We had two heart-felt corporate prayer gatherings Wednesday as the church came together to pray at 1:30pm and 6:00pm. Our prayer warriors roamed around the sanctuary praying for every person and seat that the Holy Spirit laid on their heart. It was a moving time of prayer. I hope you will join us next week.
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.
· Pray for Ephesus Baptist Church to become all that God would have her to become according to His Will. Please continue to pray fervently for our worship services, our Family Meeting, and other times of gathered ministry.
· Kimberly and Chris made it safely and are getting settled in. They are very thankful for our prayers and plan to share the gospel of Christ which they learned at Ephesus with others they meet in Florida. They are praying for us and will continue to watch our services online as they settle in and begin to seek out a new church family.
· Please continue to be in prayer for the family, friends, and church family of Madison Nelms, Karen Hendrick’s cousin’s daughter, as they celebrate her young life and grieve her death. Pray for comfort, grace, and wisdom in the days ahead.
· Pray for Kimberly Kerivel’s son, Hunter. Due to the increasing tensions in the Black Sea involving the Russia/Ukraine issue, many of our troops are being deployed to areas near that front. Hunter is possibly about to be deployed on a vessel that will serve at least nine months in that region. She asked for us to be in prayer for him and all of our troops.
· 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. Update: Praise the Lord, she is off of the ventilator and showing signs of improvement. She still has some high hurdles to overcome, but she is improving. Please continue to pray. PTL
· Pray for Glen Tyson. She was battling a vertigo attack two weeks ago. Pray for increased health. Update: She is feeling better.
· Pray for Craig Johnson and family as they continue to grieve the departure of his brother.
· Pray for our 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 prayed for many homes 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 Hoping to come home this week.
· Pam Peele wants us to thank God for the faithful witness and encouragement of our church family each 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 had her procedure, pray for her recovery and remission. Please continue praying and pray for the possibility of assistance with caregiving for their family.
· 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 Update: Still receiving Chemotherapy.
· Michael Valentine, Sue Staton’s Son-in-Law - Recovery from elbow surgery. Having pain due to his Neuropathy issues. Update: Michael had a sinus infection two weeks ago and is feeling better, but please continue praying for relief from his pain and for healing.
· Debbie Perry’s cousin Barbara is continuing to recover from surgery for breast cancer. Update: Things keep looking better each week. PTL
· Pray for Debbie Perry’s cousins Gail and Bert Joyner. Bert (84 yrs old) had surgery last year for having a twisted intestinal issue. He has been in the hospital with complications since November 2nd, 2021. He is growing very frail with each passing day. Gail is also very fatigued from caring for him daily. Please pray for healing and rest for them both.
· Debbie Peace’s aunt, Sandra LaBlanche’, non-cancerous brain tumor, will require surgery. She also asked us to be in prayer for a friend named Bret how has Covid.
· Covid crisis in general.
· 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. Update: Linda McLaurin had a really tough battle with Vertigo this a couple of weeks ago. It has been very physically and emotionally draining on them both. Please pray for relief and healing! Update: Linda is feeling better this week and hopeful for improvement in her 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. Update: Judy is continuing to see some relief to her back pain from the physical therapy and exercise. 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.
· Phil Peele would also like us to remember his nephew, Jonathan Marshall, in our prayers. He is a 38 year old, living in California who needs prayers for health and for salvation.
· Pray for Josephine Lamm as she recovers from her Hip injury. Update: Mrs. Jo had an outpatient procedure yesterday, please be in prayer for her and her family as they continue to deal with multiple health issues. Pray for decisions about future treatment.
· Pray for Joy Harper as she takes care of Mrs. Jo and Wayne daily. Pray for energy and safety as she ministers to their needs. We are also praying specifically that God would provide a Caregiver or two to come and give them some relief on a regular basis. God knows the need, He will provide.
· Pray for David Harper, he had a procedure performed on his foot. Pray for increased health in the days to come. Continue to pray for healing.
· Pray for Pastor Wayne, Crystal, Abigail, & Elizabeth. Pastor Wayne has been having severe headaches and eye pain for the last week and a half. Pray for healing. Crystal has also been having a lot of shoulder pain and could use your prayers. Overall, please pray for supernatural wisdom and power from on high concerning how to reach our local area for Christ!
