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Praise & Prayer Weekly Update - 7/24/2024
Prayer at MBC
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“I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.” ~Psalm 17:6
Praise God:
- Praise God for a successful Summer Connections after service on Sunday
- Donna Becker Praises God that after 12 years of dealing with a spinal fluid leak, she has now experienced 2 ½ weeks straight of no leaking whatsoever. We praise God for this relief from these symptoms and healing.
For our MBC Family & Friends, please pray for:
- Please keep our brother Dave Springer in prayer for the loss of his mother.
- Walter Loehr is having shoulder rotator cuff surgery on Tuesday, July 30th. Please pray for his procedure.
- Grace Kam’s father passed away – please pray for her as she hosts several family members for the services. Pray for her Mom as well as they grieve.
- Please pray for Scott Rajoppi during his sabbatical.
- Jillian Redeker is praying for her stressful job situation.
- First Choice continues its battle against the unlawful subpoena by the state attorney general. Please pray for wisdom for their attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom, justice from those hearing their case and God’s glory to be seen. They will also be participating in a night of Praise & Prayer for pregnancy centers with our friends at Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center on Tuesday, July 30th at 7:30pm at 495 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ.
- Please pray for Kathy Lim her tumor is growing and none of the medicine is working and she has lots of abdominal and nerve pain.
- Michelle Klemme is asking for your prayers for her mom – she passed out due to not eating enough and broke her left leg below her knee and her right ankle. She is out of surgery and will need eight weeks of non-weight-bearing recovery time but it went well. needless to say it was a bad break. Keep her dad in your prayers as well as he’s a little stressed out and worried.
- Denise Midthassel’s mother just passed away. Please pray for her and her family.
- Please continue to pray for our expectant mothers, Rachel Rickershauser and Angelica Alba.
Our Church:
- Pray for Pastor Dave Hentschel as he continues the sermon series with Act V on Luke: Final Week of Jesus this Sunday 7/28/2024
- Interested in praying specifically for our MBC Kids Ministry? Email Rachel (rachel@millingtonbaptist.org) to be subscribed to a weekly MBC Kids prayer email on Fridays.
- Please pray that the Lord will continue to utilize the MBC YouTube Channel to direct people to Himself.
- Please pray for our Teen Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic that is this week 7/20 to 7/27.
Our nation & those in authority.
1 Timothy 2: 1-2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
- Please pray for those in authority in our country.
- The recent violence in Israel and instability in the Middle East are reminders that we must depend on the Lord. We ask you to continue to pray for the salvation of those without a relationship with Jesus Christ, healing for the suffering, and peace among the nations that can only come from the Prince of Peace.
- Pray for the people of Haiti in the midst of an escalating humanitarian crisis as gang violence spirals in the country. We are heartbroken and grieve alongside those who are suffering. Pray for peace and provision, and for God to surround the Haitians with His protection. Pray also for a peaceful handover of governmental authority and re-stabilization in the country.
Our Extended Family & Friends:
- The Miller’s nephew, Randy, has been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Please pray for wisdom for the doctors and comfort and peace for Randy and his wife, Melissa, and salvation for both of them.
- The Callender family requests continued prayer for niece Naomi. While her family found a natural/nontraditional medicine specialist in Spain several weeks ago, she is currently having too many other problems to start this new regimen right now. Please pray for these current issues to be cleared up enough for her to start this regimen later this year. While her markers are relatively stable now, she is managing tiredness from the chemo and pain each day. We continue to pray for complete healing in the name of Jesus.
- Please continue to pray for Keren Fonseca’s mother’s and parents’-in-law salvation. They all come from traditional, works-based salvation churches. Please pray that they would hear the truth of Jesus’ Gospel and be saved through repentance and faith.
- Sue Turner’s cousin, Becky finished radiation on her neck last week. Becky’s throat is in agony from the radiation. She has had no solid food for a week and now she can’t swallow at all. Please pray for relief and healing of her throat as soon as possible.
- Wendy Milligan is requesting prayer for her friend’s husband John as his liver transplant is causing issues with his digestive system. Please pray for healing for John and strength for him.
- Cecilia Grand-Jean is asking for prayer for their granddaughter Millie who is 11. The operation went well for her spinal infusion for her Scoliosis. Please pray for healing.
Missionary Partner for the week: Diana Muenzenberger
World Venture in the Philippines, at Faith Academy
Diana is a middle school teacher at Faith Academy in the Philippines where she teaches several subjects and counseling. The school year is over and Diana has started her one-year furlough at home in New Jersey. The Lord has been gracious in providing for Diana as she prepared for her one-year home assignment. Diana will be looking to raise additional support for her ministry, getting used to her new normal of life without her parents and tending to related ministry business here at home. Our Missions Team is already working on plans to have Diana visit MBC sometime this Fall. Lord willing we will have opportunity to see and hear first-hand how God is working in the Philippines.
Persecuted Church: Christians Persecuted by Voodoo Priests
In Benin, local politicians are often strongly influenced by voodoo priests. In one part of the country, voodoo practitioners have convinced police to arrest four pastors because of songs they heard Christians singing during worship services. The complaints about the Christians’ songs have interrupted the services and activities of roughly a dozen churches in that area.
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