David Miller’s Prayer Requests – October 2006

Here are the prayer requests for the coming month. There is no question that we are getting some attention from the Enemy as the attacks are more frequent and personal. We are putting on the armor and taking refuge in Him everyday. Therefore, we are not discouraged or disheartened...but we are certainly challenged. Thanks to so many for lifting us up in prayer.

1. Please pray for the media to report fairly, accurately, fully, and unemotionally.* Commentaries from both TV and radio have been less than any of these. I don't mind the heat, but our city doesn't benefit from such divisive and slanted editorializing.**

2. Please pray for citizens to be open to full explanations of the reasoning behind the decisions that the Council makes. Too often, people make up their minds with only partial facts or inaccurate information.

3. Please pray that Council, media*, and citizens would be progressive and open to dreaming big dreams*. For too long we have limited our thinking and have put our city in a small box. Our God is not small! Neither is His power with which we can build a truly great city for and with Him.

4. Please pray for our city staff members. They are discouraged at the moment due to possible loss of benefits, small pay raises, and a somewhat negative culture in which they work. We are going to change this over time with God's help and with hard work.

5. Please pray for the unification of Lubbock with other West Texas communities. We have much to offer one another and if we work together the entire region will be strengthened. There are a number of opportunities on the horizon so please ask for Divine guidance that good decisions will be made which will serve many of our neighbors as well as Lubbock citizens.

6. Please pray for pure hearts among our city leaders, both elected and hired. Motives appear to be varied (power, position, prestige, protectionism). Rather, let us have servant-hearts that care more about others than ourselves.

Thanks again. My best to you. DM

 

* Notice the extreme contradiction. Progressive reporting would be to report with a Liberal bias. No surprise as the mayor has shown that politically he is a Liberal.

** He doesn't mind the heat? Come on, he could at least be honest about this. What he considers unfair is that we have reported what he said versus what he did.