Dear Heavenly Father, Holy and Praiseworthy is Your name for You are able to give us joy even in our suffering! We don’t enjoy suffering; no one does. Not even Christ Jesus enjoyed it on the cross, but He was willing to endure the pain for our sake and for Your glory. It’s not possible for us to find joy on our own during our trials and tribulations. Being joyful during hard times does not come naturally to us. But through Your Son Jesus and Your Holy Spirit, we are given peace along with joy and faith. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Praying Romans 5:1-5 over all Your children today and always, dear Lord, especially those battling cancer: “Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peacea with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. ✨✨✨✨✨❤️❤️✨✨✨✨✨ Help our faith to hold onto the hope that our suffering is not the end of our story. It’s not easy to have hope when we are suffering. Help us to continue to trust in You, so we are strengthened to endure. Please help us to look at suffering from Your perspective, so we can realize that You are working to bring Your glory into our trials. Please continue to show us through Your Holy Spirit that You love us. Jesus suffered and gave Himself for us so that we can have a relationship with You, and we ask that You continue to give us everything we need to live a life that honors You. ✨✨✨✨✨❤️❤️✨✨✨✨✨ Thank You, dear Lord, for working in our lives, especially during our difficult seasons. Thank You for pouring Your love into us through the Holy Spirit. Thank You for Your strength to persevere, and letting that perseverance develop a strong character that allows us to hope and trust in You even in pain and suffering. When the persevering gets tough, help us to hold onto this truth: You have given everything for us, including Your Only Begotten Son, and You will never leave our side! In the wonderful and almighty name of Christ Jesus, amen! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

Dear Father, our God of Hope, we come humbly to Your throne praising Your holy name for our hope is found in You! Living in hope is much harder to do when we are going through tough times. Help us, dear Lord, to remember that when we are being tested, our perseverance is being increased as well as our hope becoming greater. In Your Word, You have given us many examples of perseverance and hope. One story was about King David and how he persevered through years of mistreatment, including many days in the desert. Another story was about Jonah who ran from You because he was scared of Your plan for him to help the people of Nineveh. Jonah went through many trials because of his disobedience, but he still turned to You for hope. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Praying Romans 5:3-5 over all Your children today and always, dear Lord, especially those battling cancer: “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer; numbers going down-hallelujah; has appt 2/21/23 at Mayo), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), rparkz58 (tumor on liver; ablation surgery on 2/14/23; his daughter’s salvation), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), Carlos (cancer in more than one spot), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Help us to hold onto hope and persevere during our difficult seasons, dear Father. Throughout Your Word, You have taught us to persevere and hold onto hope by drawing near to You, meditating on Your scriptures, and encouraging one another! Remind us that we are not alone and that there are others who understand what we are going through. Help us draw near to You just like King David, Paul, Job and especially Jesus! They all prayed to You and continually worshipped You! Help us to get into Your Word, meditate on it and memorize it. That way we can recite Your scriptures to keep the lies of the enemy away from us. Help us to encourage one another. Words are more powerful than a two-edged sword for they make the difference between giving up and persevering. This way, we can carry each other’s burdens, stand together, and pray together in good times and hard times. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Dear Lord, thank You for giving us hope, not only in Yourself, but in Your promises, Your Word, and each other! Thank You for always being there for us, especially during our trials. It’s so reassuring that we can put our trust in You because we know who You are! Thank You for Your encouragement and love during our rough times! In the glorious and magnificent name of Jesus, amen! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

Dear Heavenly Father, we enter Your presence with praise in our hearts and on our lips for You bring joy to us even during the worst of times! Having joy during our pain and suffering does not seem possible! How can this be? But through Your hope and strength, Your joy just comes alongside and shines through us showing others Your love for us. When Jesus, faced the darkest hour of His life, He not only showed us that we are His love, but He also showed us that we are His joy. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Praying John 17:13 over all Your children today and always, dear Lord, especially those battling cancer: “I speak these things in the world so that they may have My joy completed in them.” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer; numbers going down-hallelujah; has appt 2/21/23 at Mayo), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), rparkz58 (tumor on liver; ablation surgery on 2/14/23; his daughter’s salvation), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), Carlos (cancer in more than one spot), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Nothing can stop Your joy from pressing through to our hearts no matter what is happening around us. And when we let Your joy in, we can become one with You. We don’t need to work to find it; we just simply need to claim the joy that is Yours through Christ. You are ready to give it in abundance because You love us. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Oh, dear Lord, thank You for Your love that is beyond our comprehension. To know that You are with us and that You care for us the way You do is a blessing! Knowing this truth, our hearts should not be heavy. But sometimes, they are. Please help us to experience Your joy. Thank You for lifting our hearts as only You can and letting us rest in Your presence. Thank You for helping us to glorify Your Name through whatever we may be facing. We can do anything as long as we have Your joy! In the glorious and beautiful name of Jesus, amen!🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

