Weekly Prayer Journal
August 31, 2025
Weekly Prayer Journal
August 31, 2025
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 Abby in your prayers at Palm Beach Atlantic in Florida. She is not making connections; may she keep her eyes on the Lord, and He will place the right people in her path. Pray for my parents, Bill and Carolyn for salvation and health concerns.
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 wants to retire. Also, for healing from his car accident. Pray for Kurt having a bad reaction to a medication that he has been on for a while.
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 provide help in time for the next school year. Please also pray for my mother, Barbara. She has been feeling unwell and has had some dizziness and balance issues. She is hesitant to seek medical help. Pray for wisdom.
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.
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 help 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.
Matt: Please pray that the tumors in his brain will continue to shrink and that 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 its normal function.
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 in hospice. Pray for God’s will and miraculous healing.
Marie: Please pray for health and finances.
John Altemus: Please pray for new fellowships among Maithili-speaking people in South Asia.
Dan & Hannah: Please pray for my friend Eric, who has a court case today for his divorce, that he will be protected and have peace, and that the truth will prevail.
Jeanne Thomas: Please pray for BT, as his grandmother, who is 94, was just diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in both lungs. Please pray for his travels and that if she does not know the Lord, he is able to share with her the gospel, and she receives it. Pray for Gabe, a senior year in H.S., pray for Noah as he manages college and starting a new job as an elementary gym teacher, Olivia and her anxiety, and me for strength and stamina as I teach a class of 25, but also try to complete a master's program. Thank you!
Eileen: Please pray for Jenna, who is suffering more every day. She is in pain and feeling unwell around the clock, and none of the doctors seems to be able to help her. She is severely depressed and doesn't believe she will heal. She tells me she is exhausted and doesn't want to be here anymore. My own faith is faltering as I can't understand why she would be so sick for more than half her life. Please pray that the Lord would heal her, give her the strength and will to go on, and that He would guide us to the people who can help her
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