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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Monday, February 27th, 2012
Prayer Requests
- Praise for a peaceful election day yesterday in Senegal.
- Pray that Senegal would continue to have peace—that the vote counting and runoff election would go smoothly. (If you want more information, check out these resources: BBC Article, BBC Video, Reuters Article.)
- Praise that the boys’ hives seem to be gone.
1 Timothy 2:1-4 “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Prayer Requests
- Praise for the Lord’s continued provision! We now have 53% of our recommended support!
- Praise for continued spiritual growth. God is faithful to work in us individually and as a family. (We aren’t perfect yet!)
- Pray for wisdom dealing with some seemingly random hives in Isaac and Micah.
- Pray for more opportunities to minister in churches and in our community.
Ephesians 4:15 “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Prayer Requests
- Praise for a great time doing chapel last Thursday.
- Praise that we got to spend time with some old friends.
- Praise that we are over 50%!
- Pray that we were able to challenge some of the school kids to be serious in their walk with God.
- Pray for Isaac—he’s fighting a fever.
- Pray for us as we try to schedule things for the year.
Colossians 2:6-7 “Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Prayer Requests
- Praise for continued increases in support!
- Praise for better health. I think we are over the colds and flus—for now.
- Pray that we would communicate clearly in talking about the ministry in West Africa.
- Pray for our continued spiritual growth and reliance on the Lord.
- Pray for a missionary family in Guinea whose little girl has a badly broken arm.
Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Prayer Requests
- Praise for a little more snow on the ground. (I know, I know…but the kids are loving it!)
- Praise for God’s continued provision! He keeps showing us that He is in control.
- Praise for Micah’s fourth birthday—we are so thankful for our kids.
- Pray for Micah and Isaac, who are fighting nasty colds.
- Pray for more opportunities to minister in our community.
Psalm 67:2-3 “…that your way may be known on earth,
your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Prayer Requests
- Praise for water! We had some trouble with our pressure switch today—we are thankful we had no frozen pipes.
- Praise for a great Christmas break spent with family.
- Pray for our health—we have several fighting colds and the remnants of a stomach flu.
- Pray for opportunities to minister in lives around us.
- Pray for wisdom. (We always seem to need more of that!)
Psalm 57:11 “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Prayer Requests
- Praise for a great Christmas time with family and friends.
- Praise for a new year coming up!
- Praise for a faithful God who knows and does what is BEST.
- Pray for our continual commitment to God and His Word.
- Pray for us as we plan out the next few months.
1 Timothy 1:17 “To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Monday, December 12th, 2011
Prayer Requests
- Praise that Michael’s parents made it safely back to Guinea.
- Praise for signs of spiritual growth we have seen in Titus recently.
- Pray for Nancy’s mom, who is having an out-patient surgery tomorrow.
- Pray for Nancy—she will be subbing for her mom’s Jr/Sr High classes this week.
- Pray that all our kids will grow in their understanding of God and His Word, and in their personal relationships with Him.
3 John 1:4 ”I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Prayer Requests
- Praise for the love God showed for us in sending His Son.
- Praise for a warm house and a loving family.
- Pray for Micah and Isaac—they are both fighting nasty colds.
- Pray for some opportunities we have to be involved in some small group Bible studies.
- Pray for our kids as they grow in their understanding of the Word.
Colossians 1:19-20 “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.”
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Posted by Michael and Nancy Dore on Monday, November 28th, 2011
Prayer Requests
- Praise for a great weekend with family! It was a blessing to visit with Michael’s parents, and his sister and brother-in-law (and their new baby) at the New Tribes campus in Canada.
- Praise for safety in our travels to Canada and back.
- Pray that we would use the Christmas season to make opportunities for sharing about Christ.
- Pray that God would raise up more people to be faithful in spreading His Truth—both at home and to the ends of the earth!
Isaiah 49:6 He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations so that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
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