THE ORIGIN OF GRACE

[Job speaking to his three friends] “’Why is light given to him who suffers, and life to the bitter of soul; who long for death, there is none, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; who rejoice greatly, they exult when they find the grave? 

“’Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?  For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, and my cries pour out like water.  For what I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.  I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, and I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.’” Job 3:20-26

“Israel failed to obey God and meet His terms.  Years later when New Testament authors looked back on that history, they did not hold up the covenant as an exemplary model of God relating to His people with absolute consistency and fairness. 

“Rather, they said the old covenant served as an object lesson, demonstrating that human beings were incapable of fulfilling a contract with God.  It seemed clear to them that a new covenant (testament) with God was needed, one based on forgiveness and grace.  And that is precisely why the New Testament exists.”[1]

Outside of grace, arrogance and presumption thrive.  When we imagine we do not need God, all we perceive seems out of focus – wrong and unfair.  So many believe they can work their way to Heaven if they just do this or more of that and yet, the entire Old Testament reflects the many failures of the best-intentioned of characters.  Thank God He provides grace for those who will accept His undying love.

Take care, your servant and friend in Christ, Darlene (who prays for you each morning).

PS:  My statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (also you will find a series of beginner Bible studies there.). Also, you can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’.  (Also, there is an android ‘Goggle Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.)

COVID-19

Please pray for all those involved in making critical decisions during this time of pandemic.  Pray for those who have lost loved ones, those who contract the virus, the healthcare workers, those on the front line and for all those feeling afraid, lonely or confused.  Pray all are wise, patient and take precautions to contain the effects.  For practical information, please visit https://newsaboutcovid19.blogspot.com/

Latest Statistics

·        Today in 215 countries

·        10,379,463 reported cases

·        57,468 in serious condition

·        507,180 reported deaths (some related to pre-existing conditions)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

(NOTE:  Words underlined have a link embedded to provide more details)

·        Tracey’s Mom – had a stroke and broke both bones in her ankle.  She is in the hospital recovering.  Pray for her health carers and that she will rest and be safe.

·        Kim’s Mom – at 92 had a rapid heart rate and was taken to the hospital.  While there she fell and hit her head and broke her nose.  She is home now, but needs to rest and heal. 

·        Ray’s Dad – (Ray Senior) doing better with the challenges of cancer treatment.  Pray the Lord will touch his heart so he reaches out for the only hand that can save him.

·        USA – Pray the Lord will demonstrate His power in unexpected and uniting ways during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  Let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding, Bible-based values.  For Christ-centre, Bible-based revival in the USA and religious freedom for Christians wherever they may be.

·        Hans – a dear friend in Germany, diagnosed with lung cancer that has metastasized, will continue a three-weeks at home, one week or so in the hospital for immunotherapy.  Pray for his healthcare providers, his patience and wisdom.  Pray he is surrounded by faithful and compassionate Christian friends who will support him through this journey.  Pray for his Mom (age 83) is unwell herself.  Pray their time together will be filled with extraordinary good memories and love.

·        Patti –recovering from the loss of her beloved Mom, Doris.  Please pray for the sweet comfort of her Saviour.

·        Scott – recently married.  Pray he finds a job soon so he can provide for his new wife and two children.  Help him reach out for the hand of our loving Heavenly Father so he recognises God is working in all this for the best outcome for them all.

·        Penne – recently widowed after 43 years, the last ten of which she was her husband’s full-time caregiver.  She suffers mental problems from a childhood experience and has reached out to Patti (who asks for wisdom and patience).  Penne has ‘disowned’ all her family, and although a believer, does not attend fellowship for support.  Please pray for her peace of mind and God’s guidance.

·        USA President Donald Trump – As Christians it is our responsibility to pray for our leaders and know that God has a plan for the USA through this man.  If you doubt the importance of his appointment, just look at the baseless antagonism against him. Surely Satan is NOT happy and means to thwart God’s plan.  Pray someone helps President Trump and Melania to understand the true meaning of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and that they will both have a insatiable hunger to read God’s Word for themselves – and that God sends a Bible-Believing Christian to regularly disciple them in the Truth – and that God shuts the mouths of the false prophets who regularly circle around them.

