Prayer Spotlight for Jan. 31-Feb 6, 2011, Calender, and What-if's

"While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ...." ~ Acts 13.2
Dear saints,

Our Prayer Spotlight this coming week, January 31-February 6, 2011, will be on Epiphany Lutheran Church , Pastor Richard Riggert, 16540 Juanita Drive NE, Kenmore, WA 98028, http://www.epiphanyonline.org/
"Father in heaven, we give You thanks for Your indescribable gift! Jesus to save us, Jesus to dwell in our hearts, Jesus to knit us together into a living body in the highest calling to serve the King of Kings. Grant our brothers and sisters at Epiphany Lutheran Church to serve the Lord our God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things. Fill them with more and more of Your Holy Spirit. Connect them with all the saints in Kenmore, that Your Church in this city might be all that Your heart desires, in Jesus' Name."

God bless you all in His amazing circle of love in Christ Jesus,
Katie Rhodes
for Kenmore Prayer Circle

Prayer Spotlight on Cedar Park Northshore, and government

"Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness, do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, which has come upon us..."
~ Nehemiah 9.32

Dear saints,

We approach the great, the mighty, the awesome God of all creation with confidence through our Lord Jesus Christ. We can claim His promises to help us, to redeem us, to defend us, to never leave us, because He will always keep covenant with us. His lovingkindness endures forever. Whatever you are facing, however you are buffeted, let us turn and fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.

Our prayers this week are needed in several areas, so let's armor up and take our stand together before the throne of grace that we may find strength and help in time of need. We all need to hear from our Master at every moment, for His words are our life:

1) Urgently pray that Monday, January 24, 2011, the Lord will defend the pregnancy resource centers in Washington state from SB 5274 and HR 1366. These bills seek to bury life-affirming pregnancy centers under administrative and litigious burdens, leaving the field entirely to those who profit financially from every aborted baby's death. Bills based on the same false accusations were proposed last year and were shown to be groundless. In spite of this, agencies that profit from abortion have mounted another attack and found legislators sympathetic to their plan. Their strategy is to show up en masse to influence the legislature. Please pray about going to Olympia on Monday, January 24, to show support for life.

2) Continue to pray about the root of the abortion issue: hearts that need the love and truth found only in Jesus. You are all invited, Friday evening, March 18, 2011, to the fund-raiser dessert benefit for Healing Hearts International, but you must RSVP. Founded by a woman who aborted her child with no clue that her decision would haunt her for the rest of her life, she found peace and forgiveness in Jesus and was led by Him to help other women.

3) Pray for Kenmore's city council members on their annual planning retreat this weekend, January 21-23. May our God grant them His peace and favor to receive the wisdom of heaven for the issues here on earth. May He grant them great grace to work together through any differences and difficulties that may arise.

4) Please pray that business in Kenmore would prosper. Of course, I have need of that! This has been a tough month, but we are fixing our eyes on Jesus, our Faithful God.

5) Our Prayer Spotlight this week is Cedar Park Northshore, Pastor Jay and Sandy Smith:

"Father in heaven, I pray that You would cause the Church in Kenmore to rally together in Spirit to support each other, to bless Cedar Park Northshore in the Name of the Lord. Keep them entirely pure and holy, ardent in their love for Jesus and for each other. Add to their number DAILY those who are being saved. Disciple them and make them disciplers, so that Your Body grows rich and strong in grace and truth, to the glory of our heavenly Father. Give them a growing awareness of the Presence of the Great, the Mighty, the Awesome God, who dwells in unapproachable Light, whom no man has seen or can see, that their hearts may be filled with awe, with reverence, with gratitude, and with joy that this God loves them with an everlasting Love and has redeemed them in Christ Jesus for all time and eternity. Hallelujah!"

May your heart be filled today with the love, joy, and peace that are yours in Christ Jesus today,

Prayer Spotlight on Bethany Bible Church

"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of Him that brings good news, announcing peace, proclaiming news of happiness,
who announces salvation (Yeshua!), who proclaims to Zion,
'Your God reigns!' "
~Isaiah 52.7

This week, January 10-Sunday, January 16, 2011, our Prayer Spotlight is on Bethany Bible Church, Pastor Scott Ritter. Other requests that have come to us are also placed before the throne of grace.

"Father in heaven, thank You for Your continual blessings in Christ Jesus. Thank You for building unity in the Body of Christ here in Kenmore, as we come together in the Spirit of the Lord. We look to You to continue this miraculous work of the Spirit in response to Jesus' prayer in John 17, that we might be one, to the glory of God the Father. We give You permission to remove from our hearts everything that gets in Your way...

"We praise You, Lord, that Bethany Bible Church reports a season of praise, as they see You answering their cries, meeting their needs, and leading them in Your victory in Christ. Thank You for delivering Jayne Ritter from cancer. Thank You for providing employment. Thank You for giving wisdom to those in need of guidance...

"We ask that this season on the mountaintop will bring an outpouring of the gospel flowing from Bethany Bible Church into this community, as it is written, "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him that brings good news...' 

"Father, please increase Your anointing for service on Pastor Ritter and all his congregation. Warm their hearts in Your Word each day. Increase Your light upon the path You have prepared for them to walk in. Make connections for them to share Jesus in loving deeds and words with family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and chance acquaintances this week. Increase the government of Your peace in their hearts and through them into the world, in Jesus' Name."

Other prayer requests:
- join Pastor Dustin Largent and his congregation at Church180 in prayer for John to be delivered from cancer.
- the Shelton family, for David's healing and deliverance from financial need
- the Trout family, in their continued stand against Dennis' cancer, and the financial needs that creates
- Steve, longtime friend, pastor and mentor of the Sheltons, suffered a massive heart attack 1/10/2011 while visiting friends in Phoenix. His friend did CPR on him and the medics arrived in 3 minutes, praise God.  Following immediate stent surgery, he remains in CCU. Please pray with us for a complete recovery and that 2/11/11 at 4pm mountain time when they remove the assist pump that his heart does fine on its own. His family is now in Phoenix.