Raymond D. - Cascade Division Players

Greeting Everyone,

 

As this Tuesday begins to come to a close, my hope for you is a time of reflection, a time of rest, and a time of restoration. We have experienced a difficult week during a challenging period in our lives. Know that you are lifted up this evening. Know that you are loved and prayed for.

 

We look to Psalm 33:20-22, “We wait for the Lord; He is our help and shield. For our hearts rejoice in Him because we trust in His holy name. May Your faithful love rest on us, Lord, for we put our hope in You.”

 

Tonight, I bring to you the petitions of Greg Joseph, the Chaplin at the Veterans and Family Center in Beaverton. He includes a prayer in his report, so I will just add to the end of it:

 

Had the opportunity today to pray with 6 different individuals personally and pray for 100 different clients/ staff/ family members of our Veterans at the Family Center in Beaverton, Oregon.

 

Yes, the need is great; yet the act of prayer itself and answers as they are witnessed, is like a transfusion of GOD’S grace and presence into my spiritual veins. I know that GOD is moving whether I sense or feel HIS presence or not.

 

Maybe this is part of the reason the Apostle Paul said, “pray about everything” and our Lord Jesus told us to “ask, seek, and knock and the door will be opened”. Personally, it is the closest I feel toward Life in the realm of GOD and HIS presence.

 

Today’s prayers included healing for a broken back, a young mother with addiction challenges, the thought of a new home coming into fruition, anger over unmet expectations, a client of concern leaving prematurely, a 15 year old losing a parent to sudden death, joy over those coming to Christ bright eyed over the new possibilities, mental health realities, spiritual growth in those we have labored over for months. A mixed bag, eh.

 

Let’s pray,

 

Well GOD, they are YOUR’S, I am YOUR’S. May we trust YOUR character knowing that YOU are good, and that YOU have the heart and interest in our lives and in the lives of our house at the Veterans & Family Center. Fellowship and transparency with YOU are meaningful, and this happens within the context of my heart and words as best I can express. What’s not expressed; YOU know all about, as you know us and those we care about completely. Tomorrow is another day. Different needs, and different prayers. Yet this is true; Your Kingdom will come! We pray for YOUR grace and strengths to work and pray towards that end.

 

Lord, we also pray for all our people throughout the division who serve you and the people of their community. Love them, let them feel that love. Refresh them and my they have Your peace. In your precious name we pray.

 

Amen.

 

Send us your stories and we will all pray with you! Sleep well.

 

 

God Bless,