Prayer Today

Our monthly prayer call was today and among other things, below are our prayer requests. If you have others please email rawd@puregroup.org

First I wanted to share a passage I feel God dropped on my heart.

Lord, you always give me justice when I bring a case before you. So let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy? You have planted them, and they have taken root and prospered. Your name is on their lips, but you are far from their hearts. But as for me, Lord, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts. Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered! Set them aside to be slaughtered! How long must this land mourn? Even the grass in the fields has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land. For the people have said, “The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!” “If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan? (Jeremiah 12:1-5 NLT)

PLEASE PRAY
  Heidi's Mom
  Noah's health
  Our company finances
  Continued covering from God on our safety, finance and influence
  Strong families especially for our staff, friends an family
  Solid marriages, especially for our staff, friends an family
  Favor on the community and from God
 

Praise to Report for Heidi's Mom

Heidi's mom, Mary, had her surgery and completed a week of radiation treatments.  When she went to talk with the doctors about chemo they told her they think they got everything and she won't need the treatments!  Praise the Lord for this great news! 

Prayers for Alice Please

Please pray for Alice.  She was in a car accident on Saturday.  She is pretty bruised up but no broken bones and all in one piece -  praise the Lord!  Pray for comfort and a speedy recovery.  Also, that all the details with her car and insurance will be worked out.  Prayers also for the other lady involved and her recovery as well.  Thanks!

Pray for David Alvey's Father

My dad (LD Alvey) fell today and they are keeping him overnight at Harris Hospital in Ft Worth. We are waiting on Dr to tell us if hip is broken. Pls pray for comfort for dad and peace for mom

Prayer Request

Please pray for Heidi Durbin's mother, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last week and will be going in for more testing to plan her options and treatments.  Their family could use prayers through this difficult time.  Thanks!

I told my friends on Facebook that I was going to be praying with some people on a call today.  It was kinda cool, several people responded and several more messaged me.  Great stuff.  Please pray with me for these requests too.


Trucker needs a job. Samantha wants to hear God's voice, Marti and family need to see His touch, Faye wants prayer for her friend Mia, Kathy wants prayer for protection and traveling mercies for her and her family, Linnet need prayer for her nephew who is undergoing a second round of brain tumor surgery.

God, we need your help.  Thanks for listening and helping.

New Prayer Needs July 16, 2013

Kayleigh Forbes in Garland great grandpa just passed

Jason Martin in the loss of his Grandma

Justin Lafond in the loss if his Uncle

Erin Harper's Dad needs healing from cancer.

Cathy Selzer very ill and needs to be well


Thanks for prayin!!

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

      --James 5:16 

Please keep Justin LaFond in prayer.  He recently lost his uncle.  Justin's Dad Jerry was very close to his brother (Justin's Uncle) and Justin is very close to his Dad.

Jason Martin lost his Grandmother and he was very close to her.  Her loss was not totally unexpected but there is still sorrow.  

Lastly, Donte Mays is in need of prayers.  His family is experiencing financial trouble and they need provision.

Thanks for all your prayers.

HFalls Mansfield Team Member

Immediate prayer needed for a team member in Mansfield who wishes to remain anonymous.  This team member has had some long term health issues that seemed to be getting better.  On Monday however this person received a call from their doctor wanting to do a biopsy on their stomach to clear them of the possibility of cancer.  Please pray for good results for this test that will be happening tomorrow Wednesday May 22, 2013 around 1:00 pm. Matthew 21:22 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Thanks to all of you who were on our prayer call today....

Also, this just in from Gayle.

Please remember her daughter Emily who is serving as a missionary this Summer.

Her team is to fly out at 4:10 today, stopping in Frankfurt before heading on to Addis.  They stay there until Saturday when they fly to Bahir Dar where they will be for 6 weeks.

