TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
March 3, 2021
Praises
- The anniversary of the 2020 tornado that caused much devastation, but also inspired many volunteer helpers, including a wonderful CiViL Service team!
- Melony is finished with her course and is now certified by Rutgars University in Social Emotional Character Development!
- Jim will receive his COVID-19 vaccine today.
- A friend’s new job in Vermont is going well.
- Touchstone has a new budget!
- Jim received an Award nomination from the International Western Music Association.
- We have great volunteers!
- We love our new CiViL students!
- A local youth ministry is donating $1K to our Show Your Love project.
Touchstone/CiViL
- Wisdom as CiViL adapts to the new, in-person school schedule
- Guidance and favor after submission of a Predators Grant
- Touchstone counseling clients and CiViL students
- New Touchstone board members
Comfort and Healing
- A friend who has a hernia and needs surgery soon.
- A friend recovering for surgery from uterine cancer.
- A friend with colon problems.
- A friend’s mother was recovering from shoulder surgery when she fell. Her injuries resulted in a brain bleed.
- A friend still suffering from an injury sustained from a fall on the ice.
- The loved ones of several friends who passed away recently.
- A young man with an ongoing struggle against suicidal thoughts
- Friends and family members fighting COVID-19 and its after-effects.
- For all who struggle with the after-effects of trauma
- Our aging parents and friends who are vulnerable and often isolated due to health and safety concerns.
- A friend working on alcohol recovery
Other
- That a friend’s elderly father gets his 2nd shot soon.
- A friend contemplating life after being laid off
- Recovery and a home for a friend’s homeless son.
- That several friends of friends will come to the Lord
- Several friends who need to find work
- An end to divisive misinformation that generates social conflict.
Partner Organizations
- Bellevue Presbyterian Church
- The Village Chapel
- Rocketown
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Overton High
- Oliver Middle
- Hillsboro High
- Hillwood High
- Youth For Christ
Racial Justice
- Justice for people of color
- Repentance by oppressors and complicit bystanders
- Positive leadership
- Progress in anti-racism movement
- Empathy regarding racial discrimination issues, especially by those who haven’t experienced discrimination.
COVID-19
- Wisdom about loosening COVID-19 restrictions.
- Improved vaccine distribution
- Rapid and successful vaccine distribution
- The revival that comes from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance
- Protection for friends with compromised health.
- All of those whose livelihoods are threatened by the COVID-19 economy.
- The safety for our heroic health care and essential workers