Prayer Requests 2/25/10

For a feeding like ours, which reaches out to the chronically homeless and street people of this area, it used to be unusual to see any children amongst the crowd. As a rule, 80% or 90% of our guests each week are usually adult men.

Then a few months ago, we started seeing more families. We prepared a special table for them at the front of the dining room where they could be served first and receive special attention. We gathered toys and dolls and toothbrushes and cars to give the children as gifts. But this week was the first in my memory in which we seated the "family table" twice over because we had so many children and parents needing meals.

Towards the end of the feeding, one beautiful little girl walked over to me (with her dad close behind) and asked to put a prayer request in my bag. "Look at it!" she commanded. In a child's careful printing, she had written her name: "Precious".

Please pray for Precious, and her brother, and all the precious children who don't have enough of what they need. Pray for the families who are struggling to pay electric bills and to afford warm clothes and keep food on the table.

And pray that through our actions and words in service to our Lord, all those with whom we come in contact will know how precious they are to Him.

Blessings, Erika

-- For Tino, who is lost again. I repeat the same prayer he asked for last week .... for him to find his way back.

-- For Scott, complete healing.

-- Praise report for Gypsy, whose permits for trapping and hunting are almost back in place! He will be able to resume working next week. He thanks you for your prayers, and says a special prayer of gratitude for his "angel" who paid for his permits to be replaced. (She IS an angel, as many of us can testify!! :) )

-- For Jamal to be prepared for next week's job interview, and for him to get the job.

-- For Robert, to have a teachable spirit.

-- For Errol A.W.

-- I pray more each day. For mom, grandmother, grandfather, family, our country, world and the globe.

-- For Micale, Zarria, Mike, Aaron. Keep them with much love and safety.

-- Mike: I pray for me to get my license back and to get to see my kids.

-- God bless you all!

-- Hi, my name is Eddie. I'm asking you all to pray for me to find a job. Thank you all and God bless.

-- Barbara on life support.

-- That I may be successful in all my endeavors of love.

-- Willie Mae G.

-- Bless my kids, Shemar, Joshua. Bless me to see what life is!!

-- Tray: God is good all the time.

-- Betty, David, BW, AW

-- Please help my friend Scott to straighten his life out...

-- William K. and family: Pray for my wife and my son Zachary.

-- Me, my children, and my ex-father-in-law who passed away 2/3/10. Please God, help me!

-- Tony C.

-- Jeff, Mike, Lorrie M. of Oxhill, M.D.: Good news you cause.

-- Jose: Lord, help me to help myself and my relationship that I'm slowly destroying. Put some sense of direction in front of me.

-- Quaseer S.: My son to be safe.

-- I have an Astro van 1994. It was given to me. I need help to get my title transferred and registration tag. I just need a hand-up. Will you help me? God bless.

-- Kevin B.T.: A good attorney to help me adjudicate my case in District Court. Thank you.

-- I feel like my life is in a downward spiral. I need help getting my head above this.

-- David: Lottery.

-- Michael T.: Foolishness resides in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction drives it far from him. Strength, so I won't lose heart or quit on the one I love the most.

-- Charlotte: Please pray for my protection.

-- Earl F.

-- God bless Richard, Tara, Casper, Zoe, and watch over us.

-- Pat J.: Pray for everyone and me.

-- Help me to get through this sickness.

-- TL David RL

-- F.M.: I pray to the Lord, Jehovah the Father, in the name of Jesus for my deliverance.

-- Cowboy: I ask for my daughter in the Lord's loving arms. The Lord's salvation for my mother, ex-wife, ex-love, and for forgiveness for those who wrongfully persecute me.

-- Mike M.: Pray that I get the cooking job so I can find a place to live.

-- R.L.: Please pray for my friend's brother. He had a stroke. And for all his family, and for me as well as my family. Thank you.

-- Don W.: Employment, safe shelter, change of lifestyle.

-- Randy: For humanity.

-- Pam T., Betty, BW, HW

-- Robert J.: To come back to the church and get back on my feet and get a job and get off the street.

-- Pray for financial blessing.

-- I love you, Lord. Lead to relationship with kids, job, and place. Reunite my family, please.

-- Please keep my other son Keith up in prayer to release him from porno and drawing it also.

-- For Tony and Laura to get a van.

-- VW, SW, JW, David, VC, TC, TL, RL

-- Pray for world peace.

-- Get close to you, Lord. Get me out of streets. Get sober.

-- Pray for me to find work and a place to live.

-- Johnnie: I pray that everyone in my household be honest with each other and very successful.

-- Nina: Bless and protect all homeless and neglected animals and their caregivers. Keep the animals big and small warm and well fed and out of harm's way. And keep them safe.

