World Vision USA Friday Prayer

 

 
PRAYER FRIDAY: for those affected by recent global disasters, like the earthquakes in Japan, Myanmar, and New Zealand; and for the many others suffering because of war, hunger, disease, and poverty.
 
Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before you in the Name of Jesus asking on behalf of those affected by the earthquake, tsunami and the radiation scare in Japan. We think of the families who have lost everything. Lord help them to see their need for you through these tragedies, comfort them and bring them peace and renewal of mind and spirit. We pray for the children who are without family and homes. Thank you for your provision for them in all facets of their small lives. Thank you for the World Vision staff and for others who are sacrificing to be your Hands extended to these little ones.  We think of those who remained at the nuclear plant compromising their health and endangering their lives to assist in getting the reactor to stabilize. Touch their bodies and bring them health and reverse any harmful affect from radiation. We think of American military families stationed in Japan and lift their concerns before You. We pray for the spouses and children who have left Japan and returned to America for the safety of their children that you would comfort them during this separation by distance. We ask that fears would be taken away. We know that Japan is an economically wealthy Nation, Lord, yet despite their material wealth currently they have great need and we pray that the nations of the world will have compassion and remember these people who are poor in spirit during this tumultuous time.
 
Lord, we continue to pray for Myanmar, New Zealand and Haiti. Lord the needs of these peoples continue and yet we forget often because the names and places are omitted in the daily headlines. Help us to remember them. We praise you for all of the ways that they have been remembered in the past and ask that You would remind us to pray and do what we can to show them Your Love and our love.
 
Lord, media bombards us with news of war, hunger, disease, and poverty in our world. We feel helpless and overwhelmed by these reports and find ourselves desperate for You, wondering what our role in this could be that would bring honor and glory to Your Name. Show us our part, Lord. We trust that You have allowed these events and situations in our world. We believe that You do work all things together for the good to those who love You and are called according to Your purpose. We pray for those in our world who don't know You, the Life Giver, the Way Maker, the Provision Provider. We thank You that through circumstances that these afflicted peoples will see their need for You as we do our part to bring the Good News and minister to them through our prayers, World Vision and our churches. 
 
Lord, we know that at any second this calamity could befall us. As we hear reports and see pictures of the suffering of these nations, we are reminded of the frailty of mankind. We look to You as our Rock, our Comfort, our Source. We acknowledge that without you we are nothing and that we can endure very little without the power of Your Holy Spirit, the Wisdom of Your Word and our relationship with You. Help us to worry on our knees before Your Throne bringing all of our petitions before You, letting You know our requests. Thank you that as we remember You and others that You restore our joy. We love You, Jesus and it is in Your matchless Name that we pray. Amen  

Prayer for Japan

Japan Quake and Tsunami

Posted By: WORLD VISION

To: Members in 337 Causes
Update: Japan Quake and Tsunami Relief
Supporters -
Thank you for your help in raising funds for Japan. Here is an update on the situation:
Update, Saturday, 3/12, 7:07 am, PST: World Vision Japan today is preparing staff members to travel to areas affected by yesterday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. Staff will assess the needs in affected areas and prepare supplies and programs to serve those left homeless by the twin disasters. “We are now facing the most tragic disaster in our country’s history,” said Kenjiro Ban, Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Manager, World Vision Japan.

World Vision plans to establish one or more Child-Friendly Spaces–sites for children affected by disasters to resume normal childhood activities and experience structure and security that are often lost following emergency situations.

We appreciate all of your support, and ask that you continue to promote this project in any way you can.

Thanks,
World Vision staff

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Prayer from Beth Yeager Women of Vision Headquarters Federal Way, WA
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of thee sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns…The Lord of hosts is with us…..Psalm 46


Mighty God, stand watch in the hours of this day and the nights to keep all from more harm. Renew our capacity for hope by healing the despair and anxiety brought on by this unexpected act of our natural world. Bring those whom you summon into the lives of those needing assistance. Allow them to reveal your love and mercy to all they care for. Amen.

First Saturday Prayer for March

Prayer for the Trauma Recovery Center in Phnom Penh

Our Passion:
In the picture above, the survivors of trafficking and exploitation release balloons in Cambodia as a sign of the healing process they are experiencing at one of nine projected Trauma Recovery Centers that World Vision (WV) is funding as part of a five year project. Our Chapter has chosen to help support this Project as a result of our heart for advocacy against human trafficking. We are passionate about making a difference in the lives of exploited women and children and pray that many children in Cambodia will be protected and restored at these WV centers. Our prayer is that the children once hopeless willl find hope just as the children in the picture above, and that they too will write their experiences of the past on balloons and then let them go, leaving behind some of the pain from their past. What follows is a snapshot about the Project and our prayer. Project details here.

