Jarrett’s Prayer Letter
Volume 6, Number 1
January 22, 2005
Reply to jarretts@tenwek.com
Dear Friends and Family:
We so appreciate your prayers for our travel and ministry here at Tenwek. This is the first “official” prayer letter of this term, but most of you received the urgent requests for a surgical patient, Regina, in the past few days. She is making remarkable progress towards recovery in the 24 hours since surgery. I even “released” the extra blood to the blood bank for other patients who may need it.
When I request your prayers and thank you for your prayers, I do so in all sincerity. It is with a well-founded belief in those prayers that I solicit them. Actually, my belief is in the One to whom we are praying. I have believed His word when he says in Jeremiah 33:2-3 --"This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it--the LORD is his name: 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.' NIV We are commanded to pray in spiritual warfare and for each other in Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. NIV In this passage “saints” refers to other Christians, not to specifically ordained individuals recognized by a church as someone to be prayed to or through.
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