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From: Sean Ray

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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:29 PM

Subject: [prayerwarriors] National prayer projects Meth prayer list and prayer.

Hello,

 

I'm going to bombard you with these   messages, as I don't know when I'll be able to do this again this week. Please just read one at a time and then you won't feel so overwhelmed.  You may share these, but please keep the copyright information, who wrote it in place. The Author is Sean Ray.  And, encourage people to buy my book so they can have a tangible copy, and more complete copy in their hands.  Thanks for putting up with my barraging.

 

sincerely,

 

Sean Ray

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Here is the actual prayer lists focusing on the Meth users, dealers, and cooks.  Why are we praying so extensively about them?  They are a lost and hurting people, and they need Jesus. 

 

METH PRAYER LIST

Prayer List A.

 

1.     Pray for the addicts

 To be unable                                                                                                         to mock, disrespect or defy God.

Pray that the addicts can't harass those around them or escape the police and sheriff officers.

 

2.  For the addicts families to take action by putting Meth addicts into treatment facilities or prison, so they can get help.  Pray that the families stop enabling the addicted members.  Pray for the children of the addicted people, that they have a good support system and that their parents don't alienate them.  Pray that addicts will want to seek help.  Also, that there be no estrangement between addicts and their families so that if the families intervene, help will be best received. Pray that if there is estrangement, other resources for help and support can be in place.

 

3.  That addicts not have access to equipment needed to make Meth, or even the supplies that go into making Meth.

 

4.  That store clerks be watchful and suspicious of any strange buying habits of those making Meth.

 

5.  Pray that none of the recipes, old or new, work.

 

6.  That God exposes it when addicts steal, or commit other crimes.   Pray that there will be no escape from law enforcement.

 

7.  That addicts who've become psychotic due to Meth, be apprehended and put where they will get optimal help.

 

8.  That there would be a true recovery experience and that the addicts can move forward into healthier and more productive lives.

 

9.  That God would orchestrate the breakdown of the Meth labs. 

 

10.  That vehicle access would be made impossible and that vehicles caught in Meth production or delivery would be impounded.

 

11.  Help us to know how to best pray for the addicted people and their loved ones.

 

12.  That Meth addicts learn to work through past problems that have made them turn to drugs.  Also, pray that when they do get high, there will be no escape from their problems.

 

13.  That all drug activity is exposed to the public and law enforcement so there can be no complacency. 

 

14.  Pray that the addicts come to a true saving knowledge of Jesus and that they learn to see themselves in God's eyes as worthwhile people.

 

15.  Pray for them to have hearts of good fertile soil that will be productive, for the Lord, up to 100 fold.

 

16.  Pray that bold, strong, courageous, uncompromising, Christians will be sent to those addicted to Meth. 

 

17.  Pray that Treatment options and rehab facilities will always be open and available. Pray that the funding required is also consistently available.

 

18.  Pray that the addicts hearts will be changed for the positive, and that their rebellious, defiant nature will be removed.

 

19. Pray that the addicts suffer appropriate consequences for their actions.  Pray also that they can no longer con the judges in to releasing them.

 

20.  Fill all the vehicles, houses, apartments, buildings, streets, and parking areas involved in the Meth business with God's holy presence and warring, protecting, and ministering angels.

 

21.  Pray that it will be impossible to make Meth that the labs will no longer prosper in the US.

 

22.  Pray that anyone involved in Meth will no longer be able to destroy evidence before law-enforcement can cease it.

METH PRAYER LIST

Prayer List B.

 

Police and Sheriffs

Pray that the police and other law enforcement agencies will crack down on the Meth sale, production, and use.  Pray that there be no complacency among the law enforcement officers.  Pray that any officers, who are corrupt, will be removed from service, and replaced with Godly men and women.  Pray that all officers come to a true saving knowledge of Jesus.

 

City and County Workers

Pray that City and county officials react quickly and report it when they see or know about Meth activity.  Pray also that there be no city or county workers who are corrupt. Pray that they would be replaced by Godly men and women.  Pray that there be no complacency among city and county workers.  Pray that all city and county workers come to a true saving knowledge of Jesus.

