National Day of Prayer

Today, May 6, is the National Day of Prayer. I hope you are participating in some way -- whether by participating in a local prayer event or in prayer on your own, wherever you are.

If you want more prayer time or more prayer support, there is an online prayer event now in progress and I encourage you to check it out.

http://zyxterprayer.com/

Contrary to reports of some protesters on secular news stations, I DO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER!!

Need ideas of things to pray for? Well, here are some starters for you:
* We have people from all over the US who are directly involved in wars in 2 countries who need our prayer.
* We have hundreds of thousands of people out of work across our country, most of whom really do want to work. Many are discouraged, many are struggling just to provide basics for their families.
* The Dad of a good friend in our home group is hospitalized today after suffering a major heart attack earlier this week. Latest report is that he has had surgery and is beginning to show signs of progress.
* My brother-in-law, Mike Goers, just moved to a skilled care facility in St. Peters Missouri after many days in the hospital -- hoping to begin physical therapy.
* Churches all over the place see the great need of active ministry to people in need.
* Jesus told us to pray for those in leadership in our country. This isn't politics. This is the greatest need for our leaders, whether we agree with their politics or not.

OK, that's a good start. I bet you can take it from there. I might add more as the day progresses. You can add prayer requests, if you wish, by adding comments to this post.

God bless you today! No matter who you are, where you are, where you've been, where you're going right now, what you've done or haven't done -- God loves you and cares about you.

Let's make this a great day of prayer!!