Prayer request

Our son Brock was admitted to the hospital today with a very serious illness. We are on vacation in Virginia Beach, we are redirecting and heading to Orlando early Thursday. Pray for Brock's complete healing and recovery and for safe travels for us. Thanks as always for the support and put Brock on as many prayer lists as possible. Pastor Ed Boston

Prayer request

Please pray for Liam Hanson, son of Lisa Hanson, (formerly Lisa Boyt). Liam was born August 21. He has 3 holes in his heart and his mitro valve is leaking.
Thanks, Ruth Davis

Prayer request

Please remember Heather Benge in Kentucky,. a friend of the family, mother of a 8 yr. son.She is in the hospital with fever of 102+, a kidney infection, and a problem with a swollen leg. They are not sure exactly what is causing the high fever. Planning MRI and tests, her mom said things are not looking good. Her mom may have the flu and is not sure she can go to be with her. Pray for her mother and son also. Brannon, the 8 yr. is very bright and this has upset him very much.

Darlene Baldwin

A THOUGHT.

Lift the veil from your face and display the glory of God. We have too long hide in our faith, it is time to unveil and start doing the work Christ has given us to finish here before he returns. The Spirit is in us but needs to be projected outwardly for all to see and accept. When you accept Christ you also accept the fact that you become His tool. He works in us, with us, and through us to accomplish His plan.

Prayer request

Robert Langley received a pacemaker last Friday and returned home yesterday. Today Mr. Langley has had to return to the hospital due to various issues he is having with the pacemaker.
Please remember Mr. Langley during this time, and pray that the doctors can quickly resolve whatever problems he may be having. Pray for comfort and peace for him and his family.

Prayer request

My Grandfather, George Mortensen, has stage 3b colon cancer. That means the cancer has gone through the colon wall and has spread at least to the lymph nodes--though there was no evidence that it has attacked other organs at this time. He underwent surgery not too long ago and is healing from surgery before beginning chemotherapy. Pray that God will continue to provide strength and courage to my Grandfather and those who are taking care of him.
Thanks.
Becky Watts

Prayer request

Carlos Maxedon is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday September 15. The surgery is to repair his stomach after another surgery he had for reflux a few years ago failed. Please remember Carlos for comfort, peace, and healing.

A PRAYER

Father God we are eight years from the brutal attack of 9/11 but have not healed as a nation. My prayer today is for our country that we may come together as a people, to resolve to protect and maintain our way of life and our faith in the one living God. May all of those who lost their lives on 9/11 be joyfully united with you, and those left behind find comfort and peace in knowing their loved ones are with you. We are thankful for all the first responders who have and continue to sacrifice for our safety. We ask protection for all of our military and service people as they give the utmost for us. May each of us rest peacefully tonight and every night knowing that you Dear Lord have us in your kingdom under your protection, mercy, and grace.

Update

Brenda Hitch is scheduled to have surgery to remove her ascending colon on September 23. The doctor believes that after 3 to 5 days in the hospital and about three weeks recovery time no further treatments will be needed. Please remember Brenda in prayer for a successful operation and that no further issues arise, may she have comfort, peace, and healing.

Prayer request

My dad, Don Wildmon, the founder of AFA, remains in the hospital suffering from encephalitis. He is making progress, but it is slow and day to day. Our family and the staff here at AFA would like to thank everyone who has let us know that they are praying for his speedy recovery and ask that your prayers continue. Until he returns, the vital mission of AFA will go on.Tim Wildmon, PresidentAmerican Family Association

Prayer request

Brenda Hitch has been diagnosed with a pre-cancerous growth in her colon. The doctors say that it is an aggressive type of cancer cell and will remove a large section of her colon. At this time it is undetermined if chemo or any other treatment will be needed.
Please pray for healing, comfort, and peace. Pray for the doctors and care-givers that all may come together in God's will.

Prayer request

Please keep Lyla Carroll in your prayers. Lyla is 5 years old and needs surgery on her spine at least once a year due to a birth defect. Her surgery has been postponed until next Tuesday 9/8. She is doing fine right now but her blood count is low due to a recent cold or flu. The doctors have decided it would be best to put the surgery off until her blood count returns to normal. The family is already in Texas and will remain there until after the surgery. Please keep the family in your prayers as well – for their physical and financial well being as this is an unexpected expense and stay.

