Prayer Requests 10/22/09

Here are the prayer requests from this week's LIA feeding. More people than we expected arrived for dinner this week, possibly due to the colder weather up north. (Perhaps people are heading to South Florida earlier in the season than usual?) I also heard several requests for blankets, as the cold snap earlier in the week got people thinking about preparations for winter.

This got ME thinking about cold weather .... Last weekend I was happy to have the unseasonably cool weather because it gave me a taste of autumn, but for many people it was the first of many long nights spent on cold pavement, benches, or earth. If you are able to provide cold weather items like blankets and coats, please make them available. We'll be sure they get to the people who need them!

Thank you for keeping this ministry and those it serves in your daily prayers.

Blessings,

Erika

-- For L.C., a prayer of thanksgiving that he found a place to stay following several weeks of living out of a motel.

-- For Scott, a prayer that his skin biopsy comes back with no cancer, and that the doctors treating him have the wisdom to discern the best course for his treatment.

-- For Thomas in jail.

-- Alfred H.: Please pray for me for everything! I need it so very much.

-- Stacey H.: Make my life happy and love myself more today.

-- Michael: To all my friends at the soup kitchen and all the staff, God bless you all.

-- For the Lord to put Linda and Sean and Jake and Tony and Joel and Kevin and Manfred on the path they need to be.

-- Gail A. and Kelly R.

-- Everyone in heaven, pray for me. Thank you, God bless.

-- Jesus, please pray for me. Amen. The devil caused this and Jesus will stop it. Please, dear Lord, pray for Michael. I love you, I will survive.

-- I wish the Lord to grant me success.

-- Laura and Thomas: Please pray that me and Thomas will overcome our struggles! Amen

-- For Jeff P., for his health!

-- Brieanna R.: For me, Nehemiah R., Mar' Quez R., Dad, and Thomas C.

-- I love my girlfriend, pray for us.

-- Red: I need an ID for work.

-- Please pray for my family and me. For my mother and son.

-- Laura W.: Pray for Victoria W. and keep her safe while I am away, always!

-- God, I'm just asking that you bless my brother Ronnie for his seizure. Thank you, my God, for healing him. And Father, bless Sister C. and that Junior her son is able to handle whatever happens. Amen. Praise you, my God.

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

-- God, forgive me for I am a sinner. Pray that surgery goes fine and I am back with the ones that love me. Thank you and God bless you.

-- Pray for my father, he has cancer. Pray for my friends and families. Thank you for your prayers.

-- Stacy family, Arrow, Flow and everyone.

-- Pray for myself, Larry and families, better job, and sister.

-- I pray for a job and better life.

-- Tony L.: I need help, please pray for me. I need God's blessing. Thank you!!

-- I pray for my father's health.

-- Michael S.: Job

-- Kelly R. and Gad A.

-- Eric and Hubie: That the Lord blesses them in the way they need it.

-- Bristol's family

-- McMillan family

-- I humbly request prayer for protection from my landlord, and strength to do what I need to do in the physical, and for peace with my daughter and her mother.

-- Please pray for my friend Ted.

-- Joey V. Thank you.

-- Pay attention to helping hands that say wrong message.

-- Chari: Please pray that I get the help I need to move. And that I move.

-- Robert S.: God bless Erika.

-- Kelley: HELP ME!

-- I was hit by a car and I do need a bus pass in order to get back and forth from the doctor for pain management, and pray for good health. Thank you much for your prayers.

-- Angelo: To receive joy, peace, learn to embrace God, love.

-- To obtain a job, money, peace.

-- Ronald B.

-- Robert B.: For family, brother, wife, sister, mother.

-- M. Mills: Pray for a place to live and God's wisdom and that my disability be approved.

-- The weather and that everyone stays dry.

-- For my ex, Angie, guide her in the right path.

-- My name is Floyd P., first off let me say thanks. I would like you to pray for me because my homelessness continues. I work but can't seem to establish a foundation. I want you to pray that eventually my situation changes. Thank you and have a nice day.

-- Alphonso D.: Please pray for me and my friend Alexis for a place to live and a job. Thank you.

-- Derico: Unemployment to be resolved.