Dear Almighty Father, we come to the foot of Your throne praising Your Holy Name for You are the One who created us. The Bible says that we don’t need to clean up our life before we come to You. You know everything about us! So there is nothing that we can hide from You! You already know the innermost parts of our thoughts and desires. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Praying Psalm 139:1-6 over all Your children today and always, dear Lord, especially those battling cancer: “O LORD, you have examined my hear and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer; numbers going down-hallelujah; has appt 2/21/23 at Mayo), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), rparkz58 (tumor on liver; ablation surgery on 2/14/23; his daughter’s salvation), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), Carlos (cancer in more than one spot), nelsonandrousseau’s sister (metastatic ovarian cancer), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please, dear Lord, help us not to hide anything from You. We know it is a truly foolish and futile act because there isn’t anything you don’t know about us. You know more about us than we even know about ourselves! Your thoughts are so much higher than our thoughts! Please help us to be open and honest with You so You can continue to purify and sanctify our hearts. You can handle the heaviest parts of us, and You are not surprised by any of our thoughts. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Thank You, dear Lord, for being faithful and merciful continuing to love us in spite of our shortcomings. We cannot be healed if we try to hide things from You! In order to experience Your grace and mercy, we must bring everything to You! When You search us and bring things to mind, You’re inviting us to humbly confess them to You. Thank You for continuing to walk with us and lead us into eternal life with You! In the bold and mighty name of Jesus, amen! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

Thank you, David, for posting your beautiful prayer! May our Good and Kind Shepherd hear your words and heal all His precious children of this dreadful disease. There have been some wonderful testimonies that have come out of these prayers, and I pray they will continue until there are no more requests to be heard! God bless you, dear brother! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

Dear Father in Heaven, we humbly come to You praising Your Holy Name for You are our Faith Builder, Belief Maker, and Action Producer. You make it possible for us to have the faith (as big as a mustard seed) to believe in Your love for us and Your willingness to heal us so we can act upon our faith and beliefs. Faith without action is not complete. Help us to not act just to prove we have faith, but to act knowing we see and believe You are in the middle of our trials. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Praying James 2:17 (AMP) over all Your children today and always, dear Lord, especially those battling cancer: “So also faith if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up) by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer; numbers going down-hallelujah; has appt 2/21/23 at Mayo), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), rparkz58 (tumor on liver; ablation surgery on 2/14/23; his daughter’s salvation), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), Carlos (cancer in more than one spot), nelsonandrousseau’s sister (metastatic ovarian cancer), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please help us to receive healing like the woman with the issues of blood in Mark 5:25-34 did. She heard about Jesus (faith comes by hearing). She then spoke “if only I touch His clothes, I shall be made well”. Then she had to act. She acted because she believed, and if she hadn’t acted faithfully on her belief, then nothing would have happened. Since she was bleeding, she was considered an unclean woman and was not allowed in crowds. But through her faith, she acted like she was already a healed woman. Jesus didn’t even know that power was going out from Him until He perceived it as she touched Him. Her faith positioned her to receive healing from Jesus. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Thank You, dear Lord, for giving us the faith in our hearts that causes us to reach out and touch You believing that it draws Your healing power into our bodies. Help us to draw on Your power through our own faith just as the woman with blood issues did. Thank You for giving us the courage and strength to believe that we can draw upon Your Power to be healed in an act of faith! In the glorious and beautiful name of Jesus Christ, amen! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