Prayer request

PLEASE READ TO THE END. . .VERY IMPORTANT IN NEED OF PRAYER.
Hi to all my friends and family, I felt compelled to spread this story about son's best friend, Sam who is 8. He is in MAJOR need of Prayer. The following story is what his mother Cindy (we are in MOPS together) wrote today.
Background Story
Our son Sam is a wonderful young man who is 8 years old. He will be 9 in January. He is going into the 3rd grade in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Sam had been having some pain in his right knee most of this summer (2009). As the pain increased we realized that something might be wrong and we made an appointment for him to see an Orthopedist on 8/10/09. At this doctors appointment an X-ray was done of Sam's leg/knee and it showed that there was a mass that the doctor believed to be cancerous. Samuel went into the hospital just a few days later for a series of tests. He received a cat scan, MRI, and also a full body scan. Our family met with the pediatric oncologist the following day and Samuel was diagnosed with a type of cancer called Osteosarcoma (stage 4). The cancer is in his right knee and it has also spread to both of his lungs. This is an aggressive type of cancer and it will be treated with aggressive forms of chemo. We are asking everyone to please lift up our little boy Samuel Gordon Bish in prayer. We pray for healing!! We serve a mighty God and we know that HE can heal Sam if that is his will for Sam's life. Please be prayer warriors along with our family as Sam starts this very difficult journey in his young life. Today's date is August 16th, 2009 and all this has happened in 6 days. His first appointment was on Monday the 10th and by Friday the 14th he was in the hospital getting his Chemo-port put in his chest and a biopsy done. PLEASE KEEP THIS GOING TO YOUR CONTACTS IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK! SAM CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH PRAYERS.WE PRAY FOR HEALING AND PEACE FOR HIS FAMILY. . .There are also 2 younger sisters.
Thank you for all your prayers and support.

A thought

· “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Praise - continued prayer needed!

As a note, Jerry Dunson's prognosis a few days ago was very grave , but he was prayed for by our Prayer Warriors, as well as hundreds of others that received the prayer request. As this update shows, God answers prayers. Thank all of the Prayer Warriors for your faithfulness and obedience.

Prayer Warriors,
Jerry Dunson had another doctors visit today. There are two items of great news for which we are very thankful: (1) The very recently "confirmed" testicular cancer diagnosis is now said to have been incorrect. Whew! What the doctors had thought was testicular cancer -- along with that supposed tumor in his pelvic area -- is further backing up of blood clots behind that arterial filter, mentioned below. (2) His kidneys are not @ 40% function, but @ 60%. That's a 50% improvement over the last report!
Although diabetes is still a factor, those two changes have the effect of reducing Jerry's perceived risk in resolving that massive blood clotting. So! He is to get a second vascular surgeon's opinion soon.
Jerry was in an upbeat mood today. And he told me that he had just invited two more people to our Bible conferences. (Jerry is not saved, but God is working on him in mysterious ways, so pray that Jerry will accept God's offering of salvation.)
It appears to me that our Lord is doing exactly what our Lord does so well!
A friend,
Bud Dunson
PS: Many thanks to all of you and to all those of your Prayer Partners team who include Jerry in your praying.

A shocking commentary!

As reported August 26, 2009 in the Pike County Journal-Reporter, 78.9% of all death row prisoners in Georgia claim to be Christians. This is a shocking commentary on the Christian religion and how we raise our children in the faith. It would be interesting to know if the prisoners accepted Christ before or after they were sentenced to death row. Regardless of their position in life, each of these individuals is a child of God and is deserving of our prayers.

Heavenly Father show mercy and grace to each of those that society has judged and appointed to suffer the ultimate penalty. We know that in Your great wisdom You will determine their eternal fate when they are presented at the Great White Throne.

Prayer request

Please pray for John's Aunt Mildred Carroll. She went for a PET scan on Monday and on her lungs there was 2 nodules on one lung and 1 mass on the other lung. The one with the mass was large & He said active.

The options they have are: 1) leave it alone, 2) a biopsy, 3) operate & take out the bottom lobe of her lung.

The biopsy is set up for this Thursday (8/27/09), they will call us & tell us what time.

He said he would make a small incision & cut out a wedge & send to lab while she is asleep & if it comes back cancer they will open her up & it will be a long surgery . She could die, have a heart attack or a stroke , she is 72 years old & very tough.

