Happy Week, Family! 🐑
This week, we praise God for:
💟 His faithfulness!🙌🏽 Seth returned to school after testing NEGATIVE for Covid! Thank you, Lord! 😇
💟 Vasthi praised His faithfulness, His blessings and the fact that He allows things to happen in our lives but then proves that He never leaves us or forsakes us. She also expressed her gratitude to God for the Lighthouse...and the fact that we are always there for one another.
💟 Angy thanked God for answered prayers and also for the hardships and difficulties which have allowed her family to grow closer.
💟 Doris requested prayer for all of our children: in our church and out in the community; especially that they be protected from Covid. Please also pray for the teachers and staff as they are exposed daily.
💟 Nelson thanked God for His faithfulness towards Gilbert; that his surgery went well and that He is home recovering and getting stronger. Let's keep praying for Gilbert!!!🙏🏽
We are also praying for:
🛐 Astrid asked the church to pray for her aunt, Anicia, who is battling lung cancer which has spread to get lungs. She's in a lot of pain and Astrid is asking the Lord for mercy. Astrid also asked for prayer for her aunt's husband, who is paralyzed. Her aunt used to be able to take care of him, but now is unable. Astrid is asking that the Lord help them find a solution.
🛐 Each and every silent prayer request lifted.
🛐 ALL of the children connected by love to The Lighthouse as they attend school with the added worries and stress associated with Covid. May God grant them a year filled with PROTECTION, good health, learning, friendships, memories and new MERCIES, available to them each and every morning! 🌅
🛐 Alex Edmond. Amel requested that we pray for Alex as he not only started college, but also got a job and will be very busy. May God guide and protect him - especially from Covid, as he will be interacting with many people on a daily basis.
🛐 Carole and her family, as they are in great need of prayer
🛐 Catheryn, Connor and growing Baby Llibre. May the Lord watch over and protect them, their new home and their future plans as they continue to walk with Him.
🛐 Protection and intervention on Elijah's behalf while he is in Florida. May God grant him and his family resolution on his custody case, that he might return to his family soon.
🛐 Our Bible Study groups on Sabbath morning and our Prayer Ports during the week. May they lead to stronger and healthier relationships with Jesus.
💟 Angy's nephew, Jordan, as he deals with a health crisis. May God lead him to the right medical team, and may He then lead the team!
🛐 Matthew, as he deals with the pressures of the academy. May God strengthen and protect him as he continues to pursue his dreams in law enforcement.
Tonight's Devotional was shared with me as a word of encouragement by Ruth.🥰 I pray it encourages each of you as much as it did me. 😌 Thanks, Sis, for being such a blessing.😇
“A rattlesnake bit one of my sheep in the face about a week ago. Deadliest snake that lives around here. The sheep’s face swelled up and hurt her terribly.
But the old rattlesnake didn't know the kind of blood that flows through the sheep. Anti-venom is most often made from sheep's blood. The sheep swelled for about 2 days but the blood of the lamb destroyed the venom of the serpent.
I was worried but the sheep didn't care. She kept on eating, kept on drinking and kept on climbing because she knew she was alright.
Often the serpents of this life will reach out and bite us. They inject their poison into us but they cannot overcome the Blood of the Lamb of God that washes away the sin of the world and the sting of death. Don't worry about the serpent or his bite, just make sure that the Lamb's Blood is flowing through your veins.”
Author Unknown