Weekly Prayer Journal

October 5, 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 Paul to heal and have peace in his heart and mind.  His aide of 6 yrs is retiring in Nov and we are training a new aide.  Pray he gets it all and fits into our live.  Please pray for peace and health for Amy.

 

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 that she will continue to seek God for direction for the future.  May God give her wisdom.  Pray also for Jake as he recovers from an accident.  Pray for my parents, Bill and Carolyn for salvation and health concerns.

 

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. Praise the Lord that we have received an ABA for Noah. May they be 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:  Praise that my cousin’s Karina’s eye surgery went well Thank you for your prayers.

 

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:  Pray for my mother’s  continued healing.  Please pray for my children, Michael as he settles into his new career, Jenna as she continues to deal with several medical and mental health challenges, and Robert who just received a new IBD diagnosis.  Pray for wisdom and endurance for me and the ability to do and be what they need.

 

John:  Praise God for good results from medical testing that I had done.  Pray for Zebby as she pursues further medical attention.  Also, for my son’s mom’s biopsy to come back benign.  

 

Doris:  Please pray for healing and peace in the process.  May this time in the quiet bring me deeper into His presence.

 

Brielle:  Please pray for my family to continue to have open hearts toward the Lord/  Please also pray for me to find more rest and a better work/life balance.

 

Janet:  Please keep my husband in prayer that God softens his heart to come to church and get saved in the Name of Jesus.  Also pray that God will open the right doors for a job.

 

Jim:  Please pray for my grandson who is going through a very difficult time.  May our Lord continue to watch over him.

 

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 grieve the passing of Patti in her home surrounded by people who love her.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Angelo P:  Pray for my best friend and brother, Geoff, has lung cancer.  Please pray for God’s healing and guidance over the doctors who are caring for him.

 

Dan & Hannah: Pray as we are getting hit with a lot of things right now.  Pray for Kayla that she feels better soon.  Pray for continued wisdom and strength as we face these issues.  Praise the Lord that we found a car for Kayla and she is able to practice driving.

 

Catherine:  Please pray for salvation for all my many relatives:  Siblings: Jim, Doug, Bob, Carolyn, Diane and their kids and grandkids and my cousins.  Please pray I win lots of souls to the Lord.  Please pray I’m in God’s perfect will all the time.  Please pray drug and cigarette smells stop coming into my apt. from the next door neighbor’s.

 

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!

 

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

 

Hilda:  Please pray for my friend who is beginning her chemo treatment.

 

Sara C:  Asking for prayer for my husband Ron.  Lord, flood his mind with your holy Word and help him with his pain, his mind. walking and talking.  Thank you  for what you have done, are doing and will do in Jesus’ holy name.  Praise God Laurel my oldest shared that she gave her heart to Jesu.  Pray for salvation of my daughter Amanda.  Kaiden, Gaston and baby.  God is working I praise him!!!  Prayer for me, Sara my right eye will have surgery Oct 18th Help move my frozen eye and heal my double vision and both my eyes will work as God intended.  In Jesus name Amen!  Thank you and God bless each one for your prayers.

 

 

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