·        Fred I – planning a move from California to Tennessee in the Fall of 2020 (if possible).  Pray for his wise attention to detail, stamina and roaring good health, as he makes these life changes.

·        Unnamed – lost both her parents within six months after a lifetime of caring for them.  Her husband’s mother died in January and his 94-year old father now lives with them.  Pray they take time for each other and keep their faith strong.

Pray for those in full-time service

During this time, when the entire world is struggling to understand this new ‘plague’, it is critical for us to uphold our Christian leaders.  They will be needed everywhere.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones who are fragile health wise.  It is important to protect them in practical ways and most important we must pray even more for them that the Lord will have mercy on them during this challenging time.

Pray for the World

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[1] Copyright © 1988 by Philip Yancey, Disappointment With God, published by Zondervan Publishing House.

REWARD OR PUNISHMENT

  

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The Law – The Bible Project

“Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.  For it flatters him in his own eyes, concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.  The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has ceased to be wise and to do good.  He plans wickedness upon his bed; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he does not despise evil.

“Thy lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens, Thy faithfulness reaches to the skies.  Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are like a great deep.  O Lord, Thou preservest man and beast.  How precious is Thy lovingkindness, O God! 

“And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Thy wings.  They drink their fill of the abundance of Thy house; and Thou dost give them to drink of the river of Thy delights.  For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light we see light.” Psalm 36:1-10

How DOES God run the world!  Think about it.  If God has the power to act fairly, speak audibly and appear visibly, why then does He seem so reluctant to intervene today? 

From Exodus, God demonstrates a new ‘strategy’ of reward and punishment - strict legislated fairness.  If His people will agree to obey and keep His guiding Laws, God will create a nation from them.  Men were called to choose between obeying -- or not.  As with every promise in the Bible there were rewards as well as consequences for those choices.

Take care, your servant and friend in Christ, Darlene (who prays for you each morning).

PS:  My statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (also you will find a series of beginner Bible studies there.). Also, you can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’.  (Also, there is an android ‘Goggle Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.)

COVID-19

Please pray for all those involved in making critical decisions during this time of pandemic.  Pray for those who have lost loved ones, those who contract the virus, the healthcare workers, those on the front line and for all those feeling afraid, lonely or confused.  Pray all are wise, patient and take precautions to contain the effects.  For practical information, please visit https://newsaboutcovid19.blogspot.com/

Latest Statistics

·        Today in 215 countries

·        10,193,802 reported cases

·        57,957 in serious condition

·        503,140 reported deaths (some related to pre-existing conditions)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

(NOTE:  Words underlined have a link embedded to provide more details)

·        Tracey’s Mom – had a stroke and broke both bones in her ankle.  She is in the hospital recovering.  Pray for her health carers and that she will rest and be safe.

·        Kim’s Mom – at 92 had a rapid heart rate and was taken to the hospital.  While there she fell and hit her head and broke her nose.  She is home now, but needs to rest and heal. 

·        Ray’s Dad – (Ray Senior) doing better with the challenges of cancer treatment.  Pray the Lord will touch his heart so he reaches out for the only hand that can save him.

·        USA – Pray the Lord will demonstrate His power in unexpected and uniting ways during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  Let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding, Bible-based values.  For Christ-centre, Bible-based revival in the USA and religious freedom for Christians wherever they may be.

·        Hans – a dear friend in Germany, diagnosed with lung cancer that has metastasized, will continue a three-weeks at home, one week or so in the hospital for immunotherapy.  Pray for his healthcare providers, his patience and wisdom.  Pray he is surrounded by faithful and compassionate Christian friends who will support him through this journey.  Pray for his Mom (age 83) is unwell herself.  Pray their time together will be filled with extraordinary good memories and love.

