We had two dedicated corporate prayer gatherings yesterday as the church came together to pray at 1:30pm and 6:00pm for a special time of prayer during our Forty Day Prayer Journey: Seeking God’s Will Together.
Some of the prayer requests aren’t listed from that time because of potential sensitivities (You must be present to be privy to those). Also missing from this list are the tremendous praise reports and testimonies of how God is working and moving around us and the great fellowship that was had by everyone during our gathered prayer. (Again, you must be present to be privy to those).
If you have additional prayer concerns, feel free to post them in the comments below this information on either Faithlife or Facebook. You can also email your requests to prayer.ephesusnc@gmail.com. If you have updates on these requests please post or email those as well.
Below are the requests for prayer that have been shared. Please note: PTL means praise the Lord. We have much to be thankful for as you can see below.
Prayer Requests from Wednesday’s 1:30pm and 6:00pm Prayer Gatherings. Please add these to your prayer list. Hopefully, I recorded everything correctly.
· Glen Tyson’s Nephew’s Wife’s daughter, Savannah, a teenager, was found unresponsive Tuesday, apparently Covid related. She is in the ICU in Smithfield. She is septic with a UTI infection and pneumonia. She is on a ventilator at this time. Pray for her healing and for her family.
· Please pray for Craig Johnson’s brother, Kenneth. He has been fighting Covid and double pneumonia. Kenneth is recovering, but it appears that Covid may have done major damage to his lung tissue, possibly permanent damage. Pray for healing and comfort for Kenneth and for the entire Johnson family.
· Pray for our new Barnabas Initiative to take root and grow and cultivate a culture that values loving encouragement within our church family.
· Pray for our Pray and Go Ministry and Ministry Team Leaders. We have already visited many homes in our community and the response has been very favorable at this point. PTL
· Wayne Taylor, owner of Taylor’s Exxon in Nashville, is sick with COVID. Wayne is no longer on the ventilator, but is on oxygen and recovering, so please continue to pray for him, his family, and especially his son, Dane (sp?). PTL
· Continue to pray for Debbie Perry and family as they recover from Covid. They are improving and Danny has not gotten sick. Praise the Lord for that! Update: Debbie and family are all doing much better and are thankful to have survived Covid. PTL
· Praise God that Mrs. Pam Peele is well on the road to recovery and Phil Peele never felt sick. PTL
· Mrs. Pam asked us to remember to thank God for the faithful witness and encouragement of our church family every time we gather together. PTL.
· Janelle Kirkpatrick, relative of Pam Peele - bladder cancer, awaiting surgery and chemo which was delayed due to having COVID. Update: She has gone back to teaching and will have her first treatment procedure performed on February 17th. Please continue praying.
· Pat Montgomery, a teacher friend of Sue Staton, is recovering from a stroke. Pray for encouragers to come around her as she recovers.
· Ron Taylor, Sue Staton’s friend – Cancer
· Michael Valentine, Sue Staton’s Son-in-Law - Recovery from elbow surgery. Having pain due to his Neuropathy issues.
· Debbie Perry’s cousin Barbara is recovering from surgery for breast cancer and things are improving. PTL
· Henry Henne, friend of the Sullivan’s – Massive Heart Attack, on life support. Things aren’t looking good. Update: Praise the Lord, Henry has had a miraculous turn and is at home recovering. PTL
· Covid crisis in general.
· Linda Johnson is well on the road to recovery from Covid. PTL
· Crystal Sullivan’s uncle, Mike Winstead and our sister-n-law and niece, Devin and Graysen Stewart. They all have Covid. Uncle Mike was admitted to the hospital yesterday with Covid related Pneumonia. He has a history of heart issues. Update: All are doing better as they continue to recover. Uncle Mike is now home from the hospital on Oxygen but recovering. PTL
· David Harper’s Daughter, Elizabeth and her husband Austin Harrell, have recovered from Covid. PTL
· Tom May’s Aunt, Linda Roser, who has been battling Covid is now at home recovering. PTL
· Toni Hughes – Kim May’s friend hospitalized with Covid. Update: Toni had gotten out of the hospital, but she still has a long road of recovery ahead of her. Praise the Lord for the improvements she has seen. PTL
· Kim May would like to ask us to pray for both her Daughter-in-laws, that they would have healthy pregnancies.
· Dale Harper family, especially his son.
· Linda McLaurin wants us to pray for Pastors everywhere and that we would all have an intense hunger for the reaching those who don’t know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
· Continue to keep Dougald and Linda in your prayers for energy and health.
