Jesus Listens For Advent & Christmas, Friday: Week Four

 

Happy All Saints' Day, Friends!  How was your week?  Mine has been busy:  I had a book club meeting, and we had lots of little trick-or-treaters last night.

What did you think about our readings this week?  Although I did read them, I have been terribly distracted.  My best friend's husband is very ill.  Plus we've had other things going on, too.

We're staying home this weekend, and I plan to have a lot of quiet time today and tomorrow.  I will reread our lessons today.  One thing I do remember is the lesson about loneliness during the holidays.  It breaks my heart thinking people are lonely and have no one to celebrate with.  Let's try to reach out to those who are lonely this season and be a blessing to them.

Here are the scriptures I pulled from the week:

Prayer Requests

• Pray for our military and military families, and the Wisconsin National Guard deployed in Iraq.
• Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job that uses his talents.
• Rita asks for prayers for her sweet daughters for their fall graduate school semester.  Pray for them to have a healthy and productive work/school/life balance.  
• Pray for Christian leadership in our country.  Also pray that God will turn our hearts to him, and he will lavishly bless us with his steadfast love.
• Pray for free and fair elections in the Unites States in every precinct! 
• Pray for Rita's sister as she's moving, and also pray for her sisters helping her to move.
• Be in prayer for Carla's Florida  friends who lost 1/2 of their home. Today they received a forbearance on their mortgage payments until February 1st.  UPDATE: from Steve and Jessica...Clean up has begun. Everywhere you look a mess, the streets are lined with everyone's former household possessions stacked everywhere. People are cleaning and working... and look like Zombies. It is emotionally tiring.  The only normalcy to the mix, are the kids. Our little daughter brings us such joy and a reason to keep going.
• Let's pray that we are blessed by our Advent study.
• Kitty asks if you could pray for Cissy’s emotional and mental wellbeing, please.  You may recall that she was in a car accident a couple of weeks ago.  She also requests that we pray for Eric also because he's miserable with his job.   Pray that he can find something suitable for him with insurance.
• Rita asks that you pray for her daughter as she has a significant case of pneumonia, and she asks for your fervent prayers for her complete recovery. She is the mother of her granddaughter.  UPDATE:  She was discharged from the hospital today, but she still has a battle ahead to heal.  Please continue to pray that she will get better everyday, and that the antibiotics will do the job.

PRAY!!!

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill