Let’s join together in prayer.
There are so many things going on in our world today which are a great cause for concern. Often times I sit and try to figure out what am I going to do if “X” happens, or what can I do to make this situation in my life change. It’s in these times that I’m reminded that there is absolutely nothing I can do without God. I must fall to my knees and acknowledge that I need Him. We need Him in this world and we need Him in our lives to help us with the struggles we face. Let’s join together in prayer and lift up the needs of our country and the needs in our own lives.
This post is for you to voice your requests, for yourselves or for others needs or for our country. Please use first names only when lifting up a request for someone (other than yourself) whom God has laid on your heart. Let’s use common sense in posting these requests so that privacy is not threatened. I would ask that you visit this post often to lift up a prayer for each new request.
We will start by asking that you all pray for our upcoming CD project. We are scheduled to go into Crossroads Studios on November 17th and 18th to start tracking (recording instrumentation). The hardest part of the recording process for me is song selection. It is so important to select songs that touch people’s lives and meet their needs as well as choosing songs that lift up and glorify the name of Jesus. We don’t take this process lightly and will listen to over five hundred new songs in the process of choosing about Ten. Please pray for wisdom and God’s direction as we select the final songs for the project. Also, please pray that God would anoint the players, producers, engineers, singers and all the others that are a part of making it happen.
“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”. Eph. 6:18
Please post your requests and let’s all be in prayer for each other.
Hi Guys!! Just wanting to keep in touch and tell you that we are praying for you, and we’re so proud of you!
We are blessed to hear all that God is doing through your ministry.
Keep us in your prayers as we keep moving ahead with our foster/adopt plans. We just started our PRIDE class (state mandated training) and will go from 9-5:00 every Sat. in October! One class down, and three to go! It’s great information~ but a long day after working for five. So, pray for our stamina, and for God to stretch our strength and endurance this month.
School has been a stretch for me this past month. I moved to our new campus this year, and moved from 4th to 6th grade (which I may have mentioned earlier). Well, learning the new curriculum, learning how to tackle sixth graders (which are FAR different from fourth!), and moving to the new classroom have all been pretty draining. In addition, I have 29 students!!! So, the room is a bit cramped, and they talk~ literally~ all day! It’s hard to get their focus sometimes, so I have to be real creative, and the constant creativity can get wearing!!! So, pray for my tolerance and wisdom!! (Do NOT pray for patience!)
Well, I have to go and spend some time in the classroom today~ so love to you all!!!! From Bobby and I, Vicki xoxoxoxoxo, xoxoxoxo, xoxo, xoxo
Reply to Bobby and Vicki CristThank you so much for your prayers. I don’t know what we would do without them. Thank you also for sharing with us how things are going and how we can pray for you. I am so excited for you to get a child. They are such a blessing. After hearing about the size of your classroom, it makes me very thankful I only have one student. You are my hero. Love you both lots and lots.
Tami
Reply to TamiJust a note to the entire Crist Family to let you know what a blessing you were to our community with your gift of the concert Saturday night. I have had so many wonderful comments from folks throughout the community who were touched by your ministry to us. We are smiling a little more, walking a little taller, and feel much closer to our heavenly Father since your visit! May God continue to bless you as well. Keep up the great work!!!
Reply to Glen SingerGlen Singer
Thank you so much Glen. We had a wonderful time with you.
I want to again thank you and Dee for being such a “class act” as promoters of Gospel Music. You are doing it right. What a great venue and wonderful bunch of folks to sing for.
We will be spending the day with our dear friends the Talley Trio today just eating and fellowshipping. I will be sure to talk to them about you and let them know what to look forward to when you have them out there in Iola, KS next spring.
We love you and are looking foward to seeing you again.
Reply to Rich CristHey guys just wanted to let you know I enjoyed you all at richland baptist a couple of weeks ago. You guys get better and better everytime I see you. I cant wait to see you all again.
Reply to Joshua CollinsWe were so very blessed to be able to hear your family in concert yesterday afternoon in Sheboygan, Wi.
Reply to Darwin & Bev StellmacherIt was also good to visit with some of you.
God Bless all of you in your ministry. Last night we watched your DVD and enjoyed taking the Journey with all of you. This certainly was a good way of getting to know you better.
Thanks again for coming to Sheboygan. Guess we won’t see you again until the NQC, but we will visit your website often. Bev & Dar
Enjoyed the concert very much at Sheboygan. Expression was very good and the harmony was great! May the Lord continue to bless you as a family. Jim and Donna Lont
Reply to james lontWhat a blessing you were to my daughter and me Sunday evening in Fergus Falls, MN. God bless you as you travel sooooo many miles and continue to bless others with your singing and positive ways. Diane
Reply to Dianewow, i just got through talkin to Rich about the new project and let me just say to all my fellow TCF supporters, we are in for an amazing experience with this new recording! I would encourage all of you to pray daily for the whole family as i am attempting to do. I am proud to be a part, through prayer, of a ministry that is so focused on lifting up the name of Jesus. Thanx for all you do and i look forward to seeing you on the 28th! love you all!
Reply to Mark CahoonGreetings to the entire Crist family. Hope you are planning a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. My wife and I went to a secular concert Saturday night at the Bowlus in Iola, Ks and still had many people who came up to us to let us know what a blessing it was to have the Crist family in our community. One gentleman who has sung barbershop for years indicated that he particularly appreciated the wonderful harmony and blend; he had never been to one of our SEKCAS concerts but remarked that it was such a tremendous blessing to him and he would be back for more — and hoped you were planning to return. Your concert was a wonderful blessing for all of us. Keep up the great work!
