COMMUNITY PRAYER July 27, 2024
LORD Jesus, we love how You are always looking out for us, paying attention to our needs both great and small. We just need to remember to come to You, asking for Your merciful care for whatever it is that concerns us. You also pay attention to all the requests we bring You on behalf of others we care about, meeting their needs as well. What a loving gift that is, that because You sacrificed Your life for us, we can come before God’s Throne of grace and find acceptance, love, and grace in such great measure. We live abundant lives when we always give real attention to this. We should not overlook Your concerns for any needs for ourselves or others because we think them too insignificant to bring to Your attention, or worse yet, would rather try to take care of them on our own. The responses You provide are so much more than we can ever imagine, so why do we try to come up with our own solutions to problems? Give us the grace to wait on You and see what You are going to do next in our lives and the lives of others! Amen.
· We pray for Marcel's family members and others in Ukraine and Russia in dangerous situations during the war
families:
Father, thank You that we are able to return to our regular activities with the addition of using the new Zoom technology to extend our ministry. We pray to be able to overcome any technical challenges to having services both in the sanctuary and via Zoom.
Be with us as we plan for Culmore's future and celebrate 70 years of service to the community!
LORD Jesus, we love how You are always looking out for us, paying attention to our needs both great and small. We just need to remember to come to You, asking for Your merciful care for whatever it is that concerns us. You also pay attention to all the requests we bring You on behalf of others we care about, meeting their needs as well. What a loving gift that is, that because You sacrificed Your life for us, we can come before God’s Throne of grace and find acceptance, love, and grace in such great measure. We live abundant lives when we always give real attention to this. We should not overlook Your concerns for any needs for ourselves or others because we think them too insignificant to bring to Your attention, or worse yet, would rather try to take care of them on our own. The responses You provide are so much more than we can ever imagine, so why do we try to come up with our own solutions to problems? Give us the grace to wait on You and see what You are going to do next in our lives and the lives of others! Amen.
- Praise God that our Sister in Christ Janet is home from Ghana; her time was extended because of illness, but how she is back!
- We pray for your healing for Cindy’s husband, Joy’s new boss, after surgery last week
- We also pray Your grace and protection for Sierra Tahoe, Cindy’s company in California, with wildfires nearby
- We give thanks for all the first responders all over our country and Canada who are fighting fires under difficult and dangerous conditions. Keep them safe!
- LORD, watch over the family and friends of our beloved Hyejin, daughter of Wonhee and Rev. Seeun Sun, as she is at home with You
- Father God, bless the cease-fire process to allow humanitarian aid and the exchange of hostages and prisoners in the Gaza/Israel conflict
- Father, wars and conflicts are breaking out all over the Middle East to join the Gaza/Israel war, and we pray for Your peace to be brought into each situation
- pray for God's healing tor Nelson’s friend David with medical problems relating to his heart
- pray for God’s peace and provision as the war between Hamas terrorists and Israel continues, leading to great suffering and lack of all the basic provisions needed, especially in the health care settings, and food, water, and shelter areas
- give our government representatives God’s wisdom and grace to learn how to work together to deal with the longer-term issue of appropriating money for the government in responsible ways
- Father, we pray for Your love and grace and peace for our Sister church, St. Luke’s
- Father, bless and provide for all the people in Canada who are facing losses because of expanding wildfires
- Father, we give You thanks and praise for all the ways our lives were blessed when Randy Sharp was among us, and we ask for Your grace, peace, and comfort for all those mourning his loss
- Father, give You peace and comfort to Bentoya and Darnell, both of whom have lost children this year, making this a sad time of celebration for the families
- We pray for all those who are increasingly threatened by severe weather incidents as the hurricane season brings with it extensive rains and flooding all over our country, and elsewhere in the world
· We pray for Marcel's family members and others in Ukraine and Russia in dangerous situations during the war
- Father, we bring You all those suffering painful conditions of any kind, including Teresa, Lillian, John, and Joy
- Ajit and Daisy are encountering challenges in building a school for girls
families:
- pray for God's grace and provision for our community
- Abba Father, we give You our families, for Your loving care and provision!
- we pray for God's healing grace for all those who are ill or suffering from other ailments, and for their loved ones, who are affected in so many ways
- others living with cancer: Isabel's friend Tim Morham; Will's friend, Dolores, Bobbie, Rakie, Ginny, Paula, Barbara, Brock, Winston, Diane, Richard, Dave, Benjamin, Rey, Renee, Courtney, Roseanne's friend Mike, Rosalina Figuracion's niece Thelma, Debbie,
Father, thank You that we are able to return to our regular activities with the addition of using the new Zoom technology to extend our ministry. We pray to be able to overcome any technical challenges to having services both in the sanctuary and via Zoom.
Be with us as we plan for Culmore's future and celebrate 70 years of service to the community!