God's Plan Involves Power
Ephesians 1: 15 - 23
Meditate on these truths
- God called you to a certain, eternal hope
- God prizes you as His inheritance
- God's power to accomplish His purposes in your life is immeasurably great.
As you may remember, Mike and Brenda handed out the church's prayer list from Friday afternoon. They pointed out that we often and quickly pray for physical trials of believers but rarely move to a deeper level of prayer on their spiritual behalf. They challenged us to pray Ephesians 1:17 for those on our SS prayer list and for some of those on the church-wide list. Just remember the power of praying scripture, God's Words, back to him.
Announcements
- SS Social - This Saturday at 5 PM, 9/18, Blythe Equipping Room...you've seen the e-mail from Ashley with the details...
- Hayride at the Akridges - Saturday, 10/23, details TBA
- New Men and Women's Bible Studies started today...see previous blog posts for details
Prayer Requests
- Brenda - pray for minimal side-effects with his cancer treatments. As of Sunday afternoon Jim's blood pressure was high, which is one of the side effects of the drugs. The Dr's. have prescribed a medication to hopefully help control it. Brenda is more concerned about their spirits right now. She described Jim as a "weary soldier" Please pray for Jim and Rebecca's ability to rely on the Lord and to pray Ephesians 1:17 for them; may their faith and love be known by those whose lives they touch.
- Julie's Dad - continue to pray for him as tests are being run while he's admitted at St. Vincent's.
- Julie's Sister-in-law - high risk pregnancy
- Christy Chambers - continue to pray for her Nephew, Memo, with HSP PurPura
- Paula and Brian - Adoption Home Study, the first visit is Monday.
- Mike and Clista - Clista's surgery went very well. The Dr. was very happy and optimistic. She is still in a lot of pain and doesn't have full mobility in her right leg. She needs prayer for a full recovery.
- Christy Chambers - new job isn't turning out that well. There seems to be a personality conflict . Please pray that God will resolve the conflict. If God's will is not for her to be at her current employer then pray that God will provide her with another opportunity.
- Vesla Lochte - Praise for great test results on her baby but she requests prayer for her husband Chad for healing of his dislocated shoulder and that no additional damage was done when he was rear ended.
- Kelly Moates-This an update on my friend from college Jennifer Cherry House and her husband Blaine and their family including Maisie (4) who has aplastic anemia. Jennifer had their third child at 37 weeks weighing in at 8lbs. 8 oz and 20 3/4" long! She is doing well. The doctors are preparing Maisie is preparation for her transplant. If all goes according to schedule, Maisie will be admitted to Children's Monday, September 13. She will do 6 days of pre-treatment medication and then day 7 will be transplant day. Then it will just be a matter of waiting for everything to "work".
Here are their specific prayer requests for the next days:
1. That Maisie stays infection free
2. That Maisie has no bleeding problems
3. That the cord blood is delivered safely and is all "viable"
4. That Maisie's pre-treatment goes smoothly and the side effects of the medications are minimal
5. That the actual transplant goes smoothly with no complications and Maisie is treated 100% successfully
6. For our family as we are juggling our 3 girls, making sure that everyone is taken care of in the way they each need
