Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Last Prayer for April 2009


Dear Heavenly Father

Another day comes and goes in my life and I find myself relaxed in a beautiful home, with some free time to take in the day. I had some time to sit out side and do some reading, watch the computer screen fill my head with what ever. I was grateful for it Father because in you there is time to rest. I thank you for a beautiful day with no storms to weather if only just for today. Father, you know the battle we have been having with the people next door it brings a great deal of stress to our lives but today we didn’t have to deal with it so I am happy about that. Watch over the actions of Bill and Anna because of their age and health I pray that they do not get too stressed out over the storms and the heavy rain in our area. Father, Bill gets himself so worked up thinking things that are not really going to happen. It puts a lot of stress on his health and mentally it is not good for him. Give them peace Father; let him know his house is not going to flood from rain waters. Give him the knowledge that we are not trying to harm him or his property. We don’t know how to comfort him Father or the worry that he has going on in his heart and mind. We are strong and in good health so we can deal with these matters but sometimes when you face ordeals even when they aren’t big to others they can be a big deal to those who conjure them up in their minds. Help Bill and Anna to have peace and let us withstand what they do as our neighbors. Keep us calm minded and relaxed as we deal with this older couple. It is not fair that we have this Father, but maybe prayers are needed and that is why we are involved. Let us know what to do Father as each day it’s something new that we face with dealing with this couple. Some days we have no worries but other days it’s a little over the top. Just give us the ability and knowledge to understand.

Father, be with Debra she is heading off to work again today in that car that looks like it should be condemned! Please Father I beg you put it on her heart to fix it or change the situation before something happens to her in that wreck of a car. I worry that something is going to happen and she goes about her days as if it’s just the most normal of things to drive around with the front end falling off your car! Help me seek some peace as I try to back away and let her take care of this matter. I don’t know what to do here Father, Roland doesn’t want to buy her another car she has gone threw several now and he wants her to take responsibility for what she has. We could have gotten her another car but what good would it do she will not take care of what she is given. Let my mind rest in this matter as I want so badly to just fix it, to stop the worry. I know with adult children this is not the answer and she will never find her way if I keep doing all the major stuff in her life. I ache with the on going process of letting her live her life and just loving her for who she is. I so want to reach out and change things but I know each of us has to make our own way in this life. Let me be calm and trust that I have prayed her into your hands and You will keep her safe. Father, let me provide all that she needs without interruption of Your plan for her life. Everybody faces the burdens of life to make them complete in the will You have for that life. Work with us both Father for it is in Your ways we are seeking for our lives in this life today and everyday. Let me be okay with that and let me know it’s You I am listening to when I say yes or no to anything, or any thoughts that I might have in regard to this matter.

Father, bless our church body. You have given over some of the most talented men to restore the damages done by Hurricane Ike. We thank you for all of them. We as a church are blessed to have these men. Help us all to work together and do the right things by the church to see that it is kept in a manner that is pleasing to you. Things will be happening this week-end and we are going to start working again. It will be a beautiful awesome sight when it’s done. I am so grateful to have has some hand in it I am so pleased to have been able to be a working serving servant for your church. Thank you for using me even in this small way. We still have roof leaks and problems but Father I know you will guide our hands in getting those fixed so we can move forward. With the changes being made there are always those who will make it a little rocky but we have to remember that moving forward is always our goal and nothing should stop that if we are doing what we need to fulfill your will. Give us favor if we are doing what is right. Lead us if we should be doing something differently to put us on the right path. Do not let fear stop anything that would be a mighty work into your church for we pray it to further the love of Christ Jesus that brings us home to you.
Father, this year another group of senior will graduate into the world. May 3rd we honor them and congratulate them with a supper and bibles. They are Michael Dunn, Jessica Holt, Matt Shepard, and Ben Vasquez. Be with them Father because as other doors open to the world we can loose these tender hearts. Guide them and keep them in your safe shelter as long as they keep to your words Father protect them. All the Class of 2009, the teachers that are with them, the people who influence their lives be with all of them as they walk across a stage that is going to take them place they can not even imagine. Father, send your blessing on them and on their families as they walk through these changes.

Father, watch over RV Vasquez, Bubba Rouse, Glen Hemmenway, Peggy, Rodney Porter, Jeff and Jaime Fall and the twins, Aubree and Ayden, Sarah Fall and Summer Neal. Charlotte Smith as she has her scheduled biopsy for breast cancer. Be with Ken and Margie as they had a rough patch with cancer as well and Claudelia Powers as she faces her senior years. Be with Roland as he is a hard working man that supports and cares for his family, honor him with your blessings and put trust in his heart to know your ways are always the best ways. There is much need Father and we know that by placing it in your sanctuary we are doing the best that we can for our friends and our family. Also, Father let us not only pray but take action if there is something within our power to help make life better for all of those in your will who follow the blessing given us in Christ Jesus.

Father, be with the selection of new elder at Lakewood. It makes all the difference in the world in what direction the church will take if it is under good leadership or bad so we ask you examine the heart of these men who will be up for this positions and lead us to know if we should say or not say anything that places or displaces them from these appointed duties. Work with their wives as we need good wives as well to do the Lord’s work here in the church. Guide the minds of every person who will have a say in anything that goes on here. Work with David, Harvey and Mike as they choose paths for the church.

Father sometimes the prayers are long sometimes they are short but it is all prayed in the name of Jesus for the glory we have in Him to be honored to pray these prayers into Your holy will. Guide us Father, keep our minds, protect us from the evil one and until You come or take us home it is all prayed in the strong and holy name of Jesus……….Amen

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