General Information:
The Trauma Recovery Project, which provides aftercare to sexually exploited and abused girls—who come from many provinces in Cambodia—through a shelter in Phnom Penh WV will be engaged in two types of partnerships for the Child Protection Program in Cambodia. The first involves governments, United
Nations bodies, and international and local NGO providers, with which they collaborate to ensure appropriate, timely, and relevant policies and responses to the needs of children and communities.

The other type of partnership is with community-based or grass roots organizations, such as parents groups, Child Protection Networks, and various interest groups, including those by which communities plan and act on protection issues. Through these partnerships, WV works to mobilize communities, build their capacity, and expand participation in planning and programming. For example, Hagar Cambodia, is an international Christian organization with which WV works to provide restorative care for sexually abused and trafficked children.

WV—through their own Trauma Recovery Center in Phnom Penh—and partner NGOs will provide child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse with therapeutic residential shelter that meets or exceeds established care standards. Children will be assessed upon admission, and individual case plans will be developed. Care will include nutritious meals, clothing, vocational education, life-skills training, formal or nonformal education, counseling, and healthcare. The ultimate aim is to promote restoration of the child, improved functioning and resilience, and increased hope.

Analysis of the Problem in Cambodia:
Girls in their teens or even younger are sold into prostitution in Cambodia, forced to perform sexual services over weeks, months, and even years. Such abuse causes the girls to become angry and physically and emotionally traumatized—an impact that lingers well beyond their removal from brothels. Before returning to family life or their communities, these children need intensive counseling and highquality restorative care in residential facilities—a level of service that is in limited supply in Phnom Penh and across the country. This is one part of the challenge. Another is to ensure that survivors are spared from experiencing additional trauma during the police investigation and legal proceedings. WV also seeks to keep children from becoming further victimized in their communities. The risk is quite real. Girls who have lost their virginity are considered damaged or disreputable. Such attitudes make them highly vulnerable to repeated abuse and in danger of becoming trapped in a cycle of exploitation. Protection also is needed for young girls and women who are targeted and sought out because they are virgins. Perhaps the most far-reaching task—one with potential for long-term impact—is to help change both the environment (where children can be exploited easily) and systems (which are inadequately equipped to respond to cases of abuse).Prevention. Protection. Restoration. As the gaps in these areas are filled, significant progress can be made in building a safer world for Cambodia’s children.

World Vision's Response:
World Vision has more than 30 years of experience working in Cambodia. Over five years, with funding of about $7.1 million, this program will provide protection and restoration services to nearly 5,500 beneficiaries, including shelter care for 445 girls and protection support, such as assistance with the legal process, for 500 children and 250 families. About 70,000 community members, including 28,700 children, will benefit from strengthening of local and government systems that protect children and respond to instances of abuse. We at the South Puget Sound Chapter of Women of Vision in conjunction withWorld Vision would be privileged to have you join with us in building a safer world for children in Cambodia.

Our Part:
Our partnership with WV will advance the cause of child protection, helping to restore children who have been hurt, protect children who are vulnerable to abuse, and make communities safer for girls and boys in Cambodia. Mindful that child protection issues are difficult, WV is nonetheless hopeful that they can reflect God’s love into the lives of children at risk and help them find paths to a brighter future—a future in which they will feel valued and empowered to achieve their potential. Our Chapter along with WV would be privileged to have you participate in this work. With WV's long-term presence in Cambodia, their experience in trafficking and exploitation issues, and strong programs, we have before us a remarkable opportunity to reach hurting and vulnerable children and impact their lives in enduringly positive ways. Please join us in making a difference for these children.

Our Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before you in the Name of Jesus and ask that your merciful Hand would extend to these girls and boys in Cambodia to bring them protection and restoration. Lord, this heinous crime of human trafficking and sexual exploitation is beyond what we can imagine, yet we know that You are able to undertake for these children in ways that we cannot even think or ask. For the ones who have arrived at the Trauma Recovery Center in Phnom Penh today, bring them peace and comfort and take away their fears. For the ones who have been at the Center already we ask that they would be successful in their program and that they would continue to be renewed and recreated in You. Thank you for bringing these children newness of life and life in all it's fullness.

