PrayerLink (Jul. 14, 2025)

Jesus said, “If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.”
(Matthew 10:39, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of the Spirit, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

and

Rev. Joseph Livingston ministering with MCC Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Through the Bible in a year:
Leviticus 16-18
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2016-18&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul. 13, 2025)

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
what are human beings that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them?
(Psalm 8:3-4, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM San José, San José, Costa Rica

and

Jon Bormann ministering with Heartland MCC, Springfield, Illinois, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Luke 21-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2021-22&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul 12, 2025)

Defend the cause of the weak and orphan;
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
(Psalm 82:3-4, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Vienna, Vienna, Austria

and

Rev. Sheena Metal ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 81-83
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2081-83&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul. 11, 2025)

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 6:23, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Sola Caritas MCC, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

and

Dr. Carla Sherrell ministering with MCC Washington DC, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Ezekiel 25-30
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2025-30&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul 10, 2025)

Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.
(Proverbs 10:12, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Caminando Juntas, Juárez, Mexico

and

Rev. Kenny Callagha ministering with All God’s Children MCC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (Pastoral Anniversary near Jul 10, 2022)

Through the Bible in a year:
Proverbs 20
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2010&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul 9, 2025)

Being strengthened with all power according to God’s glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Parent, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the Commonwealth of light.
(Colossians 1:11-12, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

and

Rev. Tomas Holloway ministering with MCC Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Colossians 1-2
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%201-2&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul. 8, 2025)

Our God is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
(Psalm 103:8, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Travessia Comunidade Espiritual ICM, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

and

Leanna Hamilton ministering with Valley Ministries MCC, Stockton, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
2 Kings 6-10
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%206-10&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul 7, 2025)

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints
(Ephesians 6:18, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Spirit of Change MCC, Toronto, Canada

and

Reverend Patrick Landau ministering with Spirit of Hope MCC, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Leviticus 13-15
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2013-15&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul. 6, 2025)

Now to the One who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to God’s power that is at work within us, to You be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(Ephesians 3:20-21, NIV)

Pentecost 5

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Sydney, Petersham, Australia (Church Anniversary near July 6, 1975)

and

Rev. Karen Woodworth ministering with upRising, Austin, Texas, USA (Pastoral Anniversary July 6, 2008)

Through the Bible in a year:
Luke 19-20
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019-20&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

PrayerLink (Jul. 5, 2025)

We will not hide what our ancestors have done from their children;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of God,
God’s power, and the wonders God has done.
(Psalm 78:4, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA (Church Anniversary near July 5, 1981)

and

Rev. Ray Simms ministering with King of Peace MCC, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 78-80
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2078-80&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com