Prayer

“For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you, and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you while making mention of you in my prayers.” Ephesians 1:15-16

It is my turn for devotions at our Women’s Retreat.

I’m using the In Memoriam/Honorary Membership Program from our resource manual. There’s a short skit in there about prayers.  It was put together by Kathy Klenner.

I also plan to share with our ladies this sweet account.  For their grandma’s funeral one young lady shared how it made her day to listen to her grandma pray.  She was getting hard of hearing and refused to wear her hearing aids. (They found one in a shepherd’s pie she had baked for a family dinner but that’s another story) Her prayers got louder in her last days. “Devil, get out of this house and stay away from my family she would often yell.” It was their great joy to know that she fell asleep and woke up in heaven at the age of 98.

I plan to let the ladies share about prayer warriors who have impacted their lives.

We are studying Prayer by O. Hallesby for Sunday School at Stillwater. It was one of my textbooks at Bible School and my instructor was Rev. Amos Dyrud.

Thank you for praying ladies. It’s such an important task.

They labor well who intercede
For others with a pressing need;
It’s on their knees they often work
And from its rigor will not shirk.   D. DeHaan

Lavonne West, National WMF President