• Cindy Heeter - Pray for God’s angels to surround her and to lessen her depression.

• Mary Carlson - Please pray for her to have healing and freedom from pain and for her husband as he cares for her.

• Barbara Cheely -Continue to pray that the recently discovered growth on her brain will disappear. She has had several tests. Pray for peace and patience as she awaits results. She has also been having some stomach issues. Pray these problems resolve.

• Mary Anderson - Continue to pray for her arthritis and a pitched nerve in her neck.

• Chelsea Smith - Pray for her to find a job and have financial stability.

• Laura Mellinger - Pray for her husband Rick and his medical scan. Pray for their 3 children; Joel, Emily & Olivia.

• Tammy Luckenbill- Praise God! Tammy’s mother Jean is able to drive and at times walk without a walker. Please pray that she will be cancer free.

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”

James 4:10 ESV

Have you ever found yourself overcome with reverence and gratitude? I recently encountered one such instance in the middle of the St. Louis Aquarium. It was a normal day. People were swirling around me. My to do list grew larger by the minute. The fish were pretty, but I had bigger fish to fry. But then, I came face to face with an obscure diminutive sea dragon fish. It was so unusual and exquisite. It took my breath away. I felt like Job as God questioned him; “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?” (Job 38:16 NIV) In that moment I was humbled. God revealed his glory in a tiny insignificant fish that I will never see again.

C.S. Lewis says it this way, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” When I take my eyes off myself and my woes, then my life is filled with God’s good gifts, gratitude, peace, joy, and so much more. I am so thankful for God’s creative pursuing of my soul. My prayer for the coming weeks is that we can all be humbled by God’s love.

“The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.”

Proverbs 22:4 ESV

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October 10, 2021

• Thomas Hahn - Pray for faith and forgiveness to overcome his struggles.

• Rose Waldrup - Continue to pray for physical, mental, and spiritual health during her pregnancy. Pray for her pregnancy to go full term and that her pain will lessen.

• Sharon Powell - Continue to pray for God’s peace and contentment. She continues to reside at Prairie Ridge. Pray that a needed surgery may get scheduled soon.  Also, pray for relief from the acid reflux and for improved nutrition.

• Lynn Carlson - Pray for Raynae Schmeiser who is sedated in ICU with pneumonia.

• Care Facilities - Pray for all those in care facilities where anxiety and isolation are on the rise.

• Colleen Smith - Pray for her as she grieves the loss of her father Mervin. Pray for her relief from ear pain and infection.

• Teresa Hourihan - Pray for her health, in the past few months, she has had a heart attack, broken rib and has renal failure.

Jake and Sarah Waid - Texas

• Pray for students who have families suffering in Afghanistan and that we would faithfully surround them with gospel hope.

• Pray for the many children in our day school who are daily wrestling with questions about who Jesus is and how they can be made new in him.

• EquipU: Another EquipU class is starting at our campus on October 31 and will meet on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in Room 209. Learn the basics of observing, interpreting, and applying Scripture in Bible Study Basics 1. Register at harmonybiblechurch.org/equipu or within our mobile app.

Celebrate Recovery

Thursday evenings at 6pm, in Burlington, are special times at Harmony Bible Church.   Why?  Because that is when we gather for Celebrate Recovery. 

You might be wondering, “What is Celebrate Recovery?”  Let me tell you… Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12-step program, designed to help us find the freedom to overcome our hurts, habits and hang-ups, by identifying our struggles, confessing them, and turning them over to Jesus Christ. 

You might be thinking to yourself, “Oh, that’s not for me… that’s for people who struggle with drugs and alcohol."  While it’s true that we can celebrate freedom from chemical dependency, the majority of people coming to Celebrate Recovery, are those of us who simply struggle with anxiety, depression, dealing with flashbacks from abusive relationships, or simply the hurt of dealing with the loss of a loved one, just to mention a few.

James 5:16 tells us that we are to confess our sins to one another and pray for one another, so that we may be healed.   James is not telling us that we can forgive each other‘s sins.  We know that only God can do that.  But what he is saying, is that there’s something very healing, about being able to get something off your chest, and to be able to have someone there to pray for you and walk through that hard thing, with you.

Are you struggling?  Is there a hurt that you just can’t let go of?  Then perhaps it’s time to come check us out at Celebrate Recovery. A place where you can feel free to takeoff your mask and simply be real, just like the rest of us there.

-Nathan Williams, Pastor of Community Ministries

(319) 237-8400 ext. 201 | info@harmonybiblechurch.org | harmonybiblechurch.org/prayer-care