PRAYER WALL

Trevor

I have heart failure and chronic fatigue syndrome. My HF medicine helps but causes terrible fatigue even on starting dose. I see the cardiologist Monday January 29th. Please pray for healing, and guidance for the doctor regarding treatment.

Received: January 29, 2024

Lois P. Bailey

Continue to pray for Lois about her hip and low back. she is doing some better with the sciatic nerve issue.

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Original post 1/7:

Pray for Lois, her sciatic nerve on the left hip has flared up. She has been receiving shots in the hip but seems not helping. Please pray for her.

Received: January 24, 2024

Anonymous

Update: Our granddaughter is still in a temporary facility that does very little to help her. There are frequent fights in the unit, and paperwork for transfer to another facility is just being processed after 3 weeks. Please pray she can be moved soon to a safe, capable facility. Please pray also for the family. The stress is affecting the whole family, and her mom had to resign from her job to handle the constant paperwork and visits. The court trial scheduled for Thursday has been delayed until Feb. 22 or later. Please pray the repeat offender will not recant his assault confession and that our granddaughter will not need to attend court and testify. Thank you so much for your prayers.

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URGENT Update: Please continue prayers for our sweet 15 year old granddaughter's mental health. She desperately needs treatment in a residential facility. She was released from a temporary facility Friday into her father's care, but had to be involuntarily committed Saturday night. She hates everyone and is threatening suicide. The current temporary facility will release her after 7 days and doesn't help find a new place. After several days of constant calling, we found a bed available. When she attempted suicide in June, she was incorrectly registered in a Medicaid plan that doesn't pay for long term care. Please pray that Medicaid will approve today the request sent several weeks ago for long term care. Please pray for the family as we're somewhat numb from stress and developing health problems from it. Thank you so much.

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12/1/23

Please pray for our 15 year old granddaughter who ran away last night. Praise God she was found after a 3 hour search by family, police, and sheriff's dept. She attempted suicide in June, and is under psychiatric care. She didn't want to return to her home or ours, and hates us all now. Please pray for her mother, brother, and sister who are each under extreme stress from medical/work-related issues. Please pray for wisdom and physical strength for us all during this confusing time. Thank you so much.

Received: January 23, 2024

Chris Pridgen Praise for Ed

Praise report on my husband Ed, he had his three month follow up for a Pet scan, CT scan and scope and there is no sign of cancer nor is there any sign of a tumor ever being on the base of his tongue. Doctor said everything looks completely normal, Only God! The doctor said he will not have to have another Pet scan or CT scan again, however he will need to have the scope down his nostril to take a look at the base of his tongue every three month.

God is so amazing, I don’t know what we would have done without him as he carried my husband through when he didn’t think he could go on.

Hallelujah and Praise Jesus.

Thank you for your continued support and prayers throughout our journey.

Keep praying through your situation because God is faithful. Love you all!

Received: January 19, 2024

Barry Jerdan

Pray for my nephew who is undercover missionary in a Muslim country. He is publishing Christian media for those curious about Christianity.

Received: January 10, 2024

Anonymous

My heartfelt gratitude for your prayers. My elderly parents and I are suffering from chronic ill health. My brother and I both lost our financial income and are in a desperate situation. Pray for us to know follow the guidance of God during this journey.

Received: January 10, 2024

Rocky Mount Your Choice Resource Center

*Pray for new business LIFE Partners for YCRC

* Pray for our Life Ambassador Dinner!

*Pray for our nurses as they provide ultrasounds

*Pray for the spiritual salvation of our clients

Received: January 8, 2024

Anonymous

URGENT Update: Please continue prayers for our sweet 15 year old granddaughter's mental health. She desperately needs treatment in a residential facility. She was released from a temporary facility Friday into her father's care, but had to be involuntarily committed Saturday night. She hates everyone and is threatening suicide. The current temporary facility will release her after 7 days and doesn't help find a new place. After several days of constant calling, we found a bed available. When she attempted suicide in June, she was incorrectly registered in a Medicaid plan that doesn't pay for long term care. Please pray that Medicaid will approve today the request sent several weeks ago for long term care. Please pray for the family as we're somewhat numb from stress and developing health problems from it. Thank you so much.

