Your attitude must be like my own,
for I, the Messiah, did not come to be served,
but to serve and to give my life.
~Matthew 20:28 (LB)~
Cheryl Hughes Green got home about 3:30 from same day surgery. All went well. Cheryl should get lab results next Wednesday. Keep her in your prayers.
Pray for Randy Relan who is hospitalized again.
Mrs. Willie Mae Graves is also hospitalized. Her family is meeting with the doctor this morning. Pray for them as they make plans for her care.
Continue to pray for Erin Evanoff as she waits for lab reports.
Stacey Scarle has completed another chemo and only has two more left. The next one will be on the 27th. She appreciates all the prayers for her.
Holly K. will be home in twelve days. Pray with her family and friends as she completes her teaching in West Africa and moves into the next phase of her life. Pray for guidance in the decisions she will be making in the coming months.
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Some of you may be interested in following this blog for Jadon who is a year old. Prayers will certainly be appreciated by the family.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
“Having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,” (Hebrews 10:21-22a, NKJV).
Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, asking you to pray for the Turks of Marmara, Turkey.
The Marmara (pronounced MAR-mah-rah) area is the smallest of seven geographic regions of Turkey, but it is the most densely populated. Thirty percent of the country’s population lives there. Istanbul is a very modern city with a population of approximately 13 million. There are subways, high-speed Internet, modern highways, and an efficient public transportation grid. Yet there are also Gypsies selling flowers and riding horse-drawn carts on the interstates. There are beggars and stray dogs and cats at most busy intersections. The literacy rate for women is less than 50 percent. Honor killings are not a thing of the past. The Marmara area of Turkey is in tension. There are forces pushing to the West and the East . . . Asian and European . . . conservative and liberal . . . Islamic and secular. There is little room in this mix for local Christians.
Many millions of these Turks have been raised in moderate Muslim traditions. They dress as Westerners, call themselves “modern,” and participate in only the bare minimum–if any–Islamic practices.
One of these modern Turks is J. Through dreams about Jesus, reading a Turkish Bible (a gift from her neighbor, who is a worker), many conversations with her neighbor and other workers about Bible stories and Truth, and many prayers, J seems to have come to faith in Jesus! Recently J told her neighbor that her father “believes like I do”! He has been visiting J for a month and has watched her copy of the “JESUS” film countless times.
* Please pray for J’s father and other modern Turks as they turn to Christ and grow as disciples.
* Ask God to open doors among students so that they may hear His truth.
* Intercede for Christian workers to serve with a true heart in full assurance of their faith.
Thought for the Day: SOAK IN THE MUD
Albert walks in to his doctor’s office for his yearly physical exam as he has done the same time every year that he can remember. The doctor takes him through all of the motions, does the normal tests and then leaves to get the results. After about 30 minutes, the doctor returns with a very sad look on his face.
“Well Doc, what kind of shape am I in this time?” Albert asks.
“Albert, I don’t know what to say. The news is bad. Really bad.”
“What is it Doc?”
“I hate to have to give you such bad news. I can’t find the words to tell you. I really don’t know what to say.”
Albert, being a strong man who appreciates straight talk, tells the doctor, “Ok, don’t beat around the bush. Tell me what you know. I can take it”.
“Well”, says the doctor, “Let me put it this way. I think that you should go to Arkansas and visit the hot springs there for a nice relaxing mud bath. Spend some time soaking in the mud.”
“Oh, so I need to relax a little bit, eh? Will that cure me, Doc?”
“No, Albert, it won’t cure you. And it won’t help you relax. But it will help you get used to being covered in dirt.”
From time to time, we all need to be reminded of our mortality. “As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.” (Psa. 103:15)
It is only when we are convinced of the limited time we have on this earth that we feel motivated to plan for where we will spend eternity. That’s why Solomon said, “Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart.” (Eccl. 7:2)
The house of feasting is certainly more fun. But while we are in the house of mourning, we are reminded that death will come to us all. As someone has put it, we are all “terminal.” May we “take it to heart” and live accordingly.
Oh, and if you happen to be in Arkansas anytime soon, I highly recommend the mud bath.
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Count your blessings today.
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 