· Pray for the McLaurin’s daughter, Lisa. She is traveling from Pennsylvania to North Carolina today. Pray for safe travels. Also pray for her as she lost a dear friend and neighbor this week.
· Emily Kicklighter, Crystal’s best friend, please pray for her as she continues to recover from Bone Marrow Transplant.
· Judy Denton has asked for prayer for her back. She is having a burning pain in her lower back and has begun to go to Physical Therapy, as well as seeking other tests to determine the source of the pain. Update: Judy is seeing some relief to her back pain from the physical therapy. Praise the Lord and continue to pray for full recovery. PTL
· Phil Peele asked a special prayer for his sister, Barbara Sharpe. She has Alzheimer’s and the family is concerned for her safety, especially while driving.
· Pray for Josephine Lamm as she recovers from her Hip injury. Update: Mrs. Jo made it home before her birthday! PTL
· Pray for David Harper and Joy Harper as they take care of Mrs. Jo and Wayne daily. Pray for energy and safety as they minister to their needs.
· Pray for Pastor Wayne, Crystal, Abigail, & Elizabeth. Update: I am improving daily. Thank you for your prayers. PTL
· Debbie Perry asked us to be in prayer for our Deacons as they seek to serve our church during this season. David Harper and Phil Peele.
· Sue Staton asked that we pray for her neighbor, Ann Richardson and her family. Her husband passed away on December 20th and she is having a hard time coping.
· Pray for Rhonda Faulkner’s Father-in-Law, Pete Faulkner. He is fighting Covid and is ready to give up. He is refusing hospital care and nutrition. Pray for healing and for the will to live. Hospice is caring for him. Update: Pete and his wife are both doing much better, still a ways to go, but improving daily. PTL
· Rhonda’s Mother-in -Law has Pneumonia in the middle of all this and is not resting well herself. Also, Rhonda’s husband David, along with his brother Glen and wife Rebecca. Update: Rhonda and Beth both have Covid now. So continue to pray for this family as they cope with all these struggles in the midst of the pandemic. Update: Everyone is beginning to recover. PTL
· Kim May’s Uncle, Paul Broome, passed away they were able to travel to Anderson, South Carolina and back safely to be with her family. Please keep them all in your prayers.
· Pray for Jill and Ken Olson. Pray that Ken’s health would continue to improve and God would be praised as a result. Update: Ken continues to improve. PTL
· Pray for Cindy Joslin’s daughter, Jessica Hellwege and her family. Her father is in ICU on a ventilator and he’s not doing very well. No more information is known at this time.
· Pray for Meredith and Besweri Walujjo, missionaries in Uganda. They are having difficulties with their housing situation.
· Pray for the family of Bill Wallace as they celebrate his life and mourn their loss this week.
· Pray for the family of Claiborn Wood as he passed away at the age of 101 this week. Pray for especially for his wife, Mary Wood.
· Pray for Scott and Connie Skinner as they continue to seek to recover from their house fire and juggle all that that entails.
· Dawn Stanco fell and broke her arm and wrist and had surgery yesterday.
· Patrick Snipes is asking us to pray for his newborn son Jackson. Jackson has a condition known as Hirschsprung’s disease. He will require surgery when he is around 14-15 lbs. Pray for Jackson and for mommy, Kathryn, and daddy.
· Paula and Ronnie Proctor have asked us to pray for a friend of theirs, Randy Burnette, who fell last week and broke his hip. His recovery is tougher than most because he was recently the recipient of a liver and kidney transplant in 2015. Pray for Randy and family.
· Please also be in prayer for Helen Kennedy’s sister, Evelyn. She fell and broke two ribs and is very weak overall. She has not walked in days. Pray for her healing.
· Judy Murray asked us to be in prayer for Scott Cook a friend of Leslie and Brian Poythress.
· Also be in prayer for Jr. Bullock, his wife Amy Case Bullock and their 3 boys. Jr. has had a rough time with Covid and his lungs continue to need a lot of healing.
· Pray for Colton Kennedy.
· Pray for Dr. Tom May as he is recovering from lingering issues with Covid, mainly fatigue.
· Pray for the family of Junior Matthews who passed away from Parkinson’s with Covid complications.
· Helen Kennedy asked us to pray for her business as she is having a hard time keeping employees willing to work.
· Kimberly Kerivel asked us to pray for her mother. She pneumonia from Covid, but she is improving but still needs continued prayers.PTL
· United States of America and our World: So much is going on, we must be in prayer for our national and world representatives as they govern. May they learn to govern well and to govern for the people.