·        Patti –recovering from the loss of her beloved Mom, Doris.  Please pray for the sweet comfort of her Saviour.

·        Scott – recently married.  Pray he finds a job soon so he can provide for his new wife and two children.  Help him reach out for the hand of our loving Heavenly Father so he recognises God is working in all this for the best outcome for them all.

·        Penne – recently widowed after 43 years, the last ten of which she was her husband’s full-time caregiver.  She suffers mental problems from a childhood experience and has reached out to Patti (who asks for wisdom and patience).  Penne has ‘disowned’ all her family, and although a believer, does not attend fellowship for support.  Please pray for her peace of mind and God’s guidance.

·        USA President Donald Trump – As Christians it is our responsibility to pray for our leaders and know that God has a plan for the USA through this man.  If you doubt the importance of his appointment, just look at the baseless antagonism against him. Surely Satan is NOT happy and means to thwart God’s plan.  Pray someone helps President Trump and Melania to understand the true meaning of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and that they will both have a insatiable hunger to read God’s Word for themselves – and that God sends a Bible-Believing Christian to regularly disciple them in the Truth – and that God shuts the mouths of the false prophets who regularly circle around them.

·        Fred I – planning a move from California to Tennessee in the Fall of 2020 (if possible).  Pray for his wise attention to detail, stamina and roaring good health, as he makes these life changes.

·        Unnamed – lost both her parents within six months after a lifetime of caring for them.  Her husband’s mother died in January and his 94-year old father now lives with them.  Pray they take time for each other and keep their faith strong.

Pray for those in full-time service

During this time, when the entire world is struggling to understand this new ‘plague’, it is critical for us to uphold our Christian leaders.  They will be needed everywhere.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones who are fragile health wise.  It is important to protect them in practical ways and most important we must pray even more for them that the Lord will have mercy on them during this challenging time.

Pray for the World

LOOK AT EXODUS!

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Overview: Exodus Ch. 1 -18

By the Bible Project

“Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.  And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was not consumed.  

“So Moses said, ‘I must turn aside now and see this marvellous sight, why the bush is not burned up.’  When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush, and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’  And he said, ‘Here I am.’

“Then He said, ‘Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’  He said also, ‘I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’  Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.” Exodus 3:1-6

“If only,’ Richard had said.  If only God solved those three problems, then faith would flourish like flowers in springtime.  Wouldn’t it? – Exodus described the very world Richard wanted!  It showed God stepping into human history almost daily.  He acted with utter fairness and spoke so that everyone could hear.  Behold, He even made himself visible!”[1]

You can read the book of Exodus superficially,  You can, as I’ve found helpful, ‘put on the sandals’ of someone in the story.  My Daddy used to call it ‘walking a mile in someone else’s moccasins’.  Or you can look at it more analytically.  

However you travel through the amazing events that unfolded in Exodus, you can’t help ‘feeling sad’ for God, who extended so much love to this ragtag bunch as they marched away from slavery to a Promised Land.  No wonder it took forty years!  I wonder if any of us would have acted differently … if only …

Take care, your servant and friend in Christ, Darlene (who prays for you each morning).

PS:  My statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (also you will find a series of beginner Bible studies there.). Also, you can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’.  (Also, there is an android ‘Goggle Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.)

COVID-19

Please pray for all those involved in making critical decisions during this time of pandemic.  Pray for those who have lost loved ones, those who contract the virus, the healthcare workers, those on the front line and for all those feeling afraid, lonely or confused.  Pray all are wise, patient and take precautions to contain the effects.  For practical information, please visit https://newsaboutcovid19.blogspot.com/

Latest Statistics

·        Today in 215 countries

·        9,294,180 reported cases

·        57,901 in serious condition

·        477,180 reported deaths (some related to pre-existing conditions)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

(NOTE:  Words underlined have a link embedded to provide more details)

·        Ray’s Dad – (Ray Senior) doing better with the challenges of cancer treatment.  Pray the Lord will touch his heart so he reaches out for the only hand that can save him.