-- For my newborn son Ian.

-- Lord's prayer

-- Lord's prayer

-- Terry G.: Lord, clear my eyes. I need a home and job.

-- Pray for Sidney M. C., and Nis'Ir C.

Prayer Requests 10/15/09

Here are the prayer requests from this Thursday's LIA feeding.

One young man I spoke to yesterday said this was his first time at our feeding. He said he came because someone else had told him about us: "A guy told me, 'The meatloaf people will stuff you so full of food, you won't be able to eat another bite!' And it's true!!" He went on to ask about where he could attend a church service, and was all smiles when I left him happily eating at a back table.

As Dianne has said many times, once you feed a person's body, he is more available to have his soul fed. So to all those who prepare these wonderful, filling meals, a special thank you!

Please pray for this ministry to continue its mission of feeding bodies, hearts, and spirits. And please lift up the prayers of our precious guests this week.

Blessings,

Erika

-- For Chelse: To get a job, despite her immigration status.

-- For Kingsley: To find work to help his parents financially (mom sick and father can't pay all bills).

-- For Erick (a pastor's son): To get work.

-- For Tito: Full recovery in his hand, so he can begin playing the piano for our services.

-- For Sue: Continued prayer for full recovery in her eye (after surgery, vision was still blurred and had problems walking), so she can continue to run her wonderful worship music for our group, who really missed her.

-- For Kathy: For wisdom and provision.

-- For Scott: To get home to his mother, who loves him, and to find healing from cancer.

-- For Kelley: For healing for her brain tumor. She also asked us to pray about psychological warfare.

-- For Nina: Her cancer has spread to lymph nodes and she is losing weight steadily. She needs surgery and radiation but is having insurance issues that are overwhelming.

-- For Richie: Has been in the hospital because of cancer. Please pray for healing.

-- For Chester, Gypsy, Randy.

-- For Robert: He is so close to moving forward, but pride is holding him back.

-- For LC: He has a job in Ft. Lauderdale but is living out of a hotel since his rental was foreclosed on. He has a place to live in Washington, D.C., but no job there.

-- Isiah T.: Please, Lord, let me receive my SSI and continue to enjoy good health.

-- For safe, decent, inexpensive, facilitated housing. Financial help/employment, holistic breakthrough.

-- Albert: For all here Thursday night for prayer and dinner.

-- For the health of Mike M.

-- For Jeff in Mexico.

-- Please help me with my homies.

-- Ronnie and Debra R.: We don't want to be homeless! I need prayer that God open my doors to my house.

-- Much luv! I need some money. I need help from Brother Terry 2000. I need love from Jesus Christ. Sincerely, Cyborg Nigga

-- Michael S.: Job.

-- Pray for me, G.D. Job, a place to stay and to be with my kid in Jacksonville.

-- My children Jonathan and Hanna, who I miss so much!

-- Bless you all! Thanks

-- Mike H.: I just want to say thank you for all the prayers, and to all God's soldiers who volunteer every week. Thank you!

-- My homies Magic Bell, Cris, Niel, all in prison. And my homies Rod and T.O.B.

-- Howard: I need a deposit on an apartment.

-- I pray for a job and good life.

-- I need my health and life to be right so I can live clean and free with God.

-- Derico: To get a job.

-- Patrick L.: Please ask God Almighty to forgive me and to allow me to pass through the golden gates of heaven to receive eternal life again.

-- Daniel R.: For a place to live and part-time job.

-- Luke: Somebody who is helping me understand relapse in drug addiction.

-- I lift all my prayers to your house, Lord. I love you, I care for you, your Word, and I love to care and accomplish for myself and others. Please let me continue in my faith with grace to help others with the Gospel. Amen

-- I'd like for you to pray for me, and Judy's health. Also, for the welfare of the world. Thank you all.

-- Sis Pat: Thank you for your prayers for my son. Continue in prayer for Benjamin. My granddaughter has cancer (18 years old), also in a bad relationship, Keshaunder.

-- Napoleon P.

-- Derico: Resolution to my unemployment situation.

-- Pray Doug pays Bob and gives him more work.

