James 4:5 ‘Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?’ ESV – This verse caught my attention the other day as if I had never read it before. As you read the words again – even slowly – listen carefully to hear God’s heart – for you! What do you ‘yearn’ (to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager) for? God’s heart is restless until He has established close, intimate, personal communication with each one of us. Are you pursuing the same with the Father?

James 4:6-7, ‘But He gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.’

As the Father ‘yearns’ over our spirit and has promised that if we draw close to Him He WILL draw close to us, let us fulfill His desire by drawing close to Him in prayer.

Pray for your neighborhood – your Family, Church, Schools.

The Cree nation in northern Quebec and Southeastern University in Florida (among others) have experienced an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last few weeks. 24-7 worship, confession, healing, people giving their lives to Jesus and being commissioned for service. Let’s seek God’s face and ask Him to do here what He has done in other places. Come Lord Jesus and transform our community!

• Choose ~3 neighbor families to pray for with your family. Get to know them and pray for the Holy Spirit touch their hearts so that they ask you about your source of hope.

Praying for Whatcom County

Art & Media           John 14:23

• We are seeing an explosion of Faith-based films and other on-line media. There are more in the works. Pray for the gospel message to come through in purity, holiness and truth that will lead many to Jesus the Savior.

Business         2 Thessalonians 1:11

• Pray our local business community will come before God with gospel-shaped ideas for His glory and our good.
• Father we choose to live, work, lead, and build—not based on fear, pressure, or worldly logic—but based solely on the daily guidance and provision of the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, become our CEO. Our strategist. Our counselor. Our source. Give us ears to hear what You are saying each day, and the courage to obey—even when it doesn’t make sense on paper.

Church          John 6:44 

• Pray for 100s to hear and respond to Jesus’ invitation to His Kingdom. Ask Holy Spirit to draw people and for the churches of Whatcom County to have open doors, arms and hearts.

Development         Philippians  4:13

• New Way ministries: Health in our building! Between staff and residents, we’ve had 5 ER visits in
  the last week of February. Heart problems, a ruptured appendix turned septic,severe breathing issues for one of our littles, and kidney stones requiring surgery.
• Love Life: Here’s a quick glimpse of the impact we’re seeing through Love Life’s model: One church adopting one week → 20 commitments → 50 prayer walkers → 5 meaningful connections (more mentors, sidewalk ministers, prayer warriors, financial partners, restored life healers, foster families recruited) → one baby saved and one salvation.
• Pray for two churches to adopt each of the 2026 prayer walks.
• Pray for hearts to be stirred, pastors and leaders to say “yes,” and churches to rally around vulnerable families and babies.

Education      Proverbs 13:20

Pray for kids to have mentors in our community to help them navigate the complexities of the
world that they live in. We pray for good Christian mentors.

First Responders        Hebrews 12:2

• Pray for the mental, relational (family) and physical health of 1st responders to be
  be able to deal with increasing mental health issues. This both on the part of
  their patients and for them as they struggle with what appears an overwhelming
  unsolvable need. Pray they would have their eyes fixed on Jesus.
• Praying for wisdom and strength as a supervisor.
  To be an example as a leader for the agents as well an example of Jesus as a
  chaplain to support them spiritually.

Government        Hebrews 12:1

• International:  Pray for protection and freedom for Iran’s people, during the dramatic reshaping of the Middle East. Pray for wisdom and understanding for all world leaders. Proverbs 24:11
• National:  Endurance/protection for our
  leaders as they work for voter and immigration integrity and against violence
  and the spread of Islamic sharia law.
• Local:  That Christians be powerful, principled persuaders in the WA legislature, standing against bills for abortion funding, anti-family policies, and irresponsible spending with our current 4.5 billion deficit. Pray for Family Policy Institute of WA to influence, educate, and activate Christians. 1 Chron 12:3

Health         John 16:13

• Pray for wisdom and integrity in the
  organizational health of the business aspect of our health community. As budgets are tight and staff numbers are reduced, pray for collaboration and understanding.
• Pray for an increasing number of prayer times in our offices and hospital, staff to staff and with patients as the Spirit leads. Pray that each nurse/Dr./specialist would realize that Jesus is our great healer.

Praying for the World

International Missions/Israel/Native Americans

Great Commission         Acts 4:12

• Pray for the country of Bhutan, a Buddhist country which is strongly opposed
  to the gospel. There are very few Christ-followers there. Pray that
  God will bless indigenous outreach efforts, that the King of Bhutan will come
  to Christ, and that many Bhutanese Buddhists will also bow a knee to Jesus.
• March 16th is the Global Day of Prayer for the Muslim world. Prayer guides in the prayer room at LOWPC (from https://www.biblesfortheworld.org/) or go to www.110cities.com

Israel        Psalm 20:7

• Pray for God’s salvation for Israel that will be seen and
  known that it is not by military might, but by the Spirit of the Living God.
  This is both salvation in the natural from Iran and proxies plus spiritual
  salvation through Jesus.

Native Americans           Acts 2:2-4

• Pray that our local tribes, the Nooksacks and the Lummis,
  will have an outpouring of the Holy Spirit as the Cree nation is experiencing.
  Father bring healing, salvations, reconciliations and on-going worship because
  You are WORTHY.

PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES in March and April –

• You Version Bible app – prayer guide for specific missionaries in the most difficult parts of the world: https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/64200-365-prayers-to-change-the-world
• There are 30-day prayer guides to give you guidance in praying for Muslims during Ramadan (beginning 2/18/26) in the prayer room at LOWPC. https://www.biblesfortheworld.org/
• https://110cities.com/,
  praying for the unreached peoples of the world.

If you want more info call or text Tim at 360-483-8691, email: timscott@lowpc.org.

LOWPC website:  www.lowpc.org