe IBS symptoms for 2-3 years now. She just got out of the hospital last week after 8 days being treated for C-Diff toxin, hardcore (people die kinda stuff) bacteria. ANyway, I would appreciate your prayers as this has hit us financially, emotionally and we are in need of some rescue.
Please pray ragamuffin community for complete healing from this bacteria so the doctors can begin to diagnose or “treat” the other IBS issues.
On another note, we are about to pursue recording our 2nd CD, finances are on the top of our mind of course because it ain’t cheap. Pray for God’s provision . . . for us to continue to pray in faith for this and for His direction on the project.
– KC
In all of my years of struggling with illness, living in pain, losing abilities, being homebound and isolated from the world… I have never ached in my heart more or felt more broken than losing my dad 7 weeks ago today. Not being at his funeral, not being able to comfort my mom from here… I have never missed someone so much in my life, or felt more isolated than losing him has done. I don’t question it. I don’t even wish for him back, knowing the grace he lives in now. I just need prayer to figure out how to live in this world where he isn’t.
If you could have only known this amazing man.
My currently going through a divorce and I’d appreciate prayers for myself, my soon to be ex-wife and my two small children. Through my suffering I’m learning to depend more on Him. God bless you and thanks!
Peace,
Tom
a young, wayward family member; trust broken and hurt by family, life, and church ppl. overwhelming.
Right now I really need guidance from God. I find myself hearing God telling me to take action on girls who are being sex trafficked in my city. The problem is I have no idea how I can start something that strenuous. So I ask that God can guide me so that I may know how I get this program up and running.
Los praying for u bro. You will have victory in Jesus name! Please pray for two ladies in our church (LifePoint) that both found out today that their husbands are having affairs. Please pray for restoration, healing, and repentance. Lets kick Satan in the teeth! And have victory.
i was forced to quit my youth pastors job on tuesday, so i need a new job QUICKLY!
my wife and I also need healing…lots of pain and bitterness
Pray that my mother-in-law will be open to coming to church this Sunday and that she will hear the gospel in a fresh light. She grew up a “Christian” but after having her husband cheat on her she has only graced the doors of a church twice, both for weddings. Her salvation has the possibility of changing the attitude of our entire family.
For our friend Mandy and her husband as they just lost their 7 year old little boy this past Sunday
I thought this blog was kid-friendly but I now recently learned otherwise. Christians promoting vulgure language? hmmmmm….
Praying for courage to make all of Luke 14, the way I live.
I’m organizing our church’s 50th anniversary party in 3 weeks and the stress is sinking in. It doesn’t help that I still feel wounded by this church from things that happened over a year ago.
My husband and I have started a nonprofit that we feel God is leading us into. Things are getting frustrating – lots of work with little result – and doubt is creeping in for me.
For me personally: my bipolar has been less than stable lately and makes day to day a struggle; I’m trying to find out who God wants me to be & what my story is; also trying to be a godly wife and the best mommy I can be to our 3 kids.
Mostly I just want to be who I am supposed to be so that God can use me to reach others.
Thanks so much! I will be here praying too!
For a job,(I’ve been unemployed for 2 1/2 months)with health benefits.
For strength to continue fighting my depression, anxiety and alcoholism.
For my 12 year old daughter Maddie, healing and relief from the pain caused by her bone disease.
The truth is I do not remember how to reach your twit and hear your music …
but if there is something we can pray, I’m from Chile and I am preparing a mission team to go to Tacna, Peru. I ask for prayer that God will provide the resources to carry out that mission
thanks . God bless u
Thank you so much for these prayers.
I’ve had Epilepsy all my life. Medications have not worked and I have continued to pray for the past 3 yrs for God’s will in this. On Sept 7th I will be going in the hospital for one of 2 surgeries to stop the seizures. Pray that the doctors find out where the seizures are exactly taking place quickly, that everything goes smoothly and then in the second surgery when they go to remove the area, the area that they go to remove is not a vital area and there are no complications.
Secondly, I’ve been volunteering and attending a church
Secondly I’ve been attending a church in the inner city and immensely a part of the the ministry. It’s been very rewarding but also very challenging. I’ve begun to question my motives and question myself about alot of stuff in why I am doing this. I want to continue but I know I need get back to the root and find out why the heck I’m doing what I’m doing? Is this even what God wants me to do or is there something else? Honestly, direction and clarity during this time.
