Father, you have been so good to me again.
Thank you for that exciting staff meeting this morning, and all those exciting reports. Attendance highs, more help for snow removal, excited new people, 8 baptisms, new partners, great leaders being promoted, new plans for ministries. And more; great new sermon series ideas that could bring real help to a lot of people.
Thanks for letting me ride with you again.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
a fruitful weekend
Father,
This weekend has a lot of possibilities to see people get truly free in their finances. Help us communicate your heart well, and "give us souls for our labors".
Specifically, I am asking you that at least 10 people receive salvation, and 30 renew their commitment to you. And please release another 100 people in their finances.
I am asking you for 5 new families this weekend. I ask that each of them connect deeply with you in our services, and also connect deeply with other people.
I also ask you to provide more than enough money for each person who took a red envelope and is believing you for money to give to missions. Please bless them with the ability to give and the opportunity to reap a harvest that allows them to give again.
Help us honor you by ministering well to our children this weekend, and causing them to grow in faith. Let each home be motivated deeply in their giving.
I love you for letting me serve you.
Amen
This weekend has a lot of possibilities to see people get truly free in their finances. Help us communicate your heart well, and "give us souls for our labors".
Specifically, I am asking you that at least 10 people receive salvation, and 30 renew their commitment to you. And please release another 100 people in their finances.
I am asking you for 5 new families this weekend. I ask that each of them connect deeply with you in our services, and also connect deeply with other people.
I also ask you to provide more than enough money for each person who took a red envelope and is believing you for money to give to missions. Please bless them with the ability to give and the opportunity to reap a harvest that allows them to give again.
Help us honor you by ministering well to our children this weekend, and causing them to grow in faith. Let each home be motivated deeply in their giving.
I love you for letting me serve you.
Amen
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
in the grace
Wow, what a weekend we had. Last weekend we had several salvations, many new guests, generous people, all the Red Missions envelopes were picked up), and a huge blessing for me personally!
I am in awe of a huge and powerful God who loves to bless me and make me a blessing. He is opening the windwos of Heaven upon us and I am thrilled to receive and give it away as He does.
Father, I thank you for your overwhelming blessings and grace upon me and upon us. You are good and kind and so wonderful to me. Help me be a good steward of these things and more honoring to you in the future than I've ever been in the past.
I am in awe of a huge and powerful God who loves to bless me and make me a blessing. He is opening the windwos of Heaven upon us and I am thrilled to receive and give it away as He does.
Father, I thank you for your overwhelming blessings and grace upon me and upon us. You are good and kind and so wonderful to me. Help me be a good steward of these things and more honoring to you in the future than I've ever been in the past.
Friday, February 02, 2007
a harvest of souls
Father,
Thank you for the prospect of a new ministry to help addicts get free. I am so excited about what that could mean for this community. Please help us find the right leader for that. I pray that you would call a sharp, administrative leader head up that project.
I am also asking you for an outpouring of salvations and baptisms in the Holy Spirit this weekend. I pray that you would send many new guests into our services, and connect them to the body of Christ through Freedom Valley. I pray that you would count us faithful with a growing family of more than 1500 a week. I am also asking you for $20,000 in tithes and offerings a week so that we can do great exploits in your name. AND I am asking for at least a $50,000 reduction in our debt this year.
Help us win lost people to you with greater measure than ever. Send men and women who are poor, and those who are wealthy. Send us those who are hurting, and those who are healthy. Help us be good stewards of all the precious talent and opportunities that you send us.
In Jesus name,
Amen!
Thank you for the prospect of a new ministry to help addicts get free. I am so excited about what that could mean for this community. Please help us find the right leader for that. I pray that you would call a sharp, administrative leader head up that project.
I am also asking you for an outpouring of salvations and baptisms in the Holy Spirit this weekend. I pray that you would send many new guests into our services, and connect them to the body of Christ through Freedom Valley. I pray that you would count us faithful with a growing family of more than 1500 a week. I am also asking you for $20,000 in tithes and offerings a week so that we can do great exploits in your name. AND I am asking for at least a $50,000 reduction in our debt this year.
