Hey folks,
So one thing we’re going to be striving for pretty hardcore is community (common unity) in this group, and with that aspiration comes the need to be open, humble, and vulnerable with each other; and in all of that, knowing that we will be loving each other through it all, so I would like to encourage you to be open and ask for prayers about anything that has been set on your heart.
Insert any personal prayer requests here so that we can all lift each other up before our big Daddy and start building that community now, and we can really start letting Him work in us and through us.
Much Love,
Harold.
So, if you could keep me in your prayers to keep some motivation set aside to finish out this last semester of school, that would be awesome. Since training this weekend, I’m having a hard time focusing on the here and now, and keep finding myself looking ahead to our time together. But I need to be able to accept each day as the present that it is, and get the things done now that I need to get done now, while also being attentive to the summer, but not overpowered by it.
Thank you.
Well my prayer request for the day… I had a voice lesson today and I was basically told that I had to either quit singing praise music or quit having voice lessons… It looks like I will no longer be having voice lessons. Oh well. I could never give up praise and worship music.. it is my life. OH and I am learning the guitar.. it is coming along pretty well, but please pray that I can have a swift memory and catch on quick. I want to be able to play before we go to Africa. It would be cool to lead in worship with my guitar… which I am in need of a new one because this one is tiny and the strings are a little rusted.. hmm.. my luck.. I know God will provide.. thanks guys!
Codi Lane Rhear
I would like you guys to pray for my mom. She had one of her kidneys removed last year due to cancer, and is now receving reports that her other kidney is failing. I know God is faithful. Please pray for her healing.
You’re in my prayers, Harold. Just a word of encouragement for you…read John 4:35. God has a purpose for us now, right where we are. He will give you not only the strength to complete your schooling, but to be effective for Him during this time.
This blog actually came at the perfect time…
Could everyone please pray for me and my relationship with my mom. We are fighting over someone that I talk to that she doesn’t want me to talk to. It’s a long story but we don’t agree at all. It’s been going on for about 2 weeks and yesterday I hit rock bottom. I’m tired… I’m tired of trying to fix it. I’m tired of pretending like things are ok. Me and my mom are best friends. We never fight.
Another part of the whole situation is that I am not trusting God like I should. I am having a hard time letting go and just trusting God’s plan for my life. I need to get over myself. I need to believe God when he says that he will take care of me. I know all of this… but doing it is another story.
Please pray for me… I’m going to need it.
Harold, Codi, Rebecca, Lauren,
I definitely will be praying for you. Harold, I am in the same boat…I am graduating this semester and I need prayers to finish strong-I feel like I have no motivation and thats not me. Codi-thats funny that you are learning guitar bc I started lessons last October so that I could play this summer- I will definitely bring mine if youre up to it and you can use it whenever (lets just say im not catching on so quick haha)! Lauren, last year there was about a 2 month period when me and my mom would fight almost every day about weird stuff…and i hated it. And we always really got along. So although it dragged out, me and my mom had to agree to disagree and pray through it. So yes, I will be praying for you all!
Thank you! I just talked to Abba about you all, and will continue to hold you up in those talks.
I’m very glad to hear that we’ll be having a guitar along with us! I have a bass, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to swing bringing it along or not. We’ll see what He’ll have. We’re going to praise His name in all the glorious song we can, however many instruments may or may not be along for the ride!
mmmm I need prayer in regards to my school. Mmm I’m taking microbio and my teacher seems to have a real bias towards me. IT’s gotten to the point where he just treats me really horrible from docking my grades for ridiculous things like not stapling or even if I have the same answers as a person who got a 98…I’ll have a 80 or a 70 on it…. and I’ve gone to the dean about it…but it’s not going anywhere.
I Just feel overwhelmed with everything lately
with college and grades.
and midterms and finals coming up. 🙁
and getting the documents ready to be sent in by May 2
and making appointments to get my typhoid shots
the clinic has canceled twice on me already
and it’s just becoming more and more stressful because it’s getting closer and closer to the day it’s all due.
So…yes, I’m just feeling a little overwhelmed so ..prayer for that would be stellar.
Thanks 😀
Prayer Request…
I have been living on my own for about two years now and it has always been quite a struggle for me money wise. Usaually i am a pretty postive person and never let it get to me, but lately with all my bills and trying to save for this summer i am super overwhelmed and stessed out. I Know My God is Jehovah Jireh and provides for all my needs. i guessits just when i am in the hear and now i feel soo discouraged.
Thanks i really appriciate it!
I must start by saying that all of these things will be lifted up in my prayers!! 2 Chronicles 20:17 read that verse when you get a chance!! God has been so good to me lately!! Something that I would love for you all to pray about is that I would get strength from God for me to stand strong in the midst of the spiritual warfare that I am in. I know that God has placed a call on my lifethis summer He has called me to the mission field, He has told me that this is just the beginning of what He has in store for me, but as the time gets closer for me to go to the next level in God, darts are being hurled. It is by God’s grace that I have gotten through it all without going insane. I too am finishing up the semester and need strength to get through exams and to be focused on the now and not get too overwhelmed with the future. Just to be present and let God use me the way He wants too each day He lets me wake up. A hard thing for me is to know that it is Satan that is using people in my life to attack me, it is not the people, they are not living right therefore they are open to demonic use, and that I need to love them and hate and rebuke SatanEphesians 6:12 sums that up! Also, just pray that I can get in for a physical soon and be able to get my shots so that all my paper work can get turned in asap! I am trusting in the Lord for everything to come together for this trip, especially the finances! Romans 8:28gives me peace about it! It will all work out for the glory of God!! This seems like a lot and I’m not perfect, but I know my God, Father, Reedemer, Healer, Abba, Jehovah Jeriah, and the list continues is the Perfect One! Galatians 2:20-21 is my life verse and I take it to heart, as we all go through persecutions I want to encourage you in the Lord to keep strong, God suffered and we can too, BUT GOD won’t put more on us than we can handle. I love you all and hope that you all have abundantly blessed weeks!!!