· 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. Update: Ann is growing stronger by the day and coping with things very well, but could use continued. PTL
· Pray for Rhonda Faulkner’s Father-in-Law, Pete Faulkner. He has been fighting Covid. Rhonda’s Mother-in -Law has Pneumonia in the middle of all this and is not resting well herself. Update: Pete and his wife are both doing better, Pete is still having issues with hydration and pain in his abdomen, so keep praying. PTL
· Rhonda’s husband David, along with his brother Glen and wife Rebecca. Update: Rhonda and Beth both have Covid now as well. So, continue to pray for this family as they cope with all these struggles in the midst of the pandemic. Update: Everyone is continuing to recover, but David is still having a lot of long-term lingering issues and is undergoing tests. Keep them all in your prayers, but PTL, He has brought them this far.
· 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. Update: Jessica’s father passed away two weeks ago. Please continue to pray for her and her family. Pray for them to have the grace and wisdom to handle all of the estate issues that come up in these situations and the grief of their loss, all the while having to do so from Colorado.
· Pray for Meredith and Besweri Walujjo, missionaries in Uganda. They are having difficulties with their housing situation.
· Pray for Scott and Connie Skinner as they continue to seek to recover from their house fire and juggle all that that entails. They have been working hard!
· Dawn Stanco fell and broke her arm and wrist and had surgery last week. She is at home recovering.
· Patrick Snipes is asking us to pray for his newborn son Jackson. Jackson has a condition known as Hirschsprung’s disease. He will require emergency surgery today. Pray for Jackson and for mommy, Kathryn, big-sister, Avery, 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. Scott, a cancer survivor, is fighting another battle with cancer.
· Also be in prayer for Jr. Bullock’s wife Amy Case Bullock and their 3 boys. Update: Jr. Bullock passed away two weeks ago due to Covid, please be in prayer for his wife and family.
· Pray for Colton Kennedy.
· 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.
· Pray for our widows and widowers. Pray for how we, as a church, can better encourage and minister to them and their specific needs.
· Pray for the family of Brenda and Floyd Yde. Floyd passed into eternity yesterday morning. Pray for wisdom and gracious comfort. They have other health related prayer concerns as well. Please keep them lifted up in your prayers.
· Margie Collie’s brother, Preston Sherrod, who we’ve been praying for concerning heart-related issues, passed away in the ICU at Rex Hospital overnight. Please pray for Margie and her family as they grieve the passing of her brother, but also as they celebrate his life together.
· Sue Staton has an unspoken prayer request.
· Pray for Chris McElroy, Kimberly Kerivel, and family as they settle down in Florida. They will be greatly missed.
· Jan Mills sister passed away. Pray for their family. Also pray for her husband Brooks Mills who is having a health concern.
· Phil Peele’s 1st cousin passed away. Pray for his family.
· Debbie Outlaw and Family. The Outlaw’s are members of Parkwood Baptist Church and the neighbors of Dougald and Linda McLaurin. Danny Outlaw, Debbie’s husband, passed away this week and the family is in need of prayer.
· Faith Chandler. A friend of Linda McLaurin who is having a lot of health issues. She recently had a hematoma and is unable to walk. Please pray for comfort and healing.
· Pray for Rev.Tommy Lamm. He will be preaching for us this weekend.
· We are hosting an Aging Well Conference on March 10. North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministry will be facilitating the Conference. Please be in prayer for this wonderful opportunity to minister to our Senior Saints.
· Sunday, March 13th is our Gideon Sunday. We will have a Gideon sharing with us an update on their ministry worldwide. Please be in prayer for the Gideons and pray about how we can support them both financially and otherwise.
· Sunday, April 10th, we will be hosting a special Night of Worship to kick off Holy Week. We will have as our special guests, The GloryWay Quartet. Please be in prayer for that evening of worship.
· Thursday, April 14th, we will have a traditional Seder presentation and Communion Service. Guest Speaker, Rabbi Howard Taylor from Beth Emet Messianic Synagogue. Be in prayer for this special presentation.
· Friday, April 15th, we will be having a special Good Friday Noon Pray Gathering. Be in prayer for our time together.
· Pray for the people in Ukraine. Pray for the soldiers on both sides of the line. Pray also for the Belarus people who are closely connected to Russia.
· Pray for the Tar River Baptist Association.
· 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.
Remember:
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.
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.