 

Emergency Workers

Pray that emergency crews spot Meth labs quickly and report them.  Pray that there be no complacency among ambulance, paramedics and fire crews.   Pray that any corrupt EMS workers be dismissed from their positions and replaced by Godly men and women.  Pray that all the EMS workers come to a true saving knowledge of Jesus.

 

Judicial

Pray that anyone arrested for Meth activity is held until trial.  Pray that Judges rule strictly and justly in all drug cases.  Pray that there would be permanent funding to uphold judgments made.  Pray that judges come to a true saving knowledge of Jesus. Pray that there be no complacency among the judicial officers and workers. Pray that all corrupted judges would be removed from service and replaced with Godly men and women.

 

Governor and His Staff

Pray that the governor pass strict laws cracking down on Meth activity.  Pray that there be no complacency with the governor or his staff concerning this issue.  Pray for the governor to be saved as well as his staff.  Pray that any corrupt governor or staff worker be removed from office and replaced by God fearing people.

 

State and Federal Legislators

Pray that strict laws are made to prevent Meth production.  Also, that there be a ban on the production and importation of ephedrine.  Pray that there be no complacency among state or federal legislators. Pray that all legislators come to a true saving knowledge of Jesus.  Pray that all funding required for treatment, police, prisons, and other agencies be available and delivered.  Pray that any corrupt officials be removed from their positions and replaced with workers who love God.

 

Lobbyists

Pray that people become aware of the Meth problem and start to lobby for reform.  Help people to assemble together and pray for the war against drugs.  Pray that widespread education becomes available and on demand.  Pray that people keep pressing congress for reforms.

METH PRAYER LIST

Prayer List C.

 

1.  Pray for neighbors to notice any kind of Meth activity and take action.

 

2.  Pray that neighbors won't ignore the drug problem.  Pray there is no complacency.

 

3.  Pray for neighborhoods to be safe friendly places. 

 

4.  Bind the stronghold of Meth from every community in our area.

 

5.  Fill our communities with God's holy presence and angels. 

 

6.  Pray for the people in our communities to have their hearts softened and come to a true saving knowledge of Jesus.

 

7.  Pray that people in the communities will take action to prevent production from reoccurring in their communities.

 

8.  Pray for neighbors to look out for and protect each other, especially their disabled and elderly populations.

 

9.  Pray for neighbors to be unified against drug activity. 

 

10.  Pray that there be no contamination from any form of drug activity in our houses and apartments.  Pray also, that there are no physical ill effects for those living around Meth activity.

METH PRAYER LIST

Prayer List D.

 

1.  Pray for no oppression, affliction, victimization, violence, vengeance, hatred, murder, maliciousness, harassment, torment, abuse, retaliation, intrusion, destruction, and vandalism from Meth addicts.

 

2.  Prayer for healing of all Meth and drug related ailments.

 

3.  Pray that Meth production will not rob anyone of refreshing sleep or energy. 

 

4.  Pray that there is safety and protection for the non-addicted people in our communities.

 

5.  Protect us from the fear of murder, abduction, or injury from the Meth addicts.

 

6.  All attempts or plans to intrude, kill, abduct, rob, injure or harass us be thwarted. 

 

7.  Help us not to hear their Meth making activities or smell their fumes anywhere. 

 

8.  You have said in your word that, "no weapon formed against us shall prosper."  Please keep the weapons of Meth, fear, doubt, intimidation, emotional harm, injury, control, violence, vengeance, etc from prospering in our lives?

 

9.  Help us not to feel powerless because of the Meth addicts and the Meth epidemic.  Reveal to those in our community that something can be done about this problem.

 

10.  Help there to be no long term effects do to Meth or drug exposure.  Pray to know the truth about what kind of long term effects can happen to us humans, our pets, and the environment, as a result of Meth cooking and waste dumping.