Dear Yahweh-Rapha, we humbly enter Your presence to praise Your Holy Name for You are the God Who Heals! You sent Your Only Begotten Son to live among us, to reconcile us to You, to ransom us and to heal us physically and spiritually. In Mark’s gospel, we read a story about a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader who believed in Your Son’s power to heal his sick daughter. But Jairus’ servants told him not to bother Your Son for his daughter had died. But You, dear LORD, made a way! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Praying Mark 5:36 over all Your children today and always, dear Lord, especially those battling cancer: “As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, ‘Do not be afraid; only believe.’” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer; numbers going down-hallelujah; has appt 2/21/23 at Mayo), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), rparkz58 (tumor on liver; ablation surgery on 2/14/23; his daughter’s salvation), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), Carlos (cancer in more than one spot), nelsonandrousseau’s sister (metastatic ovarian cancer), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Jairus could have been tempted to get off track from believing to fearing. The news brought doubt and discouragement into the situation. But Jesus did not listen, and He moved quickly to make sure that Jairus continued to guard his heart and receive the miracle that was coming. Jesus told him to keep on believing despite the circumstances. Jesus did not acknowledge the problem, but He spoke according to what He knew He was about to do, not what everyone else thought they knew. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Oh, dear Father, thank You for helping us to speak like Jesus instead of speaking what we think we know. Too many times, we are voicing our problems and calling it facing reality. But help us to remember what Romans 4:17 says: … He “calls those things which do not exist as though they did”. We know our pain and suffering are real, our battles are real. But thank You for the truth that Jesus and His finished work are more than enough to overcome our realities! In the powerful and holy name of Jesus Christ, amen! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

Dear fola.bsf, thank you for agreeing with me and receiving your healing. Is your name listed on this prayer request? If not, I would love to add your name to the list! Just let me know. God bless you and keep you!

Dear God Almighty, we come to You praising Your Holy Name for You are our Provider! When we look at the story of how You led the Israelites out of Egypt, Your miraculous provision is seen in many different ways. First, You gave them a leader by choosing Moses to communicate between You and Your people. You also provided water out of a rock to quench their thirst. You poured down manna every day to fill their stomachs and give them strength. You also prevented their clothes from wearing out. And with all the miles of walking they did over forty years, You didn’t even let their feet swell. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Praying Deuteronomy 8:15-16 over all Your children today and always, dear Lord, especially those battling cancer: “He brought water out of the flint rock for you. He fed you in the wilderness with manna.” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer; numbers going down-hallelujah; has appt 2/21/23 at Mayo), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), rparkz58 (tumor on liver; ablation surgery on 2/14/23; his daughter’s salvation), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), Carlos (cancer in more than one spot), nelsonandrousseau’s sister (metastatic ovarian cancer), Lynell (breast cancer), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ You covered all their needs throughout the entire journey from bondage to freedom. Instead of Moses, we have Jesus to do our communicating. You are but a prayer and a cry away. You gave Your Spirit to us through Christ Jesus to quench our thirst for comfort and rest, to give us friendship and fulfill our hunger for companionship, and to wrap Your love around our hearts. Wherever we are in the desert, You are always present with us, leading and providing all the way. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Oh, dear Lord, thank You for giving us everything we need. Please continue to help us today and always. We ask You to fill the voids in our lives with the presence of Your Spirit. Redeem the loss we’ve endured with restoration and a new purpose. Give us the comfort and healing we need in all the places we hurt. Fill out hearts of mourning with Your joy. Thank You for renewing our hope and helping us to endure this road until our feet are firmly planted on new ground. In the sweet and glorious name of Jesus, amen! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

