March 18, 2025
New Prayer Requests
Pray for Tasha Jackson’s dad, who is having brain surgery on March 26 at 2:00pm to remove an adenoma tumor on his pituitary gland. This will be his second surgery to remove this tumor in 7 months. Pray for success and protection against complications.
Pray for Madi Grogan, daughter of Jeff and Amanda, who has had ongoing pain and been seeing doctors hoping for a diagnosis and treatment plan. Pray for healing for her body.
Pray for the Chris and Christi Gulley as they navigate a complex health diagnosis with one of their children.
Becky Meehan’s brother Jay passed away this week. Pray for their family.
Pray for all the families in our church and city affected by illness and for health for our community.
Ongoing Requests
Please be in prayer for Will, the adult son of a man who was in Scott Sanbar’s class in Middle and High School. Will has many serious life challenges, and needs all our prayers desperately, as well as does all the family.
Pray for the salvation of Scott Sanbar’s son, Tyler, and Tyler’s girlfriend, Kayla.
Pray for the Weigand’s friends who are workers in North Africa. They lost their home sending church and need to find a new one but travel and ministry difficulties make it hard to return to the states to build that support system back up. Pray for the Lord to provide answers and support according to His will.
Tia Philbin is taking legal action in a very traumatic situation that she experienced in the past. She is asking for strength and peace during the process as well as justice to be served.
Paul Christy is serving in the Air Force in Italy. Pray for community and strength for him as he’s away for the next few years.
Pray for those in our church family who are looking for new jobs.
Keaire Wilkins (Sheireka's son) needs prayer.
Pray for wisdom for John Daniels as he cares for Sharon.
Please pray for Lynda Ramsey’s daughter and son’s salvation. That God would give her son, Donald, a message that would bring him to His Word and to Himself. Pray that her daughter would be delivered from depression.
Pray for Beverly Hite’s grandson, Michael (age 20), that God would intervene and draw him back into a relationship with the Lord and with his family.
Pray for the people of Israel and the Middle East. Pray that Christ would be made known, pray for peace in and around Israel, pray for the protection of innocents in the entire area. Continue to pray for those working to spread the Good News in the midst of this crisis.
Hospitalizations and Illnesses
Glenda Phillips, a former member of CHBC who’s 98, fell and broke her hip. She had a successful surgery. Please pray for healing.
Belinda Yesslith’s aunt, Alice Mute, is in a nursing home on oxygen. She had been hospitalized with lung problems.
Pat Boyer’s cousin, Tami Yeakley, is in the hospital with heart issues.
Pray for Kent Melton’s recovery after having a hip replacement on March 10.
Tom Clanton’s sister had an EKG which showed a problem with her heart. Further tests will be done.
Pat Boyer’s right hand has healed. She will have carpal tunnel surgery on her left hand on April 1st before it gets so bad.
Mary Kitchells sister, Jane Rogers, is doing better. She still needs help with mobility and her husband, who is her caregiver, also has mobility issues. Pray for them both.
Cathy Burris’ brother, Bob, was released to a 21 day physical rehab facility. He is still in a lot of pain, healing very slowly, but he should make a full recovery and has a positive outlook. He was able to sit up to watch TV.
Donna Sharp’s friend, Dan Maddux, is recovering well from back and knee surgeries. He goes to the Dr on March 21 to see when they will replace his other knee.
June and Phil Holloway are both recovering at home. June has four more physical therapy appointments that she hopes to do outpatient.
Carlos & Kaylee Trujillo (guests) request prayer for a healthy pregnancy & baby.
Pray for Mark and Robin Myers, son and daughter-in-law of former members, Steve and Lisa. Robin is pregnant with identical twins her pregnancy is high-risk due to earlier complications. Pray for a good, full-term pregnancy. Her due date is the end of June.
Keno King has started treatment with Keytruda. Please be praying he will tolerate the treatment well and that the Lord would use it to kill all cancer cells.
Please pray for Matt Mahler’s cousin, Stephen, who has been diagnosed with a tumor on his brain stem. He is meeting with multiple neurosurgeons this week to determine next steps. Stephen and his wife, Lindsay, have two kids (ages 11 & 13) and live in DFW.
Charlotte Wittner has a liver growth and cystic lesion on her pancreas. Sam has several health issues as well. Pray for their healing.
Kathy Quillan is still having balance issues for knee replacement and now has serious shoulder pain from using the walker and cane for so long. She is also having trouble sleeping due to muscle spasms and restless legs.
Sherrill Sageser had his stimulator programmed and learned he’s using a lot of energy from it. He will need to charge it every two days. The program can be adjusted to help his back pain.
Pray for Tanya Fobasso’s parents health and well that God would provide exactly what her family needs.
Charline DeWitt’s friend had a heart attack and is in the hospital in Arizona. Please pray for her full recovery. Charline and Dennis are also thankful for all the prayers, cards, and encouragement in his ongoing recovery.
