Prayer Requests 5/31/07
PTL.......
...stands for Praise the Lord.
ive been awfully stressed out trying to plan something special for averi for our engagement... and it finally worked out. Worked out to a T in fact. Its kind of hard for me to go over exact details without making this too lengthy, so I will just try to give you a quick synopsis. i used a wedding as a decoy to surprise her, then on the way up to the fake wedding, i used another decoy to drag us out to the lawn of the planetarium where i had a picnic set up. i popped the question to her and she was crying like a toddler who just soiled themselves (except she was crying in a good way, same intensity though).
so thank God it worked out, because there was a whole lot that could have went wrong. she is happy and that was all i cared about, so mission accomplished. now, comes the tough part, planning for the wedding coming up in december and getting my parents on board. my dad is going to be coming around i think... but my mom, shes pretty crazy. so i will need lots of prayer in that area.
a couple other things that i can use prayer for:
-premarital counseling- averi and i have been going to a couple of these things and it sure can be overwhelming, but good. please pray for us that we ill be willing to get down and dirty with our counseling sessions in order for our relationship to grow more
-finding a job... so i found out i got cut from taft... which might be a blessing in disguise, but i found a few other prospects... one is right next tothe school where averi works, which would be awesome. please pray that i can get some job security soon so i can concentrate more effort on helping averi plan for the wedding and saving some $.
thanks for all the advice, and prayers, and the encouragement... it means so much to me
PTL
-phil
Prayer Requests 5/18/07
Ok, since I still haven't heard back from people I will post a prayer request. Sorry for the big gaps in postings but it's really hard to get people to write about themselves!
So I'm in my last full week of "work" with the kids and I'm kind of sad but not really. Someone asked me last week, "what's something you can learn from this year?" and I said, "God taught me how I deal with people, and how different that is from how he loves people." I realized that this is my mentality during "ministry", is how do I DEAL with this person? I need to grow so much more so I can start asking how do I LOVE this person. As intensive training starts this monday, I need you guys to pray for me. I know I'll be praying for long periods of time, but you can still waste your time in prayer because it's quality not quantity. Please please pray for me and this missions trip!!! I need it so badly, my heart/attitude for it have gone down this past week and I have so much to repent for before we go.
1. Pray I'll have an attitude of HARD WORK. Not to quit but to do my best in everything (witnessing, skits, eating, talking, whatever 1cor10:31)
2. Pray I'll have an attitude of REPENTENCE. So much to give to Jesus here.
3. Pray I'll have an attitude of PRAYER. It's my lifeline to spiritual success, why do I always cut it off?
I'm going to have a lot to pray about in these upcoming weeks, so please POST a prayer request! You will get prayed for I promise!
Prayer Requests 4/30/07
Hello my sister and brothers,
Things have been going all over the place for me, and God's been really turning me inside out. It's been really hard but good at the same time. Honestly, I'm at a position where I'm stuck and have nowhere to run, which is a good thing because I'm being forced to face reality and am learning to feed myself spiritually. My greatest concern above all things is my family. Its been a huge roller coaster being at home, I never know what's going to happen each day, I don't know whether I'm going to be walking into perfect harmony or a stormy mess. Its been especially hard because I can see how empty, how broken, and how much we all need a savior. My dad is pretty much an alcoholic, I don't know whether he's going to be drunk or sober by the time I get home. I have no idea where my sister's at, i know that she's not attending church and thinks that i'm overly involved. However, I know that God is working... My mom has been wanting to go to church with me and I'm really excited, but I haven't had the opportunity to take her because she's been golfing every Sunday. Please pray for:
- opportunity: I know my family are searching for something and I pray that they find Jesus.
- relationship: my parents have always had a rocky relationship and my dad is like a gas leak, any small spark can make him explode.
- grace and wisdom: that I'm a light for them, I've been totally sucking it up to this point, but I know I need more Jesus in my life to be like him.
- strength: Also, i know this is redundant, but my body has never been so sickly before, please pray for strength and healing.
Thanx!!!
~sharon
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