Monday

All of you together are Christ’s body,

and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it.

~1 Corinthians 12:27 (NLT)~

Lisa Piner requests prayer for Jerry Glass who is undergoing tests to  determine his problem.

She also requests prayer for her mother, Alice Faye Lee, who will see a doctor Thursday to determine if surgery is needed to heal her arm which was broken in three places.  They were told the humerus usually heals without surgery.

From Mrs. Ann Chapman

It’s me again Lord, standing in need of prayer.
You precious people have been so faithful to pray for me and my family, until it is just natural for me to call you back to the throne of God.
The doctor is finally sending me to therapy for my stiff neck. Since the removal of the halo (mid-January)
I have had very little head movement. My head continues to feel like it is in a vise and the therapist said I win the prize for the stiffest neck and shoulder muscles she has ever seen. Please pray, if it is God’s will, that I can regain my head movement.
Thank you in advance and may God bless each of you.
Ann Chapman

Don’t forget to pray for the many VBS that begin today.

TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
JUNE 7, 2010

“If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” (John 14:14)

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani of Qatar (Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia).

MALI. Mali is in crisis. Referring to her two-pound newborn, A. spoke a proverb: “She who gives birth to a snake attaches him to her waist.” The meaning is that whatever the physical and mental condition of her baby, a mother is always ready to do whatever it takes to help her child survive. A. lives in Mali where organizations report that nearly one in five children do not survive to see their fifth birthday. Most of these children are dying from pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria, often exacerbated by malnutrition. Thirty-two percent of children under 5 years old are underweight. Mali is a landlocked country, so most Malians are farmers. Inadequate rainfall leads to smaller harvests, which results in less food for the family. Pray that this rainy season will bring sufficient rain for a bountiful harvest. Pray that a new way of farming introduced and modeled by our missionaries will gain acceptance by farmers who are slow to change traditional ways. Give thanks for the partnering church that is beginning a project of distributing packets of high-energy food suitable for the treatment of severely malnourished children. A project being introduced by another partnering church will demonstrate a gardening technique that uses less water and compost, and a well-digging technique that can be carried out without a lot of equipment. As missionaries and volunteers minister to hurting families, pray for emotional strength as they daily confront the effects of malnutrition on children.

PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL (all-LEH-gree). Please pray for the church-planting efforts among the urban poor in the city of Sao Leopoldo in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. A simple/house church was planted under IMB leadership several years ago that ended up not surviving long term. However, one of the leaders who was trained in that church-planting effort later started a new group in his home, using what he learned. That group is now thriving and has 20 people participating in weekly Bible study and church life! Please pray for A and T as they lead this group, and ask the Father to multiply their reach and to use this group both as a mother church to other simple/house churches and an example to other leaders of how to plant new churches. http://www.teamgaucho.net/

Thanks for praying today.  Prayer makes a huge difference!

Anna Lee