Prayer Spotlight for April 30-May 7, 2011

 "For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God,
you may receive what was promised."
~ Hebrews 10.36

Didn't get to posting this last week leading up to Resurrection Sunday, but we did focus our Kenmore Prayer Spotlight on: 

Kenmore Community Church , Pastor Mark and MaryBeth Rogers
7504 NE Bothell Way, Kenmore, WA 98028
(425) 486-7487

info@kenmorechurch.org
http://www.kenmorechurch.org/  

Prayer meetings Mondays 7 pm and Tuesdays 1:30 pm

 

Our Prayer Spotlight this week is on:

* The Lighthouse Foursquare Church , Pastor Bill and Terry Hill
15725 Simonds Road NE, Kenmore, WA 98028
(425) 488-8231 office@lighthouse4square.org
http://www.lighthouse4square.org/ Prayer chain via email

"Father in heaven, thank You for granting every good thing to those who ask!

~You alone can move our straying hearts to repent and turn from wrong to right, so we ask You for grace to live with continually repentant hearts. 

~You alone can give us power to endure our trials, stay on our harvest field, and reap a bountiful harvest, so we ask You for endurance. 

~You alone can give us joy in the journey, a desire to live worthy of all You have done for us and all that You have promised us to come, so we ask You for joy and thankfulness. 

~Praises to You forever, for You are good and Your lovingkindness never fails. Thank You, in Jesus' Name."

Spotlight for Sunday, January 31, 2010: Life and healing ministries in Kenmore

"Now choose life, so that you and your children may live."
~ Deuteronomy 30.19

Dear saints,

We know our God loves us to choose life and to be His agents in creating a culture of life. And we know He responds to our Spirit-led prayers for the transformation of lives and of nations.

Our prayers are needed now, that our state legislature would not enact legislation restricting clinics like Life Choices Pregnancy Clinic from helping women who need hope and help during crisis pregnancies. This issue will be in committee on Wednesday, January 27. May the Lord deal with it there, or at any stage of the process that will bring Him the most glory and honor. (Full report below.)

The last 12 weeks, we have prayed for each of our 12 Kenmore congregations in turn, so this coming week, Sunday, January 31, 2010, our Prayer Spotlight is on 5 ministries connected to Kenmore that address the sanctity of life, sexual integrity, and healing:

~ CareNet/Life Choices Pregnancy Center: provides a safe, confidential place to receive the medical services and information needed when facing a crisis pregnancy
~ Healing Hearts Ministries International: Christ-Centered healing for post-abortion and other traumas: "He sent His Word and healed them."
~ Legacy Institute:  educational resources that empower people to be whole in a sexually broken culture
~ Healing the Culture: a nonprofit educational organization promoting a culture of life
~ Northshore Healing Rooms: a place to receive confidential, non-judgmental prayer for your healing on every level. NHR is now in their own location: 10125 Mainplace Suite A, Bothell, WA 98011

"Father in heaven, thank You for moving us to ask You for what You want to give us, that Kenmore shall be a city of Life...

"Please increase our faith to seek You for all that means, to believe what You tell us, and to receive all that You desire to give us, to the glory of Jesus. We don't want to be like those who lost their entry to the Land of Promise by being slow of heart to believe You...

"Father God, we ask You to pour out Your heart to the people through Jesus in these ministries to Kenmore: Life Choices, Healing Hearts, Legacy Institute, Healing the Culture, and Northshore Healing Rooms. Keep them on track with Your purposes for their existence. Guard them from dissension within and without. Give them favor with those who need to hear what they have to say in Jesus' Name. Open the windows of heaven and pour out the material provision for their work. Raise up workers for every role that needs to be filled, and anoint them with Your Holy Spirit and with fire to serve You in love and truth, for Jesus' sake...

"We believe You desire Kenmore to be a city where the poor have the gospel preached to them, where the broken-hearted are bound up, where the prisoners are set free, where the captives hear the proclamation of release, where the lame are healed and the blind receive their sight.

"Father, we believe You desire Kenmore to be a place where people receive courage to choose life, where they learn to reject every unclean spirit of fear, but welcome Your Spirit of power, love, and a sound mind...

"Thank You Father, for Your good plans for the souls of this city. Lord, we ask You to make the Church the full expression of Your will. Jesus, please be free to express Yourself in us and through us by Your Spirit dwelling in us, in Jesus' Name and for His glory."

Amen? Thank you for praying!
Please remember to pray with us for the city for one hour each Friday morning. If you can come in person, we meet at The Living Room Consignment & Tea, at 8:30 a.m. Fridays, next to Life Choices Pregnancy Clinic

May our worship bring Him pleasure, our repentance bring His favor, our surrender and obedience bring His power, that all may bring Him glory.

Love to you in Jesus' Name,

Calendar and Prayer Spotlight for September 20-26, 2009: Bethany Bible Church

"And He will arise and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, 
In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. 
And they will remain, because at that time He will be great to the ends of the earth. 
This One will be our Peace." ~ Micah 5.2-3

Dear saints,

Praise God, Jesus our Anointed Lord and King has arisen to shepherd us in His strength, in the majesty of His Father's Name. He is great to the ends of the earth, hallelujah. As Ephesians 2:14 declares, Jesus is the fulfillment of Micah 5.2-3: "He Himself is our Peace."

