Friday, March 27, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is Sovereign (Holding the position of ruler, royal, reigning; independent of all others; above or superior to all others; controls everything, can do anything)

‘The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights."

Habakkuk 3:19 (NIV)

Verses to read

DEUTERONOMY 3:24
ISAIAH 28:16
JOB 42:2
PSALM 135:6-7
II CHRONICLES 20:5-6
I CHRONICLES 29:10-13

Psalm 93



Prayers for our children

“The Sovereign LORD is ______ strength;
he makes his/her feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables ______ to go on the heights.”

Habakkuk 3:19

Prayer Requests for Mrs. Pineau

• Preschool enrollment for next year.
• For the parents of all the children in the classroom
  
• Patience and strength
• Show the love of Christ daily
• Health
• Volunteers and staff that help out

Prayer Requests

• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus
• Iowa Basic Skills testing
• Joyous Easter
• Team going to Mexicali
• Track Team
• The Proclaim Drama this weekend

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, March 20, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is our Shepherd, Jehovah Raah

‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

John 10:11 (ESV)

Verses to read

ISAIAH 40:11
REVELATION 7:17
EZEKIEL 34:14-16
MATTHEW 18:12-13
GENESIS 48:15-16
JEREMIAH 31:10
JOHN 10:14
1 PETER 2:25
JOHN 10 IS ALL ABOUT THE SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK

23rd Psalm




Prayers for our children

The LORD cares for his nation, just as shepherds care for their flocks and so he cares for ________. He carries the lambs in his arms, while gently leading the mother sheep. May _______ believe Jesus when he says “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

Isaiah 40:11; John 10:28; John 10:14

Prayer Requests for Mrs. Williams

• A clean kitchen that continues to exceed codes
• That God continues to bless the lunch program and keeps us all healthy.
• The kitchen budget
• Continued preparations of nutritious and delicious foods
• For all the volunteers who lovingly serve in the kitchen
• For Mrs. Williams as she opens her heart and home to2 children in the foster care system
• Pray that Mrs. Williams relies on God to give her the strength, stamina and patience, understanding and love to care for these children
• That she teaches her foster children about God and Jesus

Prayer Requests

• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, March 13, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is our Hope

‘Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

Verses to read

ISAIAH 40:28-31
LAMENTATIONS 3:25-26
1 PETER 1:3
ROMANS 15:4,13
JEREMIAH 29:11-13
PSALM 42:11
PSALM 31:24
PSALM 71:5

Prayers for our children

Almighty God,
May _____ be strong and take heart, let him/her hope in the LORD. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given _____ new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for him/her, who through faith is shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Psalm 31:24; 1 Peter 1:3-5

Prayer Requests for Mrs. Kowitz

• Patience as Mrs. Kowitz teaches computers and Spanish to a wide range of students.
• Teaching the students to be wise in their use of the computers.
• Creativity in teaching the students how to use a variety of computer programs.
• Good health
• Teaching the middle school students Spanish in a way that is engaging
• Providing care to the students in the before and after school programs.

Prayer Requests

• Roller Skating Party on March 13 to support the Mexicali Mission Trip
• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Our Shepherd Open Houses – March 18th
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, March 6, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is Perfect

“O LORD, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done marvelous things,
things planned long ago.”

Isaiah 25:1

Verses to read

PSALM 12:6
PSALM 19:7
DEUTERONOMY 32:1-4
II SAMUEL 22:31
MATTHEW 5:48
PSALM 18:31
2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
HEBREWS 7:28

Prayers for our children

Almighty God,
Let ____ fix his/her eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of his/her faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrew 12:2

Prayer Requests

• Roller Skating Party on March 13 to support the Mexicali Mission Trip
• Registration for the 2009/2010 School Year
• Our Shepherd Open Houses – March 11th and 18th
• Volunteers for Cirque Amongus

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, February 20

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is Eternal

“The LORD will reign for ever and ever.”
Exodus 15:18

Verses to read

PSALM 45:6
ROMANS 1:20
ISAIAH 26:4
1 TIMOTHY 1:17
DEUTERONOMY 33:27
PSALM 90:1-2

Prayers for our children:

Almighty God,

May ____ know the truth when Jesus declares “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am.” Let him/her marvel that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”

