Sunday Life Group Prayer Requests...

Sunday, we had numerous prayer requests. If the details are vague, it is because there are some things that are not being released, or they could be unspoken requests:

• Shelli's dad was having a heart cath done today. Keep him and the family in your prayers.
• Shelli also had a praise. Her brother in Minnesota has been going to church.
• Pray for the Trish Bauer family.
• Be in prayer for 7th grade student named Carley. She is in need of a second liver transplant. Her first transplant has rejected.
• Tim Wells' mom is having a CAT Scan on Wednesday. Keep her in your prayers.
• Shelli had another praise...Mason's blood work has come in and he has not had any further problems. Keep Mason and the Baldwin family in your prayers. They requests your prayers for the months ahead.
• We have some prospects for the Life Group that we need to keep in our prayers. Pray that if it be God's Will, they come to join our group...if not, pray that God leads them in a place where they can study His Word!
• Valerie Wells had a praise. Her niece who lives in Mena was one block from the path of the tornado.
• Michelle Winters has been having sinus issues. Pray for her.
• Jessie Winters wanted us to be in prayer for a kid of a friend of his. A very bright student, just took a wrong path. Pray for this one. God knows what our prayers are for!
• John Ciesla also had a praise and good news...His mother came to church.
• Continue to pray for my mom in her cancer treatment - Patsy Darr.

Be in prayer for these. Pray for each other. It was good seeing each and every one of you in our Life Group Sunday. If you were not there, you were missed! God Bless each and every one of you!

God Bless,

Philip

Praise!!!

First of all, thank you for your prayers for my Mom. I just got off the phone with her and she seems upbeat about the report that she got!

She is to keep on the medicine that she has been taking. The medicine seems to be helping her. Her tumors have actually shrunk in size. Her biopsy revealed no cancer in the lymph nodes in her right breast, and only one of the lymph nodes in the left breast showed signs of cancer. And like I said, those tumors have shrunk in the left side.

No surgery, or chemotherapy has been scheduled at this time. They want to see if the medicine will shrink these tumors some more. So, overall, she seems to have got a pretty good report considering everything. She will stay on the medicine and go back to see the doctor in two months!

Thank you and continue to lift her up in your prayers. God does hear your prayers!

Keep Traci Duren's Grandma and Family in your Prayers!

Traci's Grandma is being moved to another room because her kidneys are shutting down. Traci went to the hospital, and it seems like her Grandma is holding her own. They are not sure how long she has, or if she will come out of it. Please keep her family in your prayers.

Prayer Request

Please keep my mother Patsy Darr in your prayers. She will be having another biopsy tomorrow (Friday). Once all the tests are in, I am sure they will have a better idea on a treatment plan.

Thanks,

Philip

Prayer Request from Marvin...

Please pray for my grandfather, he is 81 years old. Tuesday afternoon he was taking back a trailer he borrowed. While trying to put it in place he slipped and fell on the trailer jackstand. He injured his right eye (his good eye). The doctors are not sure if he will regain any sight out of it. He is in the Shreveport, Louisiana hospital, and will be there till tomorrow. My grandmother does not drive any more, due to her health conditions. He needs all the prayers we can give him as to regain sight in his eye.

Thanks and God Bless

Marvin Duren

Time to reflect...

This Sunday is Easter and is a good time to reflect on our relationship with Christ. I always think of the movie "Passion of the Christ" and the scenes where they are beating Jesus and nailing him to the cross. What a horrible death he died for us, so that we could be forgiven for our sin. It's hard to comprehend that someone would lay down their life for you, but that is exactly what Jesus did. Even though Easter brings thoughts of pastel colors, flowers, easter eggs, and the newness of Spring, it's a fact that Easter is about death as well. Think about how badly it hurts when you cut your finger, imagine that pain tenfold and we might have a small idea of the pain that Jesus must have felt as they whipped him and tortured him while he was on the cross.
The good news is, the second half of Easter is about life! Not just life as we know it, but eternal life with Jesus! This is truly something to get excited about. Jesus rose from the grave, Christ is Risen! We have grace, and mercy and forgiveness because of the price that He paid for us.

Just something to think about as we go into the weekend!

"Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me"......Pretty Awesome if you stop and think about it!

Don't forget the fellowship this Saturday from 2-6 at the Air National Guard base! Also don't forget services are at the PAC on Sunday, wouldn't want anyone to show up at church and think the rapture had taken place!

Prayer request for Betty Terral!

I humbly ask you to pray for Betty Terral today. Betty is a long time friend and member of FBC Greenwood. She has been battling cancer for a very long time. Betty is currently in the hospital and doctors are having difficulty determining what is causing her pain. I visited Betty today and she is somewhat responsive but is on a lot of pain medication. She seemed very tired. Please say a prayer that God will reveal the cause of Betty's pain and that they will have a course of action to heal her.


In Christ,

Mike