My dear beloved brothers and sisters who are being prayed over daily (and will continue to as long as God gives us strength), I want to break out of the normal prayer routine on the Ash Wednesday and throughout the Lenten Season. The daily posting will still continue, but instead of focusing solely on our battles against cancer, the focus will be more on the season until after Easter. I found a wonderful Lent Devotional by Gospel in Life that I want to share with each of you. I hope it blesses you as much as it did me! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ✨✨✨ Lent Devotional ✨✨✨ What is Lent? The word “Lent” comes from the Old English word “lengten,” which simply means “spring” — when the days lengthen and new life springs forth. It is a time in which we anticipate the victory of the light and life of Christ over the darkness of sin and death. It is, to borrow a phrase from C.S. Lewis, a season of a kind of “happiness and wonder that makes you serious.” It is our prayer that as you journey with us from Ash Wednesday to Easter, you would be reminded of the reality of our broken humanity, but as days grow brighter, you would experience with greater abundance the reality of God’s redeeming grace. And so, just as we carefully prepare for big events in our personal lives, such as a wedding or commencement, Lent invites us to make our hearts ready for remembering Jesus’ death and resurrection. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Lent Day 1: The Dust – Genesis 3:14-19 (ESV) “The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” To the woman he said, I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ When we come to Genesis 3, we encounter a God who curses! He responds to Adam and Eve’s disobedience and the serpent’s treachery decisively. With the pronouncement of each curse and judgment, there is an undoing or reversal of God’s gracious creative works. Adam, who was created from the dust, is now destined to return back to it. Eve, who was created out of Adam, has now become dominated by him. The serpent, who was more crafty than any of the wild animals, is now humiliated, groveling on its belly, eating dust. In this chapter we see that sin has affected all of creation. This text speaks to our desire to overlook our sins. God does not respond lightly to sin. Death entered the world with sin, and all manner of sorrow, suffering and despair. But the worst of the curse would fall upon a different man many millennia later as Paul said in Galatians 3:13, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us — for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.’” Jesus would take upon himself a curse in order to redeem humanity’s status. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Dear Father, I know you cannot take lightly the sins that I commit because you are a God of holiness who loves justice and does not allow evil to go unpunished. But I thank you for your wisdom and mercy in devising a plan that would allow the curse that was rightfully mine to fall upon your Son. In Christ’s Name, Amen. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Please hear our prayers, dear LORD, for Flora, Tannen (or Karen?) from TX with 2 small children, Kim’s husband, Jeremy (prostate cancer), Allen, Susan, Sister Martha, Mccleskey, Charsmart, Heath, Jessica, Bob (and his salvation), Tom, Allan, Travis (Hodgkin Lymphoma; mother has leukemia), Dr. Sharon, Onesimo and his son, Naayson, Larry (age 83), Angel’s grandma, Blind Tony, Lynette’s son – Dylan, Jeanine (breast cancer spread to brain), Joann Robinson (breast cancer surgery), Samantha’s 21-year-old brother (brain cancer), Gretchen (and her salvation), James (liver tumors), Desi (3rd battle with cancer and needs stem cell transplant), Crystal’s mom (breast cancer), Serinna (lung cancer), Sheila, Shelly, Angelia, Dureatha, Marcia, Gerrie W., Kathie G., Patti B., Kenny, Renée’s mom, Bob (wife Lori), Jeanine (along with many, many other trials), young Peyton, Standingstrong’s husband (6 years battling; requesting continued favor), Patsy (also kidney and lung issues), Cathy (breast cancer/husband Bob), Kristie, Kelly (requested by lisa1), Mary (life-long friend of GodsgalMN), Angie (husband Todd), Robert (Ronivq100’s relative), Gary (wife Milissa), Josephine (multiple myeloma), jetaun52’s nephew, Sharon (stomach cancer-feeding tube to be put in), kellgaudet, Didi’s son (leukemia/daughter bone marrow donor), Bob (brain cancer/wife Jody), Tammy (husband has MS), Luke (on hospice), Frankie (brain tumor), Tommy (wife-Selina; his salvation, also), luvsjs.c’s son (colon cancer), Susan (along with many other health issues), Nancy (Multiple Myeloma), Senya (age 9), Abrey (age 5), Callum (age 9/brain tumor), Alan (leukemia/family Jeanette and Daytona), Vicki, Shirley, Logan, Jim, Holly, Mary, Clay, Shayla, Wally, Aaron (testicular), pastor joycel’s daughter (mass on liver), moore6771 (surgery to remove cancer), Father’s Daughter (breast cancer), Bob Miller, Lady Paige’s dad, Stacy Kim (cervical cancer), Hubert L. (lung cancer spread to brain), Todd F. (brain cancer), Chris B. (Cindy’s brother-throat cancer), Laurel (and large family), Sheldon (Stephanie’s dad – esophageal cancer), Maria (and her salvation), Trudy (colon cancer), Allegra, Warrior Princess’ sister (peritoneal cancer, upcoming surgery and housing issues), Brian (brain cancer), jahuizar’s uncle, Cooper (4-year-old with leukemia), Lisa – Philippians4:6 (stage 4 stomach cancer), Sandra (from Canada), Adrian Hill (possible pancreatic cancer), Marcia – mkv730 (pancreatic cancer; numbers going down-hallelujah; has appt 2/21/23 at Mayo), achasebb’s brother (multiple myeloma), Chelsea (mother of 2 small children/stage-4 pancreatic cancer), Tina (ovarian cancer and MSD-a bone marrow cancer), Rona (breast cancer), davidmi313 (along with depression/anxiety), Willie (having surgery 1/6/23), Marc Bigelow (stage 4 kidney cancer), family friend of ealucca (pancreatic cancer), ycruz1413, Dnicole’s mom, Mabel (daughter is caretaker/Don’t pass me by’s sister), Katrina (liver cancer: and salvation), Nancy (lung cancer and her salvation), Josh (17 years old with lymphoma), Duane (prostate cancer metastasized to brain), Ed and Gloria (husband and wife both have cancer; he has liver and colon; she has breast), yvettentreco’s husband, “K’s” 3-month-old baby (brain tumor-surgery not until March), Tom (stomach cancer), BJ (sarcoma on thigh; surgery on 1/17/23), Mia (10-year-old with lung cancer), Emerson (16-year-old with rare cancer), Lincoln Jones (Hodgkin Lymphoma), Denise (pancreatic cancer), Jorge from Argentina (pancreatic cancer), kathychap1’s husband (brain cancer), jusnitafrybarger’s husband (been fighting 2 years), Peavy (esophageal cancer), Soraya (pancreatic cancer), Barbara (ovarian and colon cancers), Kate (stage 4 pancreatic cancer), Mother of rparkz58’s daughter (lung cancer), rparkz58 (tumor on liver; ablation surgery on 2/14/23; his daughter’s salvation), Amanda (stomach cancer), Dana (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), Adrain, Karen and India, Kali (5-year-old with inoperable brain tumor), David- dmgoetsch’s husband (colon cancer), Trina (colon cancer and salvation), Niki (stage 4 cancer/ husband Ken), B (prostate cancer), Carlos (cancer in more than one spot), nelsonandrousseau’s sister (metastatic ovarian cancer), Lynell (breast cancer), Coffey’s wife (given 1 year to live), Ellen (breast cancer at age 40), and all cancer patients who we don’t know their names, but You do! Bless them, their families and friends with Your peace that is beyond all understanding as You guide them down the journey they are traveling. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️