Aunt Mildred has always been the care giver in the family. If any of her brothers or sisters have been sick, hospitalized, chemo therapy or any other extensive illness she has been the one to take them to the doctor, therapy, clean up during the sickness of chemo, any tests or xrays, cooked, cleaned and any other way that she can be of service to her family she has been the rock. Please pray for her and the family as she is going through this. And pray for the rest of the family to pick up where she is having to leave off when it comes to being the care giver.

If they have to remove part of her lung she will be in the hospital 4 to 7 days & can take up to 2 months for recovery.

Thank you!

Gina Hatchett

Update - Continued prayer needed.

Harry Taylor has stage 4 lung cancer. He is 62 and will be undergoing intensive chemotherapy in the next few weeks. Please continue to pray for his healing and for his family during this time.

Praise report

The pathology report came in for Teresa Sampson and although the mass was malignant, the dr's feel that it was contained and that everything has been removed and that Teresa is cancer free. The mass was about 18 pounds and was the size of a beach ball. They will continue to monitor her for any sign in the future. We Praise God for the wonderful news.
Darlene Baldwin

Prayer request

Please pray for my friend Earl McCrary. He is in Southern Regional Hospital with kidney failure. Thank God, Earl is a Christian but he is gravely ill.

Harvey Wilson

Prayer request

Jerry Dunson has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Jerry is waiting for the determination as to what extent the cancer has progressed and what the treatments will entail.
Please remember Jerry in your prayer for healing, his doctors for divine guidance in his treatments, and his family as they support him through this storm.
Also, prayer has been request for salvation. Jerry is questioning, but not receiving.

Prayer requst

I believe I have asked for prayer for Alyssa Geske before, but I'm asking again. She has been battling brain cancer since 2007 (She's now 18 years old), and she has had some setbacks lately. Please pray for her complete healing in the name of Jesus.
Thank-you. Gretchen Canterbury

Prayer request

Please remember my daughter Dixi and her husband, they are in the hospital with her starting labor, and they are giving her petosin to help things along.Darlene Baldwin

Prayer request

Glenn Smith has a grandbaby who is just months old. The baby is in the hospital with suspected Shaken Baby Syndrome. Blind, but recovering his sight the outlook is good.
Please pray for this baby and its complete recovery. Also, pray for this family as they sort through what happened and deal with the situation.

A prayer

May all of your people be blessed today. May each person find their path in order to follow Your will.

Has your Anamis come to you?

Has your Anamis found you and shed the scales from your eyes? As in Saul’s case, God set the change from Saul to Paul in motion, but it was Anamis that was the instrument God used to open Saul’s eyes. God blinded Saul so that Paul could see. God prepared a place for Saul so that Paul could pray for three days. God used Saul the persecutor of Christians so that Paul could be the persuader for Christ. Be careful that you know who your Anamis really is. Don’t let some one remove the scales just to replace them with blinders.

Prayer request

Please pray for:

GIGI to be healed of scratching & things to work in divine order for her.

ED's lawyer to not try & make money on divorce case -- quoted price of $1200 but told him if he ran into problems, it would cost more (doesn't have any kids nor assets so told him it should be a simple case). His ex-wife & family believe in witchcraft -that they won't be able to stop the divorce or give the lawyer extra problems so he can charge him more money.

everything to work in divine order for me when I visit dentist on Wed. & won't have to lose my teeth -- that they'll be able to fill them or fix them; also things to work in divine order for me when I visit dr. on Thurs. & pass all tests that I have to take.

things to work in divine order for Eddie on his job & he'll be able to keep it.

things to work in divine order for Tammy with her job & the security of it & she'll be able to keep it.

Anonymous

Bible verse

1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 4: 1-3 KJV

Prayer request

Please remember my sister-in-law, Teresa Sampson in prayer. She is scheduled for surgery this Thursday, August 13, to have a mass the size of a basketball removed. She will be at Southern Regional Medical Center. Pray that the biopsy results will be benign, and that the family and she handle the surgery and recovery well. God is still in the healing and miracle business.
Praise the Lord!
Darlene Baldwin

Prayer request

Elizabeth Frances Buckles passed away Wednesday August 5, 2009. Please remember the Buckles family in your prayers during this time of mourning.