John 1:1-4; 8:58

Prayer Request

• Camp Wolverine – safe travel
• Refreshment during the 2 day Winter Break
• Health
• Final preparations for the Fine Arts Fair

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

From The Treasury of Daily Prayer, for February 20

Almighty God, whom to know is everlasting life, grant us to know Your Son, Jesus to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow His steps in the way that leads to life eternal; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Friday, February 13, 2009

Petitions to our heavenly Father,

Focus: God is Truth

“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."
John 1:17

Verses to read

PSALM 119:160
JOHN 8:32
PSALM 43:3
JOHN 17:3, 17
1 JOHN 5:20
JOHN 1:17

Prayers for our children:

Dear Jesus,

May ____ believe with all his/her heart, mind and soul the truth you say in Your Word "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

Specific prayer requests for Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. O'Boyle and the kindergartners

• Fruit of the spirit for the kindergartners
  
  Love for others outside ourselves
  Joy in everyday things- contentment for what we have, thankfulness for families, creation, help us with frustrations to have joy.
  Peace in classroom when both K classes are together- when we are many the voices get loud and it can be less than peaceful.
  Patience- for our children with one another as they wait for things, their turns, .
  Kindness- within the classroom, use of kind voices and words, esp. not to leave some children out.
  Goodness- let the children have pure speech and seek to be good- be good citizens , be polite , raise their hands, listen to others.
  Faithfulness- to be loyal to friends and family, families to be faithful in Bible study, worship and prayer, in spending time with one another.
  Gentleness- May we all know how to answer one another in gentleness when wronged by someone else or when we have a need or when I correct or need to encourage a student.
  Self-control- within the classroom.
  

School Requests

• Camp Wolverine

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation

Friday, February 6

Petitions to our Heavenly Father,

Focus: God is our Fortress

"God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling"

Psalm 46

Verses to Read:

Psalm 18:1-3
Psalm 91:1-8
Psalm 59:16-17
Psalm 144:1-2
Proverbs 14:26
Jeremiah 16:19

A Might Fortress is Our God

Prayers for our children:

Dear Heavenly Father,
May ____ love you, O LORD, you are his/her strength. May _______ know that The LORD is his/her rock and his/her fortress and his/her deliverer, may he/she take refuge in You O Lord, his/her rock, his/her shield, and the horn of his/her salvation, and his/her stronghold. Let _______ call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and may _______ know that he/she is saved from his/her enemies.

Psalm 18:1-3

Prayer Requests

• Prayers for our principal as she recovers from pneumonia.
• Prayers for successful preparations for the class trip to Chicago for the 8th graders
• Prayers for the Skate Party tonight.
• Healthy school
• Prayers for preparations for Camp Wolverine and for good weather at camp
• Prayers for the hard work that the students are doing as they prepare for the Fine Arts Fair
• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama as he leads our nation
  

Friday, January 30

Petitions to our Heavenly Father,

Focus: God is our Comforter

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4

Verses to Read:

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (Trials of life)
Isaiah 61:10 (Less than righteous living)
John 10:10 (Meaninglessness in life)
Psalm 103:12 (Certainty of forgiveness)
Matthew 6:34 (Anxious about the future)
1 John 4:4 (Fighting temptation)

For our children:

Dear Lord Jeusus, help _____ every day to remember that his/her participation in Adam and Eve’s sin has caused him/her to travel a road of life that is filled with thistles, thorns and other painful experiences. Thank You for dying on the cross to day for _____ sins, and for being the Light by which he/she is miraculously drawn to You and Your heavenly home. I praise You and Your Spirit, Who tells _____ that You are “THE SUNRISE FROM ON HIGH (WHO) SHALL VISIT US TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH” (Luke 1:76-79). Thank You for the gift of faith, for giving ______ the assurance of Your blessed forgiveness, comfort and lead him/her back to Paradise to be in Your blessed presence, forever! In Your name, I praise You. Amen (Good News Magazine, Issue 33 Comfort)

Specific Prayer Requests for Mrs. Gnewuch, Mr. Gerds and the 8th graders:

• Pray that the 8th graders think and do those things which are God-pleasing and bring honor and glory to Him.
• Prayers for Mrs. Gnewuch and Mr. Gerds as they meets the diverse needs of the students in the 8th grade and inspires them to learn.
• Prayers that students don’t lazy during the long winter months when it’s hard to stay motivated.
• Prayers for a successful preparation for the class trip to Chicago.
• Prayers for confirmation and that faith increases.
• We also have some talented young men and women who would make outstanding church workers as pastors and teachers.

