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Praise & Prayer Weekly Update - 4/24/2024
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 the tremendous success of the Rummage Sale over the weekend. Thank you to all those who volunteered and attended. ($4460)
- Praise God for the encouraging turn out for the April Senior Luncheon and for the presentation by Kathy Wilford’s speaking about her book and the publication process.
- Praise God for the safe arrival of Ruth Grose’s new grandson, Maxwell Lincoln Pompey, Sunday April 14.
- Praise God, Tim Youtkus and his fiancé Nikki have secured a place to live after they get married in a few weeks.
For our MBC Family & Friends, please pray for:
- Joe Burke injured his back has been having difficulty getting around. Please pray for healing.
- Please pray for Amy Isler who will be serving on a missions trip to Tajikistan from May 4-17.
- Please pray for John Gero who is scheduled for heart surgery on Tuesday April 23rd. He has a few health issues making him a high-risk, but necessary candidate. Please pray for all involved.
- Please pray for John Grooms, as he’s been experiencing some health issues recently.
- Please keep Nikki Springer in prayer in light of her radius (forearm) break. Pray specifically that she would regain strength and range of motion as well relief from pain.
- Please continue to pray for Marian Miller’s daughter, Lisa. She will be going for a spinal nerve injection on May 7th. Please keep praying, along with us, that the Lord would bring about complete healing.
- Please continue to pray for Jim Romaine as he recovers from knee surgery.
- Heather Huber’s father, Eric Wigg, is home from the hospital and was placed on hospice care. Please pray for Heather and her family through this difficult season.
- Please continue to pray for First Choice as the Supreme Court will consider their petition on May 9th. Please continue to pray that God’s glory will be seen.
- Kathy Lim completed her 4th cycle of chemotherapy, Monday 4/22. She has a CT scan and bloodwork scheduled for 4/29. Please pray for lower cancer antigen numbers and no evidence of disease.
- Jim Hutchison received great news that his latest scan did not detect any more cancer after the liver surgery! Please continue to pray that a liver will become available in the future.
- Please continue to pray for our expectant mothers, Rachel Rickershauser and Angelica Alba.
Our Church:
- Pray for Pastor Bob as he continues the sermon series on Luke and is kicking off Act IV: Stories with Jesus Sunday 4/28/2024
- 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.
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.
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Pray for our leaders as they make decisions this week for our country.
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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.
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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:
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Please pray for Bill Miller’s brother, Paul. He was admitted into the hospital with a collapsed lung. They pumped air in it & he’ll stay in hospital for observation. They don’t know what caused his lung to collapse. Please pray for wisdom for the doctors & peace & salvation for Paul & his wife, Nancy.
- Please pray for Marian Miller’s nephew, Randy. He is in the hospital. Last Wednesday he had an 8 hour surgery, in which the surgeon removed a mass from his intestines which was cancerous, but couldn’t remove all the nodules that were floating around. He ended up with a high fever from sepsis & was recently moved from ICU, including two days on a ventilator. He’s been improving past couple of days, but has a long road to recovery. Please pray for the drs treating him, for him, his wife, Melissa & the entire family.
- The Callender family requests continued prayer for niece Naomi. The surgery to remove the bowel obstruction resulting from scar tissue was successful but has left her with significant pain and some sort of infection. We pray for the Lord to heal these issues and also for complete healing in the name of Jesus.
- Sue Turner’s cousin, Becky: They are investigating the new and larger tumors on her liver and exploring treatment options, some of which could involve travel. Please pray for wisdom and discernment as to how to proceed.
- Keren Fonseca requests prayer for her mother and parents-in-law who desperately need salvation. Also pray for Keren’s sister who needs to secure full-time employment with medical benefits quickly.
Missionary Partners for the week: Dan and Elly MacLean
Missionary Partner of the Week serving with Crossworld; Germany
The MacLean’s minister to refugees primarily from the Middle East, sometimes through art. Praise that they were able to relocate to a new city and that their daughters are settled in school and making friends. Also, praise that Elly’s lupus has improved since moving. Pray for discernment as they go about defining their ministry in their new location.
Senegal Update:
Pray for the church in our partner village of Langomac. Pray for wisdom, faith, courage and godliness for the church leaders there.
Persecuted Church: Tribal Christians Imprisoned for Building Church
Late in 2023, police in Laos arrested three Christians from the Akha people group for building a church and held them without giving any information to family or friends for several months. On January 26, 2024, authorities demolished the building these brothers in Christ had constructed. Pray for the safety and wellbeing of these men and their families, the strengthening of this congregation and the spread of the gospel among the Akha and other tribal groups in Laos.
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