Thanks again
pray for me and my husband and our 6 day old son Judah that we just brought home. it’s been a tiring and blessed week, but if I have one more anxious night of sneaking into his room just to reassure myself he’s still breathing, i may go insane.
the joys of being a new parent……
My eldest boy is Judah. I can tell you they are still breathing. Just had our third boy two weeks ago – I still check they’re alive.
You can pray for my wife and I to have understanding and strength. We just got news today that the Rwandan government (from which we are adopting) has decided to put infrastructure in place to conform to Hague standards for adoptions. That is good, because it protects the children. The bad news is they are postponing any new adoptions if the dossier isn’t registered in country by next Tuesday. Ours has virtually no chance of that. So I don’t have any idea how long we’ll be waiting. We were so close. Our dossier is done and has been sent to DC, but isn’t on its way to Rwanda yet. Those of you who’ve adopted know the paperwork involved. We bled, sweated, and cried over that dossier, and now that we have it done and sent in, we hear that we have an indefinite wait before we can even be placed on the waiting list. We don’t have any other children…don’t have any prospect of having our own. That’s why we decided to adopt…there are 150 million orphans in the world that are dying for a loving home…we have a loving home and are dying for a child.
I know that God is sovereign. I know that He wants what’s best for us. I know that this is all in His plan. I know that…but, and I’m being completely transparent here, I am finding it really hard to not be mad at Him. We just need alot of prayer please.
Just received news that my husband will probably deploy in a month. This will be our first deployment…and it’s…nauseating. I am not sure how our kids will take the news.
Short term: My husband and I are heading to Nicaragua on Saturday for a week long mission trip to Masaya to help build a preschool. We are leaving our three children with our parents. He just got home about 30 minutes ago from China. Needless to say our kids will be without their daddy for longer than they ever have. Long term: I’m trying to open a maternity home for homeless pregnant teens in my community. Need direction, answers, and very specifically leadership.
My 18 yr old cousin has had medical problems since birth. A 1/1,000,000 disease.
She just had surgery at one of the best intestinal hospitals in the country and she is having a very difficult time recovering. She has had infections, pneumonia, and more.
Please lift up Mallory in your prayers.
Thanks Carlos for doing this! It is awesome and very powerful.
Going off to college. At Azusa Pacific.
I’m nervous that I’ll miss opportunities, never resolve my issues and the rest of the freshman worries.
Please pray for me.
That God would bring me on a story that is purposeful and full of Him.
My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for 5 years now. I’m in treatment for infertility. I’m just so tired of feeling “broken”. I want to be a mother so bad. I know that the Lord is trying to teach me something thru this. I DO trust that He will make all things perfect in HIS time. but I’m still left feeling depressed and angry.
Praying for you. I understand your pain as I have lived through infertility myself.
For a new job. My current grant job ends on September 30th.
For an apartment after I find a job. My apartment caught on fire while I was on vacation earlier this summer. I’m currently living with my parents.
For wisdom in relationships. More specifically, one with a pretty special guy.
And for passion to follow Him through all of the above. I’ve seemed to be lacking in that lately.
A couple things:
First and foremost, my relationship with God. It just ain’t like it used to be. I have a bunch of seemingly unanswered questions regarding my faith, and I just feel sorta distanced from God. However, some recent revelations have helped me out a bit, most definitely. Overall, I just need some prayers to just point me in the right direction.
I can’t wait to pray for all you guys too! Soo pumped. Seeya Monday!
I am amazing in reading all these requests, there is so much love here for the kingdom and for God’s heart. Los, I am praying for the Whit tribe that could would come in once again and provide. Whew, what an awesome God we serve…
For my fam, my husband is currently is an inpatient facility (mental hospital in Wisconsin) We live in Idaho, so we aren’t able to be near him during this time. This is his 10th hospitalization. He has finally admitted he needs to deal with God, his mom and more. WOW, its about time, woohoo!!!!! BUT the enemy is not so happy with this whole time. We need Jesus…. we need some CASH, to pay for this hospital time, money to keep living while he is gone and just peace in this overall process…. we know GOD is so incontrol, and we are waiting for these mountains to move. Come on Lord… do it
It’s Friday, but Monday’s comin’!!
A buddy of mines father passed away tonite after a battle wirh cancer, no matter how long you know someone has cancer, the loss is still great, he could use some prayer….I’ve also been struggling with some internal struggles that i could use god’s strength right now…
Stuff like this is amazing and its great to see the body of Christ come together for each other!
