Bret Lane is the brother in law of a very close friend.  He has Cron’s Disease and is now in ICU with a stomach full of infection.  The doctor’s feel he may not make it, but he can make it with the help of God.  Let us pray for him and ask God that if it is in His will, that he will survive, so that if he is in need of salvation, that his family may bring it to him.

Thank you very much.

from Tangle – previously GODTube:
http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c7c83b81e9945955709d

April 27, 2009

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington , DC 20500

Mr. Obama:

I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your
recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate
representative of the United States of America collectively or of me
personally.

You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that
you have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United
States of America. You are responsible to the citizens of the United States.

You are not responsible to the peoples of any other country on earth. I
personally resent that you go around the world apologizing for the United
States telling Europeans that we are arrogant and do not care about their
status in the world.. Sir, what do you think the First World War and the
Second World War were all about if not the consideration of the peoples of
Europe? Are you brain dead ? What do you think the Marshall Plan was all
about?

Do you not understand or know the history of the 20th century? Where do you
get off telling a Muslim country that the United States does not consider
itself a Christian country? Have you not read the Declaration of
Independence or the Constitution of the United States? This country was
founded on Judeo-Christian ethics and the principles governing this country,
at least until you came along, come directly from this heritage. Do you not
understand this?

Your bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia is an affront to all Americans. Our
President does not bow down to anyone, let alone the king of Saudi Arabia.
You don’t show Great Britain, our best and one of our oldest allies, the
respect they deserve yet you bow down to the king of Saudi Arabia . How dare
you, sir!
How dare you!

You can’t find the time to visit the graves of our greatest generation
because you don’t want to offend the Germans but make time to visit a mosque
in Turkey . You offended our dead and every veteran when you give the
Germans more respect than the people who saved the German people from
themselves.

What’s the matter with you?

I am convinced that you and the members of your administration have the
historical and intellectual depth of a mud puddle and should be ashamed of
yourselves, all of you. You are so self-righteously offended by the big
bankers and the American automobile manufacturers yet do nothing about the
real thieves in this situation, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Frank, Franklin Raines, Jamie
Gorelic, the Fannie Mae bonuses, and the Freddie Mac bonuses. What do you
intend to do about them? Anything? I seriously doubt it.

What about the U.S. House members passing out $9.1 million in bonuses to
their staff members – on top of the $2.5 million in automatic pay raises
that lawmakers gave themselves? I understand the average House aide got a
17% bonus.I took a 5% cut in my pay to save jobs with my employer.

You haven’t said anything about that. Who authorized that? I surely didn’t!
Executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be receiving $210 million in
bonuses over an eighteen-month period, that’s $45 million more than the AIG
bonuses. In fact, Fannie and Freddie executives have already been awarded
$51 million – not a bad take. Who authorized that and why haven’t you
expressed your outrage at this group who are largely responsible for the
economic mess we have right now.

I resent that you take me and my fellow citizens as brain-dead and not
caring about what you idiots do. We are watching what you are doing and we
are getting increasingly fed up with all of you. I also want you to know
that I personally find just about everything you do and say to be offensive
to every one of my sensibilities. I promise you that I will work tirelessly
to see that you do not get a chance to spend two terms destroying my
beautiful country.

Author uncertain…

SNOPES: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/ihavehadit.asp

6 lbs – 12 ounces, 19 inches,  Jeffrey Charles Mikiel II (after his daddy).  Birth date happens to be his daddy’s 21st birthday!!

Congratulations to Jeff and Kimmy!

Mary, had a Little Lamb,

His fleece was White as snow.

And everywhere That Mary went,

The Lamb was sure To go.

He followed her To school each day,

T’wasn’t even in The rule.

It made the Children laugh and play,

To have The Lamb At school.

And then the Rules all changed one day,

Illegal it became;

To bring The Lamb Of God to school,

Or even speak His Name!

Every day got Worse and worse,

And days turned Into years.

Instead of Hearing children laugh,

We heard gun Shots and tears.

What must we do To stop the crime,

That’s in our Schools today?

Let’s let The Lamb come back to school,

And teach our kids to pray!

My daughter, Kimmy, has gone into labor a month and a half early.  Please pray for her and the baby boy, as his lungs may not be quite developed yet.  I am not certain if she is going to give birth tonight or if they are going to be able to slow the contractions and prolong the birth.  She is 3 cm dilated and was rushed to Savannah Memorial Hospital late tonight, her husband, Jeff is meeting her there.

Thank you,

-Scott and Patty

Heather is 15 yrs old and is in the hospital.  Her Dr. is out of town and we need his partner to be available for surgury tonight, or else she will have to continue until monday enduring abdominal pain.

Please pray for the Dr.’s availability, her safety in surgery and her recovery.

She is the daughter of Gary (police officer), one of our church members.

Thank you,

-Scott

Joe Duby, started out with rectal cancer, moved to the pelvis, now to the liver. thought they got rid of it all, but apparenty not. He has a colostapy bag and cath,currently he is in Good Sam as I write this for more chemo. Has hole in bladder.

Prayer is requested by his sister and himself.

Please pray for him, his sister (Jeanette Duby) and the family..

