"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
~ 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,
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