·        USA – Pray the Lord will demonstrate His power in unexpected and uniting ways during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  Let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding, Bible-based values.  For Christ-centre, Bible-based revival in the USA and religious freedom for Christians wherever they may be.

·        Hans – a dear friend in Germany, diagnosed with lung cancer that has metastasized, will continue a three-weeks at home, one week or so in the hospital for immunotherapy.  Pray for his healthcare providers, his patience and wisdom.  Pray he is surrounded by faithful and compassionate Christian friends who will support him through this journey.  Pray for his Mom (age 83) is unwell herself.  Pray their time together will be filled with extraordinary good memories and love.

·        Scott – recently married.  Pray he finds a job soon so he can provide for his new wife and two children.  Help him reach out for the hand of our loving Heavenly Father so he recognises God is working in all this for the best outcome for them all.

·        Penne – recently widowed after 43 years, the last ten of which she was her husband’s full-time caregiver.  She suffers mental problems from a childhood experience and has reached out to Patti (who asks for wisdom and patience).  Penne has ‘disowned’ all her family, and although a believer, does not attend fellowship for support.  Please pray for her peace of mind and God’s guidance.

·        USA President Donald Trump – As Christians it is our responsibility to pray for our leaders and know that God has a plan for the USA through this man.  If you doubt the importance of his appointment, just look at the baseless antagonism against him. Surely Satan is NOT happy and means to thwart God’s plan.  Pray someone helps President Trump and Melania to understand the true meaning of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and that they will both have a insatiable hunger to read God’s Word for themselves – and that God sends a Bible-Believing Christian to regularly disciple them in the Truth – and that God shuts the mouths of the false prophets who regularly circle around them.

·        Fred I – planning a move from California to Tennessee in the Fall of 2020 (if possible).  Pray for his wise attention to detail, stamina and roaring good health, as he makes these life changes.

·        Unnamed – lost both her parents within six months after a lifetime of caring for them.  Her husband’s mother died in January and his 94-year old father now lives with them.  Pray they take time for each other and keep their faith strong.

Pray for those in full-time service

During this time, when the entire world is struggling to understand this new ‘plague’, it is critical for us to uphold our Christian leaders.  They will be needed everywhere.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones who are fragile health wise.  It is important to protect them in practical ways and most important we must pray even more for them that the Lord will have mercy on them during this challenging time.

Pray for the World

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[1] Copyright © 1988 by Philip Yancey, Disappointment With God, published by Zondervan Publishing House.

NOT FOR YOU AGAIN!

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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 

“For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.  But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort which is effective in the patient enduring of the same suffering which we also suffer; and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.” II Corinthians 1:3-7

As you consider the three questions …

1.     Is God unfair?

2.     Is God silent?

3.     Is God hidden?

… consider how these complaints against God may help you better understand your own.  For Richard, he chose to believe nobody was there and if He was, He was only toying with His children -- playing games.  His doubt was a feeling that God was sort of ‘defying’ sense.  If God would just answer those three questions or even just ONE of them! 

That is really what the Book of Job is about!  And Philip Yancey wrote Disappointment With God to help all of us consider how God set the fairness standard, how He does speak with us and how He reveals Himself.  This passage in II Corinthians (one of my very favourite) gives us a big hint. 

Take care, your servant and friend in Christ, Darlene (who prays for you each morning).

PS:  My statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (also you will find a series of beginner Bible studies there.). Also, you can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’.  (Also, there is an android ‘Goggle Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.)

