Prayers of the Saints needed

We have have four groups of friends that could really use a lot of prayer right now. Please remember them in your daily prayers, I know they would be thankful. I haven't asked them if I could post their needs so I won't give any names. Except for Josh and Sarah who sent out an e-mail, so I am pretty sure it would be ok.


1. Our friends who just had a miscarriage. They a month or so ago that they were having twins and were very excited. Two weeks ago the mom went in for a check and they discovered that there had been a miscarriage. Pray for this family as they mourn the loss of their two unborn children. Pray also for their other kids (ages 7,5 and 3) as their parents help them understand what happened. Pray that God would comfort them.

2. Josh and Sarah. Some of you may know them and would know that they had a baby boy on Dec. 20th! Little Oscar shares a birthday with Brandon :-) Josh and Sarah are praising God that He has entrusted this little life to them. The pray is for Oscars immediate health. He is not feeding very well and thus the jaundice is setting in. Pray that feeding would start to go better and that the light treatment for the jaundice would work quickly. The doctors said he could be int he hospital for another four days. I think it would be a great Christmas present if Oscar could come home by Christmas.

3. A girl at church - She just found out that her father has a bad heart condition. I don't know all the details of it yet but from what I gather if he does any physical activity that pushes his heart he could have a heart attack. He has diabetes as well so I think his health in general is not the best. This man is not a believer and we are praying that this might make him think more about death and his eternal state.

4. A family at church. Our friend(the dad) discovered a lump on his shin and had it checked out on Friday. He found out that he has an aggressive form of cancer. This is a major shock to all of us at church including their family. He will be going through many tests in the weeks to come to find out if it has spread and how far. Please pray for this family. He is married and has three children. Pray that the cancer hasn't spread past his leg. Pray for them as it is the holidays and having news would be difficult to deal with. Pray that God would give the doctors wisdom in the best way to treat him. Pray that God would give this whole family strength, comfort, and reassurance from his word. Most of all pray for healing. Nothing is too difficult for our God, the creator of the heavens and the earth.

5. Pray for all of us at church. That God would give us wisdom in how we can best help these people. These people are all going though various trials and they are needing love, care, and encouragement. Pray that we would be faithful in prayer not just in hard times but everyday.