For a full-time position at a church leading God’s people in worship through music.
That I will really trust God.
Pray that Milestone Church in Pensacola takes big risks to do great things for God. Thanks.
My wife is filing for divorce. Please pray that she changes her mind and has a change of heart and is willing to reconcile our differences. Nothing that either of us has done is unforgivable or too big for God to handle.
I also ask for God’s direction in my life and that He will lead me and I will be the man God has called me to be.
Thank you!!
Where to start. . .
Next week, at this time, my wife and I will be in Haiti. Meeting medical needs and loving on people in a few different places. We’re there for a week with out 3 children back in Missouri. We made the decision to go knowing that’s what we are supposed to be doing. But now finances are causing issues with her getting no money while we’re gone. Not really sure how bills will be paid or what we’ll be eating when we get back home.
So the prayers here are for the people of Haiti that they’ll be open. Prayers for Angela and I, that we’ll be open. Prayers that God will cover our finances.
My father was electrocuted 14 years ago. Later in September we will celebrate his 14th birthday (he should have died that day). This week he’s back in the hospital due to skin grafts not taking. They’re looking to try again to do skin grafts. But also looking at the possibility of taking his legs in the near future. Pray for his health and God’s reality and direction in his life.
Angela and I are looking toward where God wants to use us. She graduates with her masters in December. And God has called me back to youth ministry (the past 10 years He’s had me with a church plant here in Springfield MO). So we’re looking to where God is trying to lead and praying that we’ll follow.
So . . Los, other than being “American broke” how can we lift you up?
Our school has suffered 3 losses – a newly retired teacher passed on the first day of school after battling stage 5 brain cancer from the day she handed in her retirement letter, the following day a former student was killed in a car accident, 2 days later another former student was killed in Iraq, and 2 coworkers have lost their parents. We’re still giving it our all for our students, but our collective hearts are in SO MUCH PAIN!
My 4 year old daughter Anna. She has 11 cavities and they have recently started to hurt when she eats so she’s not eating as much. We have gone to 2 dentists. The 1st one said she would need oral surgery and just the dental part would be close to 4 grand. We went to the 2nd dentist and he almost cut that in half. However, we took her to the 2nd dentist to have some work done and she was too fidgety so he said that surgery is going to be our best bet. SO we are back to our $4,000 option, only we don’t have $4,000.
Please pray for a speedy alternative. Since getting the little work done she is able to eat a little better however she still complains of pain from time to time.
Grace and Peace
Reading about what your little girl is dealing with, broke my heart. I’m so sorry and I’ll be praying. Have you looked into a Dental College? They are students (supervised by dentists) who do the work for nearly nothing so they can get the experience. We’ve done that a time or two when finances are tight and it was such a blessing.
I’ll keep it short & sweet. Please pray that we sell our house and that God leads me & my family to where He wants us to be. I am leaving a church I helped plant 5 years ago because I believe God is telling me that He has something more waiting. I have been praying for God’s vision & dreams for my life. So I know that I am leaving but I don’t see where I’m going yet. If you want to read more of my story feel free to see my blog post: http://mikebone.net/leaving-true-north/
Thanks for your prayers!
It’s been a rough 3 months. I’ve dubbed it the Summer of Suck. And I’ve gradually started telling people about it so they can help me pray. Why did it take me so long? Who the heck knows. I suppose satan liked me feeling alone. In the spirit of opening up, here’s the prayer I need:
–my college-aged daughter has lost her way. I see no evidence of the upbringing she had. God seems to be a passing (if any) thought to her. I’m scared for her. I’m clinging to Proverbs 22:6, but in the meantime, she could really foul up her life. Please pray for her
–I think God is sending me to a new job, but I’m not sure. I seriously waffle back and forth on if I should take it or not. I trust God guide me, but don’t necessarily trust myself to hear Him. Please pray for my clarity.
Thanks Carlos. I’m a huge believer in The Church praying for each other. I’m privileged to be part of this.
I’d like to encourage you. I am a college student (super-senior) who lost my way my first two years in college. I never *officially* rejected God, but He certainly was no more than a passing thought most of the time. But I’m back. It took two years, but a lot of things I went through in those two years prepared me to return to God.
If I may make a suggestion, include in your prayers for your daughter a prayer that she will become friends with a person or two who is a *strong* Christian. I had a roommate by pot-luck in my dorm second year that is *the* reason I’m at the church I’m at now.
