Good Morning, Friends! The Nana Diana herself will be joining us. YAY! She's a prayer warrior, and I'm so happy that she wants to pray with us.
This week's focus in our guided journaling is having a servant's heart. Talk about perfect timing with it being Holy Week!
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Mark 10:45
I hope y'all have a wonderful Holy Week. I still can't go to church, but I watch our services on YouTube. Y'all, they had a baby donkey at church today. It was a handful! I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.
Prayer requests? Praises?
I have a praise: I gardened for several hours this weekend. I'm starting to get some of my stamina back! :D
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Usually I'm sleeping most Monday afternoons because of the Benadryl, but I'll check back Tuesday and read everyone's prayer requests.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Friday, Friends! I hope you've had a good week. We've had many prayer requests this week, and if you'd like, please update us in the comments section.
Holy Week is upon us: Palm Sunday is April 10th. I love Holy Week!
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Here is this week's writing prompt:
Do you feel free to serve others, or does serving feel like an obligation? Explain your response.
I think because of our freedom in Christ, we are free to serve because we aren't conformed to the world. Sometimes it can be tricky to find opportunities to serve given your circumstances, but if there's a will, there's a way!
What do y'all think?
Do you have any prayer requests?
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your first weekend of April was a nice one. We had a super weekend, and we spent some time outside in the sunshine!
This week's focus is on service, and I know that many of you serve your communities in a variety of ways. Y'all are inspiring! I hope you have a wonderful week, and I want to remind us to continue praying for the following:
Prayer requests:
- A teenager and her family (all related to Rita) need our prayers as the situation is very serious.
- Kris has medical tests tomorrow. Let's pray that she's healthy, and that the testing goes well.
- Kitty's granddaughter needs our prayers as she recovers from surgery. Let's also remember to pray for her grandson Connor who's a Marine.
- Carla's Sam needs our prayers as his National Guard bag and its contents were stolen from his car. Also, he will be deployed this year, so really lift him up in prayer. Let's also pray for Carla's other son Atticus because he's a dynamic young man, too.
- I will have chemo every Monday for the next ten weeks.
I have another request: Shanley Belle wrote a novel, and I think it's cute (light suspenseful romance with lots of humor). She was able to get an agent, and the agent is trying to sell it to publishers. A major publisher has requested the entire novel which is a very good sign. Please pray that the right publisher will "buy" her manuscript.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Check back midweek to see if there are any additional prayer requests in comments.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Friday *and* April, Friends!
I quite enjoyed this week's focus on quiet servants. Jesus certainly modeled humble service during his ministry here on earth, and I've actually read quite a bit about it this week as part of my Lenten Bible Study.
Here is this week's guided journaling prompt:
Do you know any quiet servants? Describe that person and what you like about him or her. If you are a quiet servant yourself, what motivates you to serve others?
I know several quiet servants, and until I had breast cancer I had no idea that there is actually a group of breast cancer survivors in our church who quietly reach out to us who are currently fighting the disease. I am so appreciative of them, and I'm a little embarrassed I'd never heard of this ministry in our church before now.
I also want to thank y'all because you are all quiet servants, especially in your commitment to prayer. You have made a huge difference in how I'm handling everything because God is good: He answers prayer!
I want to make sure that we all lift-up Kris this weekend because she has a few diagnostic tests Tuesday. Do y'all have any other prayer requests?
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
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