January 18 is the annual Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, an important day to pray, mourn the lives of the preborn who’ve been lost, and advocate for a culture of life that protects the most vulnerable and serves scared mothers and anxious fathers in the midst of an unplanned pregnancy. A post-Roe world is good, but a post-abortion world is what should be ultimately sought..  Abortion is an abomination to God, who created each of those babies in the womb in His image.  Let’s pray for an end to this abomination throughout the nation and that the church of the Lord Jesus will do all that we can do to continue to oppose it.  Pray on the basis of the following Scriptures:

“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”   -- Genesis 1:27  (NIV)

“This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord, the Maker of all things...”   -- Isaiah 44:24  (NIV)
 
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you...”   -- Jeremiah 1:5  (NIV)

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you  because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”   -- Psalm 139:13-16  (NIV)
 
“See now that I alone am he; there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from my power.”  -- Deuteronomy 32:39  (CSB)
 
“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.”  -- Psalm 127:3  (NLT)


WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE –  January 14, 2025
Missions:
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
Stephen & Sabrina Marshall –  church planting in France
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:
Youth signing up for DNow
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
Courtney Romo requests prayer for her son, Jake, who will be undergoing some important medical tests this week.
Jerry Townsend's mother, Helen – stage 3 throat and tongue cancer
Tommy Bean –  needing renewed strength following a recent mini-stroke
Shelly Pope –  just began new chemo treatment – Pray specifically that God will guide the chemicals directly to tumors in her liver
Chary Horton –  recovering from broken upper arm; has new crack in same arm
Praise! -- Randy Ramey (He & wife, Elise, are among our newest members) – received new kidney this past Friday – is doing well; will be in Phoenix to be near hospital for 4-6 weeks
Judy Vaughan – recovering from broken collarbone following recent fall
Steve Simpson –  seeking to have stoma surgery scheduled soon
Gary Carrington –  no longer undergoing treatment for his cancer in multiple organs
Hank and Susan Quigg – pray for their recovery from house fire and their rebuild over the next six to eight months
Halle Deaton (25 yr old former member from Krum)   – diagnosed with breast cancer; finished chemo treatment – undergoing surgery in January; treatment as worked very well so far
Donna Nuckels (Don's sister-in-law) – auto-immune disorder caused by Covid vaccine; no cure, but symptoms being controlled; doing better
Those in assisted living/nursing homes:  Barbara Nofziger, Carolyn Gillespie, Mary Alice Benton

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