And let us be persistent in PRAYER.

I cannot believe I leave in 6 days! Wow, time has flown by. As I am in the midst of my last week, I find myself easily caught up in the logistics and seemingly never-ending list of things to get done before I leave.
I praise God, though, for His gentle reminder of my need for Him, for my need to be in constant communion with him, for my need to remain in Him alone (John 15:5).
I am reminded of the power of prayer, and therefore I “approach the throne of grace with confidence.” (Heb. 4:16)
I ask that you will join me in prayer, seeking the Lord and His will for His work in Zambia.

Please pray for the team as we serve in Zambia from July 18th-August 9th
The Team: JA (leader), Lesley (leader), Nichole, Julia, Billie Jo, Alex, Caroline, and myself.

I praise God that He chooses to use sinners like myself to do His work. I pray that we would do just that, serving as His hands and feet.

As I read through John 17 this morning, my heart echoed the prayers that Jesus prayed for His disciples and for others in the world. I know, above the travels and logistics, this will be my prayer for this trip.

“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (v 3)
“For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them” (v 8)
That they would know with certainty that we come in His name. (v 8)
“Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name” (v 11)
That they may have the full measure of YOUR joy within them (v 13)
“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” (v 17)
“that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you” (v 21)
That they would grasp “how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know that this love that surpasses knowledge- that [they] may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” (Eph. 3:18-19)

That the Lord would bring HEALING, physical and spiritual, to those in desperate need of Him.
That He would provide more candidates for surgeries
That the children already at the hospital would be healed and that this would exude God’s power and love to their families and community

I pray, also, that I will be pruned and molded even more so into His image (John 15:2)
I pray that I would deny myself (Matt. 16:24-25)
That we would speak the truth of the gospel fearlessly (Eph. 6:19-20)
That we would love and display Christ’s love through our actions (1 John 3:18)

Above all, though, I pray that God would be glorified.
-that “above all things, He may have the pre-eminence” (Colossians 1:18)