Tuesday, May 25, 2010
5/25/2010, #67, 2nd Quarter 2010
Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, (1 Timothy 2:1)
Father, please raise up intercessors in every parish in the Diocese of Albany and the Diocese of Down and Dromore.
for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. (1 Timothy 2:2)
Jesus we join you in praying for Barack our president, David our governor, and Bryon our mayor. Please bless them, their ministries, and their families.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our savior, (1 Timothy 2:3)
Holy Spirit, please help us recognize and adhere to all that is good and acceptable in your sight.
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:4)
Jesus, please give each of us a passion for sharing the gospel. Let the light of the gospel shine forth in our dioceses.
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, (1 Timothy 2:5)
Father, help us cling to Jesus.
Jesus, fill us anew with your faith, hope and love.
who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, (1 Timothy 2:6)
Jesus, thank you for paying my debt and for being the ransom for me.
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (1 Timothy 2:7)
Jesus, please bless all those you have called to be apostles and preachers -- help them faithfully proclaim the faith and truth of the gospel.
Holy Spirit, thank you for giving me the joy of knowing that I am covered by the blood of Jesus.
I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; (1 Timothy 2:8 )
Father, please help us lay aside wrath and anger and lift up holy hands to you in prayer. Move the men of our dioceses to intercession and prayer. Thank you.
A word received: Keep your attention on me.
Tuesday: 36, 39; Proverbs 15:16-33; 1 Timothy 1:18-2:8; Matthew 12:33-42
Wednesday: 119:25-48; Proverbs 17:1-20; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Matthew 12:43-50
Notes from the Front Line
"Blessed Assurance" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuyf1YQvcwY&feature=related
***** Date: Sat, 22 May 2010
From: Jeanne Gizara
Subject: Mudge Scripture Prayer
I'm asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit. Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation. This way, with all of God's people you will be able to understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is. You will know Christ's love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)
Father God, we pray this prayer for Father Shaw and Mother Julie and Lydia Mudge. Please continue to bless them in everything that they do for You. Jesus Christ, Our Savior, continue to dwell in them through faith. Let your love be the foundation of all their work. May they always know and always share how wide and long and high and deep is your love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. Fill the Mudges with your Holy Spirit. Fill them to overflowing so that they may be completely filled with the Holy Spirit and always impart your love and your Spirit to those to whom they minister.
Be with the Mudges this week as they visit family and friends in the U.S. Give them a time of rest and relaxation and refreshment and renewal. Thank You God, three in one: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
***** Date: Mon, 24 May 2010
From: Shaw Mudge
Subject: Mudge Public Prayer Mail 24 May 2010
Dear Partners in Prayer,
Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
Thanksgivings:
1) For: a great week of three college interviews, arriving back in the Diocese of Albany, the opportunity to meet friends and make new friends, the great presentations at the Diocesan Mission Conference at St. John's in Troy on Saturday, that Lydia's LEAH prom went well, for the arrival of Hannah and Christina in the Diocese of Albany, and for getting our car up and going.
2) That two brilliant church planters (Hannah and Christina) in the Diocese of Albany have the opportunity to stay with us while we are in the Diocese of Albany.
3) That Tom Gizara was able to connect with us, so that we can prepare for our Diocesan Convention booth presentation. Thank you Tom, for taking care of these materials.
4) For the photos of Peru from Fr. Ian Montgomery which were helpful for our Peru presentation at the Missions Conference and will be helpful for Lydia's Peru presentation to the youth at Diocesan Convention.
5) For the support of the Diocesan Mission Committee, and for all they do, to promote long and short-term missions in the Diocese of Albany.
6) That Lydia got her learner's driver's permit, and that she has had very good driving lessons, so far.
7) That the plans for the Diocesan Short-term Mission trip in Peru in July are making progress.
8 ) For the opportunities of the Holy Spirit to transform people's lives by what we do, and to be able to make a difference. Thank you for your part in that.
9) For Torre Bissell's talk on Sunday about the impact of the Holy Spirit on his praying and reading the Bible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuHWYuPRbn8
Prayers:
1) For safe and timely travel this week, in our goings back and forth, with Lydia learning to drive, and as we visit relatives in Connecticut at the end of the week.