School Requests

• Healthy school
• Prayers for preparations for Camp Wolverine and for good weather at camp

Friday, January 23

Petitions to our Heavenly Father

Focus: God is just and righteous

“The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made..”
PSALM 145:17

Verses to Read

Romans 3:25-26
Deuteronomy 32:4
II Chronicles 19:7
Isaiah 30:18
II Thessalonians 1:5-7
Revelation 15:3-4
Psalm 9:7-10
Psalm 119:137-138

For our children

Heavenly Father, I pray that _________ understands that righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; that love and faithfulness go before you. Bless ______ has he/she learns to acclaim you, may _______ walk in the light of your presence, O LORD. Let _______rejoice in your name all day long; and exult in your righteousness. (Psalm 89:14-16)

Specific Prayer Requests for Mrs. Spanos and the 7th Graders

• Specific student prayers:
  Health of various friends and family members
  Prayers of Ben's family as they await home reconstruction following a house fire.
  
• Prayers for the 7th graders to focus and listen in class.
• Prayers for Mrs. Spanos as she meets the diverse needs of the students in the 7th grade and inspires them to learn.
• Prayers that students don’t lazy during the long winter months when it’s hard to stay motivated.
• Prayers for a spirit of organization within the classroom.
• Prayers for students to manage their time well so they complete their work in school
• Fruit of the Spirit for the 7th graders
  Love for others outside of themselves.
  Joy and contentment in everyday things.
  Peace that passes all understanding and patience within the classroom
  Kindness as the students interact with each other daily.
  Goodness in thoughts, words and deeds.
  Faithfulness in Bible study, worship and prayer, in spending time with one another.
  Gentleness with each other in all circumstances.
  Self-control in the classroom.
  

School Requests

• Healthy school body -- teachers, students and staff

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President Obama
  

Friday, January 9, 2009

Petitions to our Heavenly Father,

Focus: God is the Creator

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
GENESIS 1:1

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.”
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17

Verses to Read

PSALM 95:3-7
JOB 38:4-7
JOHN 1:3
ACTS 17:24-28
COLOSSIANS 1:16
HEBREWS 1:2
REVELATION 10:6
PSALM 100:3

The First Article of the Apostles Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

What does this mean?

"I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my limbs, my reason, and all my senses, and still preserves them; in addition thereto, clothing and shoes, meat and drink, house and homestead, wife and children, fields, cattle, and all my goods; that He provides me richly and daily with all that I need to support this body and life, protects me from all danger, and guards me and preserves me from all evil; and all this out of pure, fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me; for all which I owe it to Him to thank, praise, serve, and obey Him. This is most certainly true."

For our children

O Precious Savior, may ___________ marvel at the creation of the world and how you create and sustain faith in them by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Specific Prayer Requests for Mrs. Klausmeier and the 7th Graders

• Prayers for the 7th graders to focus and listen in class.
• Prayers for Mrs. Klausmeier as she meets the diverse needs of the students in the 7th grade and inspires them to learn.
• Prayers for Mrs. Klausmeier as she balances being a middle school teacher and mom to 3 children.
• Prayers for a spirit of organization within the classroom.
• Prayers for students to manage their time well so they complete their work in school.
• Fruit of the Spirit for the 7th grader
  Love for others outside of themselves.
  Joy and contentment in everyday things.
  Peace that passes all understanding and patience within the classroom
  Kindness as the students interact with each other daily.
  Goodness in thoughts, words and deeds.
  Faithfulness in Bible study, worship and prayer, in spending time with one another.
  Gentleness with each other in all circumstances.
  Self-control in the classroom.
  

School Requests

• Healthy school
  
• Safe and fun filled fieldtrip to the Detroit Institute of Arts for the 6th and 7th graders
  

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President-Elect Obama as he prepares to take office
• Prayers for President Bush as he prepares to leave office and reenter life as a private citizen.