CONTINUE TO PRAY DAILY FOR OUR CHURCH USING THE FOLLOWING PRAYER PROMPTS!
Prayers for Biblical Revival and Revitalization
(Adapted from Gregory Reed Frizzell’s book, “Forty Days of Seeking God: Embracing a True Return to God.”p.7-8)
1. Pray for our Church family to have an immense deepening desire to seek to renew our First Love toward Jesus Christ.
3. Plead with God’s powerful manifest presence for a restraining of evil, discord, disunity brought about by sinful hearts and a great misuse of the tongue, as well as for a mighty outpouring of His Holy Spirit power.
(Ex. 33:15; 1 Kings 8:11; Isa. 58:1-7; Isa. 59:19; Zech. 4:6; Acts 1:8, 2:1-2, 4:31; 1 Tim. 5:13)
4. Beg God for a Supernatural Love and Unity to sweep across our families, our church family, our sister churches, and our denomination.
5. Pray for a zealous, burning, passionate pursuit of outreach, discipleship, and missions to sweep across each true believer on our church roll.
(Matt 24:14, 28:18-20; Luke 19:10; Acts 1:8; Rom. 9:1-3)
6. Pray for our church leaders to be filled with a sense of joy in their work, boldness in their preaching, ferventness in their prayer life, spiritual power in their personal interactions, and a strong reliance on the truth of God’s Word and the Holy Spirit’s guidance.
7. Pray for God to transform the hearts of those who are continuing to walk in sin, pursuing personal preferences, living in the nostalgia of the past, unable to embrace a new movement of the Spirit.
EPHESUS PRAYER LIST, FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Good Evening Ephesus Family,
We had two dedicated corporate prayer gatherings yesterday as the church came together to pray at 1:30pm and 6:00pm for a special time of prayer during our Forty Day Prayer Journey: Seeking God’s Will Together.
Some of the prayer requests aren’t listed from that time because of potential sensitivities (You must be present to be privy to those). Also missing from this list are the tremendous praise reports and testimonies of how God is working and moving around us and the great fellowship that was had by everyone during our gathered prayer. (Again, you must be present to be privy to those).
If you have additional prayer concerns, feel free to post them in the comments below this information on either Faithlife or Facebook. You can also email your requests to prayer.ephesusnc@gmail.com. If you have updates on these requests please post or email those as well.
Below are the requests for prayer that have been shared. Please note: PTL means praise the Lord. We have much to be thankful for as you can see below.
Prayer Requests from Wednesday’s 1:30pm and 6:00pm Prayer Gatherings. Please add these to your prayer list. Hopefully, I recorded everything correctly.
· Glen Tyson’s Nephew’s Wife’s daughter, Savannah, a teenager, was found unresponsive Tuesday, apparently Covid related. She is in the ICU in Smithfield. She is septic with a UTI infection and pneumonia. She is on a ventilator at this time. Pray for her healing and for her family.
· Please pray for Craig Johnson’s brother, Kenneth. He has been fighting Covid and double pneumonia. Kenneth is recovering, but it appears that Covid may have done major damage to his lung tissue, possibly permanent damage. Pray for healing and comfort for Kenneth and for the entire Johnson family.
· Pray for our new Barnabas Initiative to take root and grow and cultivate a culture that values loving encouragement within our church family.
· Pray for our Pray and Go Ministry and Ministry Team Leaders. We have already visited many homes in our community and the response has been very favorable at this point. PTL
· Wayne Taylor, owner of Taylor’s Exxon in Nashville, is sick with COVID. Wayne is no longer on the ventilator, but is on oxygen and recovering, so please continue to pray for him, his family, and especially his son, Dane (sp?). PTL
· Continue to pray for Debbie Perry and family as they recover from Covid. They are improving and Danny has not gotten sick. Praise the Lord for that! Update: Debbie and family are all doing much better and are thankful to have survived Covid. PTL
· Praise God that Mrs. Pam Peele is well on the road to recovery and Phil Peele never felt sick. PTL
· Mrs. Pam asked us to remember to thank God for the faithful witness and encouragement of our church family every time we gather together. PTL.
· Janelle Kirkpatrick, relative of Pam Peele - bladder cancer, awaiting surgery and chemo which was delayed due to having COVID. Update: She has gone back to teaching and will have her first treatment procedure performed on February 17th. Please continue praying.
