We’re getting a lot of prayer requests this weekend. Well, prayer is one of our purposes here.

Please, everybody, join in prayer for Joshua’s grandmother and aunt in Japan, who have heard the Gospel but not as yet been called: Father in Heaven, open their hearts that they may hear. We want our loved ones with us in your kingdom; we want them all to know the joy of Jesus Christ Our Lord, that they may be saved by him. We all have people that we love who have not yet come to Jesus. Bring them, O Lord our God: in Jesus’ name, Amen.

For no visible reason, the third and fourth fingers on my right hand are hurting like blazes. I mean jolts of intolerable pain. But there’s nothing to see on the outside, and I can’t remember anything I might have done to cause an injury.

So please make mention of me in your prayers, because this has gone on for several days and it’s starting to wear me down.

And I don’t have much confidence in doctors, after Patty went through all those tests and never got a diagnosis, let alone treatment. But I still trust in prayer.

Please pray for our sister, Phoebe, and her friend, Susan, who is afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease. (Last year I lost both my aunt and my brother-in-law to that disease.)

Father in Heaven, have mercy on your servant, Susan, and rescue her from her illness; and strengthen your servant, Phoebe, so she can help care for her friend. Sometimes, Lord, caregiving is exceedingly hard. So please, Lord, hear our prayers and help them: in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Please, everybody, join in prayer for Erlene’s son, Eric, who had to go to the emergency room last night after suffering a stroke. He’s only 57.

O Lord our God, we know all healing comes from you. Have mercy, Father, on your servant Erlene and her son, Eric: shelter them under the shadow of your wings, and give Eric full recovery from his stroke. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Please join in prayer for my friend, Betty, a dear friend of ours. I haven’t been asked to give you the particulars: just that she has certain health issues that concern us.

Please, Father in heaven, have mercy on our friend, Betty, and deliver her out of trouble. Please, Father, heal her–as we know you can. We ask for this blessing in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.