Prayer Requests - September 25

Are you starting to get weary of all the rhetoric? Are the negative ads and accusations starting to get you down? Hang in there! We are just under 6 weeks to go and we need to really redouble our efforts in prayer! God has instructed us on how to handle situations like this and if we do it His way, we will not get weary. We are to pray and do what we can to help elect those who we feel are more likely to hold up our standards of morality and values, but then we need to “rest”. We are not to get frustrated or in any way allow the circumstances to bring us to their level. If you read the end of the Psalm 37:9, we are promised the earth as our inheritance. And though we don’t know the timing of it all, we must trust the promises of God and all the more as we see things heading in a direction away for Godly principles!

1. Pray for the things going on at the UN this week! Pray that our leaders will stand up to those who would hope for the demise of our country.

2. Pray for our leaders who are making decisions concerning our economic situation. Pray for the effect of these events on our election!

3. Pray for the first debate being held this week. Pray that both candidates will be seen for who they are and what they stand for.

4. Above all, pray that righteousness and Truth will prevail in all things! And pray for a revival in our land!

Prayer Requests for Sept 18

“Be anxious for nothing…!” That is a hard task for me right now as I see and hear so many difficult things including some that are just plain not true! And yet, God didn’t tell us not to be anxious when things seem, in our opinion, to be going well. He said not to be anxious in any circumstance. And besides that, He told us to respond “with thanksgiving”. Now that is almost over the top except for one thing – God told us to do it and that means He will give grace and strength to accomplish it! So how am I doing today? How are you doing today? Let’s focus on some of the things we have for which to be thankful and then come to God in prayer and let our requests be made known to Him. He IS in control! REMEMBER: “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world”!

1. Praise for safety for most Americans through this past weekend as we were inundated with very strange and dangerous weather. You may not know it, but we had a strong tornado come right out of the blue and go within less than 20 miles of our home on Saturday afternoon. And the whole state of Ohio is in a state of emergency because of hurricane force winds that blew for 4-5 hours and took out much of the power in Dayton and Cincinnati. These were all side-effects of Ike.

2. Praise the Lord for the Christian witness that has been brought to the forefront as a result of the candidacy of Sarah Palin! God uses His means to get the job done!

3. Pray for those who are distorting the truth and making lies for political advancement! Pray that truth will prevail.

4. Pray for men and women who are on the radio and T.V. speaking for us as we each personally don’t have a very large platform from which to be heard. Pray for their safety as they confront the issues!

Prayer Requests for September 11

How can we ever type that date and not remember the events of that day in 2001?! It is a constant reminder of who our enemies were and still are. But let’s remember that, “We ARE more than conquerors” as we face that battle as well as the coming election! No matter how our Christian faith is attacked or belittled, we know that Truth and it gives us great confidence. And don’t forget that last half of the verse: “…through Him…”. Our victory comes through Jesus Christ as we seek Him and His agenda! I believe that the very foundations of our faith are under attack right now on the political scene and in the media. Let’s stand firm and in the strength of the Lord, let’s claim victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Praise Him!

1. Praise the Lord that we have not been attacked again on our soil since 9/11/01. Praise for our President who has taken the initiative to face the enemies straight on and let them know that they better not try it again!

2. Pray for the intensity of the battle that is going on in our own country over this election!

3. Pray for those that name the name of Jesus! Pray that they will be honoring to the Lord in their responses to the attacks that are being made on their very being and on some of the core values of our Christian faith.

4. Pray that Truth will prevail and that the mouths of those who would speak evil will be shut. Remember the lions den!

Prayer Requests for Sept 4

I am wondering how many of you feel somewhat as I do after this past week?! It truly has been an emotional week in many ways! As Christian women, I believe our “grids” have been tested vigorously. I have experienced many of the emotions expressed in this verse. And yet our hope is in the fact that though we have been troubled, perplexed, maybe even persecuted in our emotions, yet we do not have to be in despair, nor are we distressed or cast down and certainly not destroyed! And above all, remember that the power is of God and we are not facing these issues alone! We serve the God of the Universe and HE IS IN CONTROL! Let’s claim victory and trust Him to settle the accounts and determine the outcome.

1. Praise the Lord that the hurricane was not as bad as it could have been and there was no direct loss of life! Praise the Lord that the levies held! Pray that God will get the credit for that!

2. Pray for the safety of those who live on the East Coast waiting for the other storms to arrive. May God receive the glory for this magnificent show of His power!

3. Praise for the testimonies and the seeds that were planted at the convention in St. Paul! God can use His Word wherever it is spoken.

4. Pray for the honor of God’s name through all of the controversy surrounding Mrs. Palin and her family.

5. Pray for each of us as we respond to all that is up for grabs right now that strikes at the very core of who we are as Christian women.

6. Once again, I remind all of us to pray that Truth will prevail