Reply to Glen SingerGlen Singer
Dear Crist Family,
Reply to mr tracy mercerI really love your singing and the song, “If The Rocks Could Talk”. That song really blesses me and I haven’t heard any of your other songs but I know that they are good also. I love your singing…it’s beautiful and yall are talented! I always love it when the radio station plays music by the Crist Family.
Thank you all for the wonderful comments. We really appreciate hearing from all of you!
We are still in the growing phase on this new site, but we are excited to announce that
we have been working on some new things for Cristconnect.com that we are planning to unveil at the first of the year. We think your really gonna “dig” some of the new stuff!!!
Until then, please continue to visit and post your comments.
Love ya’ll!
Reply to Rich CristGreat news Rich! I’ll be anxiously awaiting the new content.
Reply to Wes Burkelookin forward to that! i set this as one of my home pages now, so i check it every time i get on. cant wait for the new stuff! ill be here! love u guys and still prayin. Have fun in OH tonight and tell SO i said hey. sry i cant be there.
l8r
Reply to Mark CahoonIt is a bit after 6 AM and I have just ready your recent newsletter. I wish we were in a position to help you financially. My mother will soon be 101 and we are having to help with her support. The end of life for her is not far off and she continues to attend worship and our Care Group weekly. I have to pick her up physically to transport her to places other than her chair. It is interesting to see the roles change. I am stopping right now to pray for the Crists. We love all of you and pray that God will continue to make a way for your ministry to thrive. Jim & Virginia
Reply to Jim & Virginia SinclairWe love you too! I am sorry to hear about your mom. We will keep you in our prayers. God bless you both.
Tami
Reply to TamiHello, Dear Crists!
Reply to David and Debra SheltonSO excited to get your new CD in the mail.
We continue to pray for you, rejoice with you and be ever so proud of our NW friends turned Southerners!
Love from an “Okie” to you Nashville-ites,
Deb Shelton (for David)
Hey ya’all! Great to hear from you! So your an “Okie” now. We sometimes get out your way. Maybe we will see you again. Love you both!
Reply to Tami Crist StarkelSorry this comes a little late, but back on our friend day at Central Baptist Church at Thanksgiving, you came and just blessed our church family. We’re so glad families can still prase GOD together. It has been busy to say the least with our Christmas program just after that, keeping us busy in the work of our Lord. Looking forward to your next vist and praying your safety on the road and good health while traveling. Keep your voices strong and your praise to Him stronger!
Reply to randy ingrambrother Randy
What a great day that was. It is always a blessing getting to spend the Holidays with our brothers and sisters in Christ. Hope your Christmas program went well. We look forward to seeing you again. Happy New Year!
Reply to Tami Crist StarkelMerry Christmas to all of the Crist Family and friends. May this Christmas be truly about Christ and not ourselves. If i have learned one thing from TCF, it is that life is not about us; its about lifting up HIS name. So this Christmas, lets lift up the true meaning of the holiday, JESUS.
Reply to Mark CahoonAMEN! To God be the glory!
Reply to Tami Crist Starkelour father is admitted in INTENSIVE CARE UNIT FOR LAST 18 DAYS DUE TO A PARALYSIS FOLLOWING AN OPERATION IN A BLOOD VESSEL TO BRAIN.he HAS A CLOT ON BRAIN.please pray for him to disintegrate the clot and recover fast and 100%.his name is thankapan.k
Reply to vineethHi Daddy Crist and the rest of the gang. The Hardy family wants you to know that we are praying this will be your best year ever. Our prayer is that the Lord will bless your ministry more than you are able to concieve ! We enjoy your family so much. You have blessed us this past year each time we were able to see you guys.
We love all of you in Christ,
John, Wendy, Lauren, and Nick
Reply to John HardyDear Rich and all the Crist Family:
Just wanted to drop you all a line to say hi and that my email address changed from les16731@verizon.net to ump650_99@yahoo.com.
Can’t wait to hear from you again. Hope all is well with you and the gang. I miss you all very much and am trying like crazy to get you to our church in Eldred, PA but am running into some snags. But with God’s help, I know He will see to it that we get you to our church so our congregation can experience God’s love thru your music like my family did last summer in Dubois PA.
Keep in touch.
Your Brother in Christ
Lester Tiger Lasher
Reply to Lester "Tiger" Lasherhavent heard from ya’ll in awhile. u must be busy with ur recording. so how is everything going for you? im still prayin for ya! i love u guys! ttyl!
Reply to Mark CahoonHi Mark,
I’m actually sitting in the studio as we speak mixing our new CD. I will be here all week. We are all doing great. Keep an eye out, we plan to start posting lots of new stuff on the album. We are putting all of it together. Should be lots of fun. Thanks for hanging in there with us as we finishing building the site.
Reply to Rich Cristoh, dont worry. i aint goin no where! im hangin! did u ever come up with a name for the project? it looks like i wont get to see u until april!
Oh well, gives me somethin to look 4ward 2!
Reply to Mark CahoonSing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalm 30: 4-5
Hello Crist Family,
Reply to TERRY JESTILAYour concert in Kearney on Feb 19th was fantastic! Thanks so much for glorifying Jesus through your music and powerful testimonies. Thanks again so much for the blessing you were to my wife and I and our friends!
God Bless,
Terry
Thanks Terry!
I got the lyrics to the song as well. I appreciate it.
Reply to Rich CristI would like to ask for prayer for these headaches I have been having. Today marks 6 weeks non stop. 3 weeks ago I was diagnosed with migraines. The medicine I am on only temporarily makes the pain smaller but does not take it away.
Reply to Sheila BeckSheila,
I am so sorry to hear about your headaches. I know how immobilizing they can be and can’t imagine what 6 weeks of that would be like. I will keep you in my prayers. Please let us know if anything changes.
Reply to BreanaI’m asking prayers for my brother Watie, Doc says he’s at stage 4 with prostