Prayer Request

please be with me as i continue to praise God's name for all the blessings He has given me. I thank Him for giving me another reason to see the beauty of life and for showing me that He, indeed, answers prayers. May we continue to worship Him not only in times of abundance but also in times of need. May we continue to see his wonders despite the situations we are respectively facing. --- leslie

Please pray that God does some miracle in my life because I am under heavy loans beyond my ability to repay them & I am in a situation that I have to either commit suicide or run away, which as a God Child I don�t want to do. So pray for my financial blessings. Pray that the people I have to pay give me heavy concession in my loans. I am Vikram from India. --- vikram

Let's all pray for peace in war-torn Israel and Lebanon. May the ceasefire be a success, giving both parties the reconciliation. Let us also pray for the souls of the civilians that passed away during the times of bombing. This we pray in your Name. Amen. ---888

Please help me pray for my friend Yonnah as she undergoes surgery today. May our good Lord keep her safe. Amen. ---alfred

DO NOT REPAY EVIL WITH EVIL

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.” – 1 Peter 3:9

In 1533, Thomas Cranmer became the Archbishop of Canterbury. He served in that position during the reigns of Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and compiling the first two Books of Common Prayer which established the basic structure of Anglican liturgy for centuries and influenced the English language through its phrases and quotations. He reached out to other Protestants and sought their unity on the Lord's Supper. His greatest achievement was to get English Bibles into the churches for the first time. In 1556, Queen Mary, a Roman Catholic queen, sentenced him to be burned at the stake for his heresy against the Roman Catholic Church. Though Thomas Cranmer took a stand for Christ that some did not like, it was hard not to like him as a person. Cranmer was a forgiving man, and he was so careful to return good for evil that it became a common saying, "Do my Lord of Canterbury an ill turn, and you may be sure to have him your friend."

How do you react when you are wronged? Do you seek revenge or do you seek to do good? Today in prayer, thank Christ that He sought to do good when He has been wronged and follow Him in doing what is right.

“The blessed person is not him who simply declines the evil, but he who does what is good.” – Symeon the New Theologian

God’s Word: “Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.” – Romans 12:17

Prayer Request

Please help my husband to overcome all the difficulties that he is facing specially with his former wife and former mother inlaw. Pray that they lose the contact and leave him in peace. Help him that his financial situation be better as those two persons are pressure himn for money. Pray that he gets his dessolution that he asked last year with his former wife --- Rita

Please pray for my husband and i so that we can repair our house and sleep in peace. We really need it please help us we deeply need it. --- Rita

Pls pray for my homosexuality and for those who suffer from that --- Michael

Please pray for recovery to health of Ruthie O'B who just had two episodes of her heart stopping. She is on a respirator and taken to ICU Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, MO for further help in treatingand curing a huge infection and cancer. ---larry

LEARNING AND TRUTH

Always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. ~ 2 Timothy 3:7

Albert Einstein is generally regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. He was the author of the general theory of relativity and made important contributions to the special theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and cosmology. His theories changed how science currently views time, space, energy, and gravity. Einstein was so advanced in his thinking that his studies and work set the standards for the control of scientific energy and space explorations currently being studied in the field of astrophysics. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1905 and "for his services to Theoretical Physics." Time Magazine named him the most important individual of the twentieth century.

For all his intelligence and knowledge, Einstein never seriously looked at the person of Jesus Christ and accepted him as his Savior. From a letter written in English, dated March 24, 1954, just thirteen months before his death, Einstein wrote, "It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."

Knowledge is wonderful, but personally knowing Christ is by far the best thing we can ever do. Today in prayer, Modern mankind can go anywhere, do everything and be completely curious about the universe. But only a rare person now and then is curious enough to want to know God. ~ A.W. Tozer

God's Word: "This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in its proper time." ~1 Timothy 2:3-6

Prayer Request

Please pray that God will provide me with the finances and resources I need to pay my bills abd my parents bill. --- ann

I pray and ask god to bring me and my financee closer together so we can become as one, I thank god for all the blessings he has brought into my life, I need prayer to ask god to bless and lead me to the job he has for me because I'm not sure as of what he has. --- katrina

I miss my children and husband and i have family services invovlved in my life and they are being horrible to me and my husband filed for divorce because he wants other women,said we are incompatable and i feel so alone in this hell i amm in.i just can't go on like this and pray for something good to happen soon with my marriage and children.he has his family and my aunt he calls and i feel like she isn't helping me and i need support through al of this i am losing my life. so please pray for my pain and for the marriage and children. --- Joni

please also pray for god to provide for me to have enough money to pay for an apt because i don't know how i will do it because this marriage is causing me debt and my soon to be ex makes more money than me and he wants child support so please pray for me to trust god with all i am going through and for my life and children. ---Joni

dear lord, I pray that you keep my brothr-in-law away from harm after his operation. just bless him Lord with your unending care for him. i also pray that the political crisis here in the philippines will be over, so that we can move again as one, one people and one country. amen. --- a8