Friday, December 12

Petitions to our Heavenly Father

Focus: Joy

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
LUKE 2:14

Verses to Read

Psalm 119:24
Psalm 9:1-2
Isaiah 55:12
Habakkuk 3:18
1 Peter 1:8
Romans 15:13

Joy to the World

O Precious Savior, may ___________ marvel at the miracle of Your birth in Bethlehem. Though You seemed but a helpless child when You were lying in a manger, You were the almighty Son of God. May ______ rejoice to confess that You are his/her Savior who came to rescue him/her and the entire world from eternal death. My ________ bow in worship and thanksgiving for the priceless gift of his/her salvation.

Amen

(Portals of Prayer, Oct-Dec 2008)

Friday, December 5

Petitions to our Heavenly Father.

Focus: Emmanuel

Immanuel or Emmanuel or Imanu'el "God [is] with us" consists of two Hebrew words: El, meaning 'God' and Immanu, meaning 'with us'.

“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel" which means, "God with us."
MATTHEW 1: 23

“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes... and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.”

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER

Verses to Read

Genesis 3:15 (FIRST PROMISE OF CHRISTMAS)
Isaiah 7:14 AND Matthew 1:18
Genesis 49:10 AND Luke 3:23, 34
Micah 5:1-2 AND Matthew 2:1
Psalm 16:10 AND Matthew 28:9

For our children:

Lord, Jesus, as ______ enters the season of Advent, bless _____ as he prepares to celebrate Your coming as the Son of Mary, born in Bethlehem, and the eternal Son of the heavenly Father. Let ______ rejoice that You come to ______ through Your Holy Word and Sacrament. Keep _______ strong in ____ faith as You prepare ______ for Your coming again on the Last Day. We pray in Your name.

Amen

(Portals of Prayer, Oct-Dec 2008)

Specific Prayer Requests for the 6th Graders and Mrs. Lanthier

• Prayers for the 6th graders to focus and listen in class as the holiday season approaches.
• Prayers for Mrs. Lanthier as she meets the diverse needs of the of students in the 6th grade and inspires them to learn
• Prayers for a spirit of calmness and organization within the classroom.
• Prayers for students to manage their time well so they complete their work in school
• Prayers for kindness in the classroom as students interact with each other especially when teachers are not near by.
• Fruit of the Spirit for the 6th graders
  Love for others outside of themselves
  Joy and contentment in everyday things.
  Peace that passes all understanding and patience within the classroom
  Kindness as the students interact with each other daily.
  Goodness in thoughts, words and deeds.
  Faithfulness in Bible study, worship and prayer, in spending time with one another.
  Gentleness with each other in all circumstances.
  Self-control in the classroom.

Note: The 6th graders provided us with 2 pages of personal prayer requests!

School Requests

• Healthy school as the cold and flu season
• Cookie Walk
• Drama (Jenni and Amani) on Saturday night at church
• A sense of wonder and anticipation as we wait for Christmas

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President-Elect Obama
• Prayers for a peaceful, stress-free Advent season

Friday, November 21

Petitions to our heavenly Father:

Focus: Giving Thanks to God

"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

Colossians 3:17

Verses to Read:

Psalm 92:1-2
Psalm 147:7-8
Ephesians 5:4
Ephesians 5:19-20
Revelation 7:12
Psalm 138
Colossians 1:10-12
1 Chronicles 16:8
1 Thessalonians 5:18


For our children:

________, shout for joy to the LORD and worship the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. ______, I pray that you know that the LORD is God. God made you, and you are a sheep of his pasture. So enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations. Amen (Psalm 10)

Specific Prayer Requests for Mrs. Nimtz and the 5th Graders

• Prayers for the 5th graders to focus and listen in class as the holiday season approaches
  
• Prayers for Mrs. Nimtz as she meets the diverse needs of the of students in the 5th grade and inspires them to learn
  
• Prayers that a desire to learn develops in each student.
  
• May the Lord strengthen their faith and show Mrs. Nimtz ways to model His love to them.
  
• Fruit of the Spirit for the 5th graders
  Love for others outside of themselves.
  Joy and contentment in everyday things.
  Peace that passes all understanding and patience within the classroom
  Kindness as the students interact with each other daily.
  Goodness in thoughts, words and deeds.
  Faithfulness in Bible study, worship and prayer, in spending time with one another.
  Gentleness with each other in all circumstances.
  Self-control in the classroom.

