This week I am choosing obesity as it is a worldwide issue that affects many lives. While researching this issue I came across the following startling statistics that I would like to share:

• Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese. CDC
• More than one-third (34.9% or 78.6 million) of U.S. adults are obese. [Read abstract Journal of American Medicine (JAMA)]

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.



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February 26 – March 10 18, 2016 PRAYERS FOR ALL TOPICS  
Blessings and Healing on the Way!
1 week -- Pray for Drug Addiction, Drug Dealers
2 week – Alcoholism  
3 week – Cure for All Cancer, prayers for families and caregivers.
4 week – Homelessness
5 week – Prayers for Families in Flint Michigan Water Crisis
6 week – Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits
7 week – Positive Minds
8 week – Ending Gun Violence
 9 week – Obesity
Choose Courage; Choose To Be Strong, Unafraid And Positive
Choose Faith To Start Your Day
Choose GOD Along Your Way
Have A Blessed Day!!!

Dolly

Hello Everyone,
This week I watched The Steve Harvey show and the subject of the show was gun violence in Chicago. I was very moved by the stories I heard from families who lost their loved ones. I now recognize the need for prayer across the United States for gun violence, mainly in the intercity where most of this violence is affecting the lives of our youth.
Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Psalm 140:4
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet
 
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February 19– February 25, 2016 PRAYERS FOR ALL TOPICS -
This Week Topic is Ending Gun Violence
Blessings and Healing on the Way!
1 week -- Pray for Drug Addiction, Drug Dealers
2 week – Alcoholism  
3 week – Cure for All Cancer, prayers for families and caregivers.
4 week – Homelessness
5 week – Prayers for Families in Flint Michigan Water Crisis
6 week – Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits
7 week – Positive Minds
8 week – Prayers for ending Gun Violence
 
Choose Courage; Choose To Be Strong, Unafraid And Positive
Choose Faith To Start Your Day
Choose GOD Along Your Way
Have A Blessed Day!!!

Dolly

Good Morning Everyone,

As we begin the "Season of Lent" we think about giving up something. I would like to add giving up negative thinking to the prayer list this week. I have a pin in my office that reads “I am Allergic to Negative People.” This saying is a reminder of the toxicity of negative thoughts to both our minds and bodies. My prayer request this week is to pray for positive minds. Sin is born from our thoughts so we need to pray for the mind as we continue to pray for Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits. An optimistic outlook will help us to become the well-rounded people GOD wants us to be. So let us pray for positive thoughts and actions to promote healthy minds and bodies.

Philippians 4:8
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.

Matthew 15:11
It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth. (NLT)

Ephesians 4:31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. (NLT)
 
John 14:27
I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. (NLT)
 
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February 12 – February 18, 2016 PRAYERS FOR ALL TOPICS  
Blessings and Healing on the Way!

1 week -- Pray for Drug Addiction, Drug Dealers
2 week – Alcoholism  
3 week – Cure for All Cancer, prayers for families and caregivers.
4 week – Homelessness
5 week – Prayers for Families in Flint Michigan Water Crisis
6 week – Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits
7 week – Positive Minds

Choose Courage; Choose To Be Strong, Unafraid And Positive
Choose Faith To Start Your Day
Choose GOD Along Your Way
Have A Blessed Day!!!

Dolly
 

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February 5 - 11, 2016 PRAYERS FOR ALL TOPICS
 New ADDED Prayer for this week is Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits
Good Morning Everyone,
This past week has been a very interesting week for me. I thought about my life and reflected on the first thing I do every morning. When I open my eyes every morning I say “Thank You Lord.” Thankfulness plays a huge part in how my spirituality has grown. I strive to be thankful for what GOD has done and will continue to do. I believe that if you have the faith, trust and obedience in HIS will you may receive what you need but not always what you want. Trusting in the LORD will help you to not only be thankful but also obtain peace and joy in your life. I realize that not everyone is at the same place in their spiritual walk and we have to meet people where they are in their lives. Someone recently said to me “I am not at the same spiritual place as you are…” This comment made me pause and brought me to this decision: I would like us to pray for gratitude for people in all walks of life. This week I have chosen the topic “Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits” for our Purposeful Prayer Partners.
Philippians 4:6 “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
 
Psalm 100:4 “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!”
 
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 New ADDED Prayer for this week is Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits
February 5 – 11,  2016 PRAYERS FOR ALL TOPICS
1 week -- Pray for Drug Addiction, Drug Dealers,
2 week – Alcoholism  
3 week – Cure for All Cancer, prayers for families and caregivers.
4 week – Homelessness
5 week – Prayers for Families in Flint Michigan Water Crisis
6 week – Thankful Hearts and Grateful Spirits
 
Choose Courage; Choose To Be Strong, Unafraid And Positive
Choose Faith To Start Your Day
Choose GOD Along Your Way
Have A Bless Day!!!
Dolly