Debbie Weir still has a bad cough that prevents her from sleeping well. She also gets hoarse and loses her voice easily. Doctors are still trying to determine the source of her cough.
Sam and Charlotte Wittner - The spots on Charlotte’s liver and kidney were cysts that are not concerning. Charlotte’s dementia is progressing. Pray for Sam to have patience in caring for his wife.
Members with continuing health concerns: Karen Davis, Jim Davis, Kevin Fox, David Spiva, Cameron Frank, Cathy Burris, Michelle Hawkins’ brother, Mark Manning, Frazier’s nephew and his wife; Greg and Sarah Frazier, Glenda Phillips, Sherrill Sageser, Sam Wittner, Charlotte Wittner, Sharon Daniels, Belinda Yesslith.
Missions and Ministry Requests
Pray for our country and elected leaders.
Hannah and Ben Hanes are missionaries serving in the Bronx in NYC.
Logan & Morgan Hanni & their sons, Liam & Grayson, are serving a 3-year term as IMB missionaries to Southeast Asia. Please pray for their travel, language learning and cultural adjustment. Pray for unreached people groups in Southeast Asia to come to a saving faith in Jesus.
De’Vonte’ Pittman is serving on the mission field in North Africa. He will be there at least a year. Pray for him and for the people groups with whom he will be sharing the gospel.
Pray the congregation at Northeast Fellowship, that they would grow in their love for God and each other. Pray for their community, specifically for the new people moving to their community that the Lord would use their church to reach them with the gospel and equip them to meet their physical needs. Let everything they do/plan be devotional, and draw them closer to the Lord.
Praises
Praise God for all He is doing in our church and community.
Shelby Byrd had surgery for hip issues and is recovering well.
Katie MacDougall’s lung functioning is up to 78% (80 is normal) after 4 years of abnormal functioning and 1.5 years of really scary functioning. This level of improvement isn’t explainable medically. Please join her in praising God for this healing and continue to pray her infusions/medication management maintains/improves healing.
Rita Mason’s niece, Michelle, had a fall resulting in a spinal cord stroke. She had successful surgery and may go home this week!
CHBC Lexington Chapel Service Prayer requests
John—We’ve been praying for John (A LEO in temporary maximum) for the past few weeks. God moved and actually put John this past week exactly where he needed to be, at Lexington in minimum yard, surrounded by a strong body of believers, including the CHBC Lexington Inmate leadership. And John will now remain present, for the heart medical attention he needs, at the Lexington infirmary! This is a praise!
Deportees heading back to their home countries. There are many of our brothers in Christ who have been in the maximum security holding cells for over a month, simply waiting for the trip back to their home country. These are not pleasant conditions at all. There are men leaving their families behind, and going back to home countries which they’ve not been to in over a decade. These Christian men acknowledge and understand the reason, but the hardship is still there. Please be in prayer for some of these men: Junio, Antonio, Marcello, Guanzol, Martin, Hermando, Esquiel, Fernando, Juan, Marcos, Omar, Alexi, and many others.
Collin—Requests prayer for the maintaining of his relationship with his 15 yr old daughter and his wife.
Alexi—Requests prayer for his 7 yr old son Jaden.
Kaleb Gage Tate—Requests prayer for many things, mostly that there would be a change in his family’s future, and that the abuse and mistreatments of the past that he endured, and which he did pass on to some of his own family, would STOP! He asks to understand “how to love” and asks for prayer for his mother, his father, and his children.
Christopher Dewey—struggles with tobacco and loneliness. Seeks to grow in his relationship with Jesus.
Alex Grand—asks for prayer for the “Lord to be with me” at his court date on March 19th.
Elijah Brown—asks for prayer to help him stay on track. Requests prayer for the whole Brown family, and his mother Paulette and niece Tozz who are both in the hospital.
Anonymous—“My pray request is for the people that I’ve let down, the ones that I haven’t always been there for, and for my brother. I ask for strengthening of my faith, and for holding me when I feel like giving up.”
Lexington Chapel Salvation Report
Pray for the 8 men listed below who repented and trusted in Jesus on 03/17/2025: In spite of the human/flesh language barrier that The Enemy would have us fear, God made some powerful ways and 6 men in Unit 2 (deportation unit) surrendered to Jesus!
Marcello Vallavares
David Marrufo
Christian Morlina
Salvador Martinez
Andrade Cruz
Rinton Helaisa
Just as Abraham “believed God and He counted it to him as righteousness” (Genesis 15:6), so today as Jesus tells us in John 6:29 in response to the disciples wondering what they themselves could “do”, Jesus is very clear; “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” Please pray for this posture of humility, through the grace and mercy of God, by the power and working of The Holy Spirit, toward this freely offered gift of Jesus, for all of us!
If you have a request you would like us to pray for and add to this list, please email prayer@chbcok.com.