Let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. – Hebrews 4:16

Each week I post a note on Facebook asking for prayer intentions of our readers. Last week I didn’t have any takers – this week we’ve got a few. I would ask that you consider taking these intentions to prayer and adding them to your list. Together let us seek the grace of God’s loving care for our needs.

Our first intention of course should be for those affected by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.

• We of course pray for those who lost their lives, “Saints of God receive their souls, receive their souls and present them to God.”
• We also pray for those who are trapped or injured. We pray that as search efforts continue that anyone else who is still alive in the rubble will be found. We pray for the injured that they are well cared for and tended to and that in their suffering the might find some peace in the arms of Christ.
• In addition we must pray for the aid workers and relief agencies who are tirelessly working to rescue those who are trapped, to feed the hungry, to distribute food and water, to mend the wounds of the broken, to cloth and bath those who lost everything, to house the orphaned. May the grace of God be with these selfless people who no doubt will encounter pain that is too much for the human soul in the coming weeks.
• We also pray specifically for the orphaned in Haiti. There are thousands of them, and many orphanages were destroyed. We pray for their caretakers and for the kindness of others to help house, clothe, and feed them. We also pray that many homes would open their doors to these children who wish for family.

PRAYERS FROM READERS:

• Please pray my husband, Robert Bravo, and his unit, they deploy to Afghanistan this week.  Also my friend’s husband Ryan Bennett he’s going too and their whole team of course and if its possible can you pray for Tiffany Smith, and her daughter Khloe ( 2 months old). Her husband died a few weeks ago in Afghanistan from an IED. – Lourdes B.
• We also pray for a reader who has had a hard time requesting prayer. She is a wife and mother of two children. She is struggling with feeling like she is not a good mother and wife. Also, and more pressing is that their family’s financial situation is dire and she is struggling with immense anxiety, worry, and fear. She requested prayer, “so I can find the strength to realize I am not alone, and for God to show me what he wants me to do.”
• I would also ask you to pray for a family who I have known for several years from a conference I spoke at regularly. They lost their father two years ago last week. We pray for their loss and their continued healing. May God continue to draw them close to him and may they come to know him as Father.
• We also lift up Ryan who is dying of brain cancer and his wife Lori. (From Roxanne)

Updated 2/2/10

• For the repose of the soul of Tony Hodo. – Renee V.

• Please pray for my dear sis-in-law who was just diagnosed with Breast Cancer – Healing Miracle for all. And my father is just now battling Leukemia – healing miracle – to give glory to God. Thank you. – Joan W.

From my family

• Pray for Evelyn, a very close, life-long friend of my grandmother’s who is very ill after having brain surgery to remove a mass, and now struggling with pneumonia and other ailments. For her family, for her friends, and for her as she struggles to hang on. May God’s grace be with us all.
• For my Mom’s second cousin who died in a car accident and for her children who survived. It appears that her husband who was driving was on drugs. We pray for her children, for her husband to get help, and that her children would be placed in a safe situation for the time being.

Continued prayers for past weeks intentions

• My family really needs prayers as I am a new nurse who has been looking for a job since June. My husband who is a music therapist who works with special needs children and adults wages will be cut 50% sometime this month. – Christine C.
• Just a quick note to request prayers for my parents who are 87 and 88.  My mother has alzheimers and my father is her primary caretaker, which is very difficult emotionally.  He also has some trouble with mobility, which makes things more difficult still. – Marianne
• Please put my Dad (Tom) on your list – for complete healing and feeling/movement in his legs again! – Kelly

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