A reflection on prayer:
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?... Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help...my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death... But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!... The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations." -- Psalm 22 (excerpts)
This week's requests:
- Pray for Jeffrey and his family. They are in Jackson to meet with doctors and discontinue life support for his father. Pray for Jesus' presence with them all, especially Jeffrey's mother and father. Pray they would know him as the suffering Savior who has gone beyond the veil of death and conquered for us. Pray they would have the freedom to lament and grieve well, and that they would know the peace of God.
- Pray for all those in our church community who are feeling the pains of aging (their own, and the aging of loved ones).
- Pray for God to continue to raise up leaders at Redeemer.
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