School Requests

• Healthy school as the cold and flu season begins
  
• Plentiful giving for the Mission for November — Carol's Cupboard
  
• The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders are performing a musical on Nov. 21

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
  
• Prayers for President-Elect Obama
  
• Prayers for a safe and joyous Thanksgiving Day holiday

Friday, November 14

Petitions to Our Heavenly Father:

Attribute: God is Almighty

Definition: (El Shaddai) All powerful, having unlimited power; omnipotent
We praise you because you are the almighty, all-sufficient God!

Hymn # 577 Almighty God, Your Word is Cast

"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all."

1 Chronicles 29:11

Verses to Read

Psalm 147:5
2 Corinthians 12:9
Ephesians 3:20-21
Psalm 62:11
Psalm 89:8-13
Jeremiah 32:17
Colossians 1:10-12
Ephesians 1:18-21
Matthew 19:26

For our children:

________ did you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding you can not fathom. He will give you strength when you are weary and increase your power when you are weak. Even though you grow tired and weary, stumble and fall; because you have hope in the LORD, He will renew your strength. And ____, you will soar on wings like eagles; and you will run and not grow weary, and you will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:28-31)

Amen

Specific Prayer Requests for Ms. Sellers and the 4th Graders:

• Health for extended family members especially grandparents and great-grandparents.
• Love for others outside of themselves.
• Joy and contentment in everyday things.
• Peace that passes all understanding. Patience for children as they wait for things, their turns.
• Kindness as the students interact with each other daily.
• Goodness in thoughts, words and deeds.
• Faithfulness in Bible study, worship and prayer, in spending time with one another.
• Gentleness with each other in all circumstances.
• Self-control in the classroom.

School Requests

• Healthy school as the cold and flu season begins
• Plentiful giving for the Mission for November — Carol's Cupboard
• The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders are performing a musical on Nov. 21

Other Requests

• Continued prayers for our economy especially the auto industry
• Prayers for President-Elect Obama

Friday, October 31

Petitions to Our Heavenly Father:

Attribute: God is Unchangeable

Definition: He is immutable. God’s essence never changes; God’s attributes – His kindness, His wrath, His will never changes

We praise you because you are unchangeable, faithful, and never varying.

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

HEBREWS 13:8

Verses to read

PSALM 100:5
ISAIAH 51:6
PSALM 102:25-27
MALACHI 3:6-7
JOHN 3:36
HEBREWS 6:17-20
ISAIAH 54:10
1 SAMUEL 15:29
PSALM 119:89

For our children:

My prayer for ________ is that as he/she lifts up her/his eyes to the heavens and looks at the earth beneath; he/she will see the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But ________ will know that the Lord’s salvation will last forever, and His righteousness will never fail. (ISAIAH 51:6) Impress on his/her heart that every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (JAMES 1:17) Help ______ to know that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (HEBREWS 13:8)

AMEN

Specific Prayer Requests for Ms. Kern and the 3rd Graders

• Encouragement for parents to break bad habits
  
• Healing for sick grandparents and uncles.
• Prayers for a brother who is studying for the ministry.
• Good health for Ms. Kern, the 3rd graders and all their families.
• Prayers for the students and parents as report cards come home.

School Requests

• School conferences
• Healthy school as the cold and flu season begins
• Praises for the volleyball and soccer teams as their seasons end. Thanks to coaches for all their hard work — Tracy Bean, Kim Woodfin, Ryan Harding, and Ray Swayze. Thanks to the parents and all the athletics who worked so hard —All to the glory of God!
• Plentiful giving for the Mission for November — Carol's Cupboard

Other Requests:

• Prayers for our country and our leaders
• Prayers for the election
• Prayers for our economy
• Prayers for a safe Halloween for those who will be trick or treating.

Friday, October 24

Petitions to Our Heavenly Father:

Attribute: God is Our Father

We praise you because are faithful, constant, loyal, reliable, steadfast, unwavering, devoted, true and dependable.

“I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
2 CORINTHIANS 6:18

FROM THE FIRST PETITION OF THE LORD’S PRAYER:

Our Father, who art in heaven

What does this mean?

