This morning, we received some terrible news. A guy in our church is in critical condition at a hospital here in St. Louis. He has a wife and 4 kids, which are all in our youth group. Not much is known about the situation right now, but please pray for the family. A few minutes ago, we got a call that they're gonna take him off life support tomorrow. It's gonna really just be a time of mourning for us in our church for the next several weeks and months. The oldest one is 18, and he's really been on fire for the Lord lately. In February, we went to Dare 2 Share, and he really got a passion for sharing Christ with his friends. We keep him accountable every week to make sure he's shared his faith throughout the week sometime. So, it's just a really hard time for them now, as i'm sure you all could imagine.
We're definitely in need of prayers here, and also any verses God's laid on your heart for situations like this. Thanks yall.
Shane and Brenna
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Glasgows, what's are their names? This might help:
pray, knowing the following
James 5:13-18
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
Work for the Kingdom in the midst of your pain, knowing this (and, believe it or not, I'm preaching this to myself today as well)
Psalm 126:5-6
5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! 6 He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
And let the man who has been there be your comfort:
Isaiah 53:3
3 He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
John 16:33
33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Trust the Holy Spirit to guide you. You have no need of a teacher of this world, but only the Word of the Lord, and the Holy Spirit shall remind you of what you forgot yet need, and that which you never knew you needed, and the mediums by which he will speak will sometimes be strange (such as a bumper sticker, a billboard, a blog, etc.), but know that he grips you and will never let go. Know that he rejoices in the eternal opportunity while simultaneously grieving with us over our sorrows in light of the temporary affliction (see John 11, the Lazarus story). Last but not least, rejoice that our names, and indeed, if he was in the Lord, that man's name, is written in Heaven (Luke 10:20--"Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.").
All my love,
may you and your church be blessed of the power, love, and mercy of the living God, and live out a wise sowing of seed (Proverbs 11:30) in the midst of tears that you may reap everlasting joy, viewing the jewels of God's eternal work and rejoicing in the God who drew men unto salvation. Be blessed, be loved, and live unto God, my fellow conquerors, my brother and sister.
In Jesus Christ's name, Amen.
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