This is a Prayer Request/encouragement section. If you’re going through a rough week and you feel like sharing with the staff and friends, post your prayer request. :]
This is a Prayer Request/encouragement section. If you’re going through a rough week and you feel like sharing with the staff and friends, post your prayer request. :]
Hey guys!
I have two prayer requests.
1) My dad will be leaving for Hawaii for the church plant this Friday @ 10:45am. (My mom will join him soon) Please pray that God would provide safety on the trip over and that he would be used mightily for the Kingdom. Pray also for my brother (DJ) because he’s going to be living on his own once my mom leaves for Hawaii. Pray that DJ would be protected and that he would seek Jesus even harder.
2) I’ll be speaking at Canaan Youth Group Retreat this weekend. The theme is “The Greatest Command.” Please pray that God would speak through me by the power of His Spirit, that people’s hearts would be impacted to love Jesus.
Thanks so much guys!
We will be praying for you!
Praise Report!
1) My dad has arrived in Hawaii safely and he is well. He had his first service this past Sunday.
2) God did a good work in the hearts and lives of our fellow brothers and sisters at Canaan.
Thanks guys! He is good =)
Hey guyss,
I have a prayer request.. this is probably for a lot of people so pray for everyone :]
As we all know, school is starting soon, for some of you it already has. Recently I’ve been pretty worried and depressed, particularly because of school. When I’m depressed I let it out on others and at home i completely neglect my family. And when I’m at school, i feel so trapped; i don’t really know how to describe it, but there are so many temptations. This is the time when i usually start drifting away from God, and I really want it to be different this year. Please pray that I’ll have self control from letting out my emotions on others. And pray also for this upcoming year that i could stay focused on God and overcome all the temptations and hardships. For all of you who are burdened by this, remember you’re not alone! I’ll be praying for all of you as well. God is so good!
Thanks guys
-Jeremy
Hi!
so
THis is my prayer request..
When i think about my future as a sophmore, i get really nervous. I got a lot of peer pressure laste year, and sometimes it was just too much for me to handle. The more i think about what would happen this year the more i start stressing about the littlest things. Last year, school was fun for me, i made new friends and my teachers were nice.However…. when i think about it in total, it really was just not that great.
there were times when my surroundings started to effect my additu de,and the way i think soo much i felt almost even slightly okay with it a while later..like it was just normal..My heart was hardening, and i was denying what god tried to provide for me.
so, my prayer request is please pray that this year (mysophmore year) would truly be a year where i can totally depend on christ alone, and not as a last resort.I want a better relationship to the point that whenever theres distress in my heart, i would just automatically start praying and thinking of him whether im happy or sad.. and plrease pray that i would not forget how great his love is for me.. and for everyone else…
thats all!
theeeeeeeeeenk ss
you got it jeremy.
praying for you too eunice!
So, I just wanted to post a prayer request for all the Freshmen this year.. High school is a lot different from middle school, and a lot different than anything I really expected. It’s kind of an… Overwhelming sensation? Haha, well, my prayer request is to please pray for this year’s Freshman that we will kind of get used to the flow of high school both educationally and spiritually, at both church and at school. And also, that we won’t forget or let our minds wander away from God, with the excuse that we have too much work to do and not enough time or energy to spend on him.
Also for me personally, there’s a lot of things that I want to do in High School, but I’m a little afraid to do them.. I’d like to ask for a prayer to give me strength and encouragement, and to let these certain people I’ve been trying to get through to, to try and understand my heart and point of view. I also have an extra special request: That my sister and I would try harder to understand each other and get along more. We have our good times too, but even during the bad times, I know that somewhere inside us, we know that something isn’t right about our constant arguements. So yes, I think that is all… I hope everyone has a good week! See you all Friday/Sunday. (:
-Thank youuu
Hi Julie,
I was reading your prayer request with my dad and he gave me this verse that i wanted to share with you :]. It’s Proverbs 3:5 and it says,
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.”
I know freshman year can be really tough but i just wanted you to remember that the Lord is always with you and as long as we place our faith in him, he will direct our path. And I wanted to encourage you and your sister. I fight with my sister too and i know how it feels when you can’t understand each other, but i just wanted to let you know that you’re not alone and i will be praying for you!
snap guys, good stuff!
i am really encouraged by all your prayer requests/prayers
keep it up
this is what CHURCH is about!
I feel too embarrassed to say my name D= (I’m really sorry..)
But I am in desperate need of some help from my fellow brothers and sisters.
