This week’s prayer requests

Ps 145:13  "Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.  The Lord is trustworthy in all He promises and faithful in all He does."

-  Praise God for all those who are graduating at any level.  Pray that their steps will be sure as they follow God's plan for their futures.

-  Pray for all those involved in the serve project in PA.  Thank God  for going ahead and preparing hearts and lives.  Ask Him to build strong relationships and bless all those serving as well as those being ministered to in any way.  Ask for safety travelling back and forth.

-  Thank God for Aubrey's leadership in Kids Alive these past years.  Pray, trusting in God's provision for the next leader to come.  Pray that our children will remember the stories and songs they heard and sang as they go through the summer months.

-  Pray for all students, as they finish up the school year.  Ask for safety in all their activities, that they will have the capacity to finish all the work successfully.  Pray for the teachers to be able to finish the year well, to have patience, stamina, creativity, and compassion for their students and for the others with which they work.  Ask God to grant a restful, fun, rejuvenating summer ahead, with reminders of all that was learned.

-  Thank God for providing for all those who are grieving losses of any kind and ask Him to give them comfort, support, and the compassion of others.  Pray for those who are dealing with health issues , those who are lonely, depressed or anxious.  Pray for those who have family members in the armed services and their loved ones.  Ask that God will protect them all and give them strength as they wait to be together again. 

Patience is not weakness; it is endurance in disguise.  Every step you take, every word spoken in faith, every moment of perseverance is shaping you.  The work is not in vain.  Keep going.  Your breakthrough may be closer than you think.

(David Alan Wolters, from No Distance Too Great)