Prayer List :: 05.16.08

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Father in heaven, we lift these requests to you:

  • Father, thank You for answering our prayers for Graeme and the Johnson family. Please give grace to Jim & Kylee, and may they sense Your grace being especially near during this time of loss. Thank You for the precious gift of Graeme these last 4 and 1/2 years and thank You, Jesus. Because of You, physical death is not the end. [Posted 2008-05-16]
  • I have invested a good amount of money in getting SAP certified. I have a big test on Friday from 8:00am to 12:00. There is a lot of information to remember and hopefully being certified will lead to a job. Thanks [Posted 2008-05-15]
  • Jesus thank you that Lowell's test results came back negative and thereby indicating that the cancer has not returned. We do ask that you would heal the infection the doctor has found his lungs and allow the antibiotic to do its work. Thank you so much! [Posted 2008-05-14]
  • Father, we pray for Gina DM and the part-time position she is applying for at the New Hope Youth and Family Services. We pray that you open up an opportunity for her to minister to those who don't yet know you, to balance out the time she spends at the church ministering to those who do know you. Bless this choice servant of the Lord. [Posted 2008-05-13]
  • Father, bless Phil and protect him from the evil one as he discerns Your will. Direct his steps. Thank you for blessing Your body through his ministries and his gifts. He has sacrificed much for You and desires to do Your will in the power of the Spirit. [Posted 2008-05-13]
  • Lord, we ask that Jessica Rorai would successfully compete for a new job opening in OIE as an Admissions Officer. We pray for continued favor with CMU, OIE and ELI that we might better meet the needs of international students. [Posted 2008-05-13]
  • Lord, please cause Your people to admit their addictions (video games, internet, sex, food, coffee, etc.) and give them the self-control to enjoy these things in a balanced way, without being controlled by them. May Your people truly be free from the control of anything but Your Spirit! [Posted 2008-05-13]
  • Father, thank you for the 21 Japanese students from the SEIP program that have arrived at CMU. Thank you that the first time we met most of them was when 20 of them came to church (before we even invited them)! We pray that families from our church would choose to host these students and that You would open the hearts of these Japanese men and women towards the truth of Jesus Christ. [Posted 2008-05-13]
  • Father, we pray for the Chinese people who are recovering from the massive earthquake in Western China. May Your people respond to this crisis in a sacrificial and helpful way that brings healing to those who are suffering. May the Gospel go forth to the hearts of all the Chinese who have not yet heard. [Posted 2008-05-12]
  • Lord, thank you for the birth of Aiden Harsh and that she was able to come home earlier than projected. Please bring healing to Aiden and bless this transition home and continue to encourage and empower the Harsh family. We pray that you heal Crystal as well from the physical challenges that have yet to be diagnosed. [Posted 2008-05-12]
  • Father, open the doors to Myanmar, not only for food and water supplies, but for Your Gospel. Send forth harvesters into Your harvest field in Myanmar... may Your people obey Your call. Break down the demonic stronghold on the political system and generational strongholds. May the cry of the Myanmar people reach Your ears and may You swiftly come to their aid. [Posted 2008-05-11]
  • Father, please deliver Your people away from evil and toward Your Word, Your healing fellowship, and toward the awesome privilege and responsibility of making disciples of all nations. May we turn from our addictions, our worldly pleasures, and our selfishness and be willing to go through the desert of emotional loneliness as we 'dry out' our souls from artificial stimulation. [Posted 2008-05-11]
  • Father, please cause Graham's body to recover strength, return his appetite and bring a complete healing to his heart. Cause his heart valve to heal and accomplish its full function. Strengthen Jim through this long process in Ann Arbor and give him sweet times of fellowship with You. May the tiredness, weakness and resultant anger that Graham demonstrates be taken away. Thank You for the Johnson family, their honesty about this trial, and their trust in You when they have no way of knowing the outcome. [Posted 2008-05-11]
  • Father, thank you for giving Casey the strength and the will to wrestle five times to win the Olympic Trials qualifying tournament! Restore his body completely and give him the mind, the will, the emotional and spiritual strength he will need to win the Olympic Trials on June 15th. Please give him the opportunity to represent You in Beijing this summer. Give him great joy and confidence as he wrestles for You. [Posted 2008-05-11]
  • URGENT PRAYER REQUEST PLEASE PRAY FOR ME DAILY UNTIL CURE Please pray that God brake all spells that were made against me.i am vijayakumar from chennai india.Age 36.I am in the middle of spiritual warfare and would appreciate the prayers of agreement for victory over enemies..A very hard battle - the enemy is trying to destroy my life and my walk with the Lord.I find myself in a dire situation and need your prayers.please pray that Lord will send his guardian angels and that they would guard me day and night Also pray for me in your FASTING PRAYER , COMPELETLY CURE ME. THANK YOU FOR PRAYING. [Posted 2008-05-11]
  • Father in heaven, please align Suzanne and Barry with Your vision for mission opportunities that should be offered through Grace Church. Bless their training with FOCUS the week of 5/17 through 5/22. Bless and watch over their family during this time. [Posted 2008-05-10]
  • Father, we pray for healing for Joshua Schuch, as he has been scheduled for an upper and lower scope to have biopsies to rule out Crohns. (If it is not, Joshua will be diagnosed with Behcet disease.) We pray for the doctors and for the family which is trying to deal with helping Joshua in any way possible. [Posted 2008-05-09]
  • Thank you for the safe delivery of so many children in the past year. You indeed have blessed Your people with the gift of children and the responsibility to not only grow them up in the Lord, but to grow ourselves up to spiritual maturity. [Posted 2008-05-09]
  • Lord, please protect all of the pregnant women and the babies inside them during this time. May they deliver healthy, strong children who will make a positive impact on this world as they grow up. [Posted 2008-05-09]
  • Lord, it is wonderful to begin imagining what the next 10 years will be like here at Grace Church. Thank you for teaching us how to be more and more like Jesus. May we continue to draw all people to Him, including our own children. [Posted 2008-05-09]
  • Please pray for the family and friends of LaMott Smith, who passed away on Wednesday morning 05.07. LaMott was a student at CMU and worked at the SAC. Please pray for Jen Walters and other believers at the SAC that they would have wisdom in comforting people and sharing the truth about Jesus with fellow staff members and student staff. [Posted 2008-05-08]
  • Father, please give Scott & Sally wisdom regarding her upcoming chemo treatments. Show them the right timing for when it should continue and for how long. Please allow Sally to regain her strength, to eat well, and to build up her immune system. In your mercy, allow any future chemo treatments to not be so hard on her, and give wisdom regarding alternatives or supplemental steps she can take to assist her God-given defenses in destroying this cancerous invader. Thank you, Father. [Posted 2008-05-06]
  • Father, please help us to get intentional about being your disciples and then making disciples of all nations. May we indeed share Jesus with someone this week. Thank you for the privilege to represent you, and suffer for you, when called to do so. [Posted 2008-05-04]