· Pat Montgomery, a teacher friend of Sue Staton, is recovering from a stroke. Pray for encouragers to come around her as she recovers.
· Ron Taylor, Sue Staton’s friend – Cancer
· Michael Valentine, Sue Staton’s Son-in-Law - Recovery from elbow surgery. Having pain due to his Neuropathy issues.
· Debbie Perry’s cousin Barbara is recovering from surgery for breast cancer and things are improving. PTL
· Debbie Peace’s aunt, Sandra LaBlanche’, non-cancerous brain tumor, will require surgery.
· Henry Henne, friend of the Sullivan’s – Massive Heart Attack, on life support. Things aren’t looking good. Update: Praise the Lord, Henry has had a miraculous turn and is at home recovering. PTL
· Covid crisis in general.
· Linda Johnson is well on the road to recovery from Covid. PTL
· Crystal Sullivan’s uncle, Mike Winstead and our sister-n-law and niece, Devin and Graysen Stewart. They all have Covid. Uncle Mike was admitted to the hospital yesterday with Covid related Pneumonia. He has a history of heart issues. Update: All are doing better as they continue to recover. Uncle Mike is now home from the hospital on Oxygen but recovering. PTL
· David Harper’s Daughter, Elizabeth and her husband Austin Harrell, have recovered from Covid. PTL
· Tom May’s Aunt, Linda Roser, who has been battling Covid is now at home recovering. PTL
· Toni Hughes – Kim May’s friend hospitalized with Covid. Update: Toni had gotten out of the hospital, but she still has a long road of recovery ahead of her. Praise the Lord for the improvements she has seen. PTL
· Kim May would like to ask us to pray for both her Daughter-in-laws, that they would have healthy pregnancies.
· Dale Harper family, especially his son.
· Linda McLaurin wants us to pray for Pastors everywhere and that we would all have an intense hunger for the reaching those who don’t know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
· Continue to keep Dougald and Linda in your prayers for energy and health.
· Pray for the McLaurin’s daughter, Lisa. She is traveling from Pennsylvania to North Carolina today. Pray for safe travels. Also pray for her as she lost a dear friend and neighbor this week.
· Emily Kicklighter, Crystal’s best friend, please pray for her as she continues to recover from Bone Marrow Transplant.
· Judy Denton has asked for prayer for her back. She is having a burning pain in her lower back and has begun to go to Physical Therapy, as well as seeking other tests to determine the source of the pain. Update: Judy is seeing some relief to her back pain from the physical therapy. Praise the Lord and continue to pray for full recovery. PTL
· Phil Peele asked a special prayer for his sister, Barbara Sharpe. She has Alzheimer’s and the family is concerned for her safety, especially while driving.
· Pray for Josephine Lamm as she recovers from her Hip injury. Update: Mrs. Jo made it home before her birthday! PTL
· Pray for David Harper and Joy Harper as they take care of Mrs. Jo and Wayne daily. Pray for energy and safety as they minister to their needs.
· Pray for Pastor Wayne, Crystal, Abigail, & Elizabeth. Update: I am improving daily. Thank you for your prayers. PTL
· Debbie Perry asked us to be in prayer for our Deacons as they seek to serve our church during this season. David Harper and Phil Peele.
· Sue Staton asked that we pray for her neighbor, Ann Richardson and her family. Her husband passed away on December 20th and she is having a hard time coping.
· Pray for Rhonda Faulkner’s Father-in-Law, Pete Faulkner. He is fighting Covid and is ready to give up. He is refusing hospital care and nutrition. Pray for healing and for the will to live. Hospice is caring for him. Update: Pete and his wife are both doing much better, still a ways to go, but improving daily. PTL
· Rhonda’s Mother-in -Law has Pneumonia in the middle of all this and is not resting well herself. Also, Rhonda’s husband David, along with his brother Glen and wife Rebecca. Update: Rhonda and Beth both have Covid now. So continue to pray for this family as they cope with all these struggles in the midst of the pandemic. Update: Everyone is beginning to recover. PTL
· Kim May’s Uncle, Paul Broome, passed away they were able to travel to Anderson, South Carolina and back safely to be with her family. Please keep them all in your prayers.
· Pray for Jill and Ken Olson. Pray that Ken’s health would continue to improve and God would be praised as a result. Update: Ken continues to improve. PTL
· Pray for Cindy Joslin’s daughter, Jessica Hellwege and her family. Her father is in ICU on a ventilator and he’s not doing very well. No more information is known at this time.
· Pray for Meredith and Besweri Walujjo, missionaries in Uganda. They are having difficulties with their housing situation.