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12/1/23

Please pray for our 15 year old granddaughter who ran away last night. Praise God she was found after a 3 hour search by family, police, and sheriff's dept. She attempted suicide in June, and is under psychiatric care. She didn't want to return to her home or ours, and hates us all now. Please pray for her mother, brother, and sister who are each under extreme stress from medical/work-related issues. Please pray for wisdom and physical strength for us all during this confusing time. Thank you so much.

Received: January 2, 2024

Anonymous

J, a mom of two who is a friend, is going through a bunch of storms. While chatting today, I asked if she truly has ever decided to love Jesus, and she said she did not know. The devil is after her and her family. Will you please pray I get more chances to talk to her about God’s great love for her? And please pray God keeps calling her and she will hear Him??

Received: December 27, 2023

Beverly Joyner

Please pray for my mom Nancy Howell as she has to come to live with Ed and I do to her mind staying confused most of the time. Please also pray that I will be able to find a few sitters to help me with her from time to time. Thank you for praying for us during this time of adjustment.

Received: December 25, 2023

CHRISTY RETHFORD

Please pray for one of my co-workers, Crystal, who was just diagnosed with Breast Cancer on Friday, 12/15/23. She has a husband and 2 small children & a long road of unknown ahead of her-she could use and appreciates all your prayers as she prepares for this journey. I ask that you pray for strength for her and her family, and complete healing to her body.

Thank you!

Received: December 20, 2023

Anthony & Maria Crawley

We recently relocated to NC from Connecticut and are searching for a job. Pray for our health and finances and that we will have faith in God to provide.

Received: December 19, 2023

Margaret Cobb

I have been diagnosed with Pleurisy and am waiting for a medication (prednisone) to be ready today (12/18/23) by the pharmacist. I am using an inhaler to help me breathe. Pray for God's comfort and healing.

Received: December 19, 2023

Global Partners: J&T in South Asia

We continue to strive for the Kingdom in this season. Now is the time that people are more open to hearing about Christmas. It is considered the "Christian Festival" here in our part of the world. So, our team has many outreach strategies planned. Please keep our efforts in your prayers.

Received: December 19, 2023

MICHAEL BRYAN

My friend Otha Wheeler has an undisclosed lung issue and is set to go to UNC in Jan. He was taken to the hospital last night after passing out.

Please pray for strength and healing

Pray for a good christian man who help me in my walk.

Received: December 17, 2023

Kay Rhew

Please pray for my son’s salvation. He is 36 years old and the single father of a 7-year-old daughter. He identifies himself as an atheist. His name is Bryan.

Thank you.

Received: December 11, 2023

Connie Bell

Please pray for my daughter, Ashley.

Received: December 6, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC - Nov 12-17 Prayer points

Thank God . . .

-in advance for what He is going to do through our team and our prayers.

-Psalm 107:1 "Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever"

-Remember to give thanks for all He has been faithful to do with Englewood.

Pray for

-Wisdom of Solomon for our search team.

-God knows all the details about our Pastor's family. Pray that God would give each member of his family strength in considering leaving their current assignment and coming to a different church.

-Pray God will make the path clear, as we put our faith and trust in Him to connect us to the person, He has chosen for EBC.

-Prov 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths."

-Acknowledge God as our hope and Pray that God will teach and guide us as we walk by faith through this time of seeking.

-Pray that the new pastor will proclaim the word of God without apology.

Received: November 13, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC - Our next pastor

– Pray that God would give our next pastor a love for our church and the strength to leave his current assignment.

-Pray that God’s desire for him to be our next pastor would be crystal clear and that as difficult as it may seem that he would sense God calling him to a new assignment.

-Pray that he would hear Isaiah 30:21. “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, ‘this is the way; walk in it.”

-Pray that he would sense God has finished with him in his current assignment and that he would sense God’s direction to come to EBC

Received: November 2, 2023

Anonymous

Please continue to pray for our son Sean. He has had another backslide in his recovery program. He is dealing with disappointment, depression and attacks from the enemy. Please pray that he will know God's unconditional love and the Holy Spirit's wisdom and direction. Pray that he will be open to strong Christian companions. Praise God for his love and the special plan and purpose for this young man's life. Thank you.

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Update on Sean 9/7:

Please continue to lift our son Sean in prayer. During hurricane in Florida he suffered a relapse in his sobriety. He is now due to enter a new transitional home.

* Please pray for courage, wisdom and a open heart to God's unconditional love.

* Pray to bind spirits of shame, fear, anxiety, addiction, temptation. *Pray for a restored mind, body, spirit.

