Sunday prayer

Captain’s Log, Stardate 06.04.2006

Leave any prayer requests in the comments and I’ll be praying this week. You don’t have to be Christian to leave a prayer request. If you’d rather not advertise to everyone on the blogosphere, just leave an unspoken prayer request or email me. If I forgot your prayer request, email me. Not to be mean or anything, but if you don't email me or comment to update your prayer request, I'm only going to pray 3 Sundays.

Our heavenly father, we praise you for your grace on us.

Thank you for helping Heather with her writing. Please continue to help her to finish her book.

Please cover Pammer with your peace and grace. Fill her with assurances of your love for her.

Thank you for the opportunities and support you’ve given Squirl. Please help her to have focus, wisdom, and everything else she needs to do the revisions requested.

Be with Dineen as she writes her manuscript. I pray you will bless her new graphics design business abundantly.

I pray for justice for Robin and her family. Continue to be with her in her writing. Lead and guide her.

Give Ronie wisdom about her writing career, and help her to know your will.

Help Ron as he finishes school.

Be with Sharon H. and the launch of her book. Give her wisdom and all she'll need. Help her to glorify you in all she does. Please bless her book launch.

Help Kelli. S. in everything she needs to do. Give her strength and courage. Cover her with your grace.

Help Sarah S.'s projects to turn out successfully. Keep your hand over her writing career.

Please heal Mir from her tinnitic and allergies. Ease her pain and physical discomfort. Give her energy and good health. Be with her in her writing.

Help Lori K. continue to recover smoothly and quickly from surgery.

I lift up Gina H. to you and ask for your hand over her writing. Give her strength and peace. Help her in all her projects. Assure her that you are watching over everything.

Please convict Paula M.'s family's client to pay his overdue bill soon. Please protect her family from spiritual warfare, and help Paula to have strength and courage.

Help Megan D. to give her writing up to you, and I pray you will infuse her with joy, strength, motivation and energy.

I pray for complete healing for Malia's back and knee. Please keep your hand over her insurance situation.

Continue to give Donna your peace and assurance. Thank you for blessing her editing business, and I pray you'll continue to provide for her, and guide her.

Be with Gen in her writing and classes.

Help Audra S. with her new baby, and help her in her writing.

Father, continue to be with Mair’s son Kenny in his wilderness.

Lord, please continue to work in Angie P.’s life, and thank you that Pattie is cancer free. Please help her surgery go smoothly and the recovery be quick and easy.

Be with Lynette in her writing. Thank you for all you've given to her, and help her to keep persevering.

Give Tiff all she needs to stand strong. Cover her with your love.

Be with Janet during this difficult time. Open her heart to your grace and peace.

Please help Tina, Mary C., Myra, Pam, Cheryl and Ruthy hear back soon about their manuscripts.

Be with Mary's sister and niece, and give peace to their household.

Cover Mariah with your love and lead her to you.

I pray for healing for Pam's nephew and unity for her entire family.

I lift up Carolyn to you and pray you will ease her housing stress and help everything turn out okay.

I pray you will dissipate the spiritual warfare at Glynna's workplace. Please help her to have strength and peace.

I pray for Missy's children, that you will keep them safe at camp and also heal them from various ills. And help Missy to feel peace in you.

I pray for physical healing for all the SAYSFers.

Bless Dream. Give her your strength, wisdom, and peace.

Help Judy G.'s book fall into the right publisher's hands.

Help Katie's brother continue to heal from surgery. Help him to be wise and allow his body to heal.

Give Angie A. your grace, love, comfort, and strength.

Help Ane M. in her writing, and lead and guide her.

Help Winter to keep pushing to finish her manuscript. Give her strength and perseverance.

Thank you that Cathy W. will go to ACFW this year! Please help everything go smoothly for her trip, and be with her as she writes and prepares for the conference.

Please heal Sigrun's arm and shoulder, and ease her pain. Give her wisdom on how to ease the tension in her family.

Keep your hand over LaShaunda and all her submissions.

Continue to help Ruth A. with her difficult work situation. Please diffuse all the tension and conflict, and give her wisdom and love.

Thank you that RLH’s cousin Lauren is okay. I pray for a swift and easy healing for her.

Please comfort Louise G.’s family and her daughter in their loss.

I lift up Mary D. and ask for your hand over her. I pray against the spiritual warfare working against her and her family. Bless their ministry and give her strength and hope.

Heal Diana D.'s ankle completely, and fill her with your love and joy.

Please continue to heal Momma Rose's daughter.

Give Connie S. your strength, comfort, and grace during this time.

I pray for justice for Kristin and her family. Help everything go smoothly, and give her and her family strength.

Thank you for the new blog to encourage Christians married to non-believers. Use it for your glory. I pray for love and peace this week for my friends married to non-believers.

Encourage your persecuted church across the world.

Thank you for helping me with the revisions. Give me wisdom as I work on my next book, and help me to have self-discipline in all areas of my life. Help me to have a humble heart.

Thank you for the love of your son. Amen.

Comments

Anonymous said…

Thank you so much for the link to
unequalmarriage.typepad.com
It's now a permanent bookmark.
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Ann

Sun Jun 04, 11:09:00 AM 2006

Ronie Kendig said…

You are such a blessing, Camy!! Thank you for all your prayers for me and for my dear friends!!

Love you!

Sun Jun 04, 11:23:00 AM 2006

Margaret Daley said…

Camy, you are such a dear friend and I love your blog.

Margaret

Sun Jun 04, 01:22:00 PM 2006

Unknown said…

Amen. I don't know if that "Gina H." was me but either way, thanks Camy. You're a blessing.

Sun Jun 04, 05:17:00 PM 2006

Heather Diane Tipton said…

Amen! You totally rock Camy. Love you girl, and I'm praying for you

Mon Jun 05, 12:55:00 AM 2006

Catherine West said…

Thank you for your prayers - I am so glad that God pulled you through those revisions! Now you have to work on the other books, right? Or are they done too?
I'd love to see if we can get a bunch of us into ACFW's chat room one of these days...that would be so much fun. I have so many questions about the conference, pitching etc...do you think we could organize something like that??

Mon Jun 05, 01:01:00 PM 2006

Pammer said…

Thank you so much Camy. It feels nice to know someone is praying for you.

Cathy, you should sign up for a conference mentor, and then, we'd be happy to help out with questions too.

Tue Jun 06, 09:56:00 PM 2006

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