Weekly Prayer Journal

August 17, 2025

 

 

 Pray for all those dealing with addiction and their families,

and those who don’t know the joy of salvation.

 

Pastors and Deacons:  Please remember to keep our pastors and elders close in prayer as they diligently serve the Lord and our church members.

 

Missionaries: Pray for all our missionaries around the world

 

Paul & Amy:  Please pray for our family. As we work through medical issues, and stand firm on God’s promises.  Keep Paul and Amy in prayer as they travel to and from Maine.

 

Ken & Stephanie Akselsen: Pray for Stephanie's complete healing. Also pray for our kids' jobs, relationships & college. Pray for the Athletes In Action Ministry. 

 

Sissy: Please continue to keep Mommy in prayer for healing.  Pray for insight that only comes from God for the doctors caring for her.  Please lift Pat and me up in prayer for sustained energy, wisdom, and lovingkindness. Thank you to everyone for your faithful prayers. Our God is so good ~ all the time ~ no matter what!

 

John and Suzanne:  Please pray that Max will have the desire to eat, that he will start to communicate with us better and that he will not be afraid to walk on his own.  

 

 Kristin:  Please keep our family in prayer as we grieve the passing of Uncle Budd.  Pray for the health and salvation of my parents, Bill and Carolyn.  Livada is struggling financially and the staff is needing encouragement.  Pray for Abby and all those heading to college, may their faith grow as they see God’s protection and providence.

 

Angelo:  Please pray for my sister, JoAnn as she has recently been diagnosed with cancer.

 

Annie:  Please pray for relief of my burning tongue, it’s so hard to get through the days. Also, please keep my husband Kurt in your prayers that God continues to give him strength, guidance and patience as he want to retire.  Also, for healing  from his car accident.

 

Sara & CJ:  Pray for Noah as we find a way to help him manage his ADHD/ASD and sleep. We are on a waitlist for ABA therapy pray that God will bring forth help from ABA services so he can thrive with his education. Someone who will be compatible with him and have the help in time for next school year. Thank you!

 

Nancy:  Jerry’s shoulder replacement has been pushed back to Dec. or Jan. because the unit has not come in from Italy.  I will be traveling from 8/18- 9/13.  Please pray for health and safety, good weather and everything to go smoothly.  Please continue to pray for my cousin Katrina’s eye surgery on 8/14.

 

Michelle:  Pray for me and my family to grow closer in Christ.  Let me be the light in our family and show how important our 4 year old is growing in Christ.  Please pray for me to find a job and let Jesus show the truth that I was accused of making me lose my career and future in that career.  Lay your hands on my home I beg to have my family to be involved in church and like minded people to be in our lives.  The world is a scary place.

 

Eileen:  Praise God Mom is out of the hospital and back at rehab.  Please pray for continued healing and that she will be ale to go home soon.  Prayer for Jenna’s  physical and emotional health as she continues to face lots of challenges.  Pray for Michael as he is working to complete the requirements to begin his new career in Sept.  Pray for the salvation of my entire family.

 

Linda:  Please pray for my mom who has dementia. Help her to be happy, healthy and live a long time. Also pray for my brother and 3 sisters to come to an understanding about the best possible care for her and also for them to reconcile their differences and draw them closer as a family as well as my nieces and nephews. Also pray for my nephew Michael and his wife Alyshia. Help them to reconcile their differences and draw closer together. Also pray for my health issues. Help the doctors know how to treat me especially with my sleep apnea. May this helps us all to draw closer to Jesus.

 

Janet:  Please keep my husband in prayer that God softens his heart to come to church and get saved in the Name of Jesus.

 

Sara:  God would draw my daughters, Lauren and Amanda, to Himself, salvation for both, also for Amanda’s husband.  Gaston, my grandson, Kaiden, who is 1 y/o, Lauren’s boyfriend Ed, and our granddaughter (12 who is saved).  Also, pray for  relief from the pain that my Husband is enduring.

 

Jim:  Please pray for my daughter, Jen, to make positive Christ led decisions for her and the children.

 

Stan:  Please pray for the lives of all those who are served at His Mercy House, that their needs will be met spiritually and physically.  Pray also for some health issues that I have, and that I can tolerate the treatments well.

 

Debbie:  Praise God, the neurosurgeon has healed my back pain can be relieved with physical therapy and injections!  Pray that our son Mike’s blood pressure would go down and that he would get into the routine of taking his medication.  Also for salvation for he and his wife Michelle,  and our granddaughter Lilly. Also, decisions on my future back surgery and finding the right doctor.

 

Autumn:  Pray for me to have wisdom as a supervisor, a mom and wife, to speak God’s truth.  Please pray for my siblings to overcome addictions, fear, and worry, as they put their faith in Jesus and be healed Roxanne, Anna, Noah, Nell and Richard.  Pray for healing for Michele Rappaport from a knee operation.

 

Matt:  Please pray that the tumors in his brain will continue to shrink and the God will be glorified  as he beats the odds that the medical community gave him.

 

Chester and Daisy:  Please pray for God’s perfect will as we both look for employment.

 

The Bell Family:  Continue to pray for the boys as they look at the next steps in Patti’s health journey.

 

Al :  Please pray that my relationship with God would grow and reveal itself in my love for those around me, that I could serve them in an impactful way.

 

Patricia:  Please pray for my daughter, Tracy’s recovery after her difficult surgery.  May her pain be relieved, and her body return to it’s normal function.

 

Emmons Family:  Please pray for our health and safe travels to and from South Carolina.

 

Samira:  Please pray for my cousin Madia.  She received news that her cancer has metastasized to her bones after being cancer free for 2 years.  Pray for assurance of her faith as well as comfort and healing.

 

Harris:  Please pray for Michelle that her hip replacement surgery goes well.

 

Mary:  Pray for Kathleen (49) who has bile cancer, and is on hospice.  Pray for God’s will, and miraculous healing.

 

 

 

 

 

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