I prepared this
list last week before the Connecticut elementary school shootings and am
currently working on next week’s list that will include more detailed prayers
about the situation. Thank you for lifting in prayer all of those affected by
the massacre of so many children and women. CCL
Ethiopia
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Please keep in
prayer children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in
Ethiopia. Pray God will meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of a
15-year-old young man named Abebe. www.helpcurenow.org
Philippines
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Pray for children
and people living on the Filipino island of Mindano in areas hit hardest by typhoon
Bopha when it made landfall on December 4, 2012. About 90 percent of three
coastal towns in Davao Oriental province were wiped out and a whole town in
Compostela Valley province was buried under mud. http://tinyurl.com/b4fww6p
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Pray for the
300,000 people who have been left homeless in these two coastal provinces. Pray
for those whose villages were completely wiped out by landslides and floods
caused by the typhoon.
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Pray for the 5.4
million people affected by this storm, and especially those who are in great
need of clean water, food, shelter, and medical care. Pray for children, youth,
and adults who were injured by the destructive force of this typhoon. Please
pray they will be able to access good medical care soon.
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Pray for the
loved ones and friends of the 647 people killed when this powerful typhoon hit.
Entire families were washed away in some villages.
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Pray for children
who have been separated from their parents or families. Please pray God will
provide them shelter and protection. Pray they will be reunited with their
guardians.
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Please keep in
prayer those who are searching for loved ones who are still missing. Hundreds
of people are still unaccounted for a week after typhoon Bopha hit.
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Pray for those
who have lost not only homes, but livelihoods…crop damage is estimated to be
$210 million. http://tinyurl.com/d98etpr http://tinyurl.com/bo3qp4w
United States
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Please keep
Michael* close in prayer as he receives treatment in a mental health facility.
Pray God’s healing touch will be upon this teenage boy who is going through a
very difficult time. Pray for his family and all who love and care for Michael.
Pray for Michael’s physicians and the staff at the facility as they work with
him toward healing and wholeness. *Name
changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
United
States—North Dakota
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Pray for the families of 16-year-old Ian Alves, 16-year-old Tessa Miller,
and 18-year-old Levi Schulz who are mourning these three West Fargo High School
students who died in unrelated situations over a two-day period. http://tinyurl.com/a72gbd2
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Give God thanks for the life of Ian, who died after an 18-month battle
with two aggressive forms of cancer. Please continue to pray for Ian’s mother
and brother as they experience another difficult loss in their family. Ian’s
father died of brain cancer about five years ago.
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Thanks be to God for the good memories Ian’s family made while on a trip
to Disney World with him several months before his death.
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Pray for the members of Ian’s community who have provided such
compassionate support for this young man and his family.
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Please pray for Tessa’s family and friends as they try to make sense of
this young woman’s death. Give thanks to God Tessa’s family chose to donate her
organs so others might be given another opportunity at life.
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Keep Levi’s family and friends close in prayer as they also deal with his
sudden death. Levi was struck and killed by a pickup as he crossed the street
to go back to his car.
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Please pray for West Fargo High School’s students, teachers, counselors,
and staff who are reeling from these multiple losses in their school community.
Pray for Ian, Tessa, and Levi’s friends and classmates who are feeling
overwhelmed and shocked by the deaths of these three in such a short period of
time. Please pray God will bring comfort to everyone affected by the teens’
deaths.
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Pray for first responders and other emergency personnel who witness so
many disturbing, horrific sights in their jobs. Pray God will bring peace to
all those who deal with bodies broken in traffic accidents, violent attacks,
suicide attempts, addictive behaviors, or other damaging events.
