SUNDAY • November 2
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Area chaplains
Church Family: Shirlee Wood
Specific Church Ministry: Young Adults
Missions: Salem Leadership Foundation
Schools: Chavez Elementary
Leaders: Farrah Caichi, OR Rep Dist 35
MONDAY • November 3
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor across the street
Church Family: Carol Wright
Specific Church Ministry: Senior Adults
Missions: Mike & Pat Dragon | One Mission Society
Schools: Clear Lake Elementary
Leaders: Hai Pham, OR Rep Dist 36
TUESDAY • November 4
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the left
Church Family: Grace Wright
Specific Church Ministry: Congregation Care
Missions: Josh & Heather Dunn | Mexico
Schools: Cummings Elementary
Leaders: Jules Walters, OR Rep Dist 37
WEDNESDAY • November 5
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: The neighbor on the right
Church Family: Yufeng Zhao & Sherry Shen
Specific Church Ministry: Worship Ministries
Missions: Gordon & Niki Elliott | World Partners
School: Englewood Elementary
Leaders: Daniel Nguyen, OR Rep Dist 38
THURSDAY • November 6
Personal Needs: Joyce Potter’s Family (memorial)
Community: The neighbor behind
Church Family: Callie Atwood
Specific Church Ministry: Youth Volunteers
Missions: Doug & Jan Hoffman | Mercy Inc
School: Eyre Elementary
Leaders: April Dobson, OR Rep Dist 39
FRIDAY • November 7
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Unsheltered people
Church Family: Benjamin Bartel
Specific Church Ministry: Communications
Missions: Kent McCormick | YWAM SFO
School: Forest Ridge Elementary
Leaders: Annessa Hartman, OR Rep Dist 40
SATURDAY • November 8
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Incarcerated juveniles
Church Family: Art & Roseann Bobrowitz
Specific Church Ministry: Media Ministries
Missions: Micah & Heather Powers | Germany
School: Four Corners Elementary
Leaders: Mark Gamba, OR Rep Dist 41
SUNDAY • November 9
Personal Needs: someone who comes to mind
Community: Incarcerated adults
Church Family: Margo Breithaupt
Specific Church Ministry: Ushers / Greeters
Missions: Ken Purnell | Young Life
Schools: Grant Community School
Leaders: Rob Nosse, OR Rep Dist 42
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.