Prayer Request: January 7 - January 31, 2006

Pray for my friend Emily that she is delivered from drug addiction and prostitution and her bi-polarism and that God has mercy on her and by the power of the Holy Ghost that she cry's out for His mercy. --- Jordan

father god, thank you so much for all the blessings you gave me for the past days... my friends... my family... lord, please help me with my workload, especially now that I need to be creative and fast so that I can finish my work and meet my deadlines. Thank you Lord. Amen. --- a8

Running Away from the Father

RUNNING AWAY FROM THE FATHER
by Max Lucado

When I was seven years old, I ran away from home. I'd had enough of my father's rules and decided I could make it on my own, thank you very much. With my clothes in a paper bag, I stormed out the back gate and marched down the alley. Like the prodigal son, I decided I needed no father. Unlike the prodigal son, I didn't go far. I got to the end of the alley and remembered I was hungry, so I went back home. But though the rebellion was brief, it was rebellion nonetheless. And had you stopped me on that prodigal path between the fences and asked me who my father was, I just might have told you how I felt. I just might have said, "I don't need a father. I'm too big for the rules of my family. It's just me, myself and my paper bag."I don't remember saying that to anyone, but I remember thinking it. And I also remember rather sheepishly stepping in the back door and taking my seat at the supper table across from the very father I had, only moments before, disowned. Did he know of my insurrection? I suspect he did. Did he know of my denial? Dads usually do. Was I still his son? Apparently so. (No one else was sitting in my place.) Had you gone to my father after you had spoken to me and asked, "Mr. Lucado, your son says he has no need of a father. Do you still consider him your son?" What would my dad have said? I don't have to guess at his answer. He called himself my father even when I didn't call myself his son. His commitment to me was greater than my commitment to him. I didn't hear the rooster crow like Peter did. I didn't feel the fish belch like Jonah did. I didn't get a robe and a ring and sandals like the prodigal did. But I learned from my father on earth what those three learned from their Father in heaven. Our God is no fair-weather Father. He's not into this love-'em-and-leave-'em-stuff. I can count on him to be in my corner no matter how I perform. You can, too.

Prayer Request: December 21, 2005 - January 6, 2006

My husband and i have been trying to have a child for 5 years now. Please pray that god will bless us with a child. --- annie

Please pray for TS. Pray that God will soften her heart and show how love and show love and concern. Pray that the Lord will keep her awake at night and speak to her about this matter. --- John

My sister Judy is having open heart surgery Jan.3.2006 and has only been given a 30 % chance to make it off the table. Please pray for her that the Lord will be with her and have his arms around her. And let her come through this surgery and recover with no problems. --- Judy

father god, please help me. something's wrong with my stomach. i don't feel well about it. please help me. i hope to see a doctor soon and I hope results will show nothing bad about it. amen. --- your son

FORGIVEN AND ADOPTED

I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. Mark 3:28

The novelist, A. J. Cronin, tells a story from his own experience as a doctor that catches the wonder of the gift of grace. Cronin was a friend of the Adams family who lived in the Connecticut suburbs. At the close of the Second World War, Mr. and Mrs. Adams decided to open their home to a little refugee boy from Italy with the outlandish name of Paul Piotrostanalsi. The Adams had two daughters and a six-year old son named Sammy. Sammy and Paul became inseparable friends, but little Paul was a difficult child, and often disobeyed Mr. and Mrs. Adams.

One day, little Paul went swimming in some contaminated water. He became very ill with a high fever, and the doctor suggested he sleep in an attic bedroom. But little Sammy missed his friend Paul so much that one night he crept up the attic stairs and into bed with Paul. Paul's contagious breath fell on Sammy's neck all night. In the morning, Sammy, never a strong child, became deathly ill. Paul recovered his health, but Sammy died within three days. It was a terrible tragedy for the Adams family.

A year later Dr. Cronin decided to pay a call on the Adams family. But as he pulled into their driveway, he was amazed and then angry as he saw Paul, the refugee boy, working in the garden with Mr. Adams. He got out of his car and angrily approached Mr. Adams. "What's this Paul Pio........whatever his name is, doing here after what he did to your family?" Mr. Adams looked at the doctor and then said quietly, "Dr. Cronin, you won't have any more trouble with Paul's name. You see, he's Paul Adams now. We've adopted him."

