We Praise you Lord for this beautiful 84 hours with you!
Glory to your Name!!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
5:30 and sad and glad
How can 83 hours fly so fast? How can we express all that this 84 hours has meant to so many? How can we thank every person for every prayer?
First we pour out our hearts of grateful thanksgiving to our precious Lord.
Next we take a deep breath and shed tears of joy! And as we look around we are sad to see this special time in this special place draw to a close.
First we pour out our hearts of grateful thanksgiving to our precious Lord.
Next we take a deep breath and shed tears of joy! And as we look around we are sad to see this special time in this special place draw to a close.
The Body of God never sleeps
As I sit here in the wee morning hours I can only help but think of my brothers and sisters as they sleep. Their vision, cares, needs, challenges and yes even their attacks are still happening as they lay on their beds. The beauty of The Kingdom is that the body never sleeps. In reality a human body may be resting but other parts are active to sustain, heal, grow, revitalize. In the same way The body of Christ does this as well. What a beautiful example of this then right now in this prayer room. Tonight I am praying for my church body who ALL are sleeping. Tonight I adopt their visions, needs and worries as my own and pray into them. What a cool Kingdom we are apart of. How blessed are we that God has given us authority through Jesus Christ and prayer for one another.
So rest easy in the future as you lay your head. Jesus is always whispering "I got this". Know that somewhere in the world whether near or far someone may be praying for you...
Amen!
APX
So rest easy in the future as you lay your head. Jesus is always whispering "I got this". Know that somewhere in the world whether near or far someone may be praying for you...
Amen!
APX
Extend our prayers
Father we ask that you would extend the 84 hour prayer room into the hearts and homes of those who participated in it this week. Don't let this become nothing more than a one time event that we simply look back on with favor; instead let it be the example upon which we base our future activities, that we would take our corporate prayer and worship into our homes, into our neighborhoods, and become a force to be reckoned with in our communities. We ask that you seel our posture of worship and prayer in our hearts as we prepare for your return.
Amen
Amen
A prayer against the lies
Father,
I ask that your love would be so evident in the lives of the young people of North Heights who are struggling with depression and are addicted to cutting. It's an issue so rampant in our youth that we have a hard time even knowing how to respond. Show our children how much you love them, even in the areas where we have failed to love them. Protect them from abusive situations and teach them that only your love is perfect. Show them that life is worth living to the fullest, and that they don't need to punish themselves or find ways to cause themselves pain. God, please help us to bring our children home.
amen
I ask that your love would be so evident in the lives of the young people of North Heights who are struggling with depression and are addicted to cutting. It's an issue so rampant in our youth that we have a hard time even knowing how to respond. Show our children how much you love them, even in the areas where we have failed to love them. Protect them from abusive situations and teach them that only your love is perfect. Show them that life is worth living to the fullest, and that they don't need to punish themselves or find ways to cause themselves pain. God, please help us to bring our children home.
amen
We lift up our staff
Father, we ask that you would bless those whom you have placed in leadership positions at North Heights, as well as those who simply serve North Heights in even the seemingly smallest capacities.
We lift up Per Nilsen, that you would strengthen him to continue leading our church in the direction that you have called us. Give him the words that you want to speak to us and the best method for saying them to have the greatest impact on our congregation.
We lift up Mindy Bak as she leads our children's ministries, that you would continue to bless her with exceeding wisdom and the capacity for bridging generations in a time when we need more than ever to learn from each other.
We lift up Ed Jenkins as he leads our Sunday School programs, that his youthful vigor and his humor would continue culminating into meaningful and relatable personality that every child who enters Sunday School will easily connect with.
We lift up Gina Mueller as she leads our youth ministries. Continue to sharpen her sense for understanding the students with which she interacts, that she would be able to see through their eyes and help them understand all that you have to say to them.
We lift up Josh Miller as he specifically leads the middle school students. Strengthen his ability to relate to students while delivering practical messages that are understandable and impactful.
We lift up Amy Soba as she specifically leads the high school students. Speak your words through her to inspire students to become the change they want to see in their situations. Give her an extra dose of energy and peace to maintain her position as an anchor for students that are going through difficult times.
We lift up Bobbi Wichterman as she strives to usher students into your presence and lead them in worshiping you. Give her pictures of your glory that she can communicate through her music in order to inspire, encourage and uplift every person she leads.
We lift up Rebekah and Chris Bartels, that the example of passionate worship that they set together would continue to demonstrate the amazing power of a relationship that is firmly founded in you.
We lift up Ben Sollie, that his passion and desire to see growth in the young adult ministry would not lead to disappointment, but that he would come to see the greatness of your plan for this generation of young adults and that he would boldly take the next step for leading them on the path you have set before them.