Thank you.

UPDATE:

via Jaenette’s Facebook:

To all who prayed for us, Joe went to be with the Lord tonight(9-16-2009) at 6:25pm on his birthday, how appropriate. He and mom were alone. I had just left 15 minutes prior so it was just the two of them together in the end as it was in the beginning of his …life 40 years ago today. Thank you for all the support, please continue to pray for our family.

There is a little boy named Thomas, that is only 7 yrs old and is in very bad health.  He will be needing a heart and lung sometime in the near future, but he struggles everyday.  His family is also struggling as a result.  Please pray for him, and his family, and that whatever is in God’s will be done.  This may indeed be something the Lord is using to bring that family closer to Him and to Glorify His name.

—Thank you

After a little bit of study, I discovered exactly what a Concerts of Prayer meeting is all about.  It seems it is a pretty intense and organized session of praying and receiving to God the Father through the Holy Spirit.  I found a couple of formats, a 1 hour and a 2 hour format, on ethat includes kids..

Credit: Nate & Paula WIlson

C.O.P. FORMATS DEVELOPED BY NATE WILSON

2-HOUR FORMAT

30 min. WORSHIP

• Music (Majesty, Thou art Worthy, Ascribe Greatness, Ain’t no Rock, Show me your Ways, Lord You Are, Through our God, You are my Hiding Place, Lord of Love, Holy, Holy, Holy Lord)
• Scripture: Psalm 100: 1-2, Job 37:14

10 min. CONFESSION

• Pray in groups of 1 or 2
• James 5:16 and Isaiah 1:16-18
• End singing “The Blood Flows”

20 min. THANKSGIVING as a whole group

• Read Psalm 40: 9-10 and Heb 13:15
• Praise God for attributes, Give testimony, or Thank Him for something

50 min. INTERCESSION

• For the CHURCH

Read Rom 12:11 and 1 Peter 4:7-8

Pray for ourselves (individually 5 min.)

Pray for the renewal of the church world-wide (group, 10 min.)

Sing “Spirit of the Living God”

• For the LOST

Read: Colossians 4:2-3 and 1 Sam 12:23

Pray for the mission of the Church, including current fellowship you are attending as well as home church, missions organizations, the church worldwide. (groups of 2, 10 min.)

Sing “Shine, Jesus, Shine”

Pray for missionaries, the lost, and the unreached peoples–Pass out missionary prayer letters and unreached people cards (large group 25 min.)

• Share testimony of the power of prayer in missions

10 min. CLOSING (large group)

• Share any testimony of God’s work through this meeting
• Offer ourselves as living sacrifices to build the kingdom of God
• Sing: “In My Heart, Lord, Be Glorified”

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1-HOUR FORMAT (includes children!)

6:45 Intro:

1. Children are welcome, don’t worry with a little crying or whispering, but, if they’re crying so loud that people can’t hear or if kids are starting to play and get foolish, or if baby needs nursing, you can take them across the way to the bedroom.
2. Concert of Prayer format: sing, pray on a specific topic, close with song, then pray on a new topic, etc. We’ll be going through the themes of the Lord’s Prayer this evening and ending around 7:45
3. Respond quickly: You only have 3-5 minutes to pray in groups, so there is not time to discuss things; if you have something to share, just share one simple prayer request and make it concise. When we break into groups of 2 or 3 adults, quickly re-group, grab a couple of children, and go right to prayer.

“Our Father Who art in Heaven, hallowed by Thy Name”

6:50 SONGS:

“Come Thou Fount”

“Hail Jesus, You’re my King”

“Our Father”

6:55 Large group: Prayers of worship, focusing on:

• Fatherly nature of God
• Heaven
• Holiness 6f God
• Names of God

7:00 “Thy Kingdom Come”

VIDEO: Dungan People of Kyrgyzstan (From Caleb Project)

7:05 Pray for Dungan in four groups (4 corners of room)

• that they will realize the rituals they perform are empty and bring them no closer to God
• that they will open their hearts to the Gospel, despite their strong identity with Islam
• that they will soon have the Scriptures translated into their own language
• that God would send out missionaries to live in their villages and share the Good news in a way the Dungan can understand.

7:10 Pray for God’s kingdom to come in the lives of non-Christians you know

· neighbors

· friends

· family

SONG: “Jesus Shall Reign Wherever the Sun”

7:15 “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven”

Two Groups: Pray for our local church and for Christian friends to do God’s will.

SONG: “Psalm 9:1 Will Praise”

7:20 “Give us this day our daily bread”

Groups with only two adults :One adult shares brief prayer request, then group prays for them and for a child in the group

7:25 Other adult shares brief prayer request, then group prays for them and for child (if applicable)

SONG: “Seek Ye First”

7:30 “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”

Kneel and pray individually

• Examine your heart Confess your sin to God
• Ask forgiveness for sin
• Ask God to deliver you from these sins Thank God for His forgiveness!

7:35 SONG: “The Blood Flows”

“Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen.”

Large group: Prayers of worship, focus on God’s:

• Kingship
• Power
• Glory

7:40 SONGS: “Now Unto the King Eternal,” “Be Thou My Vision”