We pray for the counselors and the staff working with these children that You would encourage their hearts today as they work in this heartbreaking reality. Give them strength and patience as they work to be Your Hands extended to these children. Work a miracle in relationships and let there be a triple cord bond between each child, their counselor and You. bless them for the sacrificies that they make daily to be available to these children. Provide for their spiritual, emotional and financial needs.

We pray for the Nation of Cambodia that there would be changes in their government so that children are protected. We pray for the ones exploiting these children. We lift them before You and pray for their salvation. We pray that the demand for these children would stop as a result of these men and women who offer these girls wrongfully seeing their wrong and walking away from this corrupt practice. We believe that it is possible to end human trafficking in our world becasue we know that nothing is impossible with You!

For our part, Lord, please give us favor in our fundraising. Give us new and fresh ideas so that we can share our passion for advocacy and ignite that passion in others. Open doors for us that only You can open as we plan our largest fund raiser through the Sheryl WuDunn Event. Give us each creative ideas about how we can raise funds that will directly support this Center in Cambodia. Lord our dollars make such a huge difference in what can be done for these children. Show us Lord who to ask and when to ask to our events. Help us to convey to others the need for vigilence and determination in this fight against human trafficking in our world. Lord our motives are that You would be blessed as we obey Your call to help the poor, that children would be rescued, restored and renewed and that our world would see You through all of our efforts.

We praise You, Lord for You are worthy of our praise. We worship and bow down before You for we know that we can do nothing without You. We dream big, Lord, because we know that we serve a BIG God who hears us and answers us. We are excited about how You will use us to make a difference in the lives of these children in Cambodia. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen

Prayer Requests from the Global World Vision Family

Prayer Requests from the Global World Vision Family
View this Prayer Request on The City 

Horn of Africa

Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are facing prolonged drought and as a result their nutrition situation has deteriorated to serious levels. They are experiencing chronic food insecurity and lack of access to safe drinking water for both communities and livestock.

 We invite you to please pray and ask God to:

• Break this drought so that the rains will come and food will grow for the millions affected in these nations.
• Secure the delivery of aid to where it is needed and that it is not diverted or politicised, especially in northeastern Somalia.
• Provide World Vision and other responders adequate funding and other resources to respond to the needs. Pray specifically that $1.2 million USD is raised for the needed intervention.
• Care for and protect World Vision’s and other organisations’ staff as they work long hours to meet these needs.
• Pour out grace upon the affected households, including many World Vision sponsored children in Kenya.

Middle East

Please pray for:

• Peaceful transition in the change of governments for the nations of the Middle East.
• Discerning and wise legal leadership as constitutions are developed and amended.
• Youth struggling with unemployment and the many poor Muslims and Christians in these nations who are unable to access work, health and educational opportunities.
• Safety of the body of Christ and the church in the Middle East.
• orld Vision assessment teams as they look at Egypt, Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon in this fragile and volatile context.
• Supplies that need to get to people during this time and that the infrastructure of roads and clinics continues to be operational.

1. LIBYA: The premier denounced a “plot” to turn his country into a terrorist base, as anti-regime protests reached the capital and world powers slammed an iron-fisted crackdown said to have cost hundreds of lives.
2. IRAN: A massive police deployment in Tehran prevented large-scale protests from erupting, although Iranian opposition websites reported stray clashes and officials said the capital remained calm.
3. BAHRAIN: Bahrain’s Sunni Muslim ruling family came under increased pressure to open in-depth talks with the Shiite-led opposition, as protesters erected more tents on the capital’s Pearl Square and unions called off a strike.
4. MOROCCO: Thousands staged rallies in Moroccan cities demanding political reform and limits on the powers of King Mohammed VI, with protesters shouting “the people want change.”
5. KUWAIT: Hundreds of stateless Arabs demonstrated for the third day running to press for basic rights and citizenship of the oil-rich Gulf state, and Human Rights Watch called for the release of dozens detained on Friday.
6. YEMEN: Hundreds of students demonstrated on the eighth straight day of anti-regime protests in Sanaa, while police shot dead a protester in south Yemen and the opposition vowed to join protests.
7. EGYPT: Three police officers in Alexandria face questioning over the shooting of protesters in the early days of the Egyptian uprising, as banks reopened and workers at Egypt’s largest factory ended a strike.
8. TUNISIA: Tunisia’s interim government asked Saudi Arabia to extradite deposed strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as it faced a second day of protests on the streets of Tunis, demanding its resignation.
9. DJIBOUTI: Djibouti authorities have “provisionally released” three top opposition leaders briefly detained after unprecedented protests demanding regime change, the state prosecutor said.
10. IRAQ: At least eight people, four police and four civilians, were reported wounded when clashes erupted during a rally in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah.
11. JORDAN: King Abdullah II urged speedy reforms, comprehensive dialogue and more efforts to battle corruption amid popular discontent and pro-reform protests.
12. SYRIA: A jailed Syrian Kurdish blogger and rights activist, Kamal Hussein Sheikho, is on a hunger strike, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
13. ALGERIA: Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci told Spain’s El Pais newspaper the anti-government revolts in Tunisia and Egypt will not spread to Algeria, a day after riot police clashed with protesters in the centre of Algiers.

