Good afternoon, welcome to Covenant of Hope Ministries.
My name is Rev. Laura A. Neff, the Rainbow Minister. The choice for Rainbow has
to do with the fact that the rainbow symbolizes a promise made and one that can
and will be kept. I made, long ago, a promise to God that I would do all I
could to keep that faith within me. We are normally posted on Sundays for
sermons and Wednesdays for studies. You can find these posted in the
following locations.
Prayer List: We have many on our prayer list. Some wish to remain anonymous,
and others only wish to have their first names mentioned. Our prayer list has
grown from last week. This is our current prayer list for this week.
- Our prayers are with the families and
friends who live up in Ferguson, Missouri after the decision made by the Grand
Jury to not charge the officer involved in the Michael Brown shooting.
- Please pray for a friend Susie Bartholow
as she is in hospice. She is in very grave condition and currently in hospice
with advanced cancer. Hospice care is at her home with her family. They all
need as much support in spirit as we can bring.
- Pray that the tensions ease in the family. Pray also that the actions being worked out will assist in doing just that and more. Pray that tempers don’t flare and we don’t reach the breaking point. Pray that those who have suffered allergies and colds this past week get well once more.
- Pray for Elder Cal Jennings who is in ill health and a quandary regarding all that has been going on in this world.
- Please pray for another member, Theresa, who is having issues with all sorts of things, spiritual and physical, financial, and more. She has recently gotten out of sinus surgery and is still healing. Pray that her healing goes well and swiftly.
- Keep other friends, families, and even those around us in society in our thoughts and prayers that they be safe, secure, and well.
- Pray that the tensions ease in the family. Pray also that the actions being worked out will assist in doing just that and more. Pray that tempers don’t flare and we don’t reach the breaking point. Pray that those who have suffered allergies and colds this past week get well once more.
- Pray for Elder Cal Jennings who is in ill health and a quandary regarding all that has been going on in this world.
- Please pray for another member, Theresa, who is having issues with all sorts of things, spiritual and physical, financial, and more. She has recently gotten out of sinus surgery and is still healing. Pray that her healing goes well and swiftly.
- Keep other friends, families, and even those around us in society in our thoughts and prayers that they be safe, secure, and well.
- Keep the ministry in your thoughts as well,
that we may continue on even in times that are bad.
- Brother Wayne is still trudging through
the processes of settling his father’s estate. Keep him and his family in your
prayers.
- Our families and friends who have been in
our hearts, keep them in your thoughts and prayers that they be safe, healthy,
and let them know they are always loved.
Prayer: Father in heaven, we thank You for this day and for these who are here
to share it with us. We thank you for the blessings brought and for those yet
to come. We pray that You can remind us always what we should be thankful for. We
bring prayers for those who have been seriously ill. Help those who are working
to fight serious illnesses the ability to find solutions. We pray for those
lost and those who mourn. We pray for patience and courage for those we love
and care about, and ourselves as well. We pray for peace to reach out from the
heart and be heard, felt, and understood. We pray that Your grace and love
would fill the hearts of the many in this world. We pray all this in Your Holy
Name through the Savior Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, Amen and
so it shall be.
Study/Sermon: Yesterday a decision was
made in the court system in Ferguson, Missouri, here in the US. I once lived in
a neighboring city there. The area is in turmoil, where one family has begged,
pleaded even, to be peaceful in their protests both before, and after the
decision was made. I will have the article link here to outline the reasoning
for this particular prayer and hope.
Here are two verses for the day.
Matthew 7:12 NASB – In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to
treat you.
Luke 6:31 NASB – Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.
It is necessary for us to listen to God’s word, to the
words of Jesus. Yet, today we watch in horror as around the world there are
terrors going on, and not just in Ferguson. We are seeing them in many places
that have not found peace and understanding. As our prayers are for those here
in this country, others should have them as well, everyone, because God is here
in the Spirit Jesus promised.
Here is a second article outlining the results of that
grand jury decision.
There are no doubts that the turmoil has rippled across
the country as others respond. Let us pray that they are able to bring peace to
the chaos. With that I am sharing song that would bring peace to the masses
should they listen to the lyrics. Now that’s something to think about as we
pray in the prayer Jesus taught us saying: After this manner therefore
pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day
our daily bread.
And forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13 KJV)
~Shalom~
Covenant of Hope Ministries
Scripture Excerpts: The New
Open Bible Study Edition:Copyright © 1990: Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc.
Scripture Excerpts: Holy
Bible: Copyright © 1982: E. E. Gaddy and Associates, Inc.
Scripture Excerpts: Holy
Bible: Copyright © circa 1890-1910: International Bible Press,The John C.
Winston Co.; Philadelphia, PA., USA
Our mission
for Covenant of Hope Ministries and Poetic-Expressions is not to exploit fear,
but to conquer it, and overcome all that is created through fear together as
the rainbow in the darkness.
This mission statement
speaks of the rainbow in the darkness. Every time I would have a seriously
traumatic thing happen in my life I would wake in the middle of the night. When
I do I see a rainbow at the end of my bed, or even through the window behind my
head. I’ll see that rainbow in a dark room even during the day. It will hover
in the shadows and reassure me that God is with me.
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