March 30 Praises & Prayer Requests

Praise Reports:

- Praise the Lord: - Linsey received the Lord into her heart last Thursday night!

- Praise the Lord - The Lord's hand of blessing was indeed on all of the Easter weekend events.

- Praise the Lord - The Sunday morning Easter service was very well attended and the powerful and meaningful message was well received. 

- Praise the Lord - Jan's recovery is going extremely well.

- Praise the Lord - Some of the church had a great day out with a walk in a forest on "Better Saturday." Joining us was a friend, Nigel, who needs prayer for salvation. 

Please pray for the following with us:

- Pray for Bill, our friend and brother in California who suffered another minor stroke but had some major mental confusion following it.

- Please remember another friend and brother in California, Rex, who lost his job this week. He has been suffering from effects of clinical depression, too.

- Pray that the Lord will lead us to the facilities for meeting Sunday mornings, or even throughout the week, that are according to His will.

- Pray that the Lord will continue to inspire the plans for the church to do during the year that they may keep us at His purposes.

- Please pray for Ruth to be successful in her application for a new job and for Jo Anne to get a replacement job quickly.

- Pray for the women's "Tres Dias" weekend retreat coming up in April that the Lord will deepen the relationship with Him for all those who will be attending 

- Pray for Jan, who is recovering from major surgery


Thank you for your faithful prayer support   
God bless you,
Rick & Cindy Johnston

March 23 Praises & Prayer Requests

Praise Reports:

- Praise the Lord: - The 'Amazing Jesus' lessons we brought into the school went quite well

- Praise the Lord - For Rick's involvement with the minister's fraternal in town that is getting our church involved with community projects

- Praise the Lord - The Sunday night service at Mooreland Close was very well received with the folks there not wanting to leave but remaining until quite late in fellowship together and singing hymns.

- Praise the Lord - The Tres Dias men's weekend went extremely well with good spiritual fruit in all the men's lives.
- Praise the Lord - The members of the church are encouraging us to look for facilities to meet Sunday mornings outside the home!

- Praise the Lord - Sheila has escaped death and is in a nursing home recovering from her devastating accident when she fell down a flight of stairs.

 Please pray for the following with us:

- Pray for the Lord to bless the Easter events this weekend

- Pray that the Lord will lead us to the facilities for meeting Sunday mornings, or even throughout the week, that are according to His will.

- Pray that the Lord will continue to inspire the plans for the church to do during the year that they may keep us at His purposes.
- Please pray for Ruth to be successful in her application for a new job and for Jo Anne to get a replacement job quickly.
- Pray for the women's "Tres Dias" weekend retreat coming up in April that the Lord will deepen the relationship with Him for all those who will be attending
- Pray for Jan, who is recovering from major surgery

Thank you for your faithful prayer support   God bless you,

Rick & Cindy Johnston

March 2 - Prasies & Prayer Requests

Praise Reports:

- Praise the Lord: - The 'Amazing Jesus' lessons we are bringing into the school are going quite well

- Praise the Lord - That there is such openness to be able to bring the Christian message into schools

- Praise the Lord - We are in the ground floor of a move of God in this town called 'Without Walls' which seeks to see the various churches in town working together for the benefit of all the people.

- Praise the Lord - We spent a day with Jo Anne and she is doing well
- Praise the Lord - He has made his direction clear for Jan to take on a foster-type arrangement with a young lady of 18 (she is a Christian). We pray that the Lord will give Jan wisdom and the strength to be able to set and keep boundaries for her.

Please pray for the following with us:

- Pray for the Lord to move in the service I am going to do at Mooreland Close this Sunday evening

- Pray for the last week of the "Amazing Jesus" lesson that we are giving in the local primary school's classrooms. Please pray for the children to be open to the message of "Jesus, who is God's Son."

- Pray for wisdom for Benjamin, a man in the north of Scotland who is seeking the Lord how he may be used by Him for Christian service, perhaps in Ballymena.
- Pray that the Lord will continue to inspire the plans for the church to do during the year that they may keep us at His purposes
- Pray for the "Tres Dias" weekend retreats that are coming up (first for men in March, then a few weeks later for women) for the Lord to deepen the relationship with Him for all those who will be attending
- Pray for Sheila, a brother's mum who took a horrible tumble down a flight of stairs. She has several broken bones, a loss of liver function and possibly pneumonia in the chest.
 

Thank you for your faithful prayer support   God bless you,

Rick & Cindy Johnston