With these words God tenderly invites us to believe that he is our true Father and that we are his true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask him as dear children ask their dear father. (From Luther's Small Catechism)

Verses to Read

1 JOHN 3:1
ROMANS 8:15-16
HEBREWS 4:16
PSALM 103:13
2 CORINTHIANS 1:20
GALATIANS 3:26

A Father’s Love Letter

For our children:

Even before he made the world, God loved _____ and chose ______ in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt ______ into his own family by bringing ______ to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

EPHESIANS 1:4-5

Specific Prayer Requests for Ms. Mazur and the 2st Graders

• Please pray that the 2nd graders are able to stay focused during school day.
• Pray for the students who are struggling with responsibility such as turning in homework, following directions, and controlling our talking.
• Pray for a student whose dad was deployed on October 23. He will be gone for the next year. Keep dad safe and give strength to mom. Help the family not too miss dad too much.
  

School Requests

• For the mock election as we celebrate the freedom we have in our country to choose our leaders and vote on important issues
• The Fall Festival
• Basketball and cheer leading tryouts
• A successful October Community Connection

Other Requests

• Prayers for our country, our leaders
• Prayers for the election
• Prayers for our economy

Friday, October 10

Our petitions to Our Heavenly Father.

Attribute: God is faithful.
Definition: reliable, constant, loyal, unwavering, steadfast, dependable

We praise you because are the Lord who is faithful.

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 7:9

Psalm 33

Verses to Read

2 Timothy 2:13
Psalm 145:13
Lamentations 3:21-24
Hhebrews 10:23
2 Corinthians 1:20
Isaiah 25:1

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Gracious and almighty Father, You are the source of all lovingkindness, and You act in mercy toward Your creation. You formed all things and send life throughout the world. You have come into our lives and performed wonders of forgiveness and healing. Thank You for Your love and mercy. Thank You for Your Word of salvation in Your Son. In Him, we will join the angles in praising You forever.

Amen

(Portals of Prayer Oct-Dec 2008)

For our children:

My prayer is that ________ knows, O Lord, that Your Word is eternal; it stands firm forever in the heavens. Fill _______ with the knowledge that Your faithfulness continues through all generations.

Psalm 119: 89,90

This week we were privileged to pray for Ms. Pierce and the 1st Graders

• Please pray for patience and guidance for all my children and their parents.
• Safe travels for those that will be going away for the long weekend.
• Open up their hearts to continue to know the Lord and learn more about him.

We prayed that the Fruit of the Spirit would be evident in the 1st Grade

• Love for those around us.
• Joy in everyday things.
• Peace in the classroom, with friends and family.
• Patience in all situations.
• Kindness as the students interact with each other.
• Goodness in all words and deeds.
• Faithfulness with friends and family.
• Gentleness as the students go through the day
• Self-control in every situation.

School Requests

• Prayers for the Rummage Sale – lots of stuff to sell, plenty of volunteers and shoppers
• Successful and safe October Community Connections events
  
  

Friday, October 3

Our petitions to you Our Heavenly Father.

Attribute: God is our Sanctifier

Definition:

The Holy Spirit empowers us to live holy lives. (Jehovah M’Kaddesh)

Sanctification is that act of God within the sinner in which God works with the new man in a lifelong process of restoration.

We praise you because are the Lord who sanctifies.

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:23

Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling
Hymn #650 (Lutheran Service Book)

Verses to read:

1 PETER 2:9
LEVITICUS 20:8
PHILIPPIANS 1:6
HEBREWS 12:2
EPHESIANS 2:10
2 THESSALONIANS 2:13

For our children:

Since, then, ______ has been raised with Christ, set ______ heart on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set ______ mind on things above, not on earthly things. For ______ died, and ______ life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is ______life, appears, then ________ also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to _____earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

COLOSSIANS 3:1-5

This week we prayed for Mrs. O’Boyle and the Kindergartners. Her classes shared personal prayer request which we were privileged to pray for.

Friday, September 26

These are our petitions to You Heavenly Father!

Adoration — This is an opportunity to praise God for who HE IS.

Attribute: God is holy.