Some Prayer Requests

Please pray for a best friend from back home whose brother was diagnosed with Stage 3 Testicular Cancer today. He is 22 and will be starting chemo Monday for a 12 week period

Continued prayer for Emily Bennetts Dad

Continued prayer for Chris Ostertag in the loss of her Dad

Pray for the mother of three children needs a job bad. 

Pray for a friends single Mom and her baby who is sick. 

Prayers for the Honduras Medical Mission Trip

Please remember to pray for Dave, Julie and Rawd and all the volunteers this week in Honduras that they can help heal and touch the lives of children and their families in a way that only God can.  Pray for their safety during their visit and on their journey home this Easter.  Blessings to all!

Prayer Walk Follow Up

Prayer Walk Follow Up

Thanks everyone for coming out for a great prayer walk on Monday.  We also had a great prayer call on Tuesday.  I love the fact that we can all pray; some pray out loud, some pray silently, some prayer in other ways.  We also have a monthly prayer call every third Tuesday of the month.  Anyway we pray is a good way.

Below are some links to prayer and prayer walking.  Thanks to Gayle for the first link on prayer walks.  Be sure to check this blog to pray for others or be  prayed for.  If you have difficulties posting, just email your request to me and I'll post it.

I am praying for our entire HF staff today, please join me.

Also special prayer goes out to Alice and her family in the loss of her Mother.


PRAYER WALKS

http://www.youthministry.com/files/PrayerWalk_LordsPrayer.doc
http://www.bcnymissions.org/web_documents/prayerwalk_guide.pdf

PRAYER

How to pray when you fell.... - http://christianity.about.com/od/prayersverses/a/howtopray.htm
How to pray if you are new to praying - http://www.wikihow.com/Pray
Does god answer prayer - http://www.everystudent.com/wires/prayers.html
The Lords prayer - http://www.lords-prayer-words.com/lord_traditional_king_james.html
Praying the roseary - http://www.rosary-center.org/howto.htm
Creative prayer models - http://www.prayeronline.org.au/how-to-pray

Prayers Needed for Alice

Please pray for Alice and her family in the loss of her mother. She flew to Indiana on Saturday and will be back to work on Wednesday.  We have sent flowers from the HFalls team and have a card at HQ for all to sign. 



Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2013 1:15 am

Marguerite Petty Plunkett
April 18, 1920-March 14, 2013
Marguerite Petty Plunkett, 92, passed away peacefully on the evening of March 14, 2013, at the Lane House Nursing Care Center, where she had resided for 10 years.

Marguerite was born April 18, 1920, in Hindsville, Ill., to William E. and Bessie J. Petty. She attended New Ross High School and graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1938.  Marguerite married Vance Pyle on Sept. 6, 1941. Vance was killed in World War II on July 28, 1944. She then married James Marvin Plunkett on Oct. 4, 1947.

Marguerite worked at JC Penney for 31 years. She began her career with JC Penney at the downtown store as a salesperson in the Children’s Department. She then moved to the Fabric Department where her sewing hobby proved helpful. She transferred to the new store in the Boulevard Mall in 1968. She was known for her wonderful sewing skills and also for the beautiful quilts she made.

Marguerite and her husband were avid sports fans and missed very few Athenian football and basketball games. They were faithful in going to their grandchildren’s activities as long as they were able.
Marguerite was also a member of First Christian Church and the Ladies Circle.

Marguerite is survived by three children, Vance (Shirley) Pyle, Crawfordsville, Alice (David) Jordan, Garland, Texas, and Jim of Fort Wayne. She also had nine grandchildren, Kimberly (Jeff) McMurry, Darlington, Lori (Brian) Thompson, New Market, Brian (Leslie) Pyle, Crawfordsville, Paula (Jack) Yates, Irving, Texas, Aaron (Marolyn) Jordan, Justin, Texas, Adam Jordan, Garland, Texas, Sara Sigman, Lakeland, Fla., Paul Plunkett, Fort Wayne, and Cherie (Paul) Sipes, Milwaukee, Wisc. She had 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.

