January 12 - Request for Prayer

Hey Friends, 

I would like to ask for your prayers. About a month ago, I started to have a pain in my upper stomach/ribs. I didn't think much of it - maybe a rib was out - until it really started to hurt, and my liver was starting to enlarge and push out of my body. Around a week ago I got an ultrasound, and the doctors found 2 large masses in my liver, 1 large mass in my pancreas, 2 smaller masses in my left kidney, and 1 mass on my spleen. They immediately wanted to test for cancer. After fighting with my insurance, which I lost, I got a PET scan. The doctors basically told me I have metastatic cancer, but that more testing is needed. I go in for a biopsy this coming week to find out for sure.

The last week has been a tough one for my family. BUT we believe in a good God who created the entire world and has the power to do anything. In Matthew 21 Jesus says to have faith and do not doubt - that if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. In Mark 11 Jesus says to have faith in God, don't doubt in your heart - believe what you say will happen. Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours. James 1 says when you ask you must believe and not doubt.

In Matthew 18 Jesus says when two or three gather in my name, there I am with them - and anything they ask for will be done for them by my Father in Heaven. Friends, I ask for your prayers and I ask for you to believe. God can do miracles. In our short time here, our purpose is to glorify God and worship Him. Even in trials He is faithful. We are praying for a miracle - that God would remove all the masses and that the only explanation is a supernatural one - and that God gets the glory. We pray it isn't cancer, but some other weird thing going on in my body that can be cured.

We trust God. We give him glory even in trials. His Will be done and we love Him no matter what. And if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, He wants one with you. There really isn't anything more important than your Salvation.

Ryan