Pastor Tim's Benton Blog: Love and Prayers From Eight Hours Away!

Pastor Tim's Benton Blog: Love and Prayers From Eight Hours Away!: Pastor Tim's Dad With FCC Benton Prayer Blanket. James 5:14-15   Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the chur...

Love and Prayers From Eight Hours Away!

Pastor Tim's Dad With FCC Benton Prayer Blanket.

James 5:14-15 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

This weeks blog is a bit of a long distance blog as I am writing it from Moline Illinois, while Lynne and I visit with our families. As I write this weeks blog I will be visiting with my dad who is fighting throat cancer. He is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments. As dad enters his third week of treatments he is doing well , but is beginning to face some of the initial reactions that come along with these treatments.

The loving congregation in which I pastor, truly understands the biblical truth that prayers reach farther than Marshal County Kentucky. In fact their  prayers that have no limitations and no borders reached eight hours north of Benton today, in the form of a prayer blanket.

Since my call to FCC Benton I have been so amazed at the power of this blanket ministry, and the effect that it has on those that are facing health issues. Each blanket pattern that is chosen for the person seems to fit their personality perfectly, while each knot that is tied on the blanket contains a single prayer from each knot that is tied.

The powerful prayers that were placed in this blanket are now firmly wrapped around my father, and the Holy Spirit is truly at work in the choice of the blanket pattern that was selected. The blanket that was selected for my dad is patterned with cardinals, which happens to be my dads favorite bird. In fact when dad sits in his chair and looks out the window he diligently watches the two cardinals that are regular visitors to their deck. 

The scripture from James tells us that powerful prayers work and that prayers from the righteous, are prayers that are constantly at work. So I know that as dad wears this blanket he will think of the powerful prayers lifted up to God that are working and being sent from a small loving congregation in Benton Kentucky. 

Thanks for blanketing dad in prayer.

Pastor Tim.