Help us win lost people to you with greater measure than ever. Send men and women who are poor, and those who are wealthy. Send us those who are hurting, and those who are healthy. Help us be good stewards of all the precious talent and opportunities that you send us.
In Jesus name,
Amen!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
praise and prayer for repentances
Father,
Thank you for so graciously answering my prayers for a turn around in our finances. I love you so much for that. I continue to ask you for $12000 a week in tithes, so that we can accomplish all that you have shown us to do. Let there be abundance in your house, and help me to graciously and effectively teach your people how to live in the abundance you paid for. Teach us to manage it well, so that you can trust us with far greater things.
This weekend, prepare the way for the outpouring of repentance that you are showing me. Help me participate with you in tearing down our strongholds of lustful and greedy ways, and the shameful behaviors that come from those sins.
And Tuesday with Ron Johnson coming; draw Pastors, church leaders, and family's to those services so that you can show us the House of God operating at higher levels than we have ever experienced.
Thanks for allowing me to sow seed into your Kingdom. I ask you boldly for a harvest so that I can sow again, and again, and can test you in these things according to Malachi 3. I love you for all that you give me and do for me. You are extravagantly good to me.
Bless also my prayer team who labors with me before your throne. Bless them abundantly for their selflessness and kindness.
Gerry
Thank you for so graciously answering my prayers for a turn around in our finances. I love you so much for that. I continue to ask you for $12000 a week in tithes, so that we can accomplish all that you have shown us to do. Let there be abundance in your house, and help me to graciously and effectively teach your people how to live in the abundance you paid for. Teach us to manage it well, so that you can trust us with far greater things.
This weekend, prepare the way for the outpouring of repentance that you are showing me. Help me participate with you in tearing down our strongholds of lustful and greedy ways, and the shameful behaviors that come from those sins.
And Tuesday with Ron Johnson coming; draw Pastors, church leaders, and family's to those services so that you can show us the House of God operating at higher levels than we have ever experienced.
Thanks for allowing me to sow seed into your Kingdom. I ask you boldly for a harvest so that I can sow again, and again, and can test you in these things according to Malachi 3. I love you for all that you give me and do for me. You are extravagantly good to me.
Bless also my prayer team who labors with me before your throne. Bless them abundantly for their selflessness and kindness.
Gerry
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
finances and Master's Commission director
I am asking God for a breakthrough in our budget. We need $12,000 a week in undeisgnated giving.
We also need a Master's Commission director.
Please pray with me about these things.
Gerry
We also need a Master's Commission director.
Please pray with me about these things.
Gerry
Monday, January 08, 2007
Vision Day
Friends,
Tomorrow the leadership team of Freedom Valley will spend the day seeking God's heart about specific Vision for 2007. Please, please, please pray for us. I feel like we are once again on the cusp of the greates tyear ever, and really want to hear from God on it.
Specifically, pray that we would find out what God is wanting to do in our area, and do it with Him. We want to be right where He is looking for us to be and i the center of what matters deeply to Him.
Pray that we put personal agenda's aside and seek the greater good. pray that we once again come out of one of these full of excitement and fire for the year. Pray that we found faithful in all that he has called us to do.
Tomorrow the leadership team of Freedom Valley will spend the day seeking God's heart about specific Vision for 2007. Please, please, please pray for us. I feel like we are once again on the cusp of the greates tyear ever, and really want to hear from God on it.
Specifically, pray that we would find out what God is wanting to do in our area, and do it with Him. We want to be right where He is looking for us to be and i the center of what matters deeply to Him.