These days, I always find myself being sadder than ever. Even though if I’m laughing with friends, it is short-lived and in the end (when I come back home), I’m back to being sadface again. Or even if I’m not sad, I just feel so tired. Tired from lack of sleep or just…tired (of everything I guess).
Although I have friends, really really good friends, sometimes I can’t bring myself to tell them my problems because they would always overlook it as if it’s not a really huge deal or just go sympathetically ‘awww poor you’ (I guess they think I want pity or sympathy, all I wanted was just some encouragements.) or they would usually go “I’ve gone through worse” and in the end, it would be me who’s trying to encourage them instead of vice versa.
I always pray to God about how I feel but sometimes I feel like he doesn’t even listen to me at all. I’m sure this is ‘all part of his plan’ but how long is he planning? and planning for what? I want to understand God better and at the same time I want to trust in him. I’ve always tried to do things according to my plan, but it turns out to make situations worse and when I don’t do anything nothing changes so I get discouraged in the end. (I guess that’s what they call a Lose-lose? XD) Anyway, I’m done ranting =D ………thanks everyone for reading and please pray for me that I will trust in the Lord and try to be less selfish. God bless you all !
I feel the same as you are feeling. Maybe the reasons are different but the emotions you are having is exactly what I feel. I talk to my friends and family about my depression and anxieties and they just laugh it off. They would say exactly what your friend’s say “dude that is nothing compare to my problems.” So what can we do?
When I am tired of everything this is what I do:
1. I pray- There are so many amazing verses on prayer but the verse that comes to mind is in Mark 24: Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Of course God is not going to answer all prayers but I trust He will answer all prayers that are aligned with His will. Yes, one of His will is for us to have joy in our life! Also we need to believe God will grant our prayers maybe not immediately, but in God’s perfect time. So you and I should keep praying.
2. I read the Bible- Bible for me is my life boat. If it wasn’t for the Bible how else can I stay afloat when the world is trying to drown me? When I read the bible, I try to always remember that God is talking to me. Creator of everything wants to talk to me? How humbling is this thought? The Bible is a love story between God almighty and us sinners so every page in the Bible will comfort us. One part of the letter that comforts me more than others is Luke 12: 22-34. You and I should read these verses more frequently.
3. Talk to someone who trust the Lord more than I do- When I asked them what do I need to do to find comfort in my troubles they tell me the same thing: a) pray b) read the bible c) everyone has problems d) if we overcome the turmoil, we will be stronger e) if we do all above, we will be closer to God.
Getting closer to God will bring us joy, comfort, purpose for our life, and eternal life in His kingdom! You and I are in a pilgrimage and let us not forget it is a marathon. I want to thank you for blessing me because writing this reply has helped me get closer to God. Before we sleep tonight, why don’t we read the following verses: Romans 8: 18-27.
whaddup “human being”
haha!
first off, we will definitely pray for you, god is your father, provider, and comforter! there is no amount of sadness that he cannot defeat, HES GOD! he will meet you in the sorrow and the pain.
secondly about his plan for you. i often wonder what he is going to do in my life too, i used to worry all the time, but what i realized is… im not god. who am i to demand for his plan to be evident RIGHT NOW. he is the potter and we are the clay.
but dont deny that he has a plan for you.
for 40 years the Israelites wandered, i have no doubt that they questioned god’s plan, but he provided, he always HAD a plan.
thanks for writing this prayer request. i am sure there were many others that had the same request, thanks for bringing your honest worries into the light, for the whole congregation to see. i am sure it has blessed many others.
will be praying for you!
I have a prayer request(s)
My older sister, Lois had 4 teeth pulled out had a surgery they are her wisdom teeth and she’s in great pain right now
My older brother split his head in hockey and had to get lots of stitches and he’s in pain too
Pray Pray that my dad gets saved. He doesn’t go to Nasung, he’s a church-goer. I want want him to be devoted to Christ!
Deb! just wanted to let you know that we are praying for you and your family!
hope your brother and sister are alright now!