–M
direction.
we just began the process to adopt a child…on paper and looking at our bank account, it seems pretty impossible…but we know that God is directing us to do this…
i also believe that we need to pray for a true awakening to happen in our churches…a revelation of us being the Bride in waiting for our Bridegroom, Jesus…
Will you pray for our trip to Guatemala? That our heart is broken by the things that break the heart of God? That we love each other and everyone that we encounter well? That we make a difference? That we rely totally rely on God’s strength, wisdom, and plan?
While it seems trivial compared to many on this list…We are needing for God to bring us a buyer for our house in WI. I have started a new job in CO and need to be able to move the whole family at once as the cost of my living there and the family living here is too high, both financially and emotionally.
Financial blessing/ direction just like you Los.
4 kids – 2 w/special ($) medical needs…. so I can’t work outside of home. Hubby hates his job; they take advantage of him. He is such a hard worker; the pay sucks. Trying to convince the bank not to foreclose (praying for a mortgage reduction). I’m leaving in three weeks for mission work in Uganda. (People say I’m crazy…. how can I leave this hot mess?) Hubby potentially donating a kidney to a friend when I get back. Will be out of work for 2+weeks without pay. It all seems overwhelming…… but I know God is bigger than all of this…. I just need to own it. Pray that I would own it!
Pray I don’t quit my church job out of frustration. I know its where God wants me but even with that knowledge my emotions some days want me to quit and get out of FT ministry all together.
Pray for the church plant (the Groves) that I am a part of in Downtown Portland.
Portland has been called a church planters graveyard, especially in downtown, but some great things have been happening lately. We are heading into year 2 and could use all the support we can get. Thanks!
-E
I am going to Italy Sept 14-Dec 9. I am going to see if there are ministry opportunities there and if that is where God is calling me. Two of my main goals in life are to be a wife and a mother, although God has not brought a man into my life yet. I’m trying to figure out my place in this world as an introvert in ministry and really wanting to be a helpmate rather than a provider…
Jenni, I just want you to know that you’re not alone in the desire to be a wife/mom/helpmate rather than provider. I want the same thing, and I’m also waiting for God’s timing on that. I hope that you can feel just a little bit better knowing that your prayers are not alone.
I’d like you to know that you’re not alone on the “introvert” thing. I deal with that in the world in general. I’m an introvert who’s going to be a teacher and is hoping to be a pastor of some sort one day. So as Brenda said (on another subject), your prayers are not alone.
And being an introvert doesn’t help too much on the male side of romantic relationships, either.
i was training to be a missionary.
i left everything to start this journey.
could not raise the money…
now i am home…
starting over.
28 and re-entering the world.
single
i just cant do it.
God has called me out to be a leader. a teacher. a preacher.
i am called to be a light.
i am not called to the corporate world.
i want to know why God still has me here.
i want to know where i need to be.
i want my dreams to start becoming a reality.
and i am broke too
My dad is donating a kidney so that my mom can get one (stage 5 kidney failure). He doesn’t match my mom, so they are doing a partner match. It looks like they found their matches. Things might roll next week. Pray for all four people involved. Two people will give up a kidney and two people will get a kidney. God, You are good!
I would like prayer for God to open some doors for me to have some sort of a steady income.
I’m a full-time college student serving at my church 5 days out of the week on top of school, which leaves me literally without any time to have a part-time job. I don’t get any type of compensation from the church (I’m a musician), so I’m doing random jobs here and there just to scrounge up enough money for gas and food… Not fun.
Thanks!
I just started student teaching in a choir at a local high school for my degree (music ed). I feel in over my head. And I disagree with one of the directors on some things, but I don’t need to say anything since I’m a student and she’s not, even though I think I’m a good bit ahead of her both in general musicianship and vocally. *sigh* So patience and guidance are the main things.
Plus, this is my time of stepping into the adult world… even though I still have a foot in the college world since I’m *technically* a student and still have to go back to campus regularly for work (and am around college students because of that). It’s very odd having to introduce myself to people as “Mr. W…….”, and having to relate to others (incl. students and coworkers (shiver!)) as an adult. So again, patience, plus guidance.
And my mom’s having money problems. And she’s losing social security (that we’ve gotten since my dad died) when my sis graduates in May. By which time I’ll hopefully have a job lined up. But we’ll see.