 

11.                                      Protect animals from all forms of toxins caused by Meth production.

 Prayer:

 Lord, I thank you that you have already taken care of this situation, but you said to ask, seek and knock and all these things shall be added unto you.  Well we are praying asking you for help today.  All across this land, we need your help with this problem of addiction.  For the addicts' families, I claim psalm 91.  I claim this psalm for the neighbors around the Meth cooks' areas.  I plead the shed blood of Jesus Christ over the believers and between the non-addicted neighbors and those using Meth or other drugs right now.   I pray for an end to be put to this national epidemic.  I pray that the Meth cooks, dealers, and users will no longer be able to hold so much power.  I pray that they will no longer be able to terrorize families, friends, and non-addicted neighbors anymore.  "No weapon formed against us shall prosper."  That's what I pray over the neighbors and families of the addicted.  Please let no weapon of Meth or drugs formed against them prosper.  

 

Lord, I pray that also for the Meth cooks and users and dealers as well.  I pray you will free them from their bondage of addiction?  I pray that you put them in places where they can hear you and you alone.  Please shut the mouth of the Meth monster.  Lord, you shut the mouth of the lion for Daniel when he was thrown into the lions' pit.  Now, I ask you to shut the mouth of this Meth monster that is worse that 20 fierce lions.

Lord, you have made us more than conquerors, and now, by this prayer, I pray we can conquer this problem on both sides of the fence.  I pray we can have victory for the Meth addicts as they get free from their harsh addiction. Also, I pray for victory for those who are around the cooking with medical problems—either prior to the constant fumes or after the Meth lab first came to that neighborhood. 

 

My deepest praise is for you, oh mighty Lord.  You are deserving of so much praise.  You are deserving of the best song, the best praises, and the best of all I have to offer.  You are worthy of all my praise, and I shall praise you with all my heart in this hour.  You are my rock and my salvation, and my fortress, and comforter in times of need.  You understand every feeling I have, and I thank you for never leaving nor forsaking me.  "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God almighty, who was and is and is to come.  Thank you for taking care of this and setting your captives free.

 

Copyright Sean Ray November 2007

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National prayer projects-- Our story.

OUR STORY

By Sean L Ray

 

It all started several years ago in an apartment complex filled with unrest and many types of problems.  I sat on the bathroom floor weeping before the lord.  At that moment, I felt so alone, discouraged, hopeless, frightened, and my faith in God was weak at best.  "Why is this happening to us, God," I asked aloud.  It seemed like God had let go and I was afraid for my very life.  I was afraid for my husband and my, then, five month old Golden Retriever, River.  He sat near me licking the tears from my face, while my husband sat near me praying.  We had come to Oregon and entered a world where attitudes about the disabled were far behind the progressive ones of California.  We didn't know it, but we had entered into a land where Meth flowed like a poisonous stream into way too many people's lives.  Add to that a financial crisis, and it made for a recipe of disaster and depression.  

 

IN a near by apartment, there were people making selling and using Meth.  The day they moved in, our lives turned upside-down.  The pungent smells and fumes made me feel so sick in many ways.  My legs burned and tingled, I had frequent headaches, and sometimes the fumes would make me nauseous.  I could no longer function and consistently do my daily activities.  I felt so overwhelmed.

 

I hated the people that were making us so miserable, and I just wanted away from them.  I began to pray for God to help us find a way out from this oppression.  Soon, a duplex opened up and we were able to move there, but God was not done with us.  A few weeks later, we began to smell the familiar odors of Meth cooking.  I kept praying and praying that they would all go away.  I felt afraid to walk my neighborhood all by myself.  I was angry, and again, I questioned God's purpose for having us around the people who were cooking and using Meth.  The problem was not going away.  I held a grudge, became bitter, and prayed for them to just die or something.  One day, I heard someone speaking about forgiveness at our church, and I was reminded of the people who were in the Meth business.  I needed to forgive them.

 

I began writing a prayer list, as I often do, for heavy issues.  This list was about the people cooking, selling, and using Meth.  During the time I had felt so lost, I had also felt that I had been deeply misunderstood by quite a few friends, but my sister and her family really supported Todd and I. My sister really went the extra mile to try and get us moved out of those apartments and into a safe place. Mom and her husband helped us pack up and move out all our belongings.  My sister and some of her friends tried to trace down the odor but couldn't. I didn't want to continue telling her that there was a problem, because I didn't want her to stop believing in Todd and me. I felt so alone and vulnerable.