*Pray for Joe and Wendy (owners of transitional home).

* Pray for wisdom as parents to hear and obey God's leading.

My God is in control, He is everything that is good, true, pure, right and lovely. He is victorious over the enemy and can work to bring good from bad situations. Praise God. Thank you for prayers.

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Update Aug 27:

My son Sean had a brief relapse. He is back in transitional living. Please continue to pray that our Lord will surround him with strong Christian men and women to support him and be mentors and role models. Please pray to bind spirits of addictions, fear, anxiety. Prayer of thanksgiving for the constant renewing of his mind, body, spirit by the Holy Spirit. God is good, faithful and victorious.

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Update July 23:

Thank you for your prayers. Our son Sean continues in his journey to a new lifestyle of sobriety.

Please continue to pray for friendships of strong Christian men and women that will act as role models and mentors.

He struggles with negative self-talk. Please pray for wisdom to shut out negativity and replace it with truth of God's unconditional love, a perfect plan and purpose for his life.

Pray for his victory over fear, anxiety, shame. Pray for improved relationships with his daughter and ex.

Praise to our heavenly Father, who takes bad experiences and uses them for our good. Great things He has done.

Received: November 1, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC - God already knows, Why pray?

God’s word says to pray continually. As we enter this time of searching for a new pastor, we know that God already knows who the man is to lead us in the next chapter of EBC. Surely God can take care of our need without our asking, but when we ask, we are acknowledging that He alone is God.

So, as we humble ourselves and lay aside our willfulness and worry, we admit our desire to seek and obey Him.

“Ask me and I will tell you and tell you some remarkable secrets about what is going to happen here” (Jeremiah 33:3)

Received: October 25, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC - God that renews

Day 15 –

*Pray that the search team will renew their minds in the Bible so that they can have Word-centered wisdom.

*Pray Romans 12:1-2 for these brothers and sisters.

“Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of the world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing, and perfect will.”

*May we all offer our bodies as living sacrifices as we join the search team in prayer for our new pastor.

Received: October 23, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC -Unity among the family

*Pray for covenant among our pastoral staff, administrative staff, congregation, and our search team as we pray for our next pastor.

*Jesus said, “If two of you agree on earth about anything that you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in Heaven" (Matthew 18:19).

*The words Jesus used can be translated to harmonize or make a symphony. A symphony is composed of many

instruments that seem to be a single voice when played together.

*Pray Romans 15:6,

"..so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Received: October 20, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC

Day 7 – On their journey through the desert, the Israelites clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on their feet.

The Bible records in Deuteronomy

29:6 that the Lord, “…did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.” This same God who watched over His people in transition is the same God who watches over us today.

Thank God for His provision of Dr. Scott Pace as we go through this time of

transition at EBC.

Ask God to begin to stir in the heart of our next pastor.

Received: October 16, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC - A God who provides

Day 6 –

The same God who provided manna and quail for His people in the desert is the same God who will provide our next shepherd.

In Jeremiah 3:15, God promised to give His people leaders who would follow Him, filled with knowledge and understanding. Shepherds after His own heart.

Pray that God will provide a man after God’s own heart to lead EBC.

Received: October 15, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC - The Same God

Day 5 - The same God who opened the Red Sea so that His people could walk through on dry ground is the same God we ask to walk us through dry ground

as we seek our next pastor.

Pray that He would remove any obstacles or traps along the path.

Pray that He would be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path (Psalm 119:105).

Pray that He would illuminate and guide the way for us in this search.

Received: October 13, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC -God Protects and Provides

Day 4 – The same God who provided protection for Noah and his family is the same God who has provided for the community of Englewood.

Thank God for His blessings on EBC.

Ask God to provide protection to the staff pastors and their families and to give them discernment and wisdom as they lead us through this season at EBC.

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I

find protection. He is my shield, the strength of my salvation, and my stronghold, my high tower, my savior, the one who saves me…I will call on the Lord, who is worthy of praise; for he saves me from my enemies” (2 Samuel 22:3-4)

Received: October 12, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC

Day 2 – Pray for our search team by name -

Jonmichael Atkinson,

Doug Ezzell,

Regina Green,

Curtis Horne,

Verneil Lewis,

Meredith Mitchell,

Donna Robinett,

Peyton Roughton,

Chris Vester, and

Ed Joyner, ex-officio.

Pray for patience.