I needed to read this:
“The Whittakers are broke, but only in America.
The truth is we have a roof over our head, and food, and work. So we have, as Andy Stanley calls it, rich people problems…”
As ministry opportunities have increased, so has temptation. Sometimes I fear that I am not strong enough to resist the temptation – truth is my flesh isn’t – and sometimes want to back down from ministry opportunities out of fear that I will sin and take down the ship with me. Please pray that I yield not to temptation and stop flirting with the sins that threaten to destroy me.
praying for allwho have posted before me…I pray God’s will and peace shower you all…
just as I ask for that for my family, and our little Katy…
3, just 3, and that tumor that has been removed 3 times before, has returned.
I know I shared this before…unsure if that is what it was, but it is.
Waiting for the authorizations for removal, praying for complete removal with margins clear this time…for Katy’s safety…we almost lost her last time…
but also knowing, while I cry that God’s will is supreme, is good and is perfect…so if His perfect will is to take her, I will cry…scream…miss her…but I will trust in Him…he knows my heart, He will do what is best…
but I will hold her as tight as I can, and sing with her…as long as He will allow me…
I love you Jesus, and I trust in you…
Pray for me, to get once again, a real encounter with Jesus. To depend only by Him. To feel His grace and love As in the early days of walking with Him.
Also pray for a friend who lives in Lisbon – Pportugal. He’s facing against depression and he needs Jesus more than ever.
God bless!
Gui
My grandmother has been the provider for my older brother and I for the past 9 years because our parents abandoned us, the past two years she has been having terrible pains in her chest that practically stopped her from living and doing anything she wanted to, this woman who used to go trail riding in the mountains on amazing horses, who could spend hours in her garden and do all kinds of great things was stopped in her tracks, this past summer after about five hundred and one doctor appointments they discovered a possibly cancerous mass on her breast bone, yesterday they completely removed her breast bone and rebuilt her chest wall using her pectoral muscles, the surgery went well, we had a few scares with her respiratory rates yesterday but she is stable though in a lot of pain. It breaks my heart too see my grandma in a hospital bed but she is fighting to recover, my grandfather has Parkinson’s disease and seeing him feel helpless to ease grandma’s pain is almost as bad as watching her lie on the hospital bed with tubes coming out of everywhere. I would love prayer for them, and my family, and i’d like personally prayer for focus, i just started my sophomore year of college and Grandma said the best thing I could do for her is kick butt in school, but its hard to focus when I am such a worry wart. I would love your prayers.
one of my kidneys was damaged beyond repair by a blockage. just found out last week that it’s not savable. i go back on tuesday to have a stint removed that they inserted to try to help the kidney regain some function. now, it’s a waiting game for the kidney to die and hope that my body will just absorb it (which is pretty cool/weird) so i won’t have to have surgery. my biggest prayer request right now is that the pain would go away and i can stop taking lortab.
My health insurance costs went up AGAIN and I may have to go without health insurance which makes me really nervous. In addition, I’d really like to be married ad have a family and there just aren’t any Christian men around. Many of my friends have settled for people who aren’t christian and I just don’t want to settle.
Thanks.
Prayer for the city of Oakland. There was just *another* homicide of a young teenager walking home. It’s too much. I talked to a former student and it’s just so discouraging and heartbreaking.
http://tigerthegecko.blogspot.com/2010/08/reconnecting.html
Making wise decisions while going through my last 2 years of undergraduate school.
I pray for a husband and an opportunity to have a healthy baby…
but mostly I pray for every person here.
I’m feeling like God’s telling me that my figurative 40 yrs of wandering is coming to an end & it’s time to get into the ministry that he’s created me to be in. I tried to tell my parents & my dad got really mad
They were full time missionaries for years & got extremely burnt out & i think they don’t want to support my decision because they’re afraid the same will happen to me. I know what God’s called me to be without a shadow of a doubt.
So i guess, pray that when God tells me to go & shows me where to go that i’ll be ready to jump without fear. Pray that i have clarity on the where & when. I feel like He’s telling me the jump is coming soon, He’s just not telling me when yet.
And pray that my parents can understand my decision, & support it knowing that i’m following Christ and running towards something instead of running away from a job that i feel purposeless in.
Certainly want to pray along for everyone. This is a great thing.
My prayer requests are;
Family, who’s going though some rough times,
A Church which I’m honored to be a part of,
Commuting an hour from home each day to college,
As a person and worship leader, I will not be hypocritical, judgmental, or hurtful, but will be the best disciple for Christ I can be.