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. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday! God bless you all,
EPHESUS PRAYER LIST, MARCH 4, 2022
Good Morning Ephesus Family,
We had two heart-felt corporate prayer gatherings Wednesday as the church came together to pray at 1:30pm and 6:00pm. Our prayer warriors roamed around the sanctuary praying for every person and seat that the Holy Spirit laid on their heart. It was a moving time of prayer. I hope you will join us next week.
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.
· Pray for Ephesus Baptist Church to become all that God would have her to become according to His Will. Please continue to pray fervently for our worship services, our Family Meeting, and other times of gathered ministry.
· Kimberly and Chris made it safely and are getting settled in. They are very thankful for our prayers and plan to share the gospel of Christ which they learned at Ephesus with others they meet in Florida. They are praying for us and will continue to watch our services online as they settle in and begin to seek out a new church family.
· Please continue to be in prayer for the family, friends, and church family of Madison Nelms, Karen Hendrick’s cousin’s daughter, as they celebrate her young life and grieve her death. Pray for comfort, grace, and wisdom in the days ahead.
· Pray for Kimberly Kerivel’s son, Hunter. Due to the increasing tensions in the Black Sea involving the Russia/Ukraine issue, many of our troops are being deployed to areas near that front. Hunter is possibly about to be deployed on a vessel that will serve at least nine months in that region. She asked for us to be in prayer for him and all of our troops.
· 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. Update: Praise the Lord, she is off of the ventilator and showing signs of improvement. She still has some high hurdles to overcome, but she is improving. Please continue to pray. PTL
· Pray for Glen Tyson. She was battling a vertigo attack two weeks ago. Pray for increased health. Update: She is feeling better.
· Pray for Craig Johnson and family as they continue to grieve the departure of his brother.
· Pray for our 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 prayed for many homes 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 Hoping to come home this week.
· Pam Peele wants us to thank God for the faithful witness and encouragement of our church family each 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 had her procedure, pray for her recovery and remission. Please continue praying and pray for the possibility of assistance with caregiving for their family.
· 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 Update: Still receiving Chemotherapy.
· Michael Valentine, Sue Staton’s Son-in-Law - Recovery from elbow surgery. Having pain due to his Neuropathy issues. Update: Michael had a sinus infection two weeks ago and is feeling better, but please continue praying for relief from his pain and for healing.
· Debbie Perry’s cousin Barbara is continuing to recover from surgery for breast cancer. Update: Things keep looking better each week. PTL
· Pray for Debbie Perry’s cousins Gail and Bert Joyner. Bert (84 yrs old) had surgery last year for having a twisted intestinal issue. He has been in the hospital with complications since November 2nd, 2021. He is growing very frail with each passing day. Gail is also very fatigued from caring for him daily. Please pray for healing and rest for them both.
· Debbie Peace’s aunt, Sandra LaBlanche’, non-cancerous brain tumor, will require surgery. She also asked us to be in prayer for a friend named Bret how has Covid.
· Covid crisis in general.
· 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. Update: Linda McLaurin had a really tough battle with Vertigo this a couple of weeks ago. It has been very physically and emotionally draining on them both. Please pray for relief and healing! Update: Linda is feeling better this week and hopeful for improvement in her 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. Update: Judy is continuing to see some relief to her back pain from the physical therapy and exercise. 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.
· Phil Peele would also like us to remember his nephew, Jonathan Marshall, in our prayers. He is a 38 year old, living in California who needs prayers for health and for salvation.
· Pray for Josephine Lamm as she recovers from her Hip injury. Update: Mrs. Jo had an outpatient procedure yesterday, please be in prayer for her and her family as they continue to deal with multiple health issues. Pray for decisions about future treatment.
· Pray for Joy Harper as she takes care of Mrs. Jo and Wayne daily. Pray for energy and safety as she ministers to their needs. We are also praying specifically that God would provide a Caregiver or two to come and give them some relief on a regular basis. God knows the need, He will provide.
· Pray for David Harper, he had a procedure performed on his foot. Pray for increased health in the days to come. Continue to pray for healing.
· Pray for Pastor Wayne, Crystal, Abigail, & Elizabeth. Pastor Wayne has been having severe headaches and eye pain for the last week and a half. Pray for healing. Crystal has also been having a lot of shoulder pain and could use your prayers. Overall, please pray for supernatural wisdom and power from on high concerning how to reach our local area for Christ!