2) for Hannah and Christina as they prepare for the ordination on June 5, and for their getting settled.
3) For the final part of the process of getting our car up and going this week.
4) That we would continue to enjoy our vacation.
5) For the fruitfulness, plans and continuation of our ministry, and for our preparations for Diocesan Convention.
6) For the people, relationships, ministries, finances, resources, and priorities associated with the Diocese of Peru, Saints Augustine seminary, and the Missionaries in Peru (including us). This is an on-going prayer, and it is a crucial one.
7) For the Albany short term mission trip plans July 19 to 30. There are some deadlines and administrative matters looming when we get back.
9) For our landlady, her husband, and the others in our apartment building. Lease signing is still pending. Several people have asked us about this. Basically, we want our Christian witness to be a good one and to make friends with people in the apartment building, and we want to avoid any unpleasantness that can sometimes occur between tenant and landlord; sometimes these relationships can get pretty nasty, especially at the end of a lease, when people try to settle accounts.
10) For our ministry at the Cathedral in Lima when we return, from June 16 to July 15.
Thank you for praying for us. Your praying really makes a difference, and I pray for you every day. God bless you.
In Christ, Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Out and about in the Diocese of Albany, and returning to Lima, Peru, on June 15.
Disciples Making Disciples.
Discípulos Haciendo Discípulos.
Apartment in Perú (Chicago time in summer months; New York time in winter months):
Departamento en Lima: 011-51-1-242-5726.
Número de teléfono, (EEUU prefijo: 00-1):
US Skype phone number, with voicemail: 518-632-4058
Skypename: shepherd110
Weekly prayer blog updates: http://mudgeperureport.blogspot.com
Tax-deductible contributions towards our ministry work in Lima, Peru, may be made on-line at http://www.sams-usa.org/sjmudge.html or by sending a check payable to: "SAMS" (with "Mudge family" in the memo line), and mail to: SAMS, P.O. Box 399, Ambridge, PA 15003.
You may also arrange for automatic deductions from your bank account by calling SAMS at 724-266-0669.
Albany Intercessor
Father, please raise up intercessors in every parish in the Diocese of Albany and the Diocese of Down and Dromore.
for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. (1 Timothy 2:2)
Jesus we join you in praying for Barack our president, David our governor, and Bryon our mayor. Please bless them, their ministries, and their families.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our savior, (1 Timothy 2:3)
Holy Spirit, please help us recognize and adhere to all that is good and acceptable in your sight.
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:4)
Jesus, please give each of us a passion for sharing the gospel. Let the light of the gospel shine forth in our dioceses.
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, (1 Timothy 2:5)
Father, help us cling to Jesus.
Jesus, fill us anew with your faith, hope and love.
who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, (1 Timothy 2:6)
Jesus, thank you for paying my debt and for being the ransom for me.
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (1 Timothy 2:7)
Jesus, please bless all those you have called to be apostles and preachers -- help them faithfully proclaim the faith and truth of the gospel.
Holy Spirit, thank you for giving me the joy of knowing that I am covered by the blood of Jesus.
I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; (1 Timothy 2:8 )
Father, please help us lay aside wrath and anger and lift up holy hands to you in prayer. Move the men of our dioceses to intercession and prayer. Thank you.
A word received: Keep your attention on me.
Tuesday: 36, 39; Proverbs 15:16-33; 1 Timothy 1:18-2:8; Matthew 12:33-42
Wednesday: 119:25-48; Proverbs 17:1-20; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Matthew 12:43-50
Notes from the Front Line
"Blessed Assurance" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuyf1YQvcwY&feature=related
***** Date: Sat, 22 May 2010
From: Jeanne Gizara
Subject: Mudge Scripture Prayer
I'm asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit. Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation. This way, with all of God's people you will be able to understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is. You will know Christ's love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)
Father God, we pray this prayer for Father Shaw and Mother Julie and Lydia Mudge. Please continue to bless them in everything that they do for You. Jesus Christ, Our Savior, continue to dwell in them through faith. Let your love be the foundation of all their work. May they always know and always share how wide and long and high and deep is your love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. Fill the Mudges with your Holy Spirit. Fill them to overflowing so that they may be completely filled with the Holy Spirit and always impart your love and your Spirit to those to whom they minister.