✨Lent Day 3: The Darkness✨ Genesis 15:7-12, 17-21 (ESV)
Then he said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
And he said, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
So he said to him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” Then he brought all these to him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. …
And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying:
“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates — the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Genesis 15 presents one of the most remarkable if not macabre episodes in the life of Abraham. For a nomad, the promise of a land to possess would have been both comforting as well as difficult to believe, so it is only natural that Abraham would respond to God’s promise (v. 7: “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess”) with a request for assurance (v. 8: “How am I to know that I shall possess it?”). What is surprising is not the request, but the sign that God provides. Animals are brought before God, split in two, and then arrayed before him. The writer makes clear that as the sun goes down, Abram does not merely fall asleep, but experiences a “dreadful and great darkness.” In the thick darkness, a smoking fire pot and flaming torch pass between the pieces and the episode ends with the statement, “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram” (v. 18). What is going on?!? In the Ancient Near East, when parties entered a covenant it was often dramatized by a sacrifice or some other enactment of the penalty that would fall on the party who did not keep up their end of the bargain. This signified that both parties were willing to honor the arrangement at the possible expense of their lives — their fate would be the same as that of the animals. In the darkness Abraham witnesses God (represented as a fire pot and torch) passing through the pieces, and yet he himself is not required to! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ The gospel writers note that when Jesus died, darkness fell over the land, and in that moment, we see the sacrifice God made in order to honor his promises to us. It is a reminder that he went to the grave to give us the skies, became alienated to give us a home, and experienced deep darkness to bring us into the light. In fact, this vision is what comforted Abraham’s fear in Genesis 15:1 (“Fear not, Abram, I am your shield.”). Is this your comfort too? ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Prayer: Father, remind me that because Jesus experienced the darkness, you have shown me your light; because he experienced alienation, you have promised me a home; because he experienced the grave, you have given me the skies. And help me not to be afraid, because you are my shield and very great reward. In Christ’s Name, Amen.