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Prayer Requests

Week of  May 19, 2024

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  • Pray for the many unspoken prayer requests in our Church family.

  • Pray for David Miller as he leads our Youth & Children’s Ministries.

    • Pray for protection & salvation for our children & youth.

  • Pray for the pastoral search committee, & for our next pastor.

  • Pray that we, as a congregation will be spiritually ready as the Lord takes us on the next stage of our journey as a church.

  • Pray that each of us will truly pursue being Jesus’ disciples.

  • Pray that the Lord preserves the unity of our church in the face of many possible sources of conflict.

  • Pray for travel mercies as the Valleys vacation in parts of Europe.

  • Pray for the Lord’s will to be accomplished in the upcoming presidential elections.

  • Pray for the Lord to guide our elected leaders in local, state, and national levels of Government.

  • Health Concerns:

  • Jim Christie requests prayer for multiple health challenges.

  • Pray for Rick Lee’s father and mother as they deal with dementia and other health challenges.

  • Hold Rick Mathews up in prayer as he struggles with health issues.

  • Kayce Benson requests prayer for a friend, Margie Rolf, suffering with lung problems.

  • Jarrod Bigelow requests prayers for his mother suffering with cancer.

  • Pray for Nikki Radtke suffering from advanced cancer.

  • Rob and Julie Henderson request prayer for their nephew, Mike Jack, continuing to suffer from stage 4 cancer and in great pain.

  • Missions Prayer Needs:

  • Pray for the Thrive tean’s short term service mission to AK from June 1-11

  • Pray for Centro Cristiano Cultural de Guatemala (CCCG).  

  • Pray for the Howe family in the Amazon Basin of Brazil.  

  • Pray for the Bamfords, missionaries in the Philippines working in the village of Maraqat w/ the Isnag people in Bible translation.  

  • Pray for our Frontiers missionaries, working on evangelism and discipleship in Muslim countries.  

  • FEBC is requesting prayer for the unreached people in Malawi where power outages are hindering Gospel broadcast efforts.

  • Pray for our InFaith missionaries, Larry & Vonnie Pratt as they serve the Lord through their puppet ministry.

  • Pray for Megan and Trevor James, missionaries with CRU evangelizing & discipling on the EWU campus.

  • Pray for Rachel Faust, as she is home for the summer after teaching at Immanuel Mission to the Navajo in northern Arizona.

  • Pray for the Trust Jesus evangelistic outreach ministry.

  • Pray for Christians in Eritrea the authoritarian Marxist government are actively harassed and persecuted.

  • Pray for the salvation of God’s people in Israel.

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Bulletin Insert

Week of May 9, 2024

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Any port in the storm.  That’s what these birds seem to have done; they found some place that met their immediate needs and “settled.”  Now, in the face of the storm that’s almost certainly coming, I know that I don’t spend a lot of time talking about the “last days” and the Great Tribulation and the Lord’s return.  I also know there are those who wish that I would… at least until I start to do so.

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There are several reasons why I only address it when the text forces me to.  Partially, it’s because I am committed to teaching Scripture, and if our text for the day doesn’t address it, then how can I?  

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But there are also other reasons.  One is that we too easily look at what’s happening in the world around us, we see indications that the final Day is drawing near, but we do so OUT OF CONTEXT!  Then we get fearful.  We forget that prophecy is there to show us that God is in control.  It shows us that, even if we’re going to be called upon to endure hard times, God remains in control of the flow of history as well as in control of our lives.  Anything that can be brought against us is both in God’s control and temporary.  The conclusion to it all will be nothing less than glory!

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How can we train ourselves to avoid the anxiety and keep it all in perspective?  I think it boils down to where we keep our focus.  Is it on the world, on the possible suffering that could come our way, or is our focus on the Lord Jesus Christ?

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To keep Him at the center of all we see, hear, say, or do, we need to be conscious of His presence.  That will require cultivating the habit of ongoing prayer, of an ongoing conversation with the One who is actually in control.

If you have not begun to do this, I urge you to start right now.

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