Please pray for:

• WORLD LEADERS: God sets up kings and deposes them; He changes times and seasons. Pray that these changes and shifts work to bring great glory to God and extend His kingdom among all peoples. Pray for the families who have had loved ones killed. Pray for mercy, justice and grace to permeate this current instability.
• HEART HUNGER: Pray for real heart hunger in every individual throughout the Arab World, particularly among those with the least access to the gospel, that they would long to know the Truth and be set free. Pray they find true freedom in Jesus. Pray for a restraining of extremist who seek to kill and destroy. Pray for the supply infrastructure of food and water can be maintained in this turbulence.
• RECONCILIATION: Hundreds of years of offence and strife have gendered bitter hostility between Christians, Jews and Arabs. Pray for God to soften the hearts of these, to heal the hurts, and to break down every dividing wall.
• CREATIVE ACCESS: Ask God to make a way where there seems to be no way to share His love and truth with those held in restricted access environments. Pray for believers to be ready to give an answer for the hope within them boldly and sensitively. Pray for protection for our sisters and brothers as they continue to be light and salt in these difficult environments. Make them a sweet aroma for Christ.
• MODELS: Just as Jesus became flesh and dwelt among us so that we could know God, pray for believers and World Vision staff who are willing to live incarnational lives among these groups, no matter what the challenges may be.
• STUDENTS: Young people are often seeking answers for deep questions of life. Pray that God directs them to those who can give them the Answer. Pray that the children will be protected from hatred, give them a yearning and hope of peace in these lands.

Southern Africa Region
We invite you to please pray for:

• Eastern DRC which remains a Category III with a level 2 response. Swaziland is a Category II with a level 2 response, while Zimbabwe remains a Category III with a level 2 response.
• 2 million people affected by the continual conflict in DRC (Congo) and the many women and children being sexually assaulted and then impacted by HIV/AIDS. Pray for law and order and justice to bear on those who have wronged these precious ones of God. Pray for healing and recovery from this trauma.
• Swaziland and it’s food crisis, exacerbated by current floods threatening a drop in crop output. These factors coupled with an HIV/AIDS prevalence at 26% presents a challenging scenario compounded by an increase in reported rape cases especially on children.
• Zimbabwe and their continued need of food assistance. Pray that this year’s crop brings a great yield for the farmers.

Thailand and Cambodia
Please pray for:

• People living near the Thailand-Cambodia border at Preah Vihear Temple.
• Children and families traumatised by the fighting.
• Governments of the two countries will find good solutions and resolve this conflict.
• God's pouingr out of his spirit upon Cambodia and Thailand so that a season of peace will prevail.

As one World Vision staff member shared, “I want to see our brothers and sisters of the two countries embrace each other and not to fight for serving political purpose which is not God’s desire.”

Thank you for upholding these parts of the world before our Lord and Maker, the author and perfecter of our faith in God’s Grace and Jesus Name. Let it be so. Amen

Prayer for TVPRA/CPCA

South Puget Sound Chapter Women of Vision

with Cindy Breilh (far right)

Advocating for the CPCA March 2010

 Child Protection Compact Act (CPCA)  Update

The Craziness Begins!

An update on 2011 legislation fighting child slavery

By Jesse Eaves, Policy Advisor for Child Protection

"It has only been a few weeks since the 111th Congress came to a close and the 112th Congress began—but what a difference a few weeks makes. The fight against slavery continues, and we have a huge role to play.

Over the course of the past year, thousands of you called, wrote, and met face-to-face with your elected leaders. As a result of that united voice, the Child Protection Compact Act (CPCA) came within an inch of becoming a law until time ran out.

