Beginning on Friday evening, our teenagers will be participating in Disciple Now. They will be staying in the homes of some of our church members and will be led in Bible study by church members and a few from outside the church.  A special guest speaker and worship leader will be leading them in the worship times. Let’s saturate this weekend with prayer and pray in the days following for fruit to be borne.

“Lord, I have heard the news about you;  I am amazed at what you have done.
Lord, do great things once again in our time.”   -- Habakkuk 3:2  (NCV)

 “We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way...”   -- Colossians 1:9-10  (NIV)
 
Pray that . . .

• God will prepare personally and spiritually the speaker, worship leader, each teacher, each home host, and all the workers involved, so that they will be in a condition to be used by God in the lives of the teenagers; and that God will give insight to those teaching as they finish preparing their messages and lessons.
• Teenagers will respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit to participate in the weekend, and that parents will allow them to participate.
• God will stay the hand of the Evil One as he tries to interrupt the teenagers’ plans to participate and keep them from coming, and as he tries to disrupt the weekend in any way.
• God will pour out His Spirit on all – anointing the leaders, drawing the lost to Jesus, convicting believers of sin and any areas of lack of dedication, giving understanding and personal application of the Word to all; and that each one will respond in submission to the Lord.

WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE –  April 8, 2026

Missions:            
Stephen & Sabrina Marshall –  church planting in France
Capstone Church, Helena, Montana – Caleb Groteluschen, pastor; Ben Quigg, worship leader
Juan Pablo and Sol Herrera –  Hispanic ministry in Ponder
Senator Barnes & family –  East Asia Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative for World Venture

 Church:
Youth Disciple Now, April 10-12
Sign-ups for Marriage Retreat
Staff search for worship leader
This week’s worship service, Bible studies, and BodyBuilder groups

 Personal Needs:
Spiritual awakening in our community, in our nation
Salvation -- Those on your "Who's Your One?" list
Pat Potter  -- having surgery related to uterine cancer on April 20
Tim Johnson – recovering from surgery on Tuesday to remove half of thyroid because of cancer; will await pathology results in 2 weeks to determine next steps in treatment
Gary Carrington –  is moving to assisted living facility, continues under hospice care
Shelly Pope –  will begin phase one of an immunotherapy trial treatment for stage 4 liver cancer
Grief:  Hank Quigg and family – death of his stepfather
Martha Wyatt – at home now, recovering from cracked vertebrae in neck from fall
Terry England (longtime Ponder resident; wife is Pat, daughter is Paige Wells, former teacher and coach in Ponder ISD) –  will soon have open heart surgery; getting scheduled now
Kerr Broadstreet  (Kim's brother) – cancerous tumor in shoulder has begun to grow again
Todd Turner (fiance of Jesse Woolery's cousin) – recovering in Kansas hospital from surgery to deal with an infected heart valve, which was causing congestive heart failure
Tristen Garza (grandson of longtime PISD administrator, Kent Josselet) – experiencing difficulties with lower extremities, with walking; undergoing testing and physical therapy
Tommy Bean –  needing renewed strength following his mini-stroke
Halle Deaton (25 yr old former member from Krum)   – recovering well from surgery related to breast cancer
Hank and Susan Quigg – pray for their recovery from house fire and their rebuild over the next few months
Those in assisted living/nursing homes:  Barbara Nofziger, Carolyn Gillespie, Mary Alice Benton
 
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