-- Bless all God's creatures and provide a safe/comfortable place to be at and their little tummies full of kibble. Bless 10/25 at T.Y. Park so animal adoptions will be awesome.

-- Mark W.: I would like prayer for myself, friends and my family. Keep us safe, employed and deliver us from all evil and may God bless us. Thank you.

-- Rodney L. P.: May God shine his face upon his children and give them grace. May He cause his countenance to shine upon our face and give us peace.

-- Wilford needs job, home. Catia needs job, home. Joshua and Ashante to gain custody.

-- Kenly, Ralph (job, baby), Miriam, Elijah, Micah.

-- My daughter Kylie, 5 years old.

-- From Albert: Pray for Stesons, may he be well.

-- I pray for my disability to come through.

-- Isaac: For all who are less fortunate, for the sick and shut in. For Micah, Makeli, Isaac. Also help me find a job, a home, health and strength. For our government, for more spiritual strength and insight. Thank you.

-- Ty: For desperate financial problems. Family falling apart.

-- Albert: My brother Julian B.

-- Robert S.: God bless Erika.

-- Want you to pray for my sister Misty and niece.

-- Pray that my Aunt Bell A. got out of the hospital and pray she gets better. Pray for everybody.

-- Willie J.: Need prayer, please!

-- Earl F.

-- Marc

-- Rolfe (Red), Noah, Newman. To all who care, I pray for you.

Prayer Requests 10/8/09

Thanks to Pery for collecting the prayer requests tonight, as I wasn't able to be there. Please keep this ministry and its volunteers in your prayers, as well as lifting up the needs of our guests.

Blessings,

Erika

-- Pray for Scott.

-- Elvis: Bless you all so very much.

-- Please pray for Scott F.

-- Leroy: Need a job.

-- Stacy: Ask God to keep providing and opening doors for me and my husband.

-- Dave: For the health and safety of my family.

-- Erica: God, just help me keep faith and get into job corps, and get a trade/health occupation.

-- Cameron: I have been searching for work and about to lose my apartment.

-- I pray that Linda, Kevin, Joel, Joey and Jack find their path in the Lord.

-- Orlando: I need prayer.

-- Al: I pray for all of you.

-- Tiffany: I ask for strength and for more guidance to stay blessed and for my blind eye to open and to see what God has prepared for my children.

-- Pray for Kenneth T.

-- Charlotte: Pray for me that things will get better.

-- I pray for peace, joy, prosperity, financial security, faith and hope.

-- Larry: For myself and my family and a better job.

-- Marlene: I am sick so please pray that I get better.

-- Curtis: A couple of dollars.

-- Fidel: For God's guidance going through hard times.

-- De Rico: For a job or my unemployment.

-- World peace and true love.

-- Jonathan: For life and everything around it to fall into place.

-- Thomas: Peace of mind and gainful employment for me.

-- I ask that you pray for the whole world.

-- Devon: For myself, my son and my new boyfriend.

-- Bless all the homeless and neglected animals that God created for us to enjoy and take care of for Him.

-- Herman: To allow freedom from Broward Courts.

-- Barry: Just help me.

-- Lisa: Pray for my entire family and financial problems.

-- Pray for Tino, Lance, Kelly, Red, Henry, Ronnie and Tony.

-- Pray for Ronnie B.'s daughter, who should be delivering baby any moment.

-- Find work and be financially responsible with my money and time.

Kayla and Lorenzo's Wedding 10/1/09

Here are some pictures of Kayla and Lorenzo's beautiful wedding. Thanks to Pastor Heather for sharing them!

Please continue to keep Lorenzo and Kayla in your prayers ....

Prayer Requests 10/1/09

This Thursday was a very special night for the Love in Action ministry — we had a wedding!

Kayla and Lorenzo were married by Pastor Fawn Mikel in the sanctuary in place of our regular service before dinner. The bride and groom looked lovely, and it was a beautiful and very moving service. Pastor Heather Collver was the photographer, Darlene Jones played the wedding music, our volunteer Teresa sang, Pery was a witness/groomsman .... There was a bridal bouquet of red roses and a gorgeous wedding cake. And of course, cupcakes for all our guests following dinner! I'll be posting photos on the blog later this weekend, so be sure to check them out.