-- I, John E. W., need a full-time job.

Prayer Requests 2/18/10

Here are the prayer requests from last night's feeding. Thank you for all of your prayers. Several people told me this week that they can feel us praying for them and are seeing changes in their lives! May God bless you richly .... Erika

I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. – Psalm 140:12

-- Praise report for Jon: After starting his own business seven months ago, Jon drew his first paycheck from the business this week! Praise God :) May the Lord continue to bless him and provide for all of his needs.

-- Robert: For a job and a place to stay.

-- For Scott: Healing.

-- BT, BW, AW, find in my heart David.

-- Pray for me to find work and a place to live.

-- Ronnie and Debra: Need blessings to receive $1,400 for the purposes of getting back into our house. Praise God. Blessings!!

-- Please continue to lift up Scotty G. in his many struggles. I believe your prayers have helped. Please, Dear Lord, continue to grant him strength!

-- Tony

-- David: LOTTO

-- "Red" aka Noah N.: Hi, to all who came to help us, I thank you. And may the Lord guide you.

-- I pray to the Lord Elohim for deliverance.

-- Dan: For the grace to get a job.

-- Thank you for the sponsors and volunteers for meatloaf nights!

-- Tino: Please pray for me. It appears as if I was a tourist with this confused look on his face, looking at a map. The problem is I am no stranger to the land and thought I had it all figured out. Maybe it is not of an impossibility to get lost in your own backyard. Well, I think I am the lost sheep and found myself in the predicament of not thinking enough or not thinking at all. I want to find my way back to the cross, for my salvation is at risk. Please pray for me to find my way BACK.

-- I pray for my mom, grandmother, grandfather, other loved ones in heaven, our country, the earth, and our world.

-- For Sean O., for the Lord to grab hold of his life and love him — so much he follows the right path.

-- Bless this that you guys do. Pray for myself and my love Quonisha, that God would get the glory in our lives that we may be changed through our relationship. We thank Jesus for salvation and our names written in the lamb's book of life.

-- Please pray for me, my family, my friend and my friend's son.

-- B.: Family, mother, sister, wife, a place to stay, a job.

-- Bruce: For a better life.

-- Que pasa La migra (passing the INS/immigration)

-- Everyone

-- Quanda W.: My prayer request is that when I sign up for the Deerfield Beach housing list that my application goes through as soon as possible. Also pray for my three-year-old son Elijah to grow up strong in the Lord. Also pray for me to get a job with the Census Bureau to start working part-time this week coming.

-- I was given a 1994 Astro Van Custom, I drove it from GA. I like helping others. My starter and Flywheel broke. I want help in getting these things paid for: parts and title and tag. I do auto repair. I need your support. I sleep in my van. It is parked at my Aunty's house located at .... (contact Erika if you would like the information listed.)

-- For my son Zachary and his mom Michelle, health, wealth, and safety. Oh, yeah, for myself Robert, Zach's dad. For my parents Mr. And Mrs. Curtis, health, wealth, and safety.

-- Quonisha, that she gets the job that her heart desires, and pray for the brothers and sisters in the household of faith.

-- Shelby, Robb, Aaron, Louise, Niki.

-- Kevin T.: Spiritual breakthrough for me in my spiritual and physical life's circumstances and situations. Thank you.

-- Elvis: God, HELP ME!

-- Tony L.: Protect me during time, help me find employment and meet family soon, and a place. Keep me in the Lord's word. Thank you.

-- Errol A.W.: I would like to be married again to a good hearted woman. To have a nice home and car and job. Pray for my family and friends. Help me get my I.D. Help me get my loan to start my business. I hope God blesses me with the Lotto.

-- Napoleon P.

-- Well, I pray for a home of my own! In Jesus name, Amen.

-- Vincento: For my family.

-- Wilson F.: For God's blessings with a job and a home.

-- Eric M.: I pray that I will stop using pills and to live a good life. I'm only 20 years old and life sucks big time for me.

-- For Judy

-- Carl and Richard: A home and a job.

-- Al H.: For my whole life, everything, everyday, a new way of life.

-- Please give Kelly a brain.

-- David: Lotto

-- Nina: Bless all the animals big and small. Keep them warm and fed in this cold weather and safe as their keepers. They need all the help.

Prayer Requests 2/11/10

Here are the prayer requests from last night's Love in Action feeding. Thank you for keeping this ministry and its guests and volunteers in your prayers.

Blessings,

Erika

The Lord helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads.

The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them their food as they need it.

When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

– Psalm 145:14-16

-- Please pray for our wonderful servant Debbie, who is moving to Tampa this week. She has served and prayed tirelessly for all of us — our guests, our volunteers, and our ministry. Please pray for her move to go smoothly, for her new job to be a wonderful opportunity in her life, and most of all for her to continue in service to the Lord in any way He intends to use her. May she be richly blessed.

