The song "Let me tell you 'bout my Jesus" is in my heart! 

What a great thought nothing can stand in our way, no battle scars will overtake our lives if we go to Christ continually. 

 Holy Father in heaven, We ask today that you'd deliver us from anything that has an evil influence over us. 

 Personally, Lord, help me put food in it's place, it's just something we need, it's not our comfort when troubled. 

Lord, you've set me free before from this desire so much so that after losing 65 pounds back in the 1990's I've not gained it back. 

Lord, thank you for the peace! 

But Lord you see me now, just "grazing" when I'm not really hungry, I need YOU LORD, more of you and less of my desire for food. 

 Thank you Lord, that You have promised to "deliver me from every evil work and preserve me" for Your kingdom (2 Timothy 4:18). 

 My battle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, rulers of the dark age and against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12) 

 Praise Your Holy Name! You've put all these enemies under Your feet (Ephesians 1:22), and

 "there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known " 

(Matthew 10:26). 

 LORD, "My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me" (Psalm 31:15) 

 "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name." Psalm 91:4 

Praise, honor and glory for our Holy Father, His Holy Son and The Holy Spirit... 

In Jesus, Amen and Amen 

So when life seems hopeless ask Christ Jesus for help. 

He's alive. 

He's well. 

He's talking to His Father about us. 

He's never too busy. 

He waits to hear from His children. 

May the Lord bless you and keep you; make his face shine upon you and give you peace!

Praying for Children of All Ages

This photo is of Pop and Gigi with our children at the hosptial when our grandson was born! We pray not only for our children and grandchildren but other children as well! The other photo is of Gigi and granddaughter!

An easy way to pray for children of all ages is to pray for them from head to toe. It includes using the Bible to ask God's blessing on various aspects of their lives. Thinking, “Head to Toe” is an easy way to remember to pray at anytime of the day or night and in any circumstances because we will have stored up in our hearts passages of the Bible as we pray the scripture that pertain to “Head to Toe Praying”. The scriptures that we’ll use to pray work for all children, no matter how old they are or what they're going through.

We can begin by putting the verse on several index cards and posting them around the house and in the car. The 3”X 5” is easy to carry in your purse or in the shirt pocket for the men. When we pray the scripture daily will have us knowing the verse by heart in a matter of days. Now, you can see the scripture below, just fill in the blanks with the child's name and we're off and praying!


Mind:
Proverbs 9:9-10
"Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."
Prayer:
Father, please make ______ wise. Make ______ heart open to instruction that he/she might gain more wisdom. Teach him what it means to fear the Lord, for that is the beginning of wisdom. Grant him knowledge of the Holy One.

Eyes:
Proverbs 3:7 "Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil."
Prayer:
God, please guard ______ from being wise in his own eyes. May he fear you and find wisdom, strength, and understanding in you alone, not in his own capabilities. May he understand your holiness and resist evil.




Ears:
Proverbs 2:2 "…turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding."
Prayer:
Father, please make _______'s ears attentive to wisdom. Deafen his ears to the call of sin; teach him to recognize your will and follow Your Word. Incline his heart to understanding.

Mouth:
Ephesians 4:29 "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."
Prayer:
I pray that ______ would speak only wholesome words beneficial to others. May his speech be appropriate and respectful. May it encourage those who are disheartened and bring faith to those who have none.

Tongue:
Proverbs 10:19-20 "When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value."
Prayer:
I ask that _______ will learn wisdom and as a result, be able to hold his tongue. Keep him from wicked words. May he use his tongue to encourage others and teach them about You Holy God. Make his tongue like choice silver.

Neck:
Proverbs 3:3-4 "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man."
Prayer:
I pray that love and faithfulness will not leave _____. May he bind them around his neck and write them on the tablet of his heart. Open his eyes to others' needs, making him quick to extend kindness. Bless him with favor and a good reputation in the sight of God and man.

Heart:
Proverbs 4:23 "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."
Prayer:
I pray that ______ will watch over his heart with all diligence. Keep him heart pure. Keep him from being embittered by trials. May his heart be steadfastly set on loving you more than anything or anyone else.

Hands:
Psalm 24:3-5 "Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior."
Prayer: I pray that ______ would have clean hands and a pure heart. May he love you with all his heart, turning away from all that is false. Keep his speech and motives pure. Thank you for promising a blessing and being faithful to fulfill it.