COVID-19

Please pray for all those involved in making critical decisions during this time of pandemic.  Pray for those who have lost loved ones, those who contract the virus, the healthcare workers, those on the front line and for all those feeling afraid, lonely or confused.  Pray all are wise, patient and take precautions to contain the effects.  For practical information, please visit https://newsaboutcovid19.blogspot.com/

Latest Statistics

·        Today in 215 countries

·        9,139,787 reported cases

·        57,832 in serious condition

·        472,418 reported deaths (some related to pre-existing conditions)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

(NOTE:  Words underlined have a link embedded to provide more details)

·        Ray’s Dad – (Ray Senior) doing better with the challenges of cancer treatment.  Pray the Lord will touch his heart so he reaches out for the only hand that can save him.

·        USA – Pray the Lord will demonstrate His power in unexpected and uniting ways during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  Let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding, Bible-based values.  For Christ-centre, Bible-based revival in the USA and religious freedom for Christians wherever they may be.

·        Hans – a dear friend in Germany, diagnosed with lung cancer that has metastasized, will continue a three-weeks at home, one week or so in the hospital for immunotherapy.  Pray for his healthcare providers, his patience and wisdom.  Pray he is surrounded by faithful and compassionate Christian friends who will support him through this journey.  Pray for his Mom (age 83) is unwell herself.  Pray their time together will be filled with extraordinary good memories and love.

·        Scott – recently married.  Pray he finds a job soon so he can provide for his new wife and two children.  Help him reach out for the hand of our loving Heavenly Father so he recognises God is working in all this for the best outcome for them all.

·        Penne – recently widowed after 43 years, the last ten of which she was her husband’s full-time caregiver.  She suffers mental problems from a childhood experience and has reached out to Patti (who asks for wisdom and patience).  Penne has ‘disowned’ all her family, and although a believer, does not attend fellowship for support.  Please pray for her peace of mind and God’s guidance.

·        USA President Donald Trump – As Christians it is our responsibility to pray for our leaders and know that God has a plan for the USA through this man.  If you doubt the importance of his appointment, just look at the baseless antagonism against him. Surely Satan is NOT happy and means to thwart God’s plan.  Pray someone helps President Trump and Melania to understand the true meaning of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and that they will both have a insatiable hunger to read God’s Word for themselves – and that God sends a Bible-Believing Christian to regularly disciple them in the Truth – and that God shuts the mouths of the false prophets who regularly circle around them.

·        Fred I – planning a move from California to Tennessee in the Fall of 2020 (if possible).  Pray for his wise attention to detail, stamina and roaring good health, as he makes these life changes.

·        Unnamed – lost both her parents within six months after a lifetime of caring for them.  Her husband’s mother died in January and his 94-year old father now lives with them.  Pray they take time for each other and keep their faith strong.

Pray for those in full-time service

During this time, when the entire world is struggling to understand this new ‘plague’, it is critical for us to uphold our Christian leaders.  They will be needed everywhere.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones who are fragile health wise.  It is important to protect them in practical ways and most important we must pray even more for them that the Lord will have mercy on them during this challenging time.

Pray for the World

LAST OF THE THREE

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The Ark Encounter - Kentucky

“’Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?  Why did the knees receive me, and why the breasts, that I should suck?  For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest, with kings and with counsellors of the earth, who rebuilt ruins for themselves; or with princes who had gold, who were filling their houses with silver. 

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, as infants that never saw the light.  There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary are at rest.  The prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the task master.  The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.” Job 3:11-19

“Is God hidden?  This question, above all, obsessed Richard.  It seemed to him an irreducible minimum, a theological bottom line, that God should somehow prove Himself:  ‘How can I have a relationship with a Person I’m not even sure exists?’  Yet it seemed that God deliberately hid Himself, even from people who sought Him out.[1] 

Richard simply gave up on God.  Since the beginning, individuals have been trying to prove God exists or that God does not exist.  That He is involved with everyday life, or with some of the big things of life, or uninterested in everyday life or just uninterested – perhaps bored with His creation. 

People search for Noah’s Ark, pieces of the cross, or live to research a piece of cloth that they think bears His resurrection image – all to prove He is not hidden and never was or is. 

