Good morning! Happy Monday! Today’s update is a little different. We’ll do our bible verse, and then I’m just going to post pictures of the past 24 hours and let them truly speak for themselves.

Today’s bible verse is one of my favorites. It’s one of the first bible verses I attempted to memorize when I first totally fell in love with Jesus. To me, it means that every hardship I face has no power over me as Jesus is bigger than ALL of them. No matter what it is – at any sign of weakness on my part for whatever persecution I am facing, Jesus SHINES when I am weakest… HIS grace is sufficient for me!

Today, I would encourage all of you to post any specific prayers we can pray for you, and I’m going to list several of the prayer requests I’ve gotten. I’m going to try to post 10 prayer requests each Monday. We may adjust as we go and make some changes, but let’s start with these 10. If I missed you today, fear not! I have HUNDREDS of specific requests and we’ve saved EVERY SINGLE ONE and we’ll get yours on here as well. Whether it’s listed here or not, if you’ve asked for prayers, we’ve prayed for you! We do it IMMEDIATELY when we get a request. Regarding the below prayers, some will be very specific/intentional with names, etc., and those will be posted with authorization from the folks who’ve asked for prayers. Some may conceal the identity(ies) of the folks who’ve asked we do that for their privacy. Either way, I’d encourage you today to pray for these folks, and add your own in the comments section so Team Isaiah’s Prayer Warriors can pray for you!

Prayer Requests:

• For friends who are selling their home, that the showings would go well this week and that God would find the perfect buyer for them.
• For friends of ours who are expecting children of their own in the coming months, whether you are pregnant or adopting, (this includes so many of you: Nikki & Scott, Naomi & Matt, Ashley & Scott, Natalie & Matt, Meagan & Martin, Amber & Nick, Ashley & Josh, D & W, D & L, J & A, A & B, Scott & Leslie, and more… that the Lord would be with you and that you would have safe births and safe arrivals of your newly adopted additions. Also, specifically for those of you who have children already at home that may be struggling with the addition of a new face, that your children would welcome with open arms the newest bundle of joy to your family.
• For our friend Chiquita’s (one of the angels at Wolfson Children’s Hospital) brother, Terrance, who just had emergency surgery, that the family will remain strong.
• For our dear friends F & S who are dealing with some transition in their lives as their oldest child heads off to college, that they would weather these seasons of change.
• For one of our sweet angels (nurses) at Baptist South Hospital, whose profoundly deaf daughter received a Cochlear Implant and is having it activated TODAY, that God’s hand will be on that sweet child today as she hears for the very first time!
• For our friends who recently had children, specifically two of our closest friends, Meg and Wes, that their sweet son Eli will be introduced to Jesus at every opportunity and that he will bask in the glow of Jesus’ ever-present love.
• For one of my dearest personal friends, ED, whose mom and aunt suffer from depression and mental illness, that you would give the family peace that surpasses all understanding.
• For our friend Zach Johnson and his ailing elbow, that you would take away his pain.
• For all our PGA TOUR friends, most of whom are traveling today from Hawaii to California, that you would give them safe, uneventful, child tantrum-free travel!
• For our home church, Crosswater Community Church in Nocatee (Ponte Vedra, FL), our weekly refuge for worship, and our pastors Jack Millwood, George Powers, Shane Collins & Todd Kornahrens that they would continue to lead our community to satisfy our mission to lead people to becoming fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
  
  Have an amazing day today! Remember – God’s grace is sufficient for you!