Becky wwwcof: GOD is so Great. Glenn is doing better. He still has a ways to go and months of who knows what but through GOD'S merciful hands and prayers the doctors are very pleased with his recoveryIn Christ's light
Arlene wwwcof: Arlene's vision has become worse since her last eye surgery and she must go back to her eye surgeon. Please pray that God will Lead the surgeon with the wisdom of healing her eye. Also Arlene's brother in law, Richard has been diagnnosed with leukemia. He will begin extensive treatment tomorrow. (Thursday Feb 1) Please keep Richard in your prayers that he is able to handle this treatment and for God to surround Richard with His Healing Angels. Also pray for his family. Hang in there Arlene. God is in Control.
Pat Mcmicken wwwcof: (Husband Darryl) Darryl went for two rounds of stress tests involving intravenous injections and more x-rays. Won't know results until he sees the dr on February 16th. It still amazes me, the power of the Circle’s thoughts and prayers. It's a miracle in the making!
. Let's keep Darryl in prayer for healing and our Pat for comfort and Faith. Lord Please surround these two with Your protective Angels.
Bea wwwcof: Has just asked for a prayer request for her daughter in laws son, Jesse Knutsen. He has been called to go to war and is now being specially trained in another state. We all know how stressful this is for the families and also for the soldier. Please put him in prayer for God's Angels to surround him with protection. Also for faith and peace for the family. May God hold Jesse in the Palm of His Hand and His swill be done.
Pami wwwcof: Pami is beginning her reconstruction and is having a tough time with pain. May God Bless her and Take her pain away.
Charlie Linder (FlMarie's Husband) Dad's last eye surgery has a small problem healing. Please keep him in your prayers.
Margie Linder: (Charla's Mother in
Jami wwwcof: continues to have pain in her knees. Let's remember her in each prayer to be pain free.
Christine Mills wwwcof: Please continue to keep Christine and her family in your prayers for Spiritual healing and strength. God is working in her life.Praise Him!
DAPHNE wwwcof: Global Healing
KEVIN PINSON: (Close friend of Charla) He is doing ok with the chemo as for now Pray for him to be able to go through these treatments and for God to heal him from this awful disease cancer.
FL MARIE: In pain from her fibromyalgia
John Simmons: (Charla's Husband) Is having lot's of pain in his neck and head. He has a bad neck and has had surgey in the past. He stays in pain. Please pray for the pain to be under control. May God touch him with His healing Hands.
KIRK RATHBURN: (FlMaries son) Kirk seems to be doing better please keep the prayers going.
JAMIE LANDON: (FlMaries Grandaughter). In Baghdad as an Army Nurse.Jamie's husband Jose and son Davien will be moving back to North Carolina soon.. Please keep Jamie and her family in prayer for Safety and Faith.Jamie will be up for a two week furlow in March.
GEOFFERY LANDON: (FlMaries Grandson) In Afghanstan fighting for our safety. Please keep him and his Wife, Daughter and New Son (Michael) in your prayers to surround him with God's "PROTECTIVE ANGELS." Geoffery will be coming back to the
HELEN & HELMUT: (Friends of Fl Marie and God Mother of Peachy's Daughter) Helen's Husband Helmut is now in palliative care. Helen is allowed to take their animals and things of Helmuts close surroundings there with him. He is getting closer to meeting the Lord each day. Hang in there Helen. We are praying for your Strength and Faith.For God to take Helmut home to rest.
PAT BROATCH wwwcof: Please keep Pat's friend's sons ages 15 and 19 in your prayers as their Mother has passed away.
UNSPOKEN PRAYERS: Alan Skeel He needs strong prayer at this time, Scott Skeel, Jonna, Jeff, Steve, Susan M, Tim, Joyce
Haley Miller: Haley is doing much better thank you for your prayers and please continue to pray for her.
Hayden & Kevin Twins (Maxine's wwwcof Great Nephews) I heard from Janet the babies Grandma, and one of them may be blind. They both are still going through a very hard time with their Health. Mommy Becky has her hands more than full. Please remember them in all of your prayers.
Joyce: (Charla's Friend ) I have a prayer request that my grand daughter Jennifer gave me today. Her neighbor asked for prayer for herself. Her name is Brenda Sullivan ( about 43years old). She has had Rheumatoid arthritus all of her life and is epileptic. She has been having about two "spells" per day and also Grandmal often. Now she has been having very bad pain in her neck and head She certainly needs the Lords healing touch. Please put her into the prayer chain. Also my Grand -daughter Jennifer for salvation and for salvation for her husband Kory. They are sweet kids who really need the Lord. She called me today to tell me that she is expecting her third baby. I was thrilled when she spoke of God because she has not been open to talking about him and has told me that they were'nt sure about God. I'm thinking the seeds I have been planting might be sprouting.
Tina: (Charla's daughter in law's dear friend) Has a beautiful 15 month old boy, his name is
REBBECA LEWIS WWWCOF: My friends, I come to you with a heavy heart this morning to ask for prayer request. My brother Glenn fell ill and was rushed to the hospital in
No one in the family can get to him at this point because of the weather. Glenn is a Christian so he knows that God is with him.Please keep my family in your prayers for an easy resolution to this.
Charla wwwcof: My cousin ( about 22 yrs old ) had a four wheeler accicdent on Sunday Jan. 28. She had a broken femour, broken jaw, two crushed knee caps, broken leg, bleeding brain, cut on forehead from eyebrow to hairline. The bleeding stopped in her brain so they did surgery on her femor and legs and knee caps. Now they have gotten Candice up and walking a few steps at a time with a walker. She is suppose to have surgery on her jaw bone sometime before
David wwwcof:Our David has been spending time visiting the cardiac unit at the local hospital. Fortunately they've had a new wing with all the necessary equipment, added specifically for heart patients. As it's only about 14 miles for him to travel it's a lot less stressful than driving for five hours there and five back,to a specialist hospital in
We have many prayer requests that go beyond our circle. But as we pray we add these and the circle of prayer becomes larger.