But I wanted to share with you what Kayla said about getting married at Hope Central. She told me she'd been sad about not being able to have a big formal wedding with "real" guests, and then she thought about the Parable of the Wedding Banquet from the New Testament.

Matthew 22:8-10

⁸ Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. ⁹ Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ ¹⁰ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Kayla said, "God told me, 'These people are my kings and queens. They are valuable to me, they just don't know it yet.' " What a powerful message!

Please pray for this beautiful couple as they begin a new life together. They're leaving town this weekend for Texas, where Lorenzo hopes to find employment in construction.

This wedding was a chance to celebrate with real joy and hope for the future, and we are grateful to Kayla and Lorenzo for sharing it with all of us — especially in the face of the unanswered needs and hopelessness of many of our guests.

We know our hope is in Jesus Christ; please pray for each of us to effectively share that hope with those we serve. We want to be reflections of His love, but so often we fall short. The needs are great and the stakes are high.

Thank you for being one of our prayer warriors!

~ Erika

-- For Kayla and Lorenzo, as they start a new life together. May they be abundantly blessed!

-- For Robert, who feels desperate for a break and hopeless in the face of red tape. He wants a job and a place to stay.

-- For Brad, who was spiraling out of control last week and didn't reappear this week.

-- For L.C., he just turned 60 on Thursday and found out the place he's been renting is being foreclosed on. He has to find somewhere to stay immediately; the bank is evicting everyone today.

-- For Scott, who has cancer and isn't getting treatment because his hands are tied by alcoholism. May he be freed so he can fight for his life.

-- For Randy, who is too sick to think coherently but needs healing in every way.

-- For Kelley, to be healed and be well.

-- For Lance, Leon, and Chester, who didn't ask for prayers but need them.

-- Elizbeth H.: Thank you!!

-- S. family. For my mom, dad and brother, and Craig F.

-- Protect/feed/keep safe all the abused and homeless pets and animals/creatures that God created for us to cherish and take care of them.

-- Pray for Bob to get a job. Thank you.

-- I need a bus pass!!!

-- I know Jesus loves me. I just don't understand why I'm homeless. I can work, am willing to work and can't get help.

-- Pray that the Lord God will not forsake me and will help me to change my situation. My name is Floyd P. Thank you.

-- Rodney P.: God, cause your face to shine upon us, and give us grace. Heal the sick, deliver the poor and destitute. Bless us all, in Jesus name.

-- I pray that everyone will find Jesus and accept Him as their Savior! I love Jesus! Amen

-- Robert B.: Family, mother, brother, sister, wife, a job, a place to stay, financial blessing.

-- Elvis: Yes, for you all and my family home in Memphis and children Hanna and Jonathan. God bless.

-- Earl F.

-- Let all of my identification be replaced. Wallet was stolen.

-- I pray for my family and me, that we have a better life for me and my family. In God's name, Amen

-- Anthony: I need work, money, and forgiveness of all my sins.

-- God help me quit the alcohol! Amen

-- For safety for my family, for financial problems and a place to stay. My mom and son Jonathan, boyfriend, sister's and brother's families.

-- Roger B.: Pray that my abscess heals fast.

-- Bernece M. .... Thank you.

-- Nation's security and family and friends.

-- Charlotte: Excessive thievery at home. Please pray for me.

-- Fawna's cancer

-- Gregory C.: A closer walk with God.

-- The Lord's prayer

-- Wendell: Work and a stable home.

-- Richard G.: That my children will not resent me for not being there.

-- For our new friend Daniel, safety and health.

-- Sammy R. C.: I request prayer for staying out of jail and on Section 8 housing and in my apartment and pray for Mike.

-- God bless everybody, even the bad, that we all have faith!

-- Charles: Father God, watch over Kelly M. Shine your love on her always.

-- For Linda, Kevin, Joel, Joey, Manifred, Francise, for Lord to set their feet on the path they need to be.

-- Latoiya M.: I need a lot of prayer!!!

-- For James and Kathy S. and John F. For Paul S.

-- Just keep God with me and help through this life.

-- Tabort B. .... thank you.

