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I was just informed that my cholesterol is more than 360, and my meds have not been working to lower it. This is the second type of cholesterol meds that haven’t worked. My blood pressure is averaging around 140+/90+ and those meds aren’t working either. I am barely 37 and, at this rate, I may wind up with a heart attack before I’m 40. My family has the disposition to create cholesterol and absorb it from our diets. I have four kids and would love to see them grow up. I know God took me through having cancer at 28, but I don’t know how to de-stress. Pray things change so my stress decreases tremendously and my cholesterol levels will decrease as well.
I serve as a volunteer chaplain for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement, which means I serve Texas game wardens and the state park police. I serve a large region of south Texas. Pray I am able to meet and build trusted relationships with the game wardens and park police. They are an essential piece to law enforcement here in Texas. Many of our officers serve on the weekends due to the increase of hunting and fishing on the weekend. Because they serve on the weekend, they are not well connected to local churches. Pray I can help fill in the gaps and help meet their needs.
We have the great problem of needing more space. We have two Sunday morning services, and the auditorium is packed. Additionally, our young adults group meets on Tuesday nights, and they’re about to max out the space. We are also in need of more classroom space for our kids and students ministries, so we’re having to potentially look for another place to meet. All of this is good because the Lord is blessing us with so many people who want to grow in their faith, but we need prayer to discern how to handle these space constraints. We would love to have your prayers.
Pray for the Hispanic church plant, Iglesia Comunidad de Cristo. Our first official service was September 29. Pray new believers will be baptized. Pray they will be strengthened in their faith.
Pray for openness to the gospel as we reach Hispanics in the Denham Springs/Walker area of Louisiana.
Pray God will allow us to coordinate various service events aimed at the children and elderly of the community together with our sister churches and that the Lord will allow us to have fruit as a result of these events. Pray God will raise up faithful men of mature character who are capable of teaching to help us shepherd His church.
Pray as we plan and prepare for four “Fall-O-Ween Jesus” outreach events: First Baptist of Chalmette, Chalmette; Nunez Community College Trunk or Treat, Chalmette; Krewe of Autism, Violet; Carolyn Park Ball Field, Arabi. We will also set up in a friend’s lawn in a busy neighborhood on October 31. We have the potential of reaching more than 2,000 individuals (children, youth, parents) with the gospel of Christ.
Pray God will provide a space in which our church can worship on Sunday mornings.
I changed assignments on October 1. I am now a brigade chaplain. Pray I will stay faithful to God and grow in His grace. Pray God will use me mightily and give me His grace and wisdom to navigate the challenges of this new assignment. Pray for revival. Thank you!
We are planting another Bengali-speaking church in Frisco, Texas. Pray for this. We are planning to go to Bangladesh for a one-month mission trip in December. Pray for security and the necessary funds. My wife, Cicilia, needs a ministry-related job near to us. We need ministry partners to help support our ministry. Pray God will provide these things.
In November, it will be two years since we began working to start the Hispanic church in Douglasville, Ga. We are also working in Powder Springs. We plan to start this new church on October 20. Pray for the Hispanic community in Powder Springs so they can find Christ as their Lord and Savior. May the Lord give us wisdom as we train all the volunteers and keep us united in Him. Pray the Lord will provide an additional car. We have only one car (2007 with 240k miles) and need another. And could you pray for our health? Thanks for your prayers and for all you do as we pray for you.
Since leaving my last vocational ministry position in late June of this year, God ushered me into an unexpected but much-needed sabbatical season. God has been at work in me to bring a deeper understanding of who He is and His will for my life. At this crossroads of life and ministry, I need His wisdom for the next step. There is a potential for me to work within the VA system here locally, but nothing confirmed as of yet. I am continuing to believe as we wait. He is working out His best plan. Also, our youngest son has struggled with his mental health for a number of years. He recently was accepted into a longer-term residential program for autistic adults, which was an answer to prayer, but he has a long way to go. It has been a difficult season for my wife and me as we have helped him walk through many dark days. We are grateful for a wonderful support system via our church or other understanding friends. Prayers are much needed for our son so that he might know the full healing that God can only provide.
Pray for our first responders and their families. We have been seeing an uptick in crime, community non-support, and post-traumatic stress disorder among the ranks. This also impacts the families of our officers. Pray God will guard their hearts and bodies.
Pray for my Sending Church, First Baptist Church Live Oak. Pray we can reach the 4,700 Hispanics in Suwannee County. Pray the Hispanic ministry attendees will be transformed, will share the gospel intentionally, and will pray corporately. Pray God will bring alongside sister churches in my county to support me in prayer as a church planter. Pray for my unconverted family. Pray for my hidden and treacherous enemies. Pray for my mother’s health. Pray God will help me in my seminary studies. Pray God will continue to give me health, wisdom, intelligence, guidance, and direction to fulfill His plan. Pray He will keep me humble before the Lord by fulfilling His Holy Scriptures. Pray God will provide me with His riches and that I will be able to buy a house. Pray the Lord will help me to reach the 280 million Americans who do not know Jesus. Thank you. JESUS IS ALIVE!
Pray for our new body of believers, who just officially launched on Sunday, September 8. We envision being a praying church. We long to be empowered through the Spirit and for the glory of the Redeemer. We know that means death to self and alive to prayer. Pray for our praying! Thank you.