SUNDAY • December 21
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Area clergy
Church Family: Vicki Hagner
Specific Church Ministry: Children’s Clothes Closet
Missions: Jeff & Christine Stanfield | WGM
Schools: South Salem HS
Leaders: Kayse Jama, OR Sen Dist 24
MONDAY • December 22
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor across the street
Church Family: Yvonne Haley
Specific Church Ministry: Worship Ministries
Missions: Brenton & Martha Trent (Mexico)
Schools: Sprague HS
Leaders: Chris Gorsek, OR Sen Dist 25
TUESDAY • December 23
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the left
Church Family: Dan & Debbie Hansen
Specific Church Ministry: Congregational Care
Missions: Brad & Kristy Weinert (WGM)
Schools: West Salem HS
Leaders: Daniel Bonham, OR Sen Dist 26
WEDNESDAY • December 24
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the right
Church Family: Nancy Hayes
Specific Church Ministry: Communications
Missions: Reid Saunders Association
School: Howard Street Charter
Leaders: Anthony Broadman, OR Sen Dist 27
THURSDAY • December 25
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor behind
Church Family: Owen Helstrup
Specific Church Ministry: Media Ministries
Missions: Hope Station
School: Jane Goodall Environmental MS
Leaders: Diane Linthicum, OR Sen Dist 28
FRIDAY • December 26
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Hospice Workers
Church Family: Martha Heppner
Specific Church Ministry: Facility Care
Missions: Salem Leadership Foundation
School: Optimum Learning Environments
Leaders: Todd Nash, OR Sen Dist 29
SATURDAY • December 27
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Homecare Workers
Church Family: Norma Herr
Specific Church Ministry: Groundskeepers
Missions: Union Gospel Mission
School: Valley Inquiry Charter
Leaders: Mike McLane, OR Sen Dist 30
SUNDAY • December 28
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Assisted Living Workers
Church Family: Mark & Donna Hermann
Specific Church Ministry: AC Rehab Volunteers
Missions: UGM Simonka House
Schools: CTEC Career Technical Education Center
Leaders: Tina Kotek, OR Governor
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.