 

 I totally felt betrayed by the law enforcement.  They were supposed to help us, and some did make efforts while others were very patronizing.  One officer said to me, "well, if you didn't see it, then it isn't happening.  I don't see anything," but I could smell it.  I could hear the same cars with their same erratic driving patterns.  Some of us people who are blind have a great ability to recognize voices. I recognized some of the voices I had heard from the previous apartments in our nice neighborhood.

 

"These police and sheriffs must be blinder than we are," I thought.  I had also hoped to find a best friend at this time, but couldn't fine one anywhere in anyone. That was in the beginning of the trial.  I had missed my close friends from California and went about trying to have replacements with other people I thought would be like my best friends, but I often was told , "no," for getting together with friends.  I felt isolated with no where to escape from the trials that felt very intense.  I just kept relying on Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." (NIV.)  Yet it felt as though no one would believe that we were smelling the fumes, and people thought that because we were blind, we didn't know what we were talking about.  I was angry with my friends, agencies designed to help those who are blind,, and the police.  I had to forgive them, and it was a process.  I gave my big, huge problem to the Lord, and began the process of healing from all the other people's disbelief.  To me, it seemed that my very integrity was no good anymore, but through my prayer lists and just talking with God, I began to realize something.  People may not have believed me, but I know that my God did.

 

About that time, I had a meeting at my house, and mostly blind people attended.  When evening came, the people making Meth started dumping their waste near our house in the street.  All of the people who couldn't see very well or at all smelled it.  I was believed!  I felt so ecstatic that I had been believed!  I was taken so seriously that my friend Colleen would not allow Todd and me to stay in our own home for the night.  We were taken to her house, and for the first time in a long while, I felt safe and able to sleep fully.  Out of the bleakest time, a new and wonderful friendship was born.

 

The three of us began a long journey together and I found out that Colleen was really struggling with her neighbors concerning her dog guide.  They did not understand how a dog guide and handler team worked.  People were feeding the dog, criticizing Colleen, and constantly calling the school to turn her in with false reports.  At that moment, my desire for helping other disabled people and advocating for them was taking shape.  The three of us grew closer as we conquered the dog guide issue, and still, there were always people who made it hard for Colleen.  God provided her a way out of that old place and today, she is living in a wonderful apartment.

 

After Colleen's main hurdles were through, we began a small group Bible Study under the leadership of Grace Christian Fellowship church.  Soon, we realized that we were on a different plain from them, and we began to notice God calling us to a ministry specifically for the disabled.  I know that this is God's will because under my own strength, I would have stuck my nose in the air, turned, and walked away.  I'm glad I didn't, because I have been so blessed.    Many ministry opportunities opened up for us, and we were able to share with others about Jesus.  We were then able to come along side and help other struggling disabled people to heal and grow.  During this time, the Meth fumes and ailments were still plaguing Todd and me, but we prayed, pressed on, and continued to try to live a normal life.  We were still trying to call the law enforcement for help, but one night we got the surprise of our lives.

 

We had told the dispatch not to have anyone come to our house, but that message must have been ignored.  A sheriff officer came into our house and it seemed like he was in attack mode.  He tried to intimidate us, and I felt afraid that we were going to get arrested.  He was trying to say that we were making heinous reports and that we were the only ones to call about the strange ether like odor.

 

Instantly, I was brought back to those earlier times, and it was at that moment, I got the idea for the Meth prayer project.  I knew that my God would always believe me, and He was safe to go to with this problem.  I don't really think that our own church friends and leaders realized our problem was extremely serious. They believed that we were struggling, but the Meth cooks in the lab had watched us and took advantage of the fact that we couldn't see.  So their smells and vehicles would all disappear when anyone sighted came around to investigate.  The Meth cooks using our blindness against us caused us to look as if we were just anxious, perhaps crazy, or making up something to get attention.  However, all of us blind people would smell it.  So, my only consolation was that if I was going crazy then so were all the other blind people right along with me. Our then small group leader was telling us not to pray that the people addicted to Meth would leave our neighborhood, but would stay so that we could minister to them.  Of course, I was the rebellious one who wanted everything to be nice, happy and positive, and, yes, I still like that kind of lifestyle even today. However, I know that God will give me an even better life than I had ever hoped for, but I had to learn to walk, step by step, through some really harsh trials.  I came from a middle class background where my parents tried hard to make a good, happy life for us children.  Thus, I was really shocked when caught in the midst of this heavy trial.  It made my parents' divorce look like just a bad day at school where the teacher was cross the entire time.   