We lift up Mark David Williams that you would invigorate him to continue leading worship with a burning desire to bring North Heights into your presence. Give him the energy to lead both in the North Heights family as well as in his own family.
We lift up Cindy Alstad, that she would continue to identify the strengths and abilities of the volunteers at North Heights, connecting the right people with positions where they can make the greatest impact for you.
We lift up Jean Bearden, that she would continue to seek you for all of the important decisions that she must make in order to keep North Heights going in the direction that you have willed for us.
We lift up every single one of our pastors and speakers, that you would strengthen their abilities to speak directly to the places in our hearts that need to hear your words. Give them unprecedented understanding and wisdom that they would be able to share great insight that would ultimately bring glory to your name.
We lift up every volunteer, every coordinator, worshiper, and member, that you would work through us to bring your Kingdom to earth in a powerful, tangible way. Teach us to be obedient in responding to your call. Let our worhsip to you be a sweet sound that echoes through heaven, that we would experience a small taste of heaven every time that we come together to praise you.
Father, for everyone who has a heart for North Heights and desires to see your church grow, I ask for a double portion of energy and courage to take action and multiply your body.
We humbly ask that you would let your will be done through us, in whatever form that may take.
Amen!
We lift up Per Nilsen, that you would strengthen him to continue leading our church in the direction that you have called us. Give him the words that you want to speak to us and the best method for saying them to have the greatest impact on our congregation.
We lift up Mindy Bak as she leads our children's ministries, that you would continue to bless her with exceeding wisdom and the capacity for bridging generations in a time when we need more than ever to learn from each other.
We lift up Ed Jenkins as he leads our Sunday School programs, that his youthful vigor and his humor would continue culminating into meaningful and relatable personality that every child who enters Sunday School will easily connect with.
We lift up Gina Mueller as she leads our youth ministries. Continue to sharpen her sense for understanding the students with which she interacts, that she would be able to see through their eyes and help them understand all that you have to say to them.
We lift up Josh Miller as he specifically leads the middle school students. Strengthen his ability to relate to students while delivering practical messages that are understandable and impactful.
We lift up Amy Soba as she specifically leads the high school students. Speak your words through her to inspire students to become the change they want to see in their situations. Give her an extra dose of energy and peace to maintain her position as an anchor for students that are going through difficult times.
We lift up Bobbi Wichterman as she strives to usher students into your presence and lead them in worshiping you. Give her pictures of your glory that she can communicate through her music in order to inspire, encourage and uplift every person she leads.
We lift up Rebekah and Chris Bartels, that the example of passionate worship that they set together would continue to demonstrate the amazing power of a relationship that is firmly founded in you.
We lift up Ben Sollie, that his passion and desire to see growth in the young adult ministry would not lead to disappointment, but that he would come to see the greatness of your plan for this generation of young adults and that he would boldly take the next step for leading them on the path you have set before them.
We lift up Mark David Williams that you would invigorate him to continue leading worship with a burning desire to bring North Heights into your presence. Give him the energy to lead both in the North Heights family as well as in his own family.
We lift up Cindy Alstad, that she would continue to identify the strengths and abilities of the volunteers at North Heights, connecting the right people with positions where they can make the greatest impact for you.
We lift up Jean Bearden, that she would continue to seek you for all of the important decisions that she must make in order to keep North Heights going in the direction that you have willed for us.
We lift up every single one of our pastors and speakers, that you would strengthen their abilities to speak directly to the places in our hearts that need to hear your words. Give them unprecedented understanding and wisdom that they would be able to share great insight that would ultimately bring glory to your name.
We lift up every volunteer, every coordinator, worshiper, and member, that you would work through us to bring your Kingdom to earth in a powerful, tangible way. Teach us to be obedient in responding to your call. Let our worhsip to you be a sweet sound that echoes through heaven, that we would experience a small taste of heaven every time that we come together to praise you.
Father, for everyone who has a heart for North Heights and desires to see your church grow, I ask for a double portion of energy and courage to take action and multiply your body.
We humbly ask that you would let your will be done through us, in whatever form that may take.
Amen!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
My Prayer
Lord, we lift up Mark to you, a server at Applebee's who is finishing his senior year of college and just starting a new internship. We pray that you would richly bless him in his endeavors, that whatever he pursues, he would do so to bring glory to you alone.
If he does not know you, I pray that you would intervene in his life and make your glory known to him. If he does follow you, we pray that he would understand the value that his position as a server holds in the Kingdom. Lord, we pray that he would serve people diligently and find opportunities to engage them in purposeful, meaningful conversation.