Be with the Mudges this week as they visit family and friends in the U.S. Give them a time of rest and relaxation and refreshment and renewal. Thank You God, three in one: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
***** Date: Mon, 24 May 2010
From: Shaw Mudge
Subject: Mudge Public Prayer Mail 24 May 2010
Dear Partners in Prayer,
Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
Thanksgivings:
1) For: a great week of three college interviews, arriving back in the Diocese of Albany, the opportunity to meet friends and make new friends, the great presentations at the Diocesan Mission Conference at St. John's in Troy on Saturday, that Lydia's LEAH prom went well, for the arrival of Hannah and Christina in the Diocese of Albany, and for getting our car up and going.
2) That two brilliant church planters (Hannah and Christina) in the Diocese of Albany have the opportunity to stay with us while we are in the Diocese of Albany.
3) That Tom Gizara was able to connect with us, so that we can prepare for our Diocesan Convention booth presentation. Thank you Tom, for taking care of these materials.
4) For the photos of Peru from Fr. Ian Montgomery which were helpful for our Peru presentation at the Missions Conference and will be helpful for Lydia's Peru presentation to the youth at Diocesan Convention.
5) For the support of the Diocesan Mission Committee, and for all they do, to promote long and short-term missions in the Diocese of Albany.
6) That Lydia got her learner's driver's permit, and that she has had very good driving lessons, so far.
7) That the plans for the Diocesan Short-term Mission trip in Peru in July are making progress.
8 ) For the opportunities of the Holy Spirit to transform people's lives by what we do, and to be able to make a difference. Thank you for your part in that.
9) For Torre Bissell's talk on Sunday about the impact of the Holy Spirit on his praying and reading the Bible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuHWYuPRbn8
Prayers:
1) For safe and timely travel this week, in our goings back and forth, with Lydia learning to drive, and as we visit relatives in Connecticut at the end of the week.
2) for Hannah and Christina as they prepare for the ordination on June 5, and for their getting settled.
3) For the final part of the process of getting our car up and going this week.
4) That we would continue to enjoy our vacation.
5) For the fruitfulness, plans and continuation of our ministry, and for our preparations for Diocesan Convention.
6) For the people, relationships, ministries, finances, resources, and priorities associated with the Diocese of Peru, Saints Augustine seminary, and the Missionaries in Peru (including us). This is an on-going prayer, and it is a crucial one.
7) For the Albany short term mission trip plans July 19 to 30. There are some deadlines and administrative matters looming when we get back.
9) For our landlady, her husband, and the others in our apartment building. Lease signing is still pending. Several people have asked us about this. Basically, we want our Christian witness to be a good one and to make friends with people in the apartment building, and we want to avoid any unpleasantness that can sometimes occur between tenant and landlord; sometimes these relationships can get pretty nasty, especially at the end of a lease, when people try to settle accounts.
10) For our ministry at the Cathedral in Lima when we return, from June 16 to July 15.
Thank you for praying for us. Your praying really makes a difference, and I pray for you every day. God bless you.
In Christ, Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Out and about in the Diocese of Albany, and returning to Lima, Peru, on June 15.
Disciples Making Disciples.
Discípulos Haciendo Discípulos.
Apartment in Perú (Chicago time in summer months; New York time in winter months):
Departamento en Lima: 011-51-1-242-5726.
Número de teléfono, (EEUU prefijo: 00-1):
US Skype phone number, with voicemail: 518-632-4058
Skypename: shepherd110
Weekly prayer blog updates: http://mudgeperureport.blogspot.com
Tax-deductible contributions towards our ministry work in Lima, Peru, may be made on-line at http://www.sams-usa.org/sjmudge.html or by sending a check payable to: "SAMS" (with "Mudge family" in the memo line), and mail to: SAMS, P.O. Box 399, Ambridge, PA 15003.
You may also arrange for automatic deductions from your bank account by calling SAMS at 724-266-0669.
Albany Intercessor