It is so encouraging each Sunday to consider as we worship in our congregations that we are part of simultaneous worship rising to our God from all over this city, all over this region, throughout this time zone, and throughout the earth: "passing it along as the world turns 'round, we're giving Him praise." God truly is knitting us together heart-to-heart to form a net. Kenmore shall be a city of life, to the glory of God.

I was thinking the other day that when we turn our hearts to prayer, to praise and worship, either corporately, or in the secret places of the heart while we go about our day, we are walking into an ongoing stream of reciprocal love that nourishes and buoys up all of God's children in every place and time. "Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb".

Praise God for pouring out the blessings of His presence in the services dedicating the First Romanian Pentecostal Church's new sanctuary last Sunday. I heard such a wonderful report of His favor upon the praying people of that devoted congregation. We are eager to see how the Lord will continue to bless and use them as they serve Him, always seeking first His righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, in Jesus' Name.

We're well into the new school year. Are you ready to reboot the weekly prayer focus for each local congregation and ministry in turn? It is such a wonder, all that God is doing in our midst!


Prayer Spotlight for the week of Sunday, September 20-26, 2009: Bethany Bible Church, Pastor Scott Ritter:

"Father in heaven, thank You for calling Your people at Bethany Bible Church to "walk before You and be blameless." Thank You for choosing them in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they would be holy and blameless before You...

"Grant that their love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, that they may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ. Grant their speech to be filled with faithful contentment and gracious peace, so that they will prove themselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom they appear as lights in the world...

"We praise You that Your children at Bethany experience You as kind and blameless because with the the kind You show Yourself kind, with the blameless You show Yourself blameless". Now to You who are able to keep them from stumbling, and to make them stand in the presence of Your glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."

Thank you for praying with Kenmore Prayer Circle.


Kenmore Calendar
Click http://wwwtinyurl.com/kenmore-calendar to see more of what's going on in the local Body of Christ.

Local churches can post directly. Items can also be sent to me for posting to the calendar. Seminars, concerts, car-washes, yard sales (for congregation or personal), etc.

Free Seminar on Healthy Relationships, "Improving Relationships with God's Value System",  led by Pastor Darren Twa at Bethel Evangelical Free Church, 19814 55th Ave NE Kenmore, WA, 425-483-2222. Click on thumbnail image to enlarge.

Step-of-Faith in concert Sunday, Sept 20 at 10 a.m. at The Lighthouse Foursquare. Sample their music via links on The Living Room blog of Sept 4, 2009

Parenting Seminar 9/26/09 with Dr. Ray Guarendi: share this flier with parents you think might enjoy some encouragement in their God-given assignment. The seminar is lead by Dr. Ray Guarendi. He's a clinical psychologist, father of ten. There will also be booths sponsored by homeschooling groups with books and educational material. The seminar is hosted by Veritas Academy, located in Northlake Lutheran Church in Kenmore.

A great event for seniors at Kenmore Community Church, with special speaker Leona Bergsman, hosted by Mary Beth Rogers. Weds, Sept 30 at 11:30 a.m. Bring a sack lunch.

May our God arise--in us--and not keep silent.

Love, grace, and peace to you in Christ,
Katie Rhodes
Kenmore Prayer Circle

Kenmore Community Church "Sing-A-Long"

Wow, this is the place to be on July 19 at 2 pm, enjoying the good things God has given us together :^)

As Mary Beth mentions in her invite, young folks will enjoy this, too!

("Father in heaven, please use this good-hearted event to draw our community together around Your kindness, in Jesus' Name.")

Katie Rhodes

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mary Rogers
Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: Kenmore Community Church "Sing-A-Long"

For those of you who might not know me, I am Mary Beth Rogers, wife of Mark Rogers, pastor of Kenmore Community Church. I want to invite the older people of your church to an event we are having at our church.

My sister and I put together a program for the retirement home that our father was living in the last year of his life. It was a sing-a-long to the "oldies" and it seemed to be quite a hit with the older people. I told my sister if she was ever up in my area that I would like to do it at my church.

So, on Sunday, July 19th at 2:00 p.m. at Kenmore Community Church, we are going to repeat the program. It consists of 4 sections of music. The first two sections are singing the oldies. The third section is religious, and the fourth section and last is patriotic. We have lots of props which adds to the enjoyment of the program. My sister even tap dances to one of the songs. In between the sets of music, my sister and I sing a duet. I have printed the words to the songs in LARGE PRINT so it is a true sing-a-long!

We do not have a large amount of elderly people in our congregation, so I thought I would extend the invitation to some of our friends. It would be nice to fill up the church. Actually, anyone can come, but it was originally put together for the older people.

I would like to know in advance if any from your church are coming. It would be fun to have a social afterwards of maybe ice cream and cookies, or something like that??? I would need to plan for that and maybe we could all bring a little something?

If you would be so kind as to email me telling me you received my email, and with a response of whether your church would be interested or not in this event. As the date draws closer, I can call and talk with you personally.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me or call.

Blessings,
MBR