You’ll recall that I let you know that in this new Congress, the centerpiece of all U.S. anti-human trafficking law (the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, or TVPRA) was up for renewal. Laws like the CPCA do not work without the framework of the TVPRA. Since we want to be sure that a strong and robust TVPRA becomes law, we’ve been working hard to ask your elected leaders to include the provisions of the CPCA into the larger human trafficking bill.

However, something happened last week that caught us off guard. As the new Senate came into session, right out of the gate, your leaders did something surprising. On the first day of legislating, the original sponsors of the bill—Senator Barbara Boxer of California, Richard Burr of North Carolina, and Ben Cardin of Maryland—reintroduced the CPCA. On top of that, they brought on board a new sponsor: Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts. The message they are sending is clear – “WE HEAR YOU!”

This reintroduction of the CPCA is more symbolic than anything. It means that your voices were heard and your leaders have not forgotten you. This is a way for them to mark the importance of the CPCA provisions as we move forward with the process of advocating for the new TVPRA. In the most likely scenario, the CPCA will simply get folded into the TVPRA—and then we will go to town advocating for the passage of the TVPRA.

As we prepare to move forward, take a second and pat yourselves on the back for making your voices heard. A big salute goes out to Women of Vision in California and North Carolina who tirelessly hounded their Senators to lead the way on this bill. The silent cries of enslaved children around the world will be silent no longer as you stand up next to them and seek justice on their behalf.

We’ll be updating you as soon as we know when the TVPRA will be officially introduced. Once that happens, let’s challenge ourselves to make our voices louder and more powerful than ever. It’s going to be hard. Anyone who watches the news or reads the Internet knows that. But with thousands of voices and God on our side, justice and freedom will prevail.

I leave you with the words of Molly Baker, an amazing advocate and student at the University of Delaware. She recently wrote: 'After the hard news that the CPCA did not pass, I came upon Habbakuk 1:2-4 in which Habbakuk cries out to God in frustration saying, ‘How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.’ My heart has at times echoed the same cries and questions of why God would allow so much injustice in our world. However, God answers Habbakuk's cry and ours as well, as in Habakkuk 2:4 he replies, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’ What we SEE is injustice, wrongdoing, and a bill that has not passed. BUT God calls us to live by faith. As Hebrews 11:1 says, ‘Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do NOT see.’”

Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You in the Name of Jesus praising You for opportunities that You give us through World Vision and Women of Vision to make a difference around the world in the lives of poor and marginalized children and women. Like Habbakuk we cry out to you about the injustices in our world. We are disappointed that the Child Protection Compact Act (CPCA) did not pass in the 111th Congress.

We praise You for World Vision and Women of Vision and the information and education provided to us so that we could be a voice for the voiceless in Washington DC and in our own State of Washington against slavery this past year. Lord we know that strongholds do not topple easily, yet we believe in faith that nothing is impossible for You. Lord we ask that you would stir our hearts again and again and that we would take whatever action necessary to be used by You in this fight against slavery in the world and in America. Give us the information that we need and empower us with courage to call, communicate with and go to those in authority who decide our laws.

We praise You in advance that the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) will be renewed and that the CPCA will be enfolded into this larger human trafficking bill. Thank you that Senator Barbara Boxer of California, Richard Burr of North Carolina, and Ben Cardin of Maryland reintroduced the CPCA along with Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts. Thank you for their message of encouragement to us that we have been heard. Let this action by these Senators be the spark that ignites passion within our Congress to pass the TVPRA!

Thank you for Jesse and his team. Bless them in all ways as they take a stand daily in this battle. Guard them and protect their families, their health, their finances and their lives as they stand firm on the front lines. Encourage them to not grow weary in well doing. Give them hope in Your renewed direction for this cause.

Lord, we know that without You we can do nothing. We surrender our paltry efforts at the foot of the cross and place them in Your Hands and ask that you multiply our efforts to create a mighty army. Mobilize us at the perfect moment, the optimum time in our present history to impact and put a stop to human trafficking in this generation. Let it be so, Lord! Amen!

February First Saturday Prayer

 Prayer for Kathy Cooper Today

Information: From Cindy Breilh:  February 3, 2011

Several WOV chapters have asked. You are all so kind. Kathy’s home address for any chapters wishing to send a card can be found on The City.

