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Wakeup!

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In a few short hours our Senior High youth group will gather together and pack up the church van, load up the bus and head on up to Glen Spey, NY for our winter retreat!  It is going to be a really awesome trip.  Our theme for this year is: Wake Up.  I am super excited about our speaker this year.  His name is Clint Ussher.  Clint has been given the task of challenging our students to wake up; to wake up to what God has for them!  This is going to be an exciting weekend.

Will you pray for us?

Here are a few things that you can pray for…

1. Pray for safety as we travel. We are headed to New York State.  You never know what kind of weather you are going to get up there!

2. Pray for the hearts of teenagers.  Would you pray that their hearts would be open to hear what God is trying to say to them?  Often times it is on a weekend away where there are less distractions that we get a chance to actually hear what God is saying.

3. Pray for no distractions! Distractions can come in all forms.  Will you please pray that there would be no distractions this weekend?  That means no girl drama, and no smelly guy gas!

4. Pray for fun! One of the other reasons we get away together is to just flat out have fun!  Pray that we have fun, and lots of it!

Thanks!

~Peter

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In Leadership & Calling

Pray for me!!! (Selfish I know…)

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photo-50Since writing this post I came across another blog post by Lisa Shea.  She was writing about the need to intercede.  It’s a sweet article.  You can read it here…  I know this may sound selfish, but please copy and paste this list and print it off, memorize it, write it on your eyelids, do whatever, but I am asking you to pray.  You can’t say I’m selfish because I did say that I would pray for you too.  So, here is the repeat of the list from yesterday…  

 

  1. Pray for a place for my wife, kids, and I to live.  We have been living with a family for the last several months.  We are craving our own space.  The family has been greatly generous and loving towards us.  It has nothing to do with them.  Just everything to do with the desire to be together again as a family unit. 
  2. Pray for me to lead the ministries that I have oversight with, with integrity of heart and skillful hands.  But pray in that order.  Integrity first.  Skill second.  
  3. Pray for me as I am taking on leading and teaching “The Five”.  This is a new service here at FBC that is seriously trying to make a difference here in this community by unashamedly preaching the Bible in a real life changing culture making way.  
  4. Pray that God would give me great creativity as I teach and lead.  I don’t want to reinvent the wheel.  I want to discover teleportation!  
  5. Pray for Godly guys that would surround me and hold me accountable.  
  6. Pray for my wife
  7. Pray for my kids
  8. Pray for me as I still deal with the loss of my Dad.  It continues to be something that weighs on my heart!  
  9. Pray that I would be a great husband to my wife and dad to my kids.
  10. Pray for times of refreshing and encouragement in my life!  It seems easy for Satan to find things to discourage me with.  
  11. Pray for all the details to work out for my potential enrollment at Biblical Seminary starting this fall!  (finances!!!)

 

Seriously, how can I pray for you?  But don’t write Unspoken!  

Thankful…

~Peter

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In Faith in Real Life

Honesty

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Let’s be honest with each other today!  

What have you been dealing with?  

I read Pete Wilson’s blog, as I usually do, and I was struck by this one post that he wrote about going first.  Here it is.  You should read it.  How many times have you heard someone say, “I have an unspoken prayer request”?  I am always a little annoyed by the “unspoken”.  It’s kind of like, I want to really do life with you.  I want to know what eats you up, and what destroys your heart, and your soul.  What squashes the fire?  And you respond with Unspoken.  Well, let me go first today.  

You can pray for me, and believe me, I would be honored if you would pray these things for me!

  1. Pray for a place for my wife, kids, and I to live.  We have been living with a family for the last several months.  We are craving our own space.  The family has been greatly generous and loving towards us.  It has nothing to do with them.  Just everything to do with the desire to be together again as a family unit.  
  2. Pray for me to lead the ministries that I have oversight with, with integrity of heart and skillful hands.  But pray in that order.  Integrity first.  Skill second.  
  3. Pray for me as I am taking on leading and teaching “The Five”.  This is a new service here at FBC that is seriously trying to make a difference here in this community by unashamedly preaching the Bible in a real life changing culture making way.  
  4. Pray that God would give me great creativity as I teach and lead.  I don’t want to reinvent the wheel.  I want to discover teleportation!  
  5. Pray for Godly guys that would surround me and hold me accountable.  
  6. Pray for my wife
  7. Pray for my kids
  8. Pray for me as I still deal with the loss of my Dad.  It continues to be something that weighs on my heart!  
  9. Pray that I would be a great husband to my wife and dad to my kids.
  10. Pray for times of refreshing and encouragement in my life!  It seems easy for Satan to find things to discourage me with.  
  11. Pray for all the details to work out for my potential enrollment at Biblical Seminary starting this fall!  (finances!!!)

Seriously though, if we can’t live life together and be honest….  Come on…  Let’s not have the unspoken.  If you leave a prayer request in the comments, I will commit to praying for it!  Let’s be able to develop a community here!  

So grateful!

~Peter

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