 

We tried to find the Meth users, dealers and cooks, but they did not want to be found. I also thought, "What if us blind people try to go alone and witness to these people and we get killed or hurt?"  I battled with how much I was listening to fear versus how much I was listening to God warning me to not go alone.  I realized, eventually that my Lord was trying to protect me.     We set about trying to evangelize and minister to the people addicted to Meth.  Our then Bible study leader was encouraging us to minister to these people, I thought, "how are we going to fine these people who don't want us to find them and tell them Jesus loves them?" We played live Christian music for them and took turns preaching, over a PA system, the message out our front window.  We had big speakers pumping out the music at high volumes and I prayed that we would not be evicted from our nice home.  It only made them rev their car engines and peel out as they sped around the block blasting their music.  They really did not want us to minister to them at all.  We went to the houses and places where we thought the smell was coming from and gave them gifts.  We gave them things like knitted scarves with novelty yarn, and we baked brownies, as well as made chocolate covered peanuts for them.  Still, they continued their patterns. 

 

Soon our former leader passed the baton of leadership to Todd, as he wanted to see about other ministries and perhaps starting another small group.   Todd told me that he wanted me to be his co-leader, and that's when our healing really began to take off. We began a small prayer list for the Meth addicts and it grew from there.  And, yes, we began praying that they would leave our neighborhood as long as they were practicing their drug using, making and selling behaviors. 

 

Then, one day there came a turning point.  Our group had been doing prayer walks and praying over our lists, and we saw God moving.  I was home watching a show about Meth addiction and hearing some of the family members talking about how alone, powerless, and hopeless they were feeling.  I realized that this was a big national problem!  I needed to be a prayer warrior for those caught in and around Meth and drug use.  Our projects really took off then.

 

Eventually, I became the leader of our small group Bible Study, and that was challenging all by itself.  It was also a blessing.  The group joined me in praying over the Meth addicts, the neighborhood, their families, and our safety.  We realized that we could take this to a national level.

 

The more we prayed over the projects, and the more I talked with God alone, the freer I felt.  God started speaking to me and showing me many things that kept me having compassion for the Meth addicts. Through television shows, I was able to realize that these people addicted to Meth and other drugs were miserable and suffering themselves.  The grip of addiction has such a tight hold on the people involved.  Families and children were suffering too.  Some of my small group members were affected by Meth and drug addicts in a personal way.  I got to hear, first hand, the sadness of family members as they told their story of being around a drug addict.  Their hearts' desires were to have their addicted family members, become clean, stay clean, and receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  At least one of the people we have prayed for has gotten saved.  What a testimony of God's faithfulness!

 

Soon, we were coming up with other prayer projects to focus on, and now we have a bunch of them. 

 

I never want anyone else to have to feel that they are alone, isolated, powerless, or overwhelmed, because of Meth cooking, selling, and use.  I have a friend clear across the country who's been feeling that way due to a Meth lab next to her home.  It's really awful, and the only thing we can do is pray.

 

I hope you will follow our example and pray with us.  The more people who join us, the better it will be.  It is our prayer that as you've read this story, you will be inspired to come on the journey with us.

Sean and River
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National prayer projects introduction.

Remember National prayer projects?   Let's go through them as they are.  Please give feedback and feel free to interact.  This isn't my show.  this is an intercessory group.

Blessings,

 

Sean

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Introduction

 

These prayer projects are presented by the Leap of Faith Small Group Bible Study, as well as other contributing participants, and written by Sean Ray, Colleen Utter, and others.

 

What's the purpose of this handbook?

