Blessed Trinity Prayer Team: 17 September 2008 - Special Prayer Request

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

17 September 2008 - Special Prayer Request

Everett Joshua (EJ), grandson of Father Josh Acton , Rector of  Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church in  Yuma, was rushed back to the emergency room Tuesday night via ambulance from the Acton home. He has been struggling with breathing and we took him to the hospital the other night. They kept him overnight for observation and tests, and then released him. He stopped breathing and his eyes rolled in back of his head. Janine tried CPR. He was able to breathe in starts and fits as the ambulance took him away. He was scheduled to go back to the hospital as a follow up to his visit to a few nights ago. No one seems to know what exactly is wrong with him, but they have been testing everything including lungs and heart. Needless to say, the entire family is distraught.

Please keep EJ and his family in your prayers.

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The Why, The Who and The How

Why? Prayer is an extremely important activity.

It is not that God knows not our needs, for He surely does. Yet, Jesus commanded us to ask God for those same needs. In addition to the obvious of asking God for help, offering thanksgiving and the like, prayer helps us focus our thoughts on how we might do God's work.

The Prayer Team of the Alpine Anglican Church of the Blessed Trinity was established to help our members and fellow Christians pray for those in need and to give thanks as well for the blessings we have been granted.

Who can be on the list? Do I have to be a member of the Blessed Trinity Church to be prayed for?

No! The only qualification to be on the list is that you want our prayer team to pray for you. We are Christians and are happy to pray for you, no matter who you are. If you want help from God, you are our kind of people.

What is the commitment from the prayer team?

Each member of the team will pray for the desired outcome at last once per day.

How do I get myself or someone else on the prayer list?

You can email one of the prayer team leaders: Greg - gnchase@cox.net or Dru - dru@descansorodents.com, or call the church office at (619) 722-1772 or fill out a prayer card at church.

What should I ask for?

Depends on what you want. Some people merely want God to be asked to heal their ills and be mentioned by their first name, others want a specific outcome and / or have more of their personal information known to the team. Ask for what you want. It is your desire and need for prayer the team is attempting to meet. For typical examples, see the list below.

Updating the Team

If you are on our prayer list, or if you have submitted a person that you have asked us to pray for, please update one of the team members or Father Acker in person, by telephone or email. It helps to be able to pray specifically for these individuals including their specific needs; plus if they get better, it is nice to give thanks!

Please note that on the yellow (maybe green or orange if you got an old one) cards at church, you can ask that those to be prayed for have their names disseminated to the "prayer team". Those names will be said in church and appear here. Or, you can ask that their names and purpose be kept confidential, then only Father Acker will know to pray for them.