Definition: spiritually perfect or pure, sinless, deserving adoration

Jesus, we worship You because You are holy and perfect, deserving awe, reverence, and adoration.

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Hymn #940 (Lutheran Service Book)

Verses to read

• EXODUS 15:11
• 1 PETER 1:15-16
• 1 COR 15:20-23
• PS 31:1-4
• REVELATION 15:4
• PSALM 77:13

Supplication — This is our time to call on God for guidance and help, and to intercede for others.

For our children:

But just as He who called __________ is holy, let ___________ be holy in all _____ does; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

1 PETER 1:15-16

Specific Prayer Requests for Mrs. Fuller and the Kindergartners

Fruit of the spirit for the kindergartners

• Love for others outside ourselves
• Joy in everyday things- contentment for what we have, thankfulness for families, creation, help us with frustrations to have joy- help me not to complain when things seem burdensome or schedules seem overwhelming to find joy in each day.
• Peace- for children when they are fearful; For a peaceful classroom when both K classes are together- when we are many the voices get loud and it can be less than peaceful.
• Patience- for our children with one another, esp. little girls that get their feelings hurt by other little girls. Patience for children as they wait for things, their turns.
• Kindness- some of our children are starting to show true colors and are not always kind. The problems are minor, but help Mrs. Fuller to teach and model kindness and the children to use kind voices and words, esp. not to leave some children out.
• Goodness- let the children have pure speech and seek to be good- be good citizens , be polite , raise their hands, listen to others.
• Faithfulness- to be loyal to friends and family, families to be faithful in Bible study, worship and prayer, in spending time with one another.
• Gentleness- May we all know how to answer one another in gentleness when wronged by someone else or when we have a need or when I correct or need to encourage a student.
• Self-control- for the students through the day and especially when the kindergarten classes do joint activities.
  

Other classroom needs for kindergartners

• Growth of concentration for the students.
• Bless the relationships of each child.
• Give insight into each child.
• Confidence for the children as they learn their letters.
• Prayers for the home lives of each child

Wisdom for the Drama Club- plays to pick, help me to be a quick learner

Prayers for school pictures on Monday -- what to wear and how to style your hair, wonderful smiles and for the volunteers.

Prayers for the stewardship emphasis this weekend --- time, talent and treasures.

Friday, September 19

These are petitions to you Heavenly Father!

Adoration — This is an opportunity to praise God for who HE IS. No answer to prayer or prayer requests during this time.

Love is the fruit for September

Attribute: God is Love.

Definition: strong and intense affection, benevolence, kindness, and tenderness

We worship you, Lord Jesus, because you are love!

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

1 John 4:7-10

Verses to read:

• Psalm 136:1-9
• Ephesians 3:16-19
• 1 John 3:1
• John 3:16
• Romans 8:38-39
• 1 John 4:16
• 1 john 4:10
• Isaiah 49:15-16
• Jeremiah 31:3

Supplication — This is our time to call on God for guidance and help, and to intercede for others.

For our children:

I pray that out of Your glorious riches You may strengthen _________ with power through his Spirit in _____ inner being, so that Christ may dwell in ______ heart through faith. And I pray that ________, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that __________ may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:16-19

For our school:

Lord, our Father, make our school bright, safe halls of learning. Fill it with health and joy. Furnish the tools necessary for good learning. Make Our Shepherd a place where children grow into the people You want them to be. Keep those who would injure our students far away. Give students and teachers deep love for one another and for their work together. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen (from Portals of Prayer, July-Sept)

For our teachers:

Lord, bless our teachers at the start of this school year and throughout the coming year. Pour love into teachers’ hearts, so that they will care for their students. Fill them with enthusiasm for their subjects, so that they may inspire eager love for learning. Through our teachers, train up our young people in the way they should go. Grant them wisdom in all they do. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen (from Portals of Prayer, July-Sept)

Specific Prayer Requests for our School:

• Unity with the teachers and staff
• Sufficient enrollment
• A successful October Community Connection
• Volunteers and ‘goods’ for the rummage sale and lots of sales
• Thanksgiving for all the helpers with the library book sale
• Generous giving to the Church and our budget
• Wisdom in spending
• A safe, fun and faith-filled Oktoberfest
• Successful start for some of the clubs at school -- The Drama Club, The Latin Club and the Technology Club