The mission and hope is that people will unite together and stand in agreement in prayer for these major issues.  All of these issues deal with feeling hopeless, discouraged, powerless, vulnerable, and isolated. These are all a pack of lies from the enemy.  There is power in prayer!  If you join with the Leap of Faith Small Group Bible Study and the prayer warriors online Ministry, you can help us make a difference with your prayers.   Also, we would like to take these projects to another level.  Leap of Faith Small group's hope and desire to see these prayer projects reaching out and making an impact on a national level. 

 

Catch the spark!

There are two things you can do to help us reach our desired goal.

1. Pray with us using this handbook.
2. Tell others about this handbook, so they too, can start praying with us.  Our goal is to take this project to a National level and get many people praying about issues that are of national concern to us all.

 

Finally, know that God specializes in the circumstances that seem impossible.  Without God, things are hopeless, dark and bleak, but with God, all things are possible. Drug addicts as well as their friends and family members, needs to know that they aren't alone and that their plight isn't hopeless. Gang members need to know about real love—the kind the Lord and the church family have to offer, and they need to know that violence isn't the answer.  The disabled need to have support as well as they learn how to advocate for themselves and one another.  No one should have to feel isolated and discouraged.  I was watching Animal Planet one day and realized that all the plants and animals need prayer too, but we need to pray to be wise about our earth's resources.  To some, it seems like a hopeless and pointless thing to pray about, but it isn't.  If we don't take care of the earth, we might not have anything left.  If the Lord terries, then, we're in trouble without the necessary resources.  Missionaries can always use mighty prayer warriors to support them.  I imagine that they might have times where they can feel hopeless, powerless, discouraged, and isolated, as they try to do the Lord's work. 

 

We will be using God's Word to pray with throughout the different prayer projects, as using scripture is very powerful. We tell the Lord that we believe in His many promises of hope to us, the enemy cannot stand.  Prayer is the aero that goes straight to the heart of the matter.   My heart and prayer is that you, the reader, will choose to believe and agree together with us in fervent, intercessory prayer.  Are you willing to see what God has in store for you personally as you pray with us? My desire is that you will have a healing experience as you pray through this book.  I know that I've had several healing experiences emotionally and spiritually.  So, let's begin this journey together and end up changed people.

 

This book will have lists of prayer suggestions for a certain population, as well as actual prayers.  Testimonies and poems will also be presented in this book.  All of this is designed to reach us where ever you're at.  Do you feel depressed, misunderstood, victimized, angry, scared, or anxious?  This book is for you.  As you will read, I started out feeling so very afraid and alone, but I want to show you that we have a God who cares about us and will hear us when we call to Him.  He hears us when we cry and knows what we're going through.  Turn the page, read the story, and allow us to plant a little bit of hope, and determination into your heart and life today.

Copyright  Sean Ray, November 2007

Sean and River
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This would really help me. I'm in the news paper. Because this is up on the blog, doesn't mean I wrote it. It's a news article.

I have a paper cliping here that I want on my blog.  I did not write this article and the person who did has her name still in the article.  Please read and pray.  That's the purpose of it being here. 

 

All of the credit goes to thw writer of the article. So enjoy.

 

Sean Ray: BrailleNote would be step toward achieving goals

 

by Ann Portal
Thursday November 15, 2007, 9:50 AM
Beth Nakamura/The OregonianSean Ray (right), husband Todd Ray (left,
background) and friend Jesse Russell get a kick out of garbled
pronunciations in an
audio edition of a prayer book Sean Ray wrote.

 

Sean Ray has plenty of energy and ambition. She has written three books,
teaches computer basics as an Independent Living Resources volunteer and
leads
a women's support group there. She moderates a prayer group online and does
a women's Bible study, too.

 

"I'm not 'Super Blind Person,' though," she says with a laugh.

 

Ray, 39, and her husband, Todd Ray, who also is blind, live in a Beaverton
duplex with her golden retriever guide dog, River, on a combined income of
$934
a month. They met at a bus stop near American River College in Sacramento
and married in June 2000, refusing to simply move in together as some
advised,
although marriage reduced their Social Security disability income quite a
bit.

 

As busy as Ray is, she has still more dreams:

 

To add a regular ministry out of her home to the weekly Bible studies she
does.

 

To publish her Christian young-adult novel, "Breakthrough at Silver Lake
Camp."