-- Pray that I get my disability and get the wisdom to serve God better.

-- I need to pray for a job.

-- I need a bus pass!!!

-- Please help E. Bless the married couple, Renzo and Kayla.

-- Bag of $100.00 bills

-- Howard W.: I pray to be financially stable and have all my needs met.

-- Arlene B .... thank you

-- Woodroe M. .... thank you

-- Michel F.

-- For Colin M., recovering from epilepsy.

-- Errol A. W.: God, bless me with a good home and wife! Pray for all my friends and family. Bless me with some money to help me have a home and car. Thank you, God. Help me get a better job. Pray for Tino to get right in his life. Pray for my friend Phil to do the right thing in his life. Pray for my friend Lisa to help overcome problems in life.

Prayer Requests 9/24/09

Here are the prayer requests from last night's Love in Action feeding. Included are a few messages of thanksgiving for prayers answered, which is a beautiful thing to witness! Several different people say each week, "Keep praying for me, it's working!"

Thank you for continuing to add these prayers to your own.

Blessings,

Erika

-- For Scott, for spiritual and physical healing.

-- For Chester, Main Man, Randy, Michael, Tommy, Nina

-- For Robert S., for healing, a job, a place to stay, an open window when the doors have been closed.

-- Gabriel, Michael, Isaac, Cecil, Josephine, Roosevelt, and the others.

-- Kenny and Pat need prayer. Lights off in home, no money. Need help.

-- Gregory C.: A closer walk with God.

-- William K.: Pray for my wife Felicia K. that she comes home soon from jail and keep her safe.

-- Derico S.: need a job.

-- Please pray for Catia and kids.

-- For Robert C., Wayne Z., for imprisonment and addiction.

-- Mark: M.B. is me although u c so please take away my poverty. I don't want it, it's gone. Thanks Yahweh and y'all.

-- Rosanne and Whoopie, Taz and Bunkers. Four men in war.

-- Bless all the animals, etc.

-- Leroy S.: Some kind of job.

-- Fawna's illnesses.

-- Ray: Job and place.

-- Dorty and Reba

-- I need to pray and ask God to rely on Him and not myself. Amen

-- Elvis: For you all, and my children Jonathan and Hanna, who both I miss so much. Thank you much.

-- Please help me say thank you. There are many things I want in life that I don't have, but apparently I have everything I need or else I wouldn't be here. So thank you!

-- Errol A. W.: To all family and friends sick and wounded that they are blessed in life! To help me get a better job and a home! For Tino to do the right thing in his life, and bless his family. Pray for my family that that are forgiven. Help my friend Lisa to put her life in order. Help my friend Phil to understand his life; also be with his family.

-- Ashley: Pray for me and my pregnancy, also my daughter Anastasia/family and Tony.

-- Michael C.: That the Lord continue to guide me by His Spirit.

-- I pray that God come into me and my family life, and I can get a job so I can take care of my family.

-- Terry: Prayer request to God.

-- Continue to pray for me .... Riley, Diane

-- Watts family, financial

-- That Jesus keep and bless all the homeless.

-- I pray for a place to live, room or apartment.

-- Wilford W.: Please pray that I stay strong in the Lord.

-- Luis V.: Para trabajar, para tener paciencia. (To work, to have patience.)

-- Lisa J: In need of a job and to pay my light bill.

-- Brad: Please help me be less proud. Let me take help when I need it. Help me break the cycle I'm in, so I can be there for my kids.

-- Mike H.: Thank you for all your love and prayers throughout these last months.

-- My name is Cathy. My prayer is for my husband to be able to get his own wheelchair soon. He has a blood clot in his leg that doctors are considering amputating it. Hopefully not.

-- M. Mills: Pray that God gives me the wisdom to live the life that He wants me to, and bless me to get my disability.

-- Work

-- Rese and Shon K.: Please pray for me and my husband that we wake up every morning, and spiritually and financially. God bless you all.

-- Pray for Rafael R. and family.

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

-- Claudia B.: I want to be thankful that my prayer is being answered and I have a wonderful husband now, but I am still waiting to receive my money in my own hands. Pray that it will happen soon and that Dr. B. will call me for my money soon and I be able to remove from where I live now.