My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer last Thursday. It makes me doubt God.
Hey Peggy. I’m so sorry to hear about your sister. I’ll add her and you to the prayer list. Times like these are very challenging to faith. Yours is a natural reaction.
Please pray for my step-brother Myles. He is 21, and has a drug addiction. He has been in and out of jail since he was 14. Just 3 1/2 weeks ago he came into the house to find his girlfriend had hung herself. We thought this might be his rock bottom however, it was not. Just this weekend he stole a car from a “friend” and this is what happens when he is on a binge. Please lift him up. Not sure what his rock bottom is…we just all hope it is not death. Pray for my family during this time for wisdom, strength, and guidance.
You can also pray for my current job situation. I am in the middle of search for a new job. I have a 2nd interview with a company coming up. Please pray that God opens the door where he wants me.
Having a really hard time with my life’s circumstances. I feel like I’m angry at everyone, including God, even though I know he’s been so good to me.
My cousin been in the ER this this AM trying to figure out whats causing pain in his head. They’ve ruled some stuff out but the drs are still at a loss. Pray for wisdom in regards for how to deal with life despite it, or healing. Just so he can continue bringing glory to God!
Lots of fighting within my household, that at times causes me to hide in terror, despite knowing the Lord will keep me safe. Pray for reconcilation and healing on all sides. That we’d be patient and understanding. Slow to anger and abounding in love and mercy. That we would show His love to one another!
Struggling with loneliness, & feelings of worthlessness despite having someone who I’m positive would drop everything to just spend time if I asked. Pray that the Lord will speak His truth to my soul, that it would resound with the knowledge that I am uniquely valued by God.
Struggling to fight against temptation to allow my mind to construct fictions which mar the glory of what God has designed for relationships. Pray that he will fill my life with relationships that show his Love, glory, and a community that honors him as a family of believers ought.
August has also been a roller coaster rides of positive/negative experiences.
Please pray for me:
– for God to guide me and provide a community of believers to support/care/challenge me. To do life with together in great, extraordinary ways.
– to daily lay down my ambitions/dreams to humbly seek after His face and glorify His name above all. It’s harder when life becomes routine with a day job and trying to get through the hours.
– this stir in my heart to write and create songs of worship to help others. May God open doors for such opportunities to serve in such a field I’m passionate about.
– to break down the sin in my life that keeps me from people I need to love, like my family and even to care for my own heart.
I would like prayer concerning wisdom and patience!
Wisdom in how to lead God’s people to reach, grow, and develop, obedient followers of Jesus Christ.
Patience to wait on God in a responsible way!
I’ve been here at Crown of Life Church for 16 years, and God has been of course awesome!
But I’ve been selfish in wanting my way by my means! And God has humbled me greatly. So my prayer is for wisdom to lead God’s way and patience to receive God’s means.
His Cross, My Passion
Jp
On Aug 21 my Grandma went into the arms of Jesus after 7 year battle with a blood cancer. I know that she is no longer suffering and in perfect health now. Yet it is still hard to believe that she is gone. Please pray for my very close family that we may draw strength from one another.
Also my son who is 5 continues to have developmental delay issues. They drew up some lab work for chromosomal studies and metabolic issues. My husband and I are fine whatever the results maybe we are just looking to do what best helps our son. We love him no matter what the results are.
Also pray for my sister in law’s 35 year old brother who had a stroke and now has a brain bleed and clot. They don’t know what his future will hold. Just a couple of months ago him and his wife had their second child. Pray for his healing.
Thanks for everyone who will be praying.
Please pray for our house to sell.
Following a clear call from God we opened a private Christian elementary school for children with learning differences. In three weeks we have seen amazing results with our children, but financially we need at least 3 or 4 more students. Please pray for God to send us the children He wants us to serve and to make it financially possible for them to enroll. Thank you.
For my Family… The Pusey’s. He knows my name, He knows my every need. Thanks and Blessings.
For my family, we really need a new car, but really can’t afford it:) I know that God will provide in a way only He knows.
My mom is supposed to be flying from coastal VA to RI on Friday night so that she can be here for the birth of my 3rd. Hurricane Earl seems to want to get in the way of our plans. I need peace that what will be, will be and that she will be safe. Also, I am due today (9/1) so the low pressure from the storm could get me started. Thanks for praying!
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