​​COMMUNITY PRAYER                                                                 September 24, 2023                                                  
Together we pray . . .
Forgiving Lord,
     Help us regain our first love for You.  We have allowed our love to grow faint as we focused on other things that seemed important at the time.  In the process, we didn’t notice that our love for you was no longer as it was at first.
     Help us regain our first love for You.  We have allowed other things to cloud over our initial enthusiasm and joy. Father, lead us back to the beginning, when our love was so strong. Lord, we choose today to passionately seek what we have lost:  the love we had for you at the beginning.  Help us then keep and honor our first love. Amen.
 

• Libya suffered the loss of almost 12,000 people as flooding broke through some dams above a city, inflicting great damage in people near the dams.  Please pray for God’s peace to cover the great sadness about such a loss, and for His provision for all of the needs in this situation.  These are not people with a lot of resources for recovery. 
• Morocco had an earthquake, and their buildings and houses were not built to withstand that kind of situation, so many people are homeless, and buildings are also down.  The Moroccan government is being rather fussy about the source of help, and the limitations are making it harder to recover.  Please pray for God’s wisdom and grace to cover this situation and the provision of all the needed assistance. 
• Father, bless and provide for all the people in Maui, Hawaii who have suffered losses of their loved ones, their homes, and their businesses because of wildfires, and also people in Canada who are facing losses because of expanding wildfires; the eruption of Mt. Aetna in Italy is also causing a lot of losses
• 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 and peace, and comfort for all those mourning his loss
• We pray for Your loving, grace, and peace for all those who mourn the loss of Virgie Villena's Aunt Rosalina as she is at home with the LORD and much missed by her family in the Philippines and in the US
• We pray for all those who are increasingly threatened by severe weather incidents as the hurricane season brings with it extensive rains and flooding  

·     Father bless and comfort all those mourning losses, both because of gun-related incidents; send the help that is needed for each situation
·     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

children/youth:  Father God, we pray for Your provision for good things to come the way of all our kids during the summer break

• Ajit and Daisy are encountering challenges in building a school for girls

in India and needing our prayers
   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

physical healing:

• others living with cancer: Isabel's friend Tim Morham; Will's friend, Larry Bittinger, 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, Manang Seline with her family in the Philippines

 
Our Ministries & Support
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!