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An important part of spiritual growth is maintaining an active prayer life. We have a small but dedicated group as our church's prayer chain. Would you be willing to join us in this extension of your personal prayer life? If so, please contact me.
Cindy Loving
Home: 988-0915 (If I'm not home, please leave a message.) E-mail: cindyloving1@aol.com
John Wesley on Prayer
God's command to "pray without ceasing" is founded on the necessity we have of his grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, than the body can without air.
Whether we think of; or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.
All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by his own choice.
Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is a continual prayer.
As the furious hate which the devil bears us is termed the roaring of a lion, so our vehement love may be termed crying after God.
God only requires of his adult children, that their hearts be truly purified, and that they offer him continually the wishes and vows that naturally spring from perfect love. For these desires, being the genuine fruits of love, are the most perfect prayers that can spring from it.
From A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, as believed and taught by the Reverend Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1777.
From the web site: John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life, http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/
| February Birthdays | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mary Barker | 16 | Stan Krause |
| 01 | Pat Burton | 16 | Dicky Teagle |
| 01 | Donna Griffith | 17 | Kasey Kingston |
| 01 | Earl Ward | 18 | Marge Barry |
| 02 | Madge Quadros | 18 | Jason St. Mary |
| 02 | Ava Tankersley | 19 | Jamey Bacon |
| 03 | Lindsey Nicolai | 19 | Madison Scott |
| 03 | Mildred Holton | 19 | Dave Williamson |
| 04 | Royden Daniels | 20 | Jim Brabrand |
| 04 | J. Edward Peeples | 21 | Richard Burney |
| 05 | Elinor Westbrook | 21 | Cal Gunter |
| 06 | Tom Payne | 21 | Cleo Shield |
| 06 | Sandy Forbes | 21 | Bob Weikle |
| 07 | Dianne Taylor | 21 | John Talbert |
| 07 | Brent Bates | 22 | Monte German |
| 08 | Susan Foltz | 22 | Stephanie Shields |
| 08 | Hunter Barefoot | 22 | ) |
| 08 | Mary Beth Beane | 23 | Lucile Epes |
| 09 | Anne Fulcher | 23 | Andy Preston |
| 09 | Madison Bacon | 24 | Gary Dunkum |
| 10 | Kathy Hubbard | 24 | Joshua O'Brien |
| 10 | Karen Makowiec | 24 | Cindy Marstellar |
| 10 | Billie Way | 25 | Trent Fenner |
| 10 | Jacinda Miller | 25 | Frank Gough |
| 10 | Marshall Cross | 25 | Alice Stodghill |
| 12 | Donald Loving | 26 | Dave Martin |
| 13 | Colin Hogan | 27 | Polly Clodfelter |
| 13 | Pat Robinson | 28 | Jerry Campbell |
| 13 | Linda Mathews | 28 | Rosemary Hall |
| 13 | Bryan Hartzog | 28 | Martha Hatchell |
| 14 | Curtis Brewer | 28 | Tom Link |
| 14 | Murphy Protzman | 28 | Ronnie Moss |
| 15 | Roy Quarles | 28 | Catherine Turner |
| 15 | Jane Sydney Meloy | 28 | Bob Walker |
| February Anniversaries | |
|---|---|
| 07 | Roy & Ruth Klingenberg (53) |
| 14 | Ed & Lorraine Holland (43) |
| 15 | Junie & Marge Page (41) |
| 17 | Charles & Sandra Witherington (63) |
| 19 | David & Linda Dellinger (73) |
| 20 | Bob & Judy Weikle (54) |
| 22 | Phil & Myrna Young (64 |
| 25 | John & Judy Wainwright (77) |
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Robert W.(Bob) McKitrick, thanks.
Last update: February 1, 2004
