December 2023 – Prayer and Praise

  1. Fri. Pray Shelley, Linda, and Dillon as they make the final preparations for the Christmas Party Club. Pray for nice weather and for the parents to not let anything stand in the way of bringing their children tomorrow.
  2. Sat. Pray for the Christmas Party Club being held today at the CEF office. Pray for the children to have receptive hearts to the Gospel message.
  3. Sun. Praise God for Janet Kramer as she grades the Mailbox Club™ lessons. Janet spends many hours grading the lessons, writing notes, and praying for the children.
  4. Mon. There are two more weeks of Good News Club® . Pray for the children to ‘stay the course’ for these last two weeks.
  5. Tue. Ask God to open the eyes of the children to see Jesus~ that their hearts are open to the Gospel.
  6. Wed. Pray for public-school school teachers and administrators.
  7. Thu. Praise God for Jesus who has freed us from the kingdom of darkness. Ask God to give you a burden for those who are lost.
  8. Fri. Pray for God to burden the hearts of His people to reach the children in their neighborhood with the Gospel.
  9. Sat. Pray that the “things of this earth would grow strangely dim in the light of [Jesus’] glory and grace.”
  10. Sun. Praise God for the army of volunteers who serve the Lord through a CEF of Schuylkill County ministry. Pray for each one to be in the Word: spending time daily growing in their knowledge of Him.
  11. Mon. Pray for more people willing to serve the Lord through the Good News Club® ministry. Schools are open but we don’t have the volunteers to go in.
  12. Tue. Pray for Shelley, Linda, and Dillon to work together in unity and to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leading.
  13. Wed. Pray for children who are in difficult and unsafe home situations. The holiday breaks from school could be hard for them.
  14. Thu. Give thanks for the following men and women who serve on the committee: Chairman Erik Gottfried, Vice Chairman John Racilla, Secretary Linda Fetherolf, Treasurer Cathy Nagle and members Gale Hurst and Tom Tilden as they seek for God to be glorified in all their discussions and the decisions they make for CEF of Schuylkill County.
  15. Fri. Pray for children who attend the public schools~ to have the opportunity to hear about Jesus: that He is the Way of salvation. For those who know Jesus as Savior to not turn to the right or to the left, that they keep their eyes on Him.
  16. Sat. Ask God to burden the hearts of His people to pray for the children and the public schools in Schuylkill County.
  17. Sun. Pray for God to prepare the hearts of the children to be receptive to the Gospel message.
  18. Mon. Today is our final club in Pottsville. Praise God for the opportunity to share the Gospel with the children, many of whom have only heard Bible stories, but have no idea the stories are true or that they tell of the God who is the way for salvation from their sins.
  19. Tue. Pray for the children of Schuylkill County who “cannot distinguish between their right and their left.” Jonah 4:11 They are in spiritual darkness.
  20. Wed. Pray for more children to call the Tel-A-Story™ number~ a place where they can hear a Biblical truth story to help them grow in their relationship to the Lord Jesus. (1-888-878-8660)
  21. Thu. Pray for children who are in foster care~ that they will have the opportunity to hear the Gospel and believe in Jesus as their Savior, to know a Father who will never leave them.
  22. Fri. Pray for God’s people to be ready in season and out of season to share the Gospel.
  23. Sat. Pray that your church would have eyes opened to see the importance of reaching children for Christ. “Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, ‘Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.’” Mark 9:36-37
  24. Sun. Pray for the children in your neighborhood to hear the Gospel and be saved. “For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.” 1 Samuel 1:27
  25. Mon. Merry Christmas!
  26. Tue. Pray for the children who are “a heritage from the LORD.” Psalm 127:3
  27. Wed. Thank God for the directors that serve CEF. Pray for Mark Wyland, PA State Director, as he leads and interacts with others. Pray that God would be his strength in the midst of spiritual opposition.
  28. Thu. Pray for God to give strength and health to Janet Kramer as she ministers through the Mailbox Club™. Thank God for Janet’s love for the children.
  29. Fri. Pray for open hearts to the Gospel.
  30. Sat. Pray for the children to call on the name of the Lord and be saved. (Romans 10:13)
  31. Sun. Happy New Year