Did you ever wonder why God doesn’t just let someone find something that would be incontrovertible proof of His life, death and resurrection?  People search for signs and wonders and healings and fountains overflowing with mysterious waters or supercilious sounds. 

They long for something to point to that people will quit arguing about and just get on with believing.  Yet God is not in the business of proving He exists.  He exists in the hearts of those who come to grasp the greatness and universality of His gift of grace – even though they cannot and will never understand it until eternity! 

Take care, your servant and friend in Christ, Darlene (who prays for you each morning).

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[1] Copyright © 1988 by Philip Yancey, Disappointment With God, published by Zondervan Publishing House.

PS:  My statement of faith:  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com  (also you will find a series of beginner Bible studies there.). Also, you can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’.  (Also, there is an android ‘Goggle Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone.)

COVID-19

Please pray for all those involved in making critical decisions during this time of pandemic.  Pray for those who have lost loved ones, those who contract the virus, the healthcare workers, those on the front line and for all those feeling afraid, lonely or confused.  Pray all are wise, patient and take precautions to contain the effects.  For practical information, please visit https://newsaboutcovid19.blogspot.com/

Latest Statistics

·        Today in 215 countries

·        9,024,499 reported cases

·        54,729 in serious condition

·        469,386 reported deaths (some related to pre-existing conditions)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

(NOTE:  Words underlined have a link embedded to provide more details)

·        USA – Pray the Lord will demonstrate His power in unexpected and uniting ways during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  Let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding, Bible-based values.  For Christ-centre, Bible-based revival in the USA and religious freedom for Christians wherever they may be.

·        Hans – a dear friend in Germany, diagnosed with lung cancer that has metastasized, home for the next three weeks before he resumes chemo.  Pray for his healthcare providers, his patience and wisdom.  Pray he is surrounded by faithful and compassionate Christian friends who will support him through this journey.  Pray for his Mom (age 83) is unwell herself.  Pray their time together will be filled with extraordinary good memories and love.

·        Scott – recently married.  Pray he finds a job soon so he can provide for his new wife and two children.  Help him reach out for the hand of our loving Heavenly Father so he recognises God is working in all this for the best outcome for them all.

·        Penne – recently widowed after 43 years, the last ten of which she was her husband’s full-time caregiver.  She suffers mental problems from a childhood experience and has reached out to Patti (who asks for wisdom and patience).  Penne has ‘disowned’ all her family, and although a believer, does not attend fellowship for support.  Please pray for her peace of mind and God’s guidance.

·        USA President Donald Trump – As Christians it is our responsibility to pray for our leaders and know that God has a plan for the USA through this man.  If you doubt the importance of his appointment, just look at the baseless antagonism against him. Surely Satan is NOT happy and means to thwart God’s plan.  Pray someone helps President Trump and Melania to understand the true meaning of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and that they will both have a insatiable hunger to read God’s Word for themselves – and that God sends a Bible-Believing Christian to regularly disciple them in the Truth – and that God shuts the mouths of the false prophets who regularly circle around them.

·        Fred I – planning a move from California to Tennessee in the Fall of 2020 (if possible).  Pray for his wise attention to detail, stamina and roaring good health, as he makes these life changes.

·        Unnamed – lost both her parents within six months after a lifetime of caring for them.  Her husband’s mother died in January and his 94-year old father now lives with them.  Pray they take time for each other and keep their faith strong.

·        Ravi Zacharias – is home with the Lord, now.  Pray for his family and friends as they grieve his loss and for the continuation of his ministry. 

·        Those who loved Doris – pray for those of us who grieve the loss of a remarkable woman who helped bring me to His Cross.

Pray for those in full-time service

During this time, when the entire world is struggling to understand this new ‘plague’, it is critical for us to uphold our Christian leaders.  They will be needed everywhere.  Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.

Pray for those with ongoing health concerns

Many of us have family, friends and loved ones who are fragile health wise.  It is important to protect them in practical ways and most important we must pray even more for them that the Lord will have mercy on them during this challenging time.

Pray for the World