Praying for the Body

Several things to keep in mind while praying for the Body of Christ at Countryside . . .

Greg who has just had open heart surgery and will be recovering. Praise for his quick recovery so far - by the way!
Debbie would like prayer for her health problems and wisdom for her and her doctors regarding them.
Belle needs prayer regarding health issues and will be using a trial pain pump to make her more comfortable. Also we can be praying for her family as they care for her.
A man in the Fellowship who has re-committed himself to Jesus and would like prayer that God will act in his life to turn all his pain and defeat into something beautiful.
A woman who is recovering from surgery
A lady in the Fellowship would like prayer for her mother-in-law who is not eating enough and suffering from health problems. She would also like prayer for another close relative who is 89 years old and is recovering from gallbladder surgery.
A woman would like prayer for her brother who is recovering from 1st, 2nd, & 3rd degree burns on his arm, hands & stomach. He was cooking and had a seizure.
Cameron who would like prayer that the Lord would keep on giving her the strength to do her work at the Mission in Carmen Serdan.

"At Home"

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32:7

I think distractions in prayer are often because we have let ourselves wander too far from the things that matter most. And so we slip into an easily interrupted, easily distracted frame of mind.

We need to live more at home.
"In him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28). This means, simply, God is our home.

Home of my heart, lest I forget

My redemption's cost to Thee,

Let my earliest thought be set

Upon Thy Calvary.

Do you see what I mean? These words, which center my attention on what matters most, speak of something that I cannot drop out of my day without great loss to me.

I know without question that an earnest "look" at Calvary does more to help our life of prayer than we imagine:

So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before Thee, O Lord my helper and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14, Septuagint)

Edges of His Ways; by Amy Carmichael