"Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation.
For You I wait all the day."
~ Psalm 25.5
Dear saints,
Please share this with others in your sphere who are interested in praying for our community.
Here's a great resource in praying for city transformation: Tim Taylor's "Operation Rolling Thunder", now available as an ebook:
http://stores.lulu.com/watchmantt
For your calendar: "Praying Globally, Connecting Locally": Operation Rolling Thunder's 2010 Kick-Off for Washington State will be March 5-6 at Christ Church Kirkland:
Our Prayer Spotlight next Sunday, January 24, 2010, is The Worship Center, Pastor Paul Isacson
7915 NE 192nd Street, Kenmore, WA 98028, 206-686-9494
I've been enjoying browsing through
blueletterbible.org's collection of verses that use the Hebrew word "
qavah",
waiting on the Lord. Looking to Him, longing for Him. And I found
16 promises! Let's use these in our prayer for The Worship Center:
"Father in heaven, You are so amazingly faithful and true. Your every word is our very life. Help us to obey the New Commandment, that we would love one another as Jesus has loved us. His love is so perfectly unselfish and sacrificial, it is beyond us, but we believe You make it possible by grace through faith. Thank You, Father. As we wait upon You together, help us show this impossible love by praying for one another continually...
"Bless all our brothers and sisters at The Worship Center this week, Father. Let them experience Your love sweeping them up in Your holy embrace, as they wait upon You, Father God. Just as Your every promise is "Yes" in Christ, let their "Amen" resound to the glory of God through them. Strengthen them this week by Your grace to endure in hope and joy, and to wait upon You. Let every saint at The Worship Center, young and old, receive every promise You've made to those who wait upon You, for we ask in Jesus' Name, for His pleasure, honor, and glory."
So, here are the promises I found. Maybe you will find more! By grace, let us proclaim and claim every promise of God as our birthright in Christ, for faithful is He who has promised and He will also bring it to pass!
As we wait upon the Lord...
- ...we will not be ashamed!
- ...we will be preserved by integrity and uprightness
- ...we will be strong and courageous
- ...we will inherit the land
- ...we will be exalted to inherit the land, and will see the wicked cut off
- ...God will incline to us and hear our cry
- ...we will be in the company of His godly ones
- ...we will have hope
- ...God will save us
- ...we will see our God, we will rejoice and be glad in His salvation
- ...God will be gracious to us; He will strengthen us every morning and save us in time of distress
- ...we will gain new strength, mount up with wings like eagles, run and not get tired, walk and not become weary
- ...the Name of the Lord our God and the Holy One of Israel will glorify us
- ...we will no longer walk in the stubbornness of our evil heart (yay for new hearts!)
- ...the Lord will be good to us
- ...we will observe kindness and justice
Let's also remember those who have asked us to stand with them in prayer:
==> Fridays, 8:30 a.m.
pray for the city for 1 hour at The Living Room Consignment & Tea.
==>
Please pray traveling mercies over one of our member's son-in-law, Dave. He is a doctor in Pennsylvania and his church goes to Haiti four times a year. He is heading over to help in a few days. Last time they were there, their local contact was murdered right before their eyes. That is how dangerous it was then, and it is worse now. "May our God arise over Haiti and reclaim it as His own by right of creation and of redemption in Christ Jesus."
==> praying for
Nancy, to be healed from cancer on her kidney; she'll be in surgery early Tuesday a.m.
==>
Update on
Pete, resting at the hospital under treatment for 3 embolisms, praying for complete healing and financial provision.
==> praying for healing and redemption and glory to Jesus for Pastor Dennis Trout facing myeloma. Also, praying for other local pastors facing cancer and other major illnesses. Pray for our shepherds.
==> pray for
Eastside Love, INC to help churches serve the needy through their web-based point of connection:
http://god-pages.com/
==> continuing to hold up the
Shelton family in prayer regarding David's head injury, for healing, for provision, for fulfillment of all of God's destiny for David, Deb and all their children. Thanking God for his godly heritage in performing for Christ all these years, that his fruit may remain, to the glory of Jesus who keeps us.
==> praying for God's power to lift and expand the
ministries in our region, that Jesus may be known by all.
==> mark your calendars now for
Healing Hearts Ministries International Annual Dessert Benefit, March 19th at 7 pm at Northshore Baptist Church. Raised up by God to extend His healing love and freeing truth to both men and women whose hearts and lives have been broken by abortion and other traumas.
==> praying for baby
Makayla, 4 months, who had blood vessel break in her head and has had seizures, possible brain damage. Praying for her family as they all struggle to cope. Praying for Father's heart to be revealed in all this.
==> praying for my
Aunt Jan, cancer in several tissues.
==> praying for
Sally C. that her eyes will be completely healed, that her soul will be at peace about their decision not to have surgery. "She who waits upon the Lord will not be ashamed."
==> praying for healing and salvation for a customer at The Living Room who last year suffered from a pulmonary embolism and is still plagued with fatigue and painful pleuritis.
==> praying for
Dave S., for God's comfort and healing after being beaten and left in coma by robbers in Everett, and now in recovery.
==> praying for God's full and miraculous provision for
each of you, in spirit, soul, and body, through His riches in Christ Jesus.
==> continuing to pray for
June, who broke her hip badly last week, for recovery from surgery, and that she will know the Lord as He truly is.
==> continuing to pray for
a son who has fluid in his lungs and a blockage in his intestines.
==> continuing to pray for
Colton, a 10-year old boy, a young man of prayer, with leukemia. May God pour out faith in great measure, that the Lord Jesus may move unhindered to accomplish all that He desires in Colton's life and his family.
==> continuing to pray that the
empty restaurant in the parking lot across from
Life Choices Pregnancy Center would be used by God to
increase His presence in the marketplace, and to
increase the light of life in Kenmore.
==> praying for
the Church in America to humble herself under God's hand, resist the devil, receive His healing grace.
==> praying for the
ManhattanDeclaration.org affirming the sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife, and the rights of conscience and religious liberty.
Please remember The Living Room Consignment & Tea exists to help support Kenmore Prayer Circle, provide a place of prayer for the community, serve as a marketplace connection for furniture and local art, and as a place of fellowship.
Thanks!