July 9, 2014

Lord,

Thank You for a place of peace.  I know that this place doesn't actually hold the peace but You give Your peace to us when we bring our requests to You and trust You.   Thank You for a very nice conversation about Your blessings with an 81 year old Amish couple this evening.  Thank You for first experiences for the girls, for the sound of horses hooves and buggy wheels.  Thank You for a genuine smile and kind people.  Thank You for a spectacular sunset.  Thank You for moments when I can feel You.

Thank You for my sister, for watching over Bernie and not allowing him to be more hurt than he is.  Please help him to heal completely and not have any lasting effects from his injuries.  Thank You for kind neighbors and for being there when I did not even know to pray.  Thank You for being close to my sister and walking with her daily.  Thank You for our grown-up relationship and our ability to encourage each other in You. 

Please strengthen and walk close to Wes Perdue.  Please let all go according to Your perfect plan, let his stem cells graft completely and help him to gain strength daily.  Please bring strength to him, Becky, his parents, Tara, and the rest of the family.  Please let his boys be very well cared for, easily cared for, feel completely at peace that You have this.  Thank You for his healing.

Please be with the McAllister family and comfort them in their loss.  Please  wrap Your arms around Janie, Steve, Hannah, Chelsea, Brooke, Brooke's dad, I don't know them all Lord but You do.  Please help us to know how to be helpful to them and show them Your love. 

Thank You for good mentors, people who keep me focused on You, people who pray for me, who encourage me, who lead me when I need leading.  Thank You for sound wisdom and counsel.  Please help me to hear Your wisdom and be prepared to move within Your will even if it not comfortable.

Please Lord, bring someone to AGF to lead us in Your word, in Your will, to come back to the original vision and calling that the church was founded on.  Please work this all out in such a way that You receive glory, that we receive a pastor who will help bring the congregation back to solid ground and ready to serve You and seek the lost in the community with renewed purpose.  Please direct clearly and help the congregation to come into unity behind the right person, Your person, the one that You would have to be our overseer. 

Thank You for a great and successful Bible school.  Thank You for those who have been working hard for the kids to learn about You and have fun doing it. 

Help me to hear You clearly Lord, to lead when I am to lead, to be silent when my voice is no longer effective, and to follow when I am to follow.  I trust You and seek to hear You clearly.

In Jesus Name
Amen