SUNDAY • December 7
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Assisted Living Workers
Church Family: Warren & Susan Foote
Specific Church Ministry: AC Rehab Volunteers
Missions: UGM Simonka House
Schools: Yoshikai Elementary
Leaders: Deb Patterson, OR Sen Dist 10
MONDAY • December 8
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor across the street
Church Family: Bernice Franz
Specific Church Ministry: Nursery
Missions: Young Life Keizer
Schools: Clagett Creek MS
Leaders: Kim Thatcher, OR Sen Dist 11
TUESDAY • December 9
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the left
Church Family: Gary & Pat Friesen
Specific Church Ministry: Preschool
Missions: Highland Hawks Kids Club (SEC)
Schools: Houck MS
Leaders: Bruce Starr, OR Sen Dist 12
WEDNESDAY • December 10
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the right
Church Family: Janet Friesen
Specific Church Ministry: Elementary
Missions: Mission Increase
School: Judson MS
Leaders: Aaron Woods, OR Sen Dist 13
THURSDAY • December 11
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor behind
Church Family: Ruth Ann Fry
Specific Church Ministry: Middle School
Missions: Child Evangelism Fellowship
School: Leslie MS
Leaders: Kate Lieber, OR Sen Dist 14
FRIDAY • December 12
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Unsheltered men
Church Family: Rob & Becky Gepford
Specific Church Ministry: High School
Missions: Samaritan’s Purse
School: Parrish MS
Leaders: Janeen Sollman, OR Sen Dist 15
SATURDAY • December 13
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Unsheltered women
Church Family: Tami Goertzen
Specific Church Ministry: Young Adults
Missions: Mike & Pat Dragon | One Mission Society
School: Stephens MS
Leaders: Suzanne Weber, OR Sen Dist 16
SUNDAY • December 14
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Unsheltered families
Church Family: Missy Goetz Family
Specific Church Ministry: Young Marrieds
Missions: Josh & Heather Dunn | Mexico
Schools: Straub MS
Leaders: Lisa Reynolds, OR Sen Dist 17
PRAYER: WHO | WHAT | WHEN | WHERE | HOW
WHO: Our Father in Heaven, the Greatest Being in the Universe, we direct our prayers to Him.
Ephesians 3:14-15
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.
Romans 1:9
I thank my God through Jesus Christ.
WHAT: We pray for His will first - Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
We are to align our will to God's.
Matthew 6:33 - Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Any request in prayer needs to be within His will as we find in Scripture.
James 4:3 - You ask and do not receive, because you spend it on your pleasures.
1 John 5:14 - Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
God's will first means I will yield to it no matter what, even if He answers as a no, or not right now. He has an eternal perspective; I do not.
We are to ask "Show me Your will, then my needs and forgiveness, and deliverance from temptation."
WHEN: Pray daily (examples show three times a day)
Luke 11:3 - Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Daniel prayed three times daily (Daniel 6:10)
- David prayed evening, morning and at noon (Psalm 55:17)
- Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness to pray (Luke 5:16)
- Paul encouraged us to pray without ceasing, giving thanks in everything for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18)
WHERE: We should pray in private.
Matthew 6:6 - When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who lives in secret will reward you openly.
Mark 1:25 - Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
HOW: We should pray with our hearts.
Matthew 6:7-8 - And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions like the heathen do. For they think they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them.
Effective Prayer = Fervent Prayer with all our heart.
James 5:16 - The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Heartfelt prayer is passionate, sincere, and earnest.