God has more than forgiven us, He as adopted us. Today in prayer, thank the Lord that His forgiveness is greater than any sin in our life. There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past. - Erwin Lutzer

God's Word: Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Take heart, son; yoursins are forgiven. Matthew 9:2

Prayer Request: December 6 - December 20

Pray that Michelle will be relieved of her ailments and be able to go ahead and marry. --- Alan

Please pray! I need $736.00 USD for my house payment by Dec. 29 or they foreclose on me. I have myself, my 3 sons, and my mother living with me. Please pray for a financial miracle and if you can help me, my PayPal address is taxgirl1972@yahoo.com. That is my email address, and can provide ANY info to anyone willing to help me. Thank you and God Bless!! --- Carleen

I have unspoken prayer requests. God knows our problems, our cares, and what should be done. If it isn't God's will. Than it isn't good for us. God bless any and all who pray for me. May each one see and know that God cares for them. Please pray for my family also. Thank you and God bless each and everyone. --- Betty

Please pray for my marriage. My husband is leaving me after Christmas. And I want nothing more than for my marriage to work. Please pray that he will see it in his heart to stay and make this family work. We married for life and that is what I want it to be. --- Terry

DEPENDING ON FAITH

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." Mark 5:34

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on August 28, 2005. One of the casualties of that storm was White Dove Fellowship International Outreach Center in Harvey, Louisiana. Harvey is located some 4 feet above sea level and there was heavy damage to the entire city. Reverend Michael Mille pastors White Dove Fellowship. Services were suspended at their facility for three weeks until September 18. He then preached to 300 people during the first service after the hurricane. His church normally had over 3,000 in attendance. During an emotional sermon, Reverend Mille offered a unique, Christian perspective on the tragedy and how it had affected his congregation, saying: "We have successfully planted people all over the U.S." He also noted, "We used to sing Jesus is all we need and now he's all we've got."

Are you at the end of your strength? Then turn to Jesus and trust in His strength. Today in prayer, stop trusting in you and place your faith where it never fails, in Jesus Christ.

Have you ever been in a situation that seemed so hopeless, so impossible, that you felt that even God Himself, might not be able to handle it? At this moment, there are marriages that are in serious trouble, relationships are damaged, businesses about to go bankrupt, finances going south and a plethora of other seemingly impossible situations that discourage us enough to want to quit. But giving up has never been and never will be God's answer to any impossible situation. As a matter of fact, it's only when things turn impossible that God does His best work.

Michael Mille

God's Word: Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.
Matthew 9:22

Prayer Request: November 15 - December 5

hello my name is brandon stallard from coeburn virginia united states of america i am 23 years old i have been depressed for 10 years of my life and afraid of wonderful friends that i shouldn't be afraid of and am afraid of driving a car please pray the lord heals me from my depression so that i am able to learn to drive and so that i am able to go out and find my friends again and get over my anxieties thank you --- brandon tyler stallard


Please please pray for the tiny cat ktten I found yesterday who had fleas and loose stools they he or she will be ok and some one will adopt from the Grand Prairie Tx animal shelter. Im broken hearted over this. Im sick and can't care for it. Pray the kitty will be in good health. --- Marian Hill


Dear Lord help my son Geoffery thru his Struggles thru his 1st yr in HS. Let No Evil be Unfair & Unjust with his Grading & the Color of his Skin. I pray 4my Husband Geoff,take the Anger,un4giveness, Lust, Bitterness that Pollutes his Heart,instead give us Both an Undivided Heart & put a new Spirit in us Both. Open his Heart to U & 2Our Blessed Unborn Child. I ask U Loosen & Brake all Ungodly ties & Brake Satans Hold from this Family & let ur Will be Done. 4give us 4our Sins & Thank U 4ur Patience, Love, Support & 4giveness. Thank U 4all that Ucontinue 2Do & Bless us with. Thank 4those who keep us in there Prayers. God Bless. --- lani


Can someone in here please pray that my God will greatly increase my faith... I have been told by many christians that the reason my prayer for all the trouble i have been having for yrs in my life is due to my lack of faith.. I dont know if it is true or not but but would like prayer anyways just in case.. I also would like prayer for a good paying job and for God to sustain me in this job and to remove this sin in my life which I have been struggling for so many yrs. thank you and may God bless you. --- Mike

FISHERS OF MEN

Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will make you fishers of men. Mark 1:17

On a Sunday in July 2001, Jens Oveson, age 60, was fishing for salmon in central Norway's Gaula River. The river is about 220 miles north of the capital, Oslo. Suddenly, he was swept away by a strong current. Kjell Wilhelmsen, 55, spotted the man's struggle. Wilhelmsen was a veteran fisherman who had fished the river for 25 years and knew where the current would carry Ovesen. Wilhelmsen ran across a bridge, waiting for Ovesen as the current carried him downriver. Wilhelmsen later told a newspaper, "He seemed paralyzed. Only his face and the tips of his boots were above water. I decided to start casting." His homemade lure hooked Ovesen's rubber waders on the first cast of about ten yards. But Oveson weighed 246 pounds. Wilhelmsen used every fishing trick he knew to reel in the big man without breaking his light fishing line. He landed the half-conscious Jens and hauled him onto the shore. Oveson survived the ordeal. ``I can thank Kjell for my life,'' Jens told reporters Newsmen tried to interview jell Wilhelmsen soon after the incident, but he had gone fishing.

Nothing is more precious in God's sight than the souls of men and women. That's why He laid down His life. Today in prayer, ask the Lord how you can be more effective at bringing people to Jesus and then act on that insight that He gives.

There is no joy in all the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ.

--William Barclay

God's Word: For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men. Luke 5:9-10