Update on Jeff

In my last post I told you that Jeff, our son, would be having heart surgery on Tuesday of this week.

Surgery was a great success--5 bypasses--diabetes has presented some problems with his numbers not being as good as they should but those are leveling out and things are looking so much better.

The tests they ran after the heart attack a week ago Tuesday indicated a massive heart attack.

After going in for surgery, the heart surgeon said there was minimal damage to the heart-- We are thanking God for a miracle! 

Thank you so much to all of you who have held us in prayer and love.

We can never express our appreciation completely.

Even though I haven't done it justice the last few weeks, I am still praying for the peace of Jerusalem and pray that you will join me.

Once again, thank you ever so much and God richly bless you and yours.

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Praying for the Generations

These are our three sons, from left, Michael, Jeff and Chris--also one of our grandsons, Kendall --

Our latest grandson had not been born when this picture was taken--

I will feature him soon--

Jeff will be having heart surgery tomorrow morning--

It would mean so much to us if you kept him in your prayers.

Thank you so much!

Every Monday here on the blog we pray for the precious ones--

THE PRECIOUS ONES: The precious ones include my children, my grandchildren, all descendants who come after me, all my grandparents descendants now living or yet to be born, my husband, siblings, in laws.

 And you, dear reader and all those who are precious to you. God bless you as you pray here. 

W here can I go from your Spirit?

 Where can I flee from your presence?

 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

 if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day for darkness is as light to you. 

Psalm 139:7-12

Oh God, for the beloveds, the precious ones I pray today-- Lord, I pray that your Spirit will go with everyone of them for every day of their lives.

I pray that Your presence would stay close to them--that they would not want to flee from Your presence but will seek You out with all of their hearts for every day of their lives.

Oh Lord make this passage of scripture real to each one of them.

Show them Your likeness, Your light.

Lord, those ones who are especially hurting today, hold them a little tighter.

Cling a little longer, warm them with Your assurance that they can make it through anything if they will only place their hope, faith and trust in You.

Purify us, Lord--our thoughts, our actions, our motives, our meditations. Lord, would You be the Lord over all of us and we will praise You forever and ever.

In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen

Please keep us in your prayers this week, especially tomorrow.  

Our son, Jeff, will be having triple bypass heart surgery--we covet your prayers. Thank you so very much.  I will try to keep you posted.


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Need Your Prayers

God is so faithful!

Just wanted to apologize for missing a couple of Wednesdays with the prayer for Jerusalem.

 Hopefully, I will get started back on that next Wednesday. In the meantime, we can still be praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, all of Israel and the world. Jesus is the only answer to our problems.

I also wanted to ask for your prayers.

Our oldest son, Jeff, endured a heart attack while coaching a basketball game on Tuesday night of this week.  He made it through the game and my husband took him to the emergency room right after the game ended.

He is scheduled to have triple bypass surgery tomorrow or maybe as late as Monday.  He was on blood thinners and they have to get this medicine out of his system before surgery so that his blood will clot normally.

God is lifting us up and giving us a peace and a calm that surpasses what our minds can understand.

Thank you for your prayers and I will update here in a day or so.

UPDATE:  I just got word that Jeff's surgery has been postponed until early next week because of the medicine situation.  Please pray for God's protection during these few days as we wait for surgery.

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Prayer for the Precious Ones

THE PRECIOUS ONES: The precious ones include my children, my grandchildren, all descendants who come after me, all my grandparents descendants now living or yet to be born, my husband, siblings, in laws.

 And you, dear reader and all those who are precious to you. God bless you as you pray here. 

 From Psalm 78

6 He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

 6 so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.

 7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.


From Psalm 80

Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

Our Prayer:

Oh God, we love you and thank you so much for this beautiful Monday that You have given us.

We worship You and give You all praise. 

You see the precious ones--those our hearts are so burdened for.

Would you restore them, O God, and make Your face shone on them-- That they may be saved--saved from the ravages of sin, from a life of no meaning, from the trapper's snare, from a life of not walking in the Spirit-- saved from themselves--

May each one determine to follow You with all his/her soul, mind, body and spirit-- May they want to know You from the inside out and adhere to all Your commandments--

 We love You, Father and trust that You gave us the commandments that would lead us to abundant life-- Because Your commandments are perfect, O God--

 We pray that we would love You above everything else-- Make that our desire, O God, our Strength and Redeemer.

 In Jesus' Name I pray.

 Amen

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