Marguerite is survived by her sisters-in-law, Katherine Plunkett and Alberta Petty, and by nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husbands; sisters, Beuleh Hutchinson, Ruby Rush and Irene Allen; brother Dr. Leonard Petty; and great-granddaughter Ella Claire Pyle.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Marguerite’s memory to the Providence Center for Urban Leadership Development, P.O. Box 13946, Denver, CO 80202.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 19, at 10:30 a.m. at Powers-Priebe Funeral Home, Crawfordsville, with the Rev. Jim Ranard officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Grant Avenue Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, March 18, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Online condolences may be made at www.powerpriebefh.com.

Grace

 Grace

A precursory google indicated grace was: a restaurant in Fort Worth , a Christian concept as noted by several dictionary sites, a Christian ministry, a chemical company (Grace being the name of the founder), a popular name for a church and then comes the rest of the internet.  End of day it is a Christian term and a name.  I think Bono has it right, "It's a name for a girl, It's also a thought that, Changed the world"

Words lose their meaning and this is certainly the case here. Having grown up in a Christian home, i have know the official nomenclature for my tribe.  The reason i chose to understand this word a little better is because i feel i give less grace to others than i should. Like most profound words there is an ethereal, probably Divine understanding of the word as well as an intertwined attempt at incarnation..

The concept existed before the New Testament but the Greek word charis was a concept was borrowed from Hebrew (chanun) which was a more complicated and abstract word for beauty then Divinised later to be married with the practical where it currently remains.  The picture i get is a young, innocent teenage female with proper attire, indescribable beauty and impeccable character; kinda like the unattainability of a 12 year old future queen with the practicality of the girl next door.

So i lack this virtue and now that i understand it more will endeavor to possess, model and give it more.
 My actions to people will be more beautiful
 I will lavish more upon others
 I will look away from judgement and justice
 I will be nice, be patient, look for the good in others and smile a lot more

Bono, take it home...

She takes the blame

She covers the shame

Removes the stain

It could be her name

Prayer call, feb 19, 2013

Robert hill

Jim, jansen

David alvey

Michelle

New offices

The move

Impending coming summer

Safe, clean fun

Influence, finance

The right hires

Great trainings

Others......

Pat Jones

Kevin Gayles nephew

Today's Call Verse

Here is a verse or theme for our call today.

John 10:10 - The thief comes to STEAL, KILL and DESTROY, I have come that they might have LIFE and have it to the FULL.

I just got word that David Alvey is sick and currently at the doctors office, we'll pray for him on our call today

Random pic but wanted to remind you of our prayer call this Tuesday at 9am on the conference call line.

Conference Call 712.432.0080 460333

Jim asked for prayer for his friends family, Jansen and Robert Hill (his Mom is trying to recuperate from a heart attack and it is touch and go).

Robert Hill

Robert Hill (Sales Waco), has requested prayer for his Mom and family.  His Mom had a heart attack last week and he asked that we keep her and the rest of the family in prayer.  He also requested prayer for his move to Waco including all the moving and home changing challenges.

From Michelle Regan

A young man that was close very close to my circle of friends passed away tragically a couple of weeks ago…he was only 25 years old.  His brothers, sisters, friends and family have all lost a light in their world.  I would like to ask for the Hawaiian Falls team to extend their prayers in order to give them strength through faith during this very challenging time.

http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/Father-remembers-airman-who-died-in-Texas-fall/-/11664182/18288718/-/13h0s6sz/-/index.html

Christmas Blessing Update

This prayer update not only reflects our desire to be generous but is also in line with our mission of honoring the Lord by bringing families closer together.

Our annual tradition of offering a Christmas Blessing to people in our communities.  The actual story of the 2012 Christmas Blessings in on the story below.

We received 103 nominations and provided all our winners with a Family Pak including park admission, food and drinks for their families.

What better time than to bless others at Christmas.

22  Garland | 17  Colony | 37  Mansfield | 10  Roanoke | 18  Waco

Thought about this in light of our Converge meeting today.