-- Please pray for Gypsy to find work and for healing of his knee.

-- Please pray for L.C., who has his daughters in town for the first time in a long time.

-- Please pray for Robert, for a change in his life.

-- Please pray for Scott to be healed emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

-- I pray for my mom, grandmother, grandfather, other loved ones that are not here, family, our country, world, and the earth.

-- Pray for me to find some work and a place to live.

-- Alphonso D. and Alexander R.: To a better life and a good paying job and a place to live.

-- F.R.M.: I ask to the Lord Shadai for deliverance.

-- Tino: First and foremost, I would like to thank the Lord for another chance, another day, another hour, not only to ask for forgiveness but to ask for the courage to forgive ourselves. We always rely unto our own understanding. My prayer request is to cast that arrogant spirit away for me. From my circle, and my inner self. Pray for the House of Christ because they're giving me what I think I left on the pavement and never bother to pick it back up — my faith. Please pray for my nightmare to turn into dreams.

-- Pray for Diana and Riley. That we may become known for our art work. Thank you.

-- Juneoh: Just for a better year for all of us!

-- My new job on the 15th goes well and my husband gets out of jail soon.

-- To become alcohol and drug free.

-- Battle needs prayer for patience.

-- My name is Lennox B. Please pray for me. Health and success.

-- Kinzell C. P., Shaterika M., Nataja M.

-- Senyah: Keep me in your prayers. I need some money.

-- Napoleon P.

-- I request to pray for my health, and my living situation.

-- Pray for everyone to get better with themselves and the Lord. Pray for Rob to find some peace and well-being.

-- ABS: Please pray for my health and the health of my family.

-- Lord! Bless and have mercy on all homeless/neglected/abused pets. Keep them warm and food abundant, especially now when times are tough and cold. Please help and bless all the animal rescue people who give their time and love to these beautiful animals of yours. They also need your help and blessing so they can go on and do the things they do for the pets.

-- For Zachary, his mother Michelle and his dad Robert, love, forgiveness and health, and also for safety, happiness.

-- Edward L. H.: Holy spirit in my life.

-- Mike M.: Pray that God remove all my sins and cleanse me. Also He bless me with a job and a place to live.

-- I pray for guidance and protection and pray for my enemy.

-- T., T., L., B., L., R., J., thank you!

-- Alan: A job and a home. Thank you.

-- Willie Mae G.

-- My husband to be released from bondage.

-- Elvis: ME ... I need help.

-- Pray for me, my family and my health.

-- ABS: Pray for the people of Haiti. Thank you.

-- B., C., S., G., R.

-- Tonya M.: Pray for me to get my life back in order.

-- For Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, my mom and dad. Health, safety, forgiveness, and acceptance.

-- That Keith gives up pornography and ask the Lord to help heal.

-- Kevin L.: Testing HIV, family, addiction, baby, friend and mother.

-- My name is Savannah. I want to know if you can pray for my family. JayJay , Avant, Jaqua.

-- Pray for Reese. Needs desperate prayer about reality.

-- MB: May I get some money, God.

-- Please strengthen Scotty G. in his walk with the Lord and overcoming his past.

-- Richard S.: The Polish drunk at Oakland and Federal. Please pray that he may find the strength to "sober up" enough to accept help and get in one of the programs. If the Lord wills, I'll be the instrument.

-- $250, though you might want to ask Satan since we all know that he has to pay up while you are still on earth and you don't get the serious goods from God until you're dead. Just a thought.

-- L. G.

-- The Lord knows what I'm saying. Linda L. and Bruce. Pray to get her out of nasty situation.

-- Kevin T.: For steadfast faith; unwavering strength and godly character; to continue to wait on God and be uncompromising in all my ways. God's will be done in my life.

-- William W.: Work and stability in my life. Patience with other people.

-- Hi, my name is Lennox B. Please pray for me, health and success.

-- Ronnie and Debra need prayers for a blessing of $1,400 To move back into our house. Praise God!!

-- Jeffrey R.: Open the doors to help start my own business.

-- Battle needs prayer for financial blessing.

-- A happier and better life.

-- Sherrell: Just one job!!!

-- John W.: Need a job.

-- Please pray.

-- Errol A. W.: To help me get off the street. I want God to bless me with a home and a car! I want you to pray for me family and friends. I want him to bless me with a beautiful wife in my life!! I want to pray for me to help others. God, I want you to help me get my loan.

-- Pray for forgiveness and deliverance.

Prayer Requests 2/4/10

Below are the prayer requests from last night's Love in Action feeding.