Pray that we put personal agenda's aside and seek the greater good. pray that we once again come out of one of these full of excitement and fire for the year. Pray that we found faithful in all that he has called us to do.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Friend's Day prayer list
Here's the list of people I am praying for, so that they could influence their precious friend's in their faith this week. Please join me in calling out their names to their Heavenly Father, and asking Him for their souls!
| Given By | Name |
| LaTonya Pritchett | Vivien Hoffmaster |
| Keith & Wendy Kadish | Jake Flickinger |
| Keith & Wendy Kadish | Chuck & Karen Flickinger |
| Wendy Raber | Bonnie |
| Deb Grace | Patrick |
| Danielle Grace | Patrick Grace |
| Tyler Grace | Patrick Grace |
| Patty Markle | Mandy Markle |
| Brittni Blank |
|
| Darlene Stonesifer | Mike |
| Marvin Stanley | Someone |
| Wendy Andrew | Matt |
| Joyce Weaver | Rachel Flood |
| Margaret Shanoltz | Karen & Ina |
| Molly Janczyk |
|
| Christ & George Forney | Susan C. |
| Sheila Frock | Angie Shultz, Ann Kane |
| Robin Deitch | Ayers Family |
| Terri Close | Kathy Toner |
| Mike & Marissa Bankert | Jess & Shane Ditcler |
| Gail Bixler | Jacque Jo Beau |
| Dana Alexander | Brandi & Walt Smith |
| Matt Alexander | Casey & Henry Dell |
| Angelina Bognanni | Mark Litzau, Sharon Bognanni |
| Cindy Banker | Todd Bankert |
| Mark Coscia | Wes Barbanis |
| James & Karen Conley | Dennis |
| Edward Funk | Nicolas Gorman |
| Robin Faught | Anna Cox |
| Ann Kane | Ken Moritz |
| Roger Oswald | Tim L. |
| Sharon & Clayton Renoll | Craig Renoll |
| Doug Reed | Terry Stultz Family |
| Linda Reinheimer | Dave & Paul |
| Ken & Marcia Strickhouser | Jeff Bair |
| My Family | Bud |
| Dennis & Ruth Wilson | Bobbi Loy |
| Devin O'Neill | Brad Beegle, Drew Payne |
| Peggy Blizzard | Dana Taskor |
| Christina Neiderer | Erika Sheeley |
| Megan Gross | Melissa, Steph Conley, Kristen Fulk |
| Megan Gross | Jen Pitzer, Tony Hemler |
| Jen Byers | Mike |
| Bobbi Jo | My mom |
| Debbie Brownawell | My husband and boys |
| Amber Smoker | Stephen Green |
| Stephen Green | Amber Smoker |
| Kevin Messinger | Rick & Catherine |
| Valerie Reinberg | Amber DeShong |
| Lori Messinger | Tanya & Mike |
| Rich Reinberg | Glenda & Carrie Kelly |
| Ellen & Jeremy Dreja | Ron |
| Michelle Trish | Jackie |
| Karen Bowling | Harry – my brother |
| Kim Riley | Dora & Louise |
| Suzanne Sullivan, Helena Seigman | Tylor & Jeff D'Williams |
| Alicia Glass, Tabitha & Ivy McGlaughlin | Bob |
| Lisa Duff | Ron |
| Anna Ruppert | Earl Ruppert |
| Julie Lawson | Linda, Monica |
| Elizabeth Monfort | Amy & Travis |
| Matt Ruppert | Stacy Forbes |
| Amy Fischer | Sue & Mike S. Natasha & Tishina |
| Lisa Armstrong | My parents |
| Keturah Lewis | Joan Hodges |
| Vanessa Gouker | Jill Huffman, Bill & Lauren |
| Pet Cooper | Jen & Wini Scott |
| Heidi McWilliams | My Brother |
| Connie Kasulen | Someone/Anyone |
| Stephen Simoes | Ruth, my mother |
| Tonya Redding | Jenny & Family |
| Keith & Wendy Kadish | Tim |
| Roger Meyers | Mother, Nancy, Jol |
| Nichole Brownawell | My dad, Gregg & brothers, Jason & Josh |
| Tom & Lana Orr | A Guest |
| Doyle Gross | Daniel Gross |
| Donna Moore |
|
| Jay Weisensale | Wayne Wagner |
| Willi Blank | Roxanne & Carlos |
| Mary Ann Clapsaddle | Dave Herrick |
| Ken & Marcia Strickhouser | Jeff Bair |
| My Family | Bud |
| Dennis & Ruth Wilson | Bobbi Loy |
| Devin O'Neill | Brad Beegle, Drew Payne |
| Peggy Blizzard | Dana Taskor |
| Christina Neiderer | Erika Sheeley |
| Megan Gross | Melissa, Steph Conley, Kristen Fulk |
| Megan Gross | Jen Pitzer, Tony Hemler |
| Jen Byers | Mike |
| Bobbi Jo | My mom |