Remember: "PRAYER IS OUR PHONE LINE TO GOD."
Please email me with any requests and UPDATES by Tuesday at the latest. Thank you.
May God Bless Each One and Have a Great Week.
A New Year - A New Beginning
God's Coffee
Have a great day and enjoy the coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to
visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into
complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and
returned
with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain,
plastic,
glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite -
telling
them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If
you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving
behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only
the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be
assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases
it
is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What
all
of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went
for
the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider
this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the
cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we
have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee
God has provided us." God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy
your coffee!
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the
"best of everything."
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to
God .
4 Wives
Once upon a time there was a rich King who had four wives.
He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and
treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best.
He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to
neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave
him for another.
He also loved his 2nd wife. She was his confidant and was always kind,
considerate and patient with him. Whenever the King faced a problem, he
could confide in her, and she would help him get through difficult times.
The King's 1st wife was a very loyal partner and had made great
contributions in maintaining his wealth and kingdom. However, he did
not love the first wife. Although she loved him deeply, he hardly took
notice of her!
One day, the King fell ill and he knew his time was short. He thought
of his luxurious life and wondered, I now have four wives with me, but
when I die, I'll be all alone."
Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you the most, endowed you with
the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm
dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No way!" replied the 4th wife, and she walked away without another word.
Her answer cut like a sharp knife right into his heart.
The sad King then asked the 3rd wife, "I loved you all my life. Now
that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is too good! When you die, I'm going
to remarry!" His heart sank and turned cold.
He then asked the 2nd wife, "I have always turned to you for help and
you've always been there for me. When I die, will you follow me and
keep me company?"
"I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At
the very most, I can only walk with you to your grave." Her answer
struck him like a bolt of lightning, and the King was devastated.
Then a voice called out: "I'll go with you. I'll follow you no matter
where
you go." The King looked up, and there was his first wife.
She was very skinny as she suffered from malnutrition and neglect.
Greatly grieved, the King now took notice of her and said, "I should
have taken much better care of you when I had the chance!"
In truth, we all have the 4 wives in our lives:
Our 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish
in making it look good, it will leave us when we die.
Our 3rd wife is our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, it
will all go to others.
Our 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how much they have
been there for us, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave.
And our 1st wife is our Soul; often neglected in pursuit of wealth,
power and pleasures of the world. However, our Soul is the only thing
that will follow us wherever we go.
Cultivate, strengthen and cherish it now, for it is the only part of us
that will follow us in the end and throughout eternity.
Thought for the day:
Remember, when the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the
perfect position to pray.
Pass this on to someone you care about - I just did.
Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect.
It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections!
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a
pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and
always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot
arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only
one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and
miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the
woman one day by the stream.
"I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to
leak out all the way back to your house."
The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side
of the path, but not on the other pot's side?"
"That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower
seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you
water them."
"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to
decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to
grace the house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each
have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the
good in them.
So, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell
the flowers on your side of the path!
(Author Unknown)
Why do I always have to be the one that starts to do laundry and
there's no detergent? I guess it was time for me to do my "Dollar
Store" run, which included light bulbs, paper towels, trash bags and
Clorox. So off I go.
I scurried around the store, gathered up my goodies, and headed for
the checkout counter, only to be blocked in the narrow aisle by a
young man that appeared to be about sixteen-years-old.
I wasn't in a hurry, so I patiently waited for the boy to realize that
I was there.
This was when he waved his hands excitedly in the air and declared in
a loud voice, "Mommy, I'm over here."
It was obvious now, he was mentally challenged, and also startled
as
he turned and saw me standing so close to him, waiting to squeeze
by.
His eyes widened and surprise exploded on his face as I said,
"Hey, Buddy, what's your name?"
"My name is Denny and I'm shopping with my mother," he responded
proudly.
"Wow," I said, "that's a cool name; I wish my name was Denny, but my
name is Hal."
"Hal like Halloween?" he asked.
"Yes," I answered. "How old are you Denny?
"How old am I now Mommy?" he asked his mother as she slowly came over
from the next aisle.
"You're fifteen-years-old Denny. Now be a good boy and let the man
pass by."
I acknowledged her and continued to talk to Dennyfor several more
minutes about summer, bicycles and school. I watched his brown eyes
dance with excitement, because he was the center of someone's
attention.
He then abruptly turned and headed toward the toy section.
Denny's mom had a puzzled look on her face and thanked me
for taking the time to talk with her son.
She told me that most people wouldn't even look at him,
much less talk to him.
I told her that it was my pleasure and then I said something. I have
no idea where it came from, other than by the prompting of the Holy
Spirit.
I told her that... There are plenty of red, yellow and pink roses
in God's garden, however... "Blue Roses" are very rare
and should be appreciated for their beauty and distinctiveness.
You see, Denny is a "Blue Rose" and if someone doesn't stop and smell
that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness,
then they've missed a blessing from God.
She was silent for a second, then with a tear in her eye she asked,
"Who are you?"
Without thinking I said, "Oh, I'm probably just a "daffodil or maybe
even a dandelion," but I sure love living in God's garden.
Pastor Hal Steenson
This real life story took place July 12, 2006.
"Judge not, and you will not be judged;
Condemn not, and you will not be condemned;
Forgive, and you will be forgiven." ~~Luke 6:37
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.
~anonymous~
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