Last night, someone asked for a prayer for "the things I can't pray for." Sometimes a prayer request speaks to me, and this one did. I wonder, what are the things this person can't pray for? Is he afraid to ask because he thinks he doesn't deserve it, or is it just that he doesn't know what to ask for? Or is he ashamed of the thing he needs?

Sometimes it's so hard to know what to pray for. When in doubt, I ask the Holy Spirit to guide my prayers and to align them with His plan.

This is the prayer request I would make for the Love in Action ministry: that our actions be aligned with His will. Thank you for your prayers on behalf of all those who so need them.

Blessings,

Erika

Here's the story I'll tell my friends when they come to worship,
and punctuate it with Hallelujahs:
Shout Hallelujah, you God-worshipers;
give glory, you sons of Jacob;
adore him, you daughters of Israel.
He has never let you down,
never looked the other way
when you were being kicked around.
He has never wandered off to do his own thing;
he has been right there, listening.

Psalm 22:22-24

-- Praise report: Thank you, Father, for Kenneth's sobriety! This Sunday he is celebrating 5 years clean.

-- For Gypsy, our wonderful LIA volunteer who had his bag, containing all of his important documents, destroyed by a lawn crew last week. Inside were his trapping license, hunting permits, etc. that allowed him to work on crews in the Everglades. Without those documents, he is unable to work and has been unable to find other short-term sources of income. Gypsy is feeling very hopeless, like the rug got pulled out from under him. He is trying hard not to give in to temptation.

-- For Scott, who needs wisdom about how to best treat his cancer and eye infection. He needs healing.

-- I pray my colonoscopy goes well!

-- Robert S.: God bless Erika and her family.

-- Please pray that Dino gets off drugs and lives a successful life.

-- Prayer for Julie M., my son Markzavious Jr., my son Omar, my daughter Erica, and all my family! Along with my brothers and sistas who are homeless!

-- Earl F.

-- Bless all pets small and great. Keep them secure and feed and no harm.

-- Complete deliverance for the right employment, place to live, work for God, success in school, family and safety. Bless others. Thank you, Lord.

-- Pray for my mom, grandmother, grandfather, family, our country, earth.

-- Kevin T.: For continued prayer and perseverance in my everyday life.

-- Marvin, 56 years old, very disappointed with his life, mad at God. He was saved as a young boy.

-- Faith, 22, and Elijah, 1 year old, for God's protection/blessing and God's will in their lives.

-- Prayer for a job and a brighter future.

-- Please pray R. Deane's legal problems are resolved and he stays out of jail. Glory to God!

-- Pray for that poor girl Kelly, as she is having a tough time. Pray for the state of the world we all will need it. God bless you!!

-- Bunny: God's provision for an income. Home is in foreclosure, law firm fighting it, waiting for Binder and Binder to win SS disability for me.

-- Keith J.

-- A $200 loan so I can restock my jewelry making supplies and start supporting myself again.

-- Shonta: Pray for me getting my baby back, getting a job, and a stable place.

-- Victor M. D.

-- Please pray that the state appoints me as guardian for my fiance.

-- Napoleon P.

-- Don W.: Employment, housing.

-- Michael B.: Lotto

-- Ricardo R.: My wish is I am able to find a job.

-- My prayer request is that I get stable enough to get my son back this year. Also that I pass my quiz tomorrow, and my test on Tuesday.

-- Stanley J.: I wish I can get my back together.

-- Sharon P.: I need prayer for my family and my financial future, and my overall health.

-- Fawna's cancer

-- Tony C.

-- I have an Astrovan (but I cannot drive it. It needs repairs.) I plan on opening a repair shop. (I repair cars and most anything.) I would like to have your support.

-- Que pasa La migra (passing the INS/immigration)

-- Prayer for my three kids, Jacob, Avan, and Jaqua, that God watches over them.

-- I.H. my name. Theresa P. Pray for me. Thank you very.

-- Theo: My mother-in-law for the loss of her daughter from cancer.

-- That my God bless you all. Please pray for my family and me. Love you.

-- Pray for me to find work and place to live.

-- The things I can't pray for.

-- My name is Savannah. I'm in need of some prayer. Please pray for me and my family. Thank you.

-- God, give me the strength to finish what I started, school. Pray for Felix and I to be happy.

-- For Zachary, Michelle, and Daddy-Robert for health and well-being. For Josephine and Robert C., my mother and father, for health and well-being.

-- Matthew C.

-- Chari: Please pray for me.

-- Please pray that R.D. A. gets promptly into Barc (Broward Addiction Recovery Centers).

-- For family/wife, my mother, brother and sister, for job, place to stay.

-- For Errol A.W.