As we start this week, we have two very serious prayer requests:
Suzanne, Robin’s wife, is facing surgery this coming Wednesday for a tumor. Eight years ago she had a very serious form of cancer.
There have been several weather-related deaths in the past few days in the midwestern and southern parts of the United States. We pray for the families of the victims, and for God’s presence in the storms.
Hoo boy. She’s all over the place. She’s rich. She’s famous. She’s number two on the iTunes store’s most popular podcast list, and number one in the religion category.
And I’ve been getting lots of questions from listeners and family members and church members. What about this teaching that Oprah Winfrey is doing on this book, “A New Earth”? What about Oprah’s religion? Oprah says she’s a Christian, but is she really?
On the National Day of Prayer, we pray for government, military, media, business, education, church and family. We also pray for a staff need for Rev Tim’s church, the son of a good friend of the Lifespring! family who attempted suicide, a father who is in a coma as a result of a drug overdose, a tenant-landlord dispute, financial problems for the tenant, and financial needs here at Lifespring! Media.
Written during the darkest hour of the American Civil War, this hymn is based on the twenty-third Psalm. Listen to the show for the author’s own account of its writing.
Praying for the needs of Special Touch Ministries, listeners with financial needs, the family of a woman who recently passed away as a result of brain cancer, and the film “Expelled”.
This was the final service of the LifeSpring church’s missionary emphasis week. We had two special speakers on this day. Colleen Severson is a missionary working with Chi Alpha, an outreach to university students. Chi Alpha is on many campuses (campi?) in the U.S., and Colleen’s work is with University of California, Santa Barbara.
After Colleen, our former senior pastor, Mel Bennett brings the week to a close. Now, you should understand that the way many Assembly of God churches work is that periodically (let’s say, once a year) the congregation is asked to make a pledge, or a faith promise, as to how much they will give to missions in the next year. This giving is supposed to be above and beyond the normal gifts and tithes. So, at the end of Pastor Bennett’s sermon, you’ll hear him talking about the faith pledge.
I’m including this part of the sermon only so that you can hear the way that our church raises money to support our missionaries. As it turns out, our small congregation of about 150 pledged over $35,000 for the next year.
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