We also have an opportunity to collect monetary gifts to assist Kathy with expenses. World Vision employees are doing this, however, chapters are welcome to participate. If you would like to bless her please let us know. We will need to have the funds collected by Monday, Feb 7th. According to the Financial Hardship Matching Gift Policy, World Vision will match funds up to a maximum of $300.00. Any money raised above this amount will be included in the gift to Kathy. If you wish to give and cannot meet the deadline, your gift will be accepted and given to Kathy. All checks should be payable to World Vision.You can call the WOV Helpdesk if you would like further assistance. 877.968.4968

Services are noon,Saturday, February 5th, in the Aspen Chapel, Mountain View Funeral Home,
4100 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, Wa 98499

Please continue to pray for Kathy and her family at this time!

Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before you in the matchless Name of Jesus and bow down asking you to supernaturally come and show Yourself strong on behalf of our sister and friend, Kathy.  Surround her with your comfort.  Where there is uncertainty bring peace that passes human understanding, where there is sorrow bring Your healing balm, where there is pain bring forbearance by your grace. Today will be a hard day for Kathy and her family, but you promise us that nothing is too difficult for You.  Be her all in all today as she goes through the motions in  her numbness. Guide her as she puts one step in front of the other and continues on.  Thank you for her children who will help her and be there for her and for her family and Ron's family who will surround her with "togetherness" so she sees that she is not alone.  Give her a new understanding of Your Love today and in the days ahead.

We pray for Ron and Kathy's family members that you would comfort and encourage their hearts today.  If there are those who do not know you as their Savior, Jesus, we pray that today will be the day of their salvation. For those who do know You, we pray that Your peace and Love would embrace them today and every day.

We pray that this service today will be a celebration of Ron's life and that those who don't know You will come to know You through what they hear and see in the Aspen Chapel.  Soften hearts to Your Good News and we thank You that at least one person will come to know You through this service. Lord, You are the Giver of Life through Jesus. Thank you that we all have hope and know that when our spirits leave our body that we are present with You.  We celebrate Ron's life today and thank you for him and for the testimony of his life here on earth.

We love You Jesus. In Your Name we pray. Amen





Ron Cooper Is With The Lord

Kathy Cooper

Women of Vision Finance Administrator

Ron Cooper Is With The Lord

From Cindy Breilh, Director of Women of Vision, January 29, 2011

"Ron Cooper went to be with the Lord on Friday evening. Kathy was able to release him to Jesus and was with him until the end. Thank you all for the prayers. With hardly time to grieve, Kathy asks that we continue to pray as she is already fighting to keep Ron’s young daughter who they literally rescued from the streets. She asks that we “bombard” heaven on Rissas behalf!

Kathy will be taking off all of next week and we will try our best to take care of any urgent tasks. Monday she will be at court petitioning for the welfare of her step daughter – I’ve let her know we will all pray. She said to “spread the word!” and pray that the court will find favor with the petition – one that even our Child Protection department affirms.

I will post the date and location of Ron’s service when we know something and will send a remembrance on the behalf of Women of Vision. Thank you for the kind words – Kathy will be blessed."

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before you in the Name of Jesus with saddened hearts. We are grateful that Ron no longer suffers and that he is perfect in every way rejoicing with You in Heaven. We know that Kathy shares our belief and yet, she grieves the loss of her husband. We know that she needs comfort that only You can give to her. We lift her before your throne and ask that You would be her comfort and strength.  To lose the love of your life, your best friend on earth brings sorrow in the core of her being so we ask for your compassion, mercy and grace to fall upon her and cloak her with strength as she faces life alone.  Guide her as she steps into this new way of living.  Surround her with love and kindness from friends and family and give her favor as she presses on in the day-in-day-out of life. Embrace her with your peace.

Thank you for this young daughter, Rissas.  Lord what dire circumstances have befallen this child prior to her father's death. The devastation that she is feeling is beyond words as she is rescued from the streets by her father and then he is taken from her. Lord You have a plan for this young one for good and not for calamity and we ask that Your perfect plan unfold for her.  Heal her twice broken heart and make her new in You, Jesus.  We ask that the enemy of her soul be bound away from her and that You would send angels to protect her from any more overwhelming circumstances. Lord let the judge rule in favor of Kathy having full custody of Rissas. We praise You that there will be no complications or delays and that it will be done expeditioulsy and in a  timely manner without undue costs. Bless this young daughter with your favor. If she does not know You as her Savior, we pray for her salvation.  If she does know You, we pray that the loss of her earthly father will draw her closer to her Heavenly Father in whom she will find her hope.

Lord, where would we be without your unfailing, never ending, unconditional love? Thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you that nothing is impossible or too great for You. Thank you that You care for us and hear our prayers. We humbly speak these petitions on behalf of our sister and friend Kathy and her "daughter" who are at this moment  in need of your touch. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.