· 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. Update: Ann is growing stronger by the day and coping with things very well, but could use continued. PTL
· Pray for Rhonda Faulkner’s Father-in-Law, Pete Faulkner. He has been fighting Covid. Rhonda’s Mother-in -Law has Pneumonia in the middle of all this and is not resting well herself. Update: Pete and his wife are both doing better, Pete is still having issues with hydration and pain in his abdomen, so keep praying. PTL
· Rhonda’s husband David, along with his brother Glen and wife Rebecca. Update: Rhonda and Beth both have Covid now as well. So, continue to pray for this family as they cope with all these struggles in the midst of the pandemic. Update: Everyone is continuing to recover, but David is still having a lot of long-term lingering issues and is undergoing tests. Keep them all in your prayers, but PTL, He has brought them this far.
· 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. Update: Jessica’s father passed away two weeks ago. Please continue to pray for her and her family. Pray for them to have the grace and wisdom to handle all of the estate issues that come up in these situations and the grief of their loss, all the while having to do so from Colorado.
· Pray for Meredith and Besweri Walujjo, missionaries in Uganda. They are having difficulties with their housing situation.
· Pray for Scott and Connie Skinner as they continue to seek to recover from their house fire and juggle all that that entails. They have been working hard!
· Dawn Stanco fell and broke her arm and wrist and had surgery last week. She is at home recovering.
· Patrick Snipes is asking us to pray for his newborn son Jackson. Jackson has a condition known as Hirschsprung’s disease. He will require emergency surgery today. Pray for Jackson and for mommy, Kathryn, big-sister, Avery, 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. Scott, a cancer survivor, is fighting another battle with cancer.
· Also be in prayer for Jr. Bullock’s wife Amy Case Bullock and their 3 boys. Update: Jr. Bullock passed away two weeks ago due to Covid, please be in prayer for his wife and family.
· Pray for Colton Kennedy.
· 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.
· Pray for our widows and widowers. Pray for how we, as a church, can better encourage and minister to them and their specific needs.
· Pray for the family of Brenda and Floyd Yde. Floyd passed into eternity yesterday morning. Pray for wisdom and gracious comfort. They have other health related prayer concerns as well. Please keep them lifted up in your prayers.
· Margie Collie’s brother, Preston Sherrod, who we’ve been praying for concerning heart-related issues, passed away in the ICU at Rex Hospital overnight. Please pray for Margie and her family as they grieve the passing of her brother, but also as they celebrate his life together.
· Sue Staton has an unspoken prayer request.
· Pray for Chris McElroy, Kimberly Kerivel, and family as they settle down in Florida. They will be greatly missed.
· Jan Mills sister passed away. Pray for their family. Also pray for her husband Brooks Mills who is having a health concern.
· Phil Peele’s 1st cousin passed away. Pray for his family.
· Debbie Outlaw and Family. The Outlaw’s are members of Parkwood Baptist Church and the neighbors of Dougald and Linda McLaurin. Danny Outlaw, Debbie’s husband, passed away this week and the family is in need of prayer.
· Faith Chandler. A friend of Linda McLaurin who is having a lot of health issues. She recently had a hematoma and is unable to walk. Please pray for comfort and healing.
· Pray for Rev. Tommy Lamm. He will be preaching for us this weekend.
· We are hosting an Aging Well Conference on March 10. North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministry will be facilitating the Conference. Please be in prayer for this wonderful opportunity to minister to our Senior Saints.
· Sunday, March 13th is our Gideon Sunday. We will have a Gideon sharing with us an update on their ministry worldwide. Please be in prayer for the Gideons and pray about how we can support them both financially and otherwise.
· Sunday, April 10th, we will be hosting a special Night of Worship to kick off Holy Week. We will have as our special guests, The GloryWay Quartet. Please be in prayer for that evening of worship.
· Thursday, April 14th, we will have a traditional Seder presentation and Communion Service. Guest Speaker, Rabbi Howard Taylor from Beth Emet Messianic Synagogue. Be in prayer for this special presentation.
· Friday, April 15th, we will be having a special Good Friday Noon Pray Gathering. Be in prayer for our time together.
· Pray for the people in Ukraine. Pray for the soldiers on both sides of the line. Pray also for the Belarus people who are closely connected to Russia.
· Pray for the Tar River Baptist Association.
· 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.
Remember:
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.
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. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday! God bless you all,
Joyfully His,
Pastor Wayne