-- Safety for the homeless, soften the heart of Ft. Lauderdale's mayor and city manager.

-- Carrie A.: That I can put my mother's death to rest and my family safe nights.

-- To be in God, and to be love. I need God in my life right now. Thank you!!! Tony L., Tawanna H., Tyrese L. to be a family again.

-- Devon G.: That my dreams and wishings will be realized.

-- Leon has to smoke weed to be able to eat. Needs a better appetite.

-- Court (traffic) issues

-- Kelley feels like she's dying and she's in more pain now. She needs surgery and needs to start getting disability.

-- For Linda, Kevin, Joel, Joey, Rurty and Manfred. For Lord to put them on the path He wants to be on, for them to lean on His understanding.

-- Pray for everyone at home. Pray for my trespassing against me.

-- Please pray for the guy who calls himself "Sunblock"

Prayer Requests 9/17/09

Here are the prayer requests from last night's Love in Action feeding. Please keep our volunteers and ministry in your prayers, as well.

Blessings, Erika

-- For Linda and her children, as they cope with the loss of Ray.

-- For Kelley, for healing from a brain tumor and for her to start receiving disability so she can have surgery.

-- To help me with my goals and stick to them.

-- A thankful prayer for all that has happened to me since I was homeless.

-- Errol A.W.: To help my friend Lisa get over her addiction in her life. To be placed with a happy home and good job. To help all my friends and family to do the right things in their lives. To help Tino get over the fear of shorts.

-- Johnson family: I pray that God come into me and my family's life and change us and make us the way He wants us to be!

-- For Brian #1 and Brian #2 for his home.

-- To give my brothers to have a changed heart. I forgive them!

-- I will always love my mom.

-- Keep me strong in the Lord forever!

-- Janet and Baby H.

-- For my son Jonathan (11 yrs.) safety in burbs. My two nephews Joshua and Haydn and parents. For my impending marriage and groom personal problems and mother-in-law problems. For financial problems, right job.

-- Please pray for Wilford and Catia.

-- For Scott, may he be cancer free.

-- My name is Floyd P. Please pray for me because I'm at the point where I want to change, but I need stable employment to do so. Pray someone gives me a chance.

-- Employment, place to live, deliverance from alcohol/cocaine.

-- Sis Pat: Pray for my son Benjamin, had surgery today and cut a part of his lungs. My grandson got Baker Act'ed Saturday and is out of the hospital but needs Jesus.

-- Please pray for me and my husband.

-- M. Mills: Pray that God give me the wisdom to understand his Word and that He bless me with my disability.

-- Rodney P.: I pray for the blessing of the Lord to be activated in the lives of the body of Christ. For the blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and addeth no sorrow.

-- Andy, Salina, Bryson, and Johnson. May God bless and keep them.

-- I pray that I make it home someday to the Father and the Son. Amen

-- I need prayers for my health.

-- I, Ronnie B., am asking you to pray for the Lord to take this drug addiction from me and to bring me and my family back together again. :-)

-- Pray for my sister's sickness. Named Margereat.

-- N. P.

-- Please help me and my family get through this hardest time, and give me the strength to make it through this, and make me stronger.

-- Ann S.: Pray for the lady who plays the guitar who had surgery on her eyes. And for everyone that was present today in church. God bless us all. God is good! Glory, hallelujah.

-- Please help me and my wife get home.

-- Pray for all homeless and abused animals who are hungry and suffering. Bless all the boas that are loose in the Glades, and all the horses who have been killed and slaughtered and mutilated for their meat.

-- Please pray for Wilford a new job.

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

-- Robert S.: God especially bless my best friend Erika.

-- Bless me with money, happiness, financial security.

-- Mr. and Ms. Jimmie L. M. Jr. and Dennea M. M.

-- For you all .... Thanks.

-- For Isaac and Mick, for jobs, a place to live, God's holy spirit and the desire to seek Him more. Peace and love for all.

-- Mother Betty T.

-- Mom Grissom/blood pressure

-- Leon: I can't eat. Pray for me.

-- I pray the army works out and that this new year is a better year for me.

-- Bless me with Thee.