| Debbie Brownawell | My husband and boys |
| Amber Smoker | Stephen Green |
| Stephen Green | Amber Smoker |
| Kevin Messinger | Rick & Catherine |
| Valerie Reinberg | Amber DeShong |
| Lori Messinger | Tanya & Mike |
| Rich Reinberg | Glenda & Carrie Kelly |
| Ellen & Jeremy Dreja | Ron |
| Michelle Trish | Jackie |
| Karen Bowling | Harry – my brother |
| Kim Riley | Dora & Louise |
| Suzanne Sullivan, Helena Seigman | Tylor & Jeff D'Williams |
| Alicia Glass, Tabitha & Ivy McGlaughlin | Bob |
| Lisa Duff | Ron |
| Anna Ruppert | Earl Ruppert |
| Julie Lawson | Linda, Monica |
| Elizabeth Monfort | Amy & Travis |
| Matt Ruppert | Stacy Forbes |
| Amy Fischer | Sue & Mike S. Natasha & Tishina |
| Lisa Armstrong | My parents |
| Keturah Lewis | Joan Hodges |
| Vanessa Gouker | Jill Huffman, Bill & Lauren |
| Pet Cooper | Jen & Wini Scott |
| Heidi McWilliams | My Brother |
| Connie Kasulen | Someone/Anyone |
| Stephen Simoes | Ruth, my mother |
| Tonya Redding | Jenny & Family |
| Keith & Wendy Kadish | Tim |
| Roger Meyers | Mother, Nancy, Jol |
| Nichole Brownawell | My dad, Gregg & brothers, Jason & Josh |
| Tom & Lana Orr | A Guest |
| Doyle Gross | Daniel Gross |
| Donna Moore |
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| Jay Weisensale | Wayne Wagner |
| Willi Blank | Roxanne & Carlos |
| Mary Ann Clapsaddle | Dave Herrick |
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Friday, December 29, 2006
our guests on Christmas Eve
Father I pray that our guests on Christmas Eve would continue to feel your presence and allow you to draw them into fellowship with you. Let your Word dwell in them richly and Holy Spirit, draw, draw, draw them to yourself through that time they had in your presence. Don't let the accuser and liar steal away that seed, or bring confusion to it. Cause their steps to be ordered toward you every day. Bring them back this week and cause many of them who are not attached to a church, to become attached to Freedom Valley.
And bless those who brought them to know how to minister to them and encourage them. Help them see you at work in that bringers so that they too get hungry to feel you at work in their own hearts more.
And thank you again for trusting us by bringing them.
And bless those who brought them to know how to minister to them and encourage them. Help them see you at work in that bringers so that they too get hungry to feel you at work in their own hearts more.
And thank you again for trusting us by bringing them.
praying about being a good Father-in-law
The Heartland song that I heard on my road trip today said it best, and left me remembering, praying, and appreciating God so much today. I really love my daughter's fiance, and look forward to him becoming a son to me. Aaron Pringle is a good man and someone I appreciate very much for character, vision, and integrity. He treats my daughter very well and makes her very happy. Together, they make a good team. I am excited about their future!
But read this, and tell me the words alone don't rip out your eyes when you think of your kids...
Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way
But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first
How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time
But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first
But read this, and tell me the words alone don't rip out your eyes when you think of your kids...
Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way
But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first
How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time
But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first
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