PrayerLink (Aug. 29, 2025)

“Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
(Habakkuk 1:5, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

and

Rev. Melinda Ludy ministering with MCC Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Hosea 8-14
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%208-14&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 28, 2025)

Our inner thoughts are a lamp from our Creator,
and they search our hearts.
(Proverbs 20:27, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

and

Rev. Emma Chattin, ministering with MCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Proverbs 20-21
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=roverbs%2020-21&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 27, 2025)

Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Lillian Kathleen Meadows wife of Rev. Freda Smith for over 40 years. Well-done thou good and faithful servant

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
(2 Timothy 1:7, RSV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Spirit of Hope MCC, Kansas City, Missouri, USA (Church Annversary Aug. 27, 1973)

and

The Rev. Dr. Brett DeGoldi ministering with MCC New York, New York City, New York, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
2 Timothy 1-2
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%201-2&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 26, 2025)

Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Lillian Kathleen Meadows wife of Rev. Freda Smith for over 40 years. Well-done thou good and faithful servant

Give thanks to the LORD, for God is good;
God’s love endures forever.
(1 Chronicles 16:34, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA (Church Annversary Aug. 25, 1971)

and

Pastor Curtis Smith ministering with Trinity MCC (Grand Prairie), Grand Prairie, Texas, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Chronicles 15-19
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Chronicles%2015-19&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 25, 2025)

Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Lillian Kathleen Meadows wife of Rev. Freda Smith for over 40 years. Well-done thou good and faithful servant

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
(James 1:2-4, MSG)

Thank God for the ministries of:

New Life MCC (Gastonia), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

and

Thomas Domröse ministering with MCC Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Through the Bible in a year:
Numbers 9-12
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%209-12&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 24, 2025)

Today’s PrayerLink is dedicated to Lillian Kathleen Meadows wife of Rev. Freda Smith for over 40 years. Well-done thou good and faithful servant

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;
no one can snatch them out of my hand.
My Parent, who has given them to me, is greater than all;
no one can snatch them out of my Parent’s hand. I and the Parent are one.
(John 10:27-30, NIV)

Pentecost 12

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Illiana, Portage, Indiana, USA

and

Rev Geoff Ivers ministering with MCC Sydney, Petersham, Australia

Through the Bible in a year:
John 10-12
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010-12&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 23, 2025)

I will sing to you, G-d!
I will celebrate your kindness
and your justice.
(Psalm 101:1, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, Virginia, USA

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 99-101
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2099-101&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 22, 2025)

“Come, let us return to the Lord.
Who has torn us to pieces but will heal us;
Who has injured us but will bind up our wounds.
(Hosea 6:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Eternal Joy MCC, Dayton, Ohio, USA

and

Reverend Sandra Emery ministering with Open Circle MCC, Bellview, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Hosea 1-7
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%201-7&version=NRSVA

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

PrayerLink (Aug. 21, 2025)

Those who get wisdom love their own soul;
they that cherish understanding prosper.
(Proverbs 19:8, NCB)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Northern Sanctuary MCC, Baguio City, Philippines

and

Scott A. Hill ministering with Valley Ministries MCC, Stockton, California, USA

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

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

PrayerLink (Aug 20, 2025)

Happiest of Birthdays to our own Marsha Stevens-Pino

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
(1 Timothy 6:12, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Detroit, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA (Church Anniversary, Aug. 20, 1972)

and

Rev. Alan Dicken ministering with Joy MCC, Orlando, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Timothy 4-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%204-6&version=NRSVA

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