Knees:
Psalm 95:6 "Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker."
Prayer:
I pray that _______ will worship and bow down before you. May he love and fear you, honoring you as the King of his life. May he acknowledge you as his Maker and recognize that your love will never fail.

Feet:
Psalm 119:35 "Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight."
Prayer:
Father, please help _______ walk in your path. Cause him to delight in your commandments and follow you all his days.

YOU could be “asking” or “answering”
By Carolyn “Jo” Gower

Jesus told his disciples the good news and the bad news; best of all was the answer. The good news is that the harvest is plentiful and ready. The bad news is that the workers are few! Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Matt. 9:37-38 (NIV)

When we look around us, we see that the harvest is truly plentiful, and the workers are few! However, we also see the good news. You may be the person praying for the lost or praying for more workers, or the worker in need of prayer; in many ways God is using you to bring others to Christ. Praying that God will open a door in our community so that Christ will be proclaimed is one way, just as we read about in God's word - And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ...Colossians 4:3. Don't give up...keep on praying!

HEDGE OF THORNS PRAYER (marriage repair)

By Hugh and Carolyn ‘Jo’ Gower

Some time ago, Hugh and I had a small Bible Study Group on Monday night’s meeting in our home. We met to pray and have a Bible Study with the intent of inviting neighbors and friends to the small group.

God did several great things during that time…one testimony from that time is about a young man that wanted to get back with his wife. As I tell this real-life story I will not use his real name because of privacy issues. Therefore, I’ll call him “Sam”.
On Monday nights, Sam began coming, he had been through a divorce. They had two children, elementary age. Sam's wife was going to the Bars and having relationships with other men. As weeks went on in our prayer and study group Sam began to tell us that he really wanted his wife back.

Hugh explained to him the Hedge of Thorns Prayer. Hugh also asked him “Are you sure you can forgive her? Because if you can’t truly forgive her when she comes back it will not work.” Sam said yes, I forgive her and want her back.

After that, each week, Sam, Hugh and I would pray this prayer around his wife. Then Sam would pray it himself throughout the week. Week after week we’d pray…she would come by our house to drop the children off to Sam or to pick them up from Sam. She looked like a dancehall girl…and was off to the Bars or wild parties after she’d leave the children with Sam.

Several prayers came out of our times of praying the “Hedge Prayer”. We prayed that God would put a hedge about her and bring her to her senses. We prayed she’d lose a desire for the Bars and other men. And that people that were having a bad influence over her would lose a desire to be with her. We prayed that she’d have the desire for her husband and to be the wife and mother God intended her to be. Every Monday night for about a year we prayed a hedge about Sam and his family.
Then one week-end when we were out of town, Hugh was preaching somewhere, Sam called Hugh and said “We’re getting married again, will you do the ceremony?”
Since we were not in town, Sam had to get someone else to do it, but the next week-end they {children too} came to our home to eat supper. It was an awesome experience…she did not even look the same. She looked peaceful; dressed as a mom and a wife would dress. She was no longer dressed like a dancehall girl.
As we sat around the table eating together I asked her…”What happened to you? How did you come back?” She said “One night I was in a Bar; on the dance floor with some guy and boom, like a ton of bricks it hit me ‘this is not what I want’… ‘I want to be with Sam and our children! So I left and went back home to see if my ex-husband would take me back!’

God gave Sam an awesome blessing and answer to prayer! Now that you know we have seen great answers to the Hedge Prayer, here is an outline of that prayer for you to develop your own personal “Hedge Prayer”. It can be adapted to fit many circumstances. So there you go…

· Marriage Repair:

Heavenly Father, I ask you, LORD, to rebuke and bind Satan in the name and through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 9)

I ask you to build a “hedge of thorns” around my husband / wife, so that anyone with wrong influence will lose interest in him / her and leave. (Hosea 2:5-7) (Job 1-3)

I base this prayer on the command of Your Word which states, “Therefore, don’t let anyone separate what God has joined together”. (Matthew 19:6)

Father God, Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. ( I John 5:15) (John 14:13-14) Amen

· Above prayer is based on the following scriptures:

Read Job, the first few chapters where we are told that God had a hedge around Job; how Satan approached God about this. When God took the hedge down Satan could attack. It is important to pray the Hedge of Thorns Prayer around your marriage and your husband or wife.

(1) Job 1 - 3
(2) Mark 3:27; Jude 9
(3) John 14:13-14
(4) Hosea 2:5-7
(5) I John 5:14
(6) Matthew 19:6
(7) I John 5:15