Sunday Words of Encouragement January 16, 2022

This morning my church experience was different than expected. We have had a lot of illness in our community in the form of flu, strep, and Covid. These illnesses have impacted our church family including a group of teachers and leaders, including our Sunday School teacher and our youth pastor. Accordingly, in caution, it was decided to not have services this morning.

My own husband is in hospital with Covid – he was more concerned about a raw throat but the NP at our doctor’s office was concerned when his blood pressure and oxygen levels were too low. We thought he was going to the hospital to get the infusion right then. Instead, he was put into a separate room and I sat around the emergency waiting room for six hours before a doctor admitted him and told him that the treatment is given over five days. I felt cold symptoms yesterday, but a home test showed negative for Covid. Still, I will quarantine for five days so I am out of office through Tuesday at least.

I ended up listening a live service of Real Life with Jack Hibbs. The worship was nice with songs I know. The sermon was good with a two-fold message: We are all sinners, and our only Hope is through the savior, Jesus.

I found this song to share today:

Verses for Today:
Psalm 119:114
You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in your word.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

I'll adopt the song as my prayer this morning. Although I also add prayers for health for my church family and friends everywhere!

Sunday Words of Encouragement March 11, 2018

Hubby isn’t feeling well so we didn’t make it to church today. These are notes from our Sunday School class on January 28, 2018.

We start each class with prayer and our teacher noted that it is important for us to share this burden of prayer. We should pray for others as we pray for our family. There should be sincerity of prayer. We need to be purposeful, praying with intensity; intentional, pressing in.

God is bigger than we can see. We need to be careful never to box God. His love is beyond what we can understand yet we are directed to love others like Jesus did/does.

God is sovereign. We need to trust that God is working and all things are possible through Him.
There should be awareness in our prayer: awareness of His expansiveness, His sovereignty, and the Peace He gives!

We should be keeping our mind on God and Walking in the Spirit; remembering that God's grace and love is unconditional.

I had this fitting song in my list: My Prayer For You:

Verses for Today:
James 5:14-16 ESV
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.


Lord, Thank you for being our intercessor to God. Please help me to pray sincerely for others.

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