Jesus I also ask for your healing power to fall on my Kathy. A single touch from you is enough to purge the cancer from her body, but I ask that you would go further than that. Lord, I ask that you would so radically intervene in her situation that she would know that her healing came from your hands and that she would know you are God. I ask that your intervention would be enough to bring her entire family together, united under the purpose of loving and serving you.
I ask on behalf of my friend James that you would banish his unbelief and restore his ability to believe that we were created for a purpose. If it is your will for me to speak on your behalf to James, I pray that you would give me the courage and the words to speak when the time is right.
Lord, let your glory fall among the students of North Heights to create an urgency and place serving you as their highest priority. We know that your heart is breaking for these students who are living in difficult situations, struggling with suicidal thoughts, divorced parents, depression and worthlessness. Give us the desire to fight the enemy on each of these fronts, Father, that we, as a church body, would stand united against these weapons the enemy is using against us, and that our praise would render these weapons useless against our children, our siblings, and our nieces and nephews. We ask that you would reveal your truth to every single young person of North Heights; the truth that you are God, and that you have set in motion a love story far greater than anything we could possibly imagine, and each of us play a lead role in that story.
Give us glimpses of your heart in the moments that we are tempted and fall, that we would know how it grieves your heart to see your children wander astray. Help us understand the gravity of the sins we commit, and then the gravity of your love and grace that nullifies those sins.
You are so good to us, but our minds rarely comprehend it. Open our eyes to see your plan, that you would empower us and embolden us to work on your behalf. It is an honor that you would use us in even the smallest way. Remind us of the importance of prayer and thank you for choosing to work through your people, broken as we may be.
Teach us to pray with our children, with our friends, and with the people with whom we typically don't pray. Break our "comfort zone" mentality and remove social constructs that distract us from communicating to everyone that we can about your love and saving grace.
Father, we invite you into our worship services on Sunday morning, that we would celebrate with great joy the amazing things you continue to do in our lives. But we also invite you into our daily lives, Father, that you would penetrate the places of our lives that we've been unwilling to give completely to you. Walk before us into the places where your presence is unwelcome, that we would usher your presence into the darkness and pierce it with your light. From Monday morning to Sunday night, we pray for your presence at every moment, in every action, every word that we speak and every interaction with your beloved children.
Amen.
If he does not know you, I pray that you would intervene in his life and make your glory known to him. If he does follow you, we pray that he would understand the value that his position as a server holds in the Kingdom. Lord, we pray that he would serve people diligently and find opportunities to engage them in purposeful, meaningful conversation.
Jesus I also ask for your healing power to fall on my Kathy. A single touch from you is enough to purge the cancer from her body, but I ask that you would go further than that. Lord, I ask that you would so radically intervene in her situation that she would know that her healing came from your hands and that she would know you are God. I ask that your intervention would be enough to bring her entire family together, united under the purpose of loving and serving you.
I ask on behalf of my friend James that you would banish his unbelief and restore his ability to believe that we were created for a purpose. If it is your will for me to speak on your behalf to James, I pray that you would give me the courage and the words to speak when the time is right.
Lord, let your glory fall among the students of North Heights to create an urgency and place serving you as their highest priority. We know that your heart is breaking for these students who are living in difficult situations, struggling with suicidal thoughts, divorced parents, depression and worthlessness. Give us the desire to fight the enemy on each of these fronts, Father, that we, as a church body, would stand united against these weapons the enemy is using against us, and that our praise would render these weapons useless against our children, our siblings, and our nieces and nephews. We ask that you would reveal your truth to every single young person of North Heights; the truth that you are God, and that you have set in motion a love story far greater than anything we could possibly imagine, and each of us play a lead role in that story.
Give us glimpses of your heart in the moments that we are tempted and fall, that we would know how it grieves your heart to see your children wander astray. Help us understand the gravity of the sins we commit, and then the gravity of your love and grace that nullifies those sins.
You are so good to us, but our minds rarely comprehend it. Open our eyes to see your plan, that you would empower us and embolden us to work on your behalf. It is an honor that you would use us in even the smallest way. Remind us of the importance of prayer and thank you for choosing to work through your people, broken as we may be.
Teach us to pray with our children, with our friends, and with the people with whom we typically don't pray. Break our "comfort zone" mentality and remove social constructs that distract us from communicating to everyone that we can about your love and saving grace.
Father, we invite you into our worship services on Sunday morning, that we would celebrate with great joy the amazing things you continue to do in our lives. But we also invite you into our daily lives, Father, that you would penetrate the places of our lives that we've been unwilling to give completely to you. Walk before us into the places where your presence is unwelcome, that we would usher your presence into the darkness and pierce it with your light. From Monday morning to Sunday night, we pray for your presence at every moment, in every action, every word that we speak and every interaction with your beloved children.
Amen.
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