Spring break is taking place for many high school and college students.  This had me thinking about how God has taught us to take breaks in our regular routines for the  purpose of refueling spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Life is usually much too busy and hectic, or so we think, for us to take such breaks, so our relationship with the Father suffers, and we stay more distant from Him and grow weary in the other dimensions of our lives as well. This needs further attention from us for the sake of our wholeness. Let’s ask God to help us “take a break” more regularly.

“Be still, and know that I am God.”   -- Psalm 46:10  (NIV)
 
“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”   -- Mark 1:35  (NIV)
 
“The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.  Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’   So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.”  -- Mark 6:30-32  (NIV)
 
Pray that . . . 

• Each of us will submit to the Holy Spirit’s prompting to wait before the Lord in stillness and quietness that we might hear Him speak to us.  (1 Kings 19:11-12)
• Each of us will depend upon the discipline afforded us through the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 1:7)  to set aside time each day, and longer periods once in a while, to pause and be with the Father.
• Each of us will recognize the importance of the practice of refueling for the sake of our spiritual health.

WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE –  March 11, 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 Ventures
Pray for believers in Iran – it is a very dangerous time for them.
Pray for the persecuted church in China -- China's crackdown on underground churches intensifies with new arrests

Church:
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

• Jeremy Green's wife, Christy -  has a daughter named Jennifer who experienced a blood clot in her brain, which caused a stroke. Please pray for her physical healing as well as for her spiritual needs (unsure as to her relationship with Christ).
• Shelly Pope –  began new chemo treatment – Pray specifically that God will guide the chemicals directly to tumors in her liver
• Gary Carrington –  entering into hospice care for his cancer in multiple organs
• Martha Wyatt – in rehab recovering from cracked vertebrae in neck from fall in her home
• Chary Horton –  experiencing instability in walking, resulting in falls
• Grief:  Maranda McClain and family – death of her husband, Justin
• Halle Deaton (25 yr old former member from Krum)   – recovering well from surgery related to breast cancer
• Tommy Bean –  needing renewed strength following a recent mini-stroke
• 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
• Our government leaders 
• First responders