· Pray for the family of Bill Wallace as they celebrate his life and mourn their loss this week.
· Pray for the family of Claiborn Wood as he passed away at the age of 101 this week. Pray for especially for his wife, Mary Wood.
· Pray for Scott and Connie Skinner as they continue to seek to recover from their house fire and juggle all that that entails.
· Dawn Stanco fell and broke her arm and wrist and had surgery yesterday.
· Patrick Snipes is asking us to pray for his newborn son Jackson. Jackson has a condition known as Hirschsprung’s disease. He will require surgery when he is around 14-15 lbs. Pray for Jackson and for mommy, Kathryn, and daddy.
· Paula and Ronnie Proctor have asked us to pray for a friend of theirs, Randy Burnette, who fell last week and broke his hip. His recovery is tougher than most because he was recently the recipient of a liver and kidney transplant in 2015. Pray for Randy and family.
· Please also be in prayer for Helen Kennedy’s sister, Evelyn. She fell and broke two ribs and is very weak overall. She has not walked in days. Pray for her healing.
· Judy Murray asked us to be in prayer for Scott Cook a friend of Leslie and Brian Poythress.
· Also be in prayer for Jr. Bullock, his wife Amy Case Bullock and their 3 boys. Jr. has had a rough time with Covid and his lungs continue to need a lot of healing.
· Pray for Colton Kennedy.
· Pray for Dr. Tom May as he is recovering from lingering issues with Covid, mainly fatigue.
· Pray for the family of Junior Matthews who passed away from Parkinson’s with Covid complications.
· Helen Kennedy asked us to pray for her business as she is having a hard time keeping employees willing to work.
· Kimberly Kerivel asked us to pray for her mother. She pneumonia from Covid, but she is improving but still needs continued prayers.PTL
· United States of America and our World: So much is going on, we must be in prayer for our national and world representatives as they govern. May they learn to govern well and to govern for the people.
CONTINUE TO PRAY DAILY FOR OUR CHURCH USING THE FOLLOWING PRAYER PROMPTS!
Prayers for Biblical Revival and Revitalization
(Adapted from Gregory Reed Frizzell’s book, “Forty Days of Seeking God: Embracing a True Return to God.”p.7-8)
1. Pray for our Church family to have an immense deepening desire to seek to renew our First Love toward Jesus Christ.
(Rev. 2:1-4; Matt. 5:6, 44, 22:37-39; Phil. 2:13; 1 John 4:7-11, 20; Rev. 3:15)
2. Cry out for a deep brokenness, God-seeking reverential fear, and humble repentance too sweep our church family as a whole.
(Ps. 51:17; Prov. 28:13; John 14:15; 2 Cor. 7:1, 10; Eph. 5:26-27; Hebrews 12:14)
3. Plead with God’s powerful manifest presence for a restraining of evil, discord, disunity brought about by sinful hearts and a great misuse of the tongue, as well as for a mighty outpouring of His Holy Spirit power.
(Ex. 33:15; 1 Kings 8:11; Isa. 58:1-7; Isa. 59:19; Zech. 4:6; Acts 1:8, 2:1-2, 4:31; 1 Tim. 5:13)
4. Beg God for a Supernatural Love and Unity to sweep across our families, our church family, our sister churches, and our denomination.
(John 13:34-35, 15:12, 17:20-22; Acts 2:1, 42-47, 1 Cor. 1:10; Eph. 4:29-32)
5. Pray for a zealous, burning, passionate pursuit of outreach, discipleship, and missions to sweep across each true believer on our church roll.
(Matt 24:14, 28:18-20; Luke 19:10; Acts 1:8; Rom. 9:1-3)
6. Pray for our church leaders to be filled with a sense of joy in their work, boldness in their preaching, ferventness in their prayer life, spiritual power in their personal interactions, and a strong reliance on the truth of God’s Word and the Holy Spirit’s guidance.
(Heb. 13:17; 1 Cor. 2:4; 1 Tim. 3:1-2; 2 Tim. 1:6-7)
7. Pray for God to transform the hearts of those who are continuing to walk in sin, pursuing personal preferences, living in the nostalgia of the past, unable to embrace a new movement of the Spirit.
(Mark 1:14-15, 2:17, 2:21-22; 1 Tim. 1:18-20; 2 Tim. 3:1-9)
As you can see there is much work to be done in prayer this week. I hope you all have a wonderful remainder of your week. God bless you all,
Joyfully His,
Pastor Wayne