Wow, it seems like everyone is overwhelmed with something in life right now. I will be in prayer for you all. Mainly, I too am overwhelmed with school. Statistics and Accounting to be specific. I’m just not motivated right now to finish strong, which is really out of my character.
Also, today was filled with doubts about a lot of things. Satan has a way of using fear to cause me to second guess big decisions in life. Please pray that I will seek the Lord in those times of doubt, rather than trust in what my own thoughts are telling me about the situations.
I am really excited about our trip this summer. And I know that the Lord has much in store for us as a team. I have started praying that our team would be unified in our ministry, going on our trip with one goal – to make Christ known to those who do not know Him. I kind of think its cool that we are really going through a lot of similar struggles right now with school, family, finances etc. In a way, I believe that it is allowing us to identify with each other, even though we’ve never met. I will be praying for you guys.
Thanks for being open and vulnerable in your requests. “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at ALL times in every way. The Lord be with you all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16
I am glad I am not the only one who feels like one of the little wind up toys that run into something… back up.. and run into it again.
I just found out earlier today that I will be going to a church and speaking tomorrow night (Wednesday). They will be taking up a love offering for me. Praise God! Please just pray that it goes well and that God will give me the right words to say. I am not the best at public speaking. I would rather just sing to them, but they want me to take up the whole service and share my story. This will be a HUGE learning experience.
School is so hard for me to focus on right now too. I am just ready to go. If I did not need to have a degree to be a nurse I would probably not ever come back to school. I would just go to where ever God calls me and love on people. I only have 3 weeks left, but they are the longest ones ever.
Oh and one more thing! It is more of a praise! I have been asked by the chaplain here on campus to be her intern for campus ministry next year. She said that she feels that I am the perfect person because of heart for missions. She kept saying that I truly care about people around me and love people and that it is sometimes hard to find someone like that. She made me cry! I could not stop for like 15 minutes. It was funny because she is the pregnant one! She just told me that after my acceptance. It is going to be an interesting year! God Bless!
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Codi Lane Rhear
I think I am just feeling the same way as most of you…stressed! Just trying to get all of this support in and trying to finish up school and making sure I am keeping my focus on the right thing…Im sure we are all dealing with thatits hard!
We’re almost through though and I know it will all work out, it always does- I will be praying for your guys : )
Courtney
Jessica,
I LOVE that verse, especially in the message versioni think it relates to all of us.
Hey guys! I just want to let you all know that I am praying for everyone of you whether it be for getting funds in, staying focused on school, preparing for this summer, or anything else anyone may be going through. I love that everyone’s being so honest, we’re going to know so much about each other even before we meet (which is soo soon!)
I wanna give a praise report that I was really concerned about funds for a while, but the Lord is faithfully providing them slowly but surely! Also, I feel you all with the staying focused on school thing…I only have 2 more weeks of classes left and it seems all too easy to kinda just blow them off but I have sooo much to do in the next 2 weeks! So please pray for my time management and focus (which isn’t really too great right now)… Also, my little brother has been having a lot of health problems lately and the doctors are having a hard time diagnosing/treating himSo please keep him in your prayers too.
This is a verse that has helped me when I feel like things aren’t going how they should or I feel God isn’t answering or is distant, but no matter what He is in control…
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” -Isaiah 55:8-9
You all will be in my prayers and I’m soo pumped for this summer and can’t wait to meet every single one of you!!
p.s. Codi I hope your talking tonight at the church goes amazing! I’m sure it will!!
I’m struggling to relinquish my dignity and desire to be respected by the authorities in my life, and am butting up against them in almost every facet of my life.
Also, my fundraiser benefit dinner is coming up and I’m so busy finishing up huge projects that planning and coordinating it is a secondary concern for me.
Pray that it still gets all pulled together, that people come, and that I can surrender my pride and humble myself before the authorities in my life.
hey guy, each and everyone of you are in my prayers. I love you guys. I myself have a big prayer request. I need anointing in my walk. I just feel that my walk with God is getting so dull and bla. I need a power from God that is unstoppable by any force from the adversary. So many times i get “on fire” for God than the next week or even next day, i am just doin rutines for God in vain. Christ is strong, i know he will anoint me with himself, and with his comforter, i just need prayer. Prayer is never bad to have. God Bless you all.
Hey guys,
I will def be keeping all of your concerns(and praises) in my prayers. It’s been really encouraging to read about things that are going on in your lives. I feel like I can really relate to each one of you.
It’s definitely been really hard lately to stay focused on school work. This past year alot of my friendships have changed drastically and it has been a continual struggle for me. I’ve been asking God to help me handle these situations and have felt like God has been really quite. Now I’m starting to see what God was doing and seeing how God has answered some of my prayers. I’m in the process of forgiving some people that have really hurt me and I’m moving on. So if you would just pray for me that I can forgive these people and see what God is teaching me through this whole process.
I can’t believe we are less then two months away from leaving! Just like many of you, it’s hard to focus on the present and not get caught up in the excitment of this summer.
I want to share with you one of my favorite verses, I have it posted above my desk so I see it everyday and it helps encourage me.
“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.”
Matthew 6:34 (The Message)
I will be praying for all of you. Keep your heads up! Before you know it, we’ll be finally meeting each other in Atlanta!!!
I partially tore my MCL today in a soccer game. it should be healed in 4-6 weeks. could you guys possibly pray for quick healing! thank you and god bless!