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Week of March 19, 2023

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Cute, aren’t they?  Who doesn’t love puppies?  They’re full of joy and enthusiasm, they’re inquisitive and cute… and full of mischief and messes.  Anyone who’s ever owned a dog has probably enjoyed the puppy phase, but waited with anticipation for the completion of house training and obedience training.  At some point the “barbarians amongst us” must learn to live as a part of the family.

That’s true of Christians as well.  We all love to see new believers, their enthusiasm for the things of God is refreshing.  Their joy over being forgiven and accepted serves as a powerful reminder of things we sometimes begin to take for granted.  But… at some point these new followers of Jesus Christ need to learn to be disciples.  They need to learn how to live as active and vital members of God’s family.

That requires something.  It requires those of us who are further along in our spiritual walk to do some house training; we call it “discipling.”  The problem is, it’s not enough to tell them what they need to do, they need to see it modeled.  That means we need to be doing, ourselves, what we’re teaching these new followers of Jesus to do.

What are those things?  Well, there are several things we need to be doing.  Those are the things that we call the Spiritual Disciplines.  They, and we, need to be practicing them.  But of all the exercises involved, I think it really starts with prayer.

 

How do we rightly read Scripture if we haven’t asked the Spirit to open our minds.  How do we serve if we haven’t asked for direction?  All of the “Disciplines” really begin with prayer.  Is that true for you?

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Week of March 19, 2023

  • Pray for the unspoken prayer requests within our church family. 

  • Pray for David Miller as he leads our Youth & Children Ministries, as well as reaching out to young people in Pioneer Middle School.

  • Pray for Lizzie Chapman as she deals with multiple difficult issues.

  • Wes Martin requests prayers for the family of his Uncle Tuk, who recently passed away from brain cancer.

  • Many in our church family are praying for the salvation of loved ones.

  • Pray for the Freeman family as they grieve the passing of Bill Freeman.

  • Pray for travel mercies for Rick and Doni Matthews as they travel to Florida, and then the Caribbean.

  • Pray for the short term mission trip to Guatemala planned for October.

  • Pray for wisdom for our leaders in all levels of Government.

Health Concerns

  • Pray for Oliver Chapman as he is treated for cancer.

  • Pray for Jim Christie as he continues treatments for cancer.

  • Jean Brown requests prayer for Doug as he undergoes both chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

  • Rob Henderson requests prayer as he continues to fight an infection in his knee.

  • Pray for Bruce Colebank as he is treated for pneumonia.

  • Hold Betty Welfringer up in prayer as she deals with the symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s. 

  • Bea Burgdorf requests prayer as the doctors treat her for a diagnosis of Graves Disease.

  • Pray for Fred Burgdorf as he continues treatments for cancer.

 

Missions Prayer Needs

  • Pray for Centro Cristiano Cultural de Guatemala (CCCG) as they serve the people of Guatemala in Jesus’ name.  

  • Hold the Howes up in prayer as Jeff continues treatment for leukemia.  Praise God that the treatments are working.

  • 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 requests prayer for their outreach to the un-evangelized in Kyrgyzstan.

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

  • Pray for Rachel Faust, teaching 4th & 5th graders at Immanuel Mission on the Navaho Nation reservation in AZ.

  • Pray for Amy Brock-Divine as she sees God moving in miraculous ways through their work in Thailand.

  • Pray for Bill & Terri Valley as they seek to reach the Pacific NW in the name of Jesus.

  • Pray for Christians in Nepal, a traditionally Hindu nation, where the church is growing rapidly & Christians are seen as 2nd class citizens.

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

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