 

To return to college so she can become a disability advocate, like those who
work for Independent Living Resources, a Portland nonprofit dedicated to
helping
people with disabilities.

 

"My heart is actually for people and teaching people and showing them, 'Yes,
you can succeed,'" she says.

 

Whether she becomes a disability advocate, writes books or continues with
her home ministry, Ray very much could use a BrailleNote, a sort of laptop
designed
specifically for blind people, to help her achieve her goals.

 

"Now I want to do the college thing. If I could just get a degree and use my
writing, I could change some ideas," she says.

 

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Sean and River
My Book:
http://www.lulu.com/content/1364783
KE7IQY, (ham radio call.)
Come visit my blog
http://seanscoolplace.blogspot.com/
Facilitating the Leap of Faith, In home, small group.
 A proud owner of Prayer Warriors, an email list devoted to intercessory prayer.
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Very important to note.

I had to remove the book from the blog as it would have been like republishing it.  that is very illegal.  Plus, I want my book to sell.  Why would someone buy something if they could just look at it for free?  So, anyone who looks at my blog, first don't be too disappointed.  I did something out of excitement and ignorance.  Secondly, could you please pray that the book will sell?  I found out the  thing about hving the  book on my blog through one of the new writing groups I joined.  YIKES!  I just wanted us all to pray together and make an impact for the Lord.

 

Blessings,  You can look at my signature and find my book that way.  thanks and again, blessings.

 

 

Sean and River
My Book:
http://www.lulu.com/content/1364783
KE7IQY, (ham radio call.)
Come visit my blog
http://seanscoolplace.blogspot.com/
Facilitating the Leap of Faith, In home, small group.
 A proud owner of Prayer Warriors, an email list devoted to intercessory prayer.
prayerwarriors-subscribe@freegroups.net

the book is removed.

hello, for those of you looking to read the book on line, it has been removed.  You may feel free to purchase a copy at the link below in my signature.  Thanks so much.

 

 

Sean and River
My Book:
http://www.lulu.com/content/1364783
KE7IQY, (ham radio call.)
Come visit my blog
http://seanscoolplace.blogspot.com/
Facilitating the Leap of Faith, In home, small group.
 A proud owner of Prayer Warriors, an email list devoted to intercessory prayer.
prayerwarriors-subscribe@freegroups.net

my book store front.

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Sean and River
KE7IQY, (ham radio call.)
Come visit my blog
http://seanscoolplace.blogspot.com/
Facilitating the Leap of Faith, In home, small group.
 A proud owner of Prayer Warriors, an email list devoted to intercessory prayer.
prayerwarriors-subscribe@freegroups.net

My published book is in Lulu and in the market.

Hello,

 

Please excuse this generic note, but I only wanted to write this once, especially given the hour. 

You can find my book "national Prayer Projects Handbook," on Google and Lulu.com  Hopefully some of the Lulu links will work for it. 

 

This first attempt at publishing my book isn't perfect, As I didn't have anyone sighted helping me with formatting, etc. I tried my best, and at least I'm getting my name out there and building a publishing resume of sorts.  It has definitely been a learning experience.  I look forward to publishing more things.  I know that not everyone will like the topic of my book and that's okay, but I just wanted to show you and celebrate with you guys. 

 

Thanks Dad for helping me, and thanks to everyone who supported me and gave me tips along the way. I also thank the Lord, because if it hadn't been for Him, the book wouldn't exist.        Now I'll quit babbling and give you the links.

 

preview/promo_1364783  

 

National Prayer Projects Handbook

 

by
Sean Ray

 

A new and live prayer book filled with suggested prayer lists, encouragement, promises from God's word, and alive prayers filled with hope. Join Sean, her
friends, and devoted life group as they lead you in many different areas of prayer.

 

(140 pages) Paperback: 
$18.95
Download: 
$9.00    

Enjoy.  Be sure to tell others you know about my book.

Sean and River
KE7IQY, (ham radio call.)
Come visit my blog
http://seanscoolplace.blogspot.com/
Facilitating the Leap of Faith, In home, small group.
 A     proud owner of Prayer Warriors, an email list devoted to intercessory prayer.
prayerwarriors-subscribe@freegroups.net