SUNDAY • November 30
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Abused spouses
Church Family: Cary Engeln
Specific Church Ministry: Senior Adults
Missions: Jeff & Christine Stanfield | WGM
Schools: Shirle Elementary
Leaders: Jeff Golden, OR Sen Dist 3
MONDAY • December 1
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor across the street
Church Family: Susan Eyerly
Specific Church Ministry: Worship Ministries
Missions: Brenton & Martha Trent (Mexico)
Schools: Scott Elementary
Leaders: Floyd Prozanski, OR Sen Dist 4
TUESDAY • December 2
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the left
Church Family: Jonathan & Lisa Fay Family
Specific Church Ministry: Congregational Care
Missions: Brad & Kristy Weinert (WGM)
Schools: Sumpter Elementary
Leaders: Dick Anderson, OR Sen Dist 5
WEDNESDAY • December 3
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the right
Church Family: Nancy Fenstermacher
Specific Church Ministry: Communications
Missions: Reid Saunders Association
School: Swegle Elementary
Leaders: Cedric Hayden, OR Sen Dist 6
THURSDAY • December 4
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor behind
Church Family: Jenesy Fernandez
Specific Church Ministry: Media Ministries
Missions: Hope Station
School: Washington Elementary
Leaders: James Manning, OR Sen Dist 7
FRIDAY • December 5
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Hospice Workers
Church Family: Lauren Flores
Specific Church Ministry: Facility Care
Missions: Salem Leadership Foundation
School: Weddle Elementary
Leaders: Sara Gelser Blouin, OR Sen Dist 8
SATURDAY • December 6
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Homecare Workers
Church Family: Josie Flores
Specific Church Ministry: Groundskeepers
Missions: Union Gospel Mission
School: Wright Elementary
Leaders: Fred Frank Girod, OR Sen Dist 9
SUNDAY • December 7
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Assisted Living Workers
Church Family: Warren & Susan Foote
Specific Church Ministry: AC Rehab Volunteers
Missions: UGM Simonka House
Schools: Yoshikai Elementary
Leaders: Deb Patterson, OR Sen Dist 10
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.
