Trey Tuesday January 18, 2011

A peek into the prayer life of Jesus from John 16 and 17:

 ³¹ “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied to the disciples.

What a great place to begin praying for Trey this Tuesday!

Examine your relationship with God and ask yourself that hard question:  Do you now believe?

Despite your circumstances - whatever they may be - come before our Heavenly Father (who knows it all anyway)

and surrender your agenda, your fears, your worries, your insecurities, your failures, even your successes.  Curl up in the lap of our Gentle Shepherd and praise Him for His love!

Jesus continues:

“But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with Me." 

This is such an appropriate verse for us as we gather in the name of Jesus on behalf of Trey and his family!

Yes, we are all scattered geographically.  Even Jesus felt this separation from his closest friends and family.
But yes again, that we are all united in Christ! 

We are never alone.  God has promised to never leave us or forsake us!
God has promised to never leave or forsake Trey and Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella!

³³ “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

What a relief to read this promise from God!  He has overcome the world!
He has overcome cancer!

This is exactly Who we want as our Team Mitlo ONE Leader!  And Coach!  And Owner!

¹ After Jesus said this, He looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the time has come..."

Powerful words here.  Imagine Jesus facing His long road ahead.

We can all too clearly imagine Trey and his family facing their long road ahead.

Please pray for them to do exactly as Jesus has done:

"Look toward heaven and pray."

Please pray for Jay and Rachel to keep focused, keep trusting, keep believing God's promises.

"Father, glorify Your Son, Jesus, that Your Son may glorify You. ² For You granted him authority over all

people that He might give eternal life to all those You have given Him. ³ Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent."

Jesus asks that God be glorified.  We pray the same!

May God be glorified in this journey of Trey's.

Jay and Rachel offer prayers of thanks and praise that Trey's past 2 weeks at home have been healthy!
Thank God that Trey has been spared infection and sickness while away from the hospital!
Jay and Rachel (and all the Mitlos) give thanks to God for the many, many expressions of love and help

and support and encouragement and prayer and meals and mail!

^"4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work You gave me to do."

Jesus brought glory to God on earth by completing the work God gave Him to do.

It is now time for the doctors to continue the work God has given them to do.

Please pray for Trey's next round of chemo - that his red blood cell count may be sufficient enough for him to receive

his treatment.  For Trey to be healthy and strong enough to tolerate the medicine.  And for the medicine to be dramatically effective in destroying the cancer cells!

God always was, always is, and always will be!

Let's choose to be on His Team!

Let's trust Him to equip Trey and his family to fight the fight and to win the race!

“Righteous Father, though the world does not know You, I know You, and they know that You have sent me. ²⁶ I have made You known to them, and will continue to make You known in order that the love You have for Me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”