SUNDAY • January 4
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Foster Care Providers
Church Family: Leroy & Jean Hyden
Specific Church Ministry: Adult SS Volunteers
Missions: Mike & Pat Dragon | One Mission Society
Schools: Chapman Hill Elementary
Leaders: Lisa Fragala, OR Rep Dist 8
MONDAY • January 5
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor across the street
Church Family: Brian & Schuyler Johnson Family
Specific Church Ministry: Office volunteers
Missions: Josh & Heather Dunn | Mexico
Schools: Chavez Elementary
Leaders: Boomer Wright, OR Rep Dist 9
TUESDAY • January 6
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the left
Church Family: Sonya Johnson
Specific Church Ministry: Ushers & Greeters
Missions: Gordon & Niki Elliott | World Partners
Schools: Clear Lake Elementary
Leaders: David Gomberg, OR Rep Dist 10
WEDNESDAY • January 7
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the right
Church Family: David & Danielle Johnston Family
Specific Church Ministry: Hospitality Team
Missions: Doug & Jan Hoffman | Mercy Inc.
School: Cummings Elementary
Leaders: Jami Cate, OR Rep Dist 11
THURSDAY • January 8
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor behind
Church Family: Chris Jones
Specific Church Ministry: Congregational Care Team
Missions: Kent McCormick | YWAM SFO
School: Englewood Elementary
Leaders: Darin Harbick, OR Rep Dist 12
FRIDAY • January 9
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Unsheltered men
Church Family: Ronelle Kantola
Specific Church Ministry: Facility Operation Team
Missions: Micah & Heather Powers | Germany
School: Eyre Elementary
Leaders: Nancy Nathanson, OR Rep Dist 13
SATURDAY • January 10
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Unsheltered women
Church Family: Catelyn Kelulau
Specific Church Ministry: Media Ministries
Missions: Ken Purnell | Young LIfe
School: Forest Ridge Elementary
Leaders: Julie Fahey, OR Rep Dist 14
SUNDAY • January 11
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Unsheltered children
Church Family: Matt & Amy Kenagy Family
Specific Church Ministry: Worship Ministries
Missions: Bob Reinhardt | Young Life
Schools: Four Corners Elementary
Leaders: Shelly Boshart Davis, OR Rep Dist 15
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.