Psalm 27:14 says, “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait on the Lord.”

David was reminding us that it is God, the same God who said that all He created was “very good”, offers us help for today and hope for the future. Pray that our search team and our church membership would wait for God’s timing to reveal His man for EBC.

Received: October 11, 2023

40 Day Pray for EBC - Day 1

40 Days of Prayer for EBC

Day 1

What do we do? Is a question that many will ask during this season in the life of Englewood. What we do is pray and we continue sharing the Gospel message of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world. Realistically, we know that prayer is

the most important thing we can do during this pastoral search. It is difficult - just ask Peter, James, and John (Matthew 26:36 – 46). It has been said by those who consult with churches during these times of transition that a lack of prayer is one of the biggest mistakes made during the process.

Begin today by praying;

* asking God for His continued blessings on EBC,

* for His guidance as our search team enters this time of seeking God’s direction,

* for stamina to continue praying for as long as it takes,

* for us to be sensitive to God’s leading during this time of transition,

*to remember to pray for our leadership at EBC in the days to come.

Received: October 9, 2023

Tracey W

Please pray that Wanda would truly follow Jesus with her whole heart. I shared 2 stories of Hope and my testimony with her today on the side of the road. Ask Father to show Himself mighty in her life by providing peace and stability in her life as she tries to get back on her feet.

Received: October 2, 2023

Dillard Green

Pray against expansion of legalized gambling in NC. Specifically plans for 4 new casinos in the state including Nash County. NC General Assembly vote is Tuesday September 5th to decide if expansion of casinos will be included in the state budget. If included, casino construction will be approved. Pray that this will not pass and bring this industry to Nash County. Pray for those addicted to gambling and the personal destruction it causes.

Received: September 1, 2023

Valerie Kemery

Please pray for salvation and protection over my kids Camilla, Jade, and Francis.

Received: August 14, 2023

Travis Baker Pray for foster children

Please pray that more Englewood families get licensed and trained in the Foster & Adoption initiative. There are more than 10,000 children in NC’s foster system. We need more families to provide a caring, Christian home.

Received: August 3, 2023

Taryn DeCicco

Heavenly Father,

Please fill me with Your life, love and presence. Please surround me with Your peace. Please help me to see my worthiness in your eyes.

Please heal me from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. Please release me from all vestiges of the past and fill me with optimism for the future. Please free me from the spirit of infirmity and suffering. I ask this now in Jesus's holy name.

Thank you for everything you are doing in my life! amen

Received: July 11, 2023

Laura James - Pray for my daughter Olivia

Pray for my daughter, Olivia, for her salvation and for her to answer the call on her life. I pick her up this week from prison. I believe in the power of prayer and what God can do. Thank you.

Received: May 3, 2023

Anonymous

Please pray for my niece, Amber, who has an addiction to heroine.

Received: March 9, 2023

Anonymous

Please pray for my brother, Tyree. Please pray for his Salvation and for God to intervene and bring him to a contrite heart and to repentance so that he will no longer hold envy, jealousy, and covetousness in his heart for others and do harmful things to them.

Please also pray for God to help him to make amends with everyone he has hurt in any way. Thank you for your prayers.

Many blessings to you!

Received: January 23, 2023

Rhonda: Pray for Alonzo

Please pray for Alonzo.

He is in the hospital and he needs prayer for Mental Illness issues! He tried to take his life and he is having trouble being able to live in the world! He needs salvation, protection and to know that God loves him! Thank you for all prayers!

Received: January 1, 2023

Tina Armstrong: Pray for Alton Baker

Pray for Alton Baker, my ex-husband. He was just diagnosed with Stage 3 cirrhosis of the liver from his Crohns medications, as well as 4 bad heart valves.

Sadly, it is believed that the Covid vaccine has caused the heart issues. He needs a miracle. But, more importantly, he needs salvation. He says he is a believer, but I am not sure.

Thank you for praying.

Received: November 8, 2022

April krissman

Pray for the Salvation for my husband Eric. May God soften his heart to Have a deep love and personal relationship with Jesus. May he be delivered by any bitterness and darkness.

Received: October 7, 2022

David Fryar

Pray that my son, Matt, will come back to the Lord.

Received: October 25, 2021

Jordan & Carolyn Reese

Please pray as we navigate the adoption process.

Pray that Micah's country will open for adoptive families to travel to finalize adoptions.

Received: August 5, 2021