Community Prayer | August ‘21

Let’s finish 2021 with praise! If you have an answered prayer SHARE BELOW and I’ll add them each month to the list. 🙂 Let’s praise also, while we pray! 

This post is updated, sometimes daily, please check-in for updates, answered prayers, and for continued prayer over the requests. Thank you!

Let’s work together on prayer by praying for each other and lifting up our needs.

Why We Need To Pray– Draw Closer To God, Draw Closer To The Community, See Answered Prayers

PRAISE REPORTS! – If the Lord has answered prayer let me know 🙂 

Leigh–

“I had my impressions done this past Monday and I go on September 1 to have my teeth extracted. Then after my gums heal…..I CAN SMILE again! Thank you so much for all your prayers. I am so blessed!”

Heart Surgery/Problems- A sister in Christ asked for prayers for her father in law. He is doing fairly well. Thank you for your prayers!

Here are the prayer requests/updates for the month of August 2021

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Prayer Requests (*not real names for privacy for families)

UPDATE– Viv & Husband – Glioblastoma– Viv’s husband continues to battle cancer. Viv is asking for specific prayers for their children who are witnessing their dad go through this. Viv is also asking for more prayers for Mark, as he battles cancer, right now he is noticeably declining. Prayers are also needed for physical strength for Viv, as helping her husband move is hard for her. Pray for Mark, he is dealing with swelling in his body, it makes him hard to walk around. With changes they’ve experience life can be very overwhelming. Lift up this family. Pray for the peace of God that surpasses all understanding to upon each family member.

Viv is asking prayers for getting her husband long term health care. They found out he has glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer, hard to treat. Pray for him, encouragement, strength, peace, and healing. Pray for peace for the family. Pray for Viv, as she has relapsing-remitting MS and TBI. Pray for strength for the family, for financial support, emotional support, and whatever else they need that the Lord provide. You can follow, encourage, and support Viv on her Instagram here. And her blog you can check out here.

NEW (08/30)–Maci’s Mended Heart – Maci is one little fighter. She was diagnosed with Mowat-Wilson Syndrome. She has a lot of body problems that stem from this. Her body fights medicine. Her kidneys were discovered to have defects. The list continues.
Finally, her family decided that the path to ease her pain would be to give her as much meds as possible, and try to make her as comfortable as possible while her body fails. There are good days, and there have been bad days, as her body continues to fight the meds. Pray for this family. Pray for Maci. Pray for Maci’s siblings, Jake and Everly. Pray for peace. Pray for healing for all members of the family and friends. You can stay up to date with their Facebook page.

NEW (08/24) – A sister in Christ is asking prayer for her cousin. She recently lost her husband and will be due with their first child. Prayer is asked for the pastor and his wife at her church. The wife found out she has cancer and the pastor is in the hospital with pneumonia. Please pray for everyone involved.

NEW–
Please Pray For Afghanistan,
for Christians living over there,
for the women and girls,
for the Lord’s protection and help.
For Christians being persecuted throughout the world.
For strength for American Christian to keep sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and not bend at the cancel-culture we live in.
For strength for the Bride of Jesus Christ.
Pray for those affected by the hurricanes.

Update On Brother – Leigh– Request For Health– “Please pray for my health. Both physically and mentally.” Continued prayers for her brother and his eyes being opened to the truth of Jesus are welcomed. “He still smokes and has a horrible cough along with emphysema. He has been losing a quite bit of weight and is down to around 122. He had a doctor’s appointment today so we’re waiting for him to come home and tell us what’s going on. I need to be a better witness to him.”

NEW– Olivia In Bolivia (Fellow Blogger and Missionary Friend) –Olivia is preparing for another teaching season. Please continue to lift up Olivia and the Yoders, as well as for more staff for the children’s home. Check out Olivia’s Blog

Little Girl *Miley– This little one has had a lot of medical issues. Her parents need prayer for discernment, answers, financial aid, emotional and spiritual support.

Little Boy *Fin– There are a lot of issues this kid is experiencing and the family needs prayers. Pray for strength, healing, wisdom, peace against fear, financial support, emotional support, and spiritual support for the family. 

Country of Myanmar- They are going through military control. Pray for the missionaries and all involved. See prayer request by missionary here.

Victims of Ravi Zacharias, The Zacharias Family, The Ministry RZIM – For a full understanding of the double life Ravi Zacharias lived, please see the detailed report here of the investigation by Miller and Martin. Please view Brad & Lori Anne Thompson’s letter sharing their experience. To hear Lori Anne Thompson’s Victim Impact Statement please see her video here. Mike Winger has also covered the full report in his video here. We need to pray for all who have been betrayed, manipulated, sexually abused, cheated on, lied to, and who are hurting because of what Ravi did. Pray for the ministry RZIM to do the right thing and what is Biblical. Pray for listeners of Ravi not to cast a blind eye. Pray for the truth of the Lord to help all who are hurting and angry. 

Ruth – Request for strength and healing – Please pray for her and her family. For peace as they mourn the loss of her father. Ruth let me know her mother is now in a nursing home. Please pray for her mother to be encouraged by scripture and worship. That there is a Christian nurse who can encourage her, and that the nurse would be encouraged, too, in the word of God.

Baby Finn-They are still looking for a night time nurse.. Please pray they can find a nurse soon!- Finn is now home and his parents need help. Keep praying and lifting this family up!! (Stay Up To Date– Finn’s Facebook Page)

Fight For Fi- Little Girl, Sophia who has cancer. You can get updates on their Facebook page here

Continue Prayers For All Dealing With COVID-19. That we may show the love of Christ, be discerning, willing to listen to each other, and for the truth to shine.

My Mother In Law- Request for healing and answers- Thank you for continued prayers!– I am asking for your prayers that God ministers His truth to her. She has neuropathy. She struggles a lot. Please seek the Lord for answers and healing according to His will. Also, she let me know someone she knows found out they have cancer and will start treatment soon. Prayers for this woman, Carol, as well.

Prayers for a friend needing assurance, peace, and direction to believe the Gospel. That she is encouraged to turn to Jesus.

A friend’s brother–  Request for someone’s brother who has schizophrenia and he needs to be uplifted. The young man is making improvements and making choices that are helping him! Continue to lift up him and his family. It is still very hard on the family, and I’m sure him as well.

My Request- Please pray for the guidance of the Lord’s hand. For His strength to be my encouragement. For His direction in my writing. Please lift up my home church as well. My pastor and the congregation. For protection, guidance, and renewal.

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Remember, to pray for the lost, for the body of Christ, leaders to be strengthened, our nation, and believers to draw closer to God. We have some fellow bloggers in ministries in Italy, India, and Indonesia please remember them.

Pray for the Lord’s hand resting upon those being abused, trafficked, locked in addiction, those who feel unloved, and those suffering from illness. 

Pray for the widows, the fatherless, the poor, the hungry, and pray for your own walk with Christ. 

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PLEASE COMMENT BELOW:

• If God reached out to you during this month of prayer, please share how He reached you down below. Whether prayer was listed or not.
• If you would like your request listed (or don’t see it listed), please comment below and let me know. If you do not want to say details just say unspoken, and I will add it. God will know what the unspoken is.

Monthly Scripture To Memorize/Meditate On – (ESV) Romans 5:08, “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

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