Hey, I’ve just been caught up in the flow of “life”, payment stuff, work, school, etc. I’ve been noticing over the past few weeks that I’m starting to have more and more trouble reading my Bible during the week, and it’s been really tough to just have the heart to open God’s word. Please pray for me that I get my act together, I feel elementary in my faith for slipping and not picking myself up faster. Thank you!
hello everyone
so i need a prayer request about my family
i have a step dad and he is mexican by the way and he isnt christian either
so our point of view is really different
like 30 minutes ago
my mom called me so i went out to the living room.
she told me that we are going to break fast with dad’s friends
tomorrow morning
and told me i have to miss out church tomorrow.
i told my parents that i really didnt want to miss out the church since we are
going to have a special message tomorrow
but my dad gets all frustrated by how im not including him and my mom into
my life. for example, last year(2010) i joined band and we had parades but i never asked them to come see me and i aslo had a concert and for the concert i needed a tuxido and they helped me get one in just one day cause i didnt ask them early enough and for the concert , my parents asked me if they had to come but i told them i dont know if it was for students or for anyother people and told them it doesnt matter but they told me that it hurt their feelings when i said it doesnt matter and which i feel sorry about it
but now my step dad is telling me that im selfish by when him and my mom is doing all the stuff for me like, giving me rides to church, school, and also a ride so i could hang with my friends and that im not returning the favors.
and anyways when i told him i wanted to go to church insteat of going to breakfast, he asked me “is going there more important then having a familt time?” and in someways i got confused and really couldnt answer that question but i answered him by “im going to church to see God”
and we both paused for a second and my mom tells him that both are important but he goes off like, he goes to church every week
he goes to church 2 times a week so why cant he just miss one day?
and my mom tells him by saying that they are having a special message
and he just says ok you go take him to the church and ill go eat breakfast with my friends and i understand why he feels that way and one of the reason why he got married to my mom was that he wanted a family as in like wife and kid/s not family as in like mom brothers and sisters.
he was divorced long ago and he never had any kids either so he wanted a family of his own and he asks me that if i understand how he feels so i said yes i do understand how you feel and he asks me that his right
i just told him his right and my mom questioned him but he goes like
ok you dont get how i feel but he does and he thinks im right.
he seems like his totally right because i told him he was right when he asked me and my mom was about to ask me something but he cuts and tells her just take him to church. i told him ill just go eat breakfast with them
but he tells me theres a difference between “i want to go” or “i have to go” which he thinks that im thining i have to go just because to not make him feel upset but i told him “no, im choosing to go now” and he tries to top what i said but he just says never mind or something.
sometimes it really seems like he only wants me to change and sometimes when my mom tells him like why didnt you or why did you do this or that, he seems to me like he is always making an excuse and makes it seem like its not even a big of a deal when mom seems like she is telling him to change a little bit but he always makes excuse. it seems like he wants us to go by his way. he told me to just go to church and take time to think about why am i alone and why is he feeling that way. i really dont think he had to say all that stuff like that and how he cut my mom when she was about to tell me something. also when he asked me “is going to church more important then being with family?”, it sounded like to him being with family and having fun is more important then God.
my prayer request is that i hope this whole problem thing settles down and our relation ship gets bettet and also i really really hope that my dad puts his faith to God
Thank you
and ps can anyone reply like what they think about this whole situation and tip on how to get my dad in to christ
hello!
I feel REALLY overwhelmed with school……. I feel like I’m going to crack..
please pray that I would find the strength to focus and study hard without thinking negative things!
Hey guys…um I have a few prayer requests…
•My really good friend, her dad was laid off, and then her grandma just died, so they are having a lot of financial and emotional ups and downs right now…
•Also I have been getting really really depressed lately…and it’s been pretty bad, I have some reasons, but it’s really um kinda frustrating, it’s like bi-polar…some reason I’m just not happy with ANYTHING and it’s so stressful because I have to put a mask on every single day until school or church or whatever is over and when I’m alone I’m like…dead…I don’t want to be like this for the retreat! I really want to be ‘up’ and cheerful for Christ. I have been like this before and it got “suicidal” bad…I can’t really tell anyone about it…but please please pray for me, I don’t want to go through this!
•And one last thing, my friend has been dating. She is being really um, unkind and cold now to me, and has been using me as an excuse for a lot of things, I’m kind of a ‘pushover’ so i can’t really say anything, and when I do it comes out wrong. Please pray for me for strength and a gentle and strong heart.
I am praying for you Deborah.
Sometimes, people will disappoint you,
other times, you will end up hating yourself,
and continually you will loose purpose in life,
but have hope in this
God will never give up on you.
He certainly has the power to turn all this “bad” in your life into good.
No matter how difficult your situation is, God persued you at the begining and He will never leave you to suffer like this without having planned a greater outcome for you.
The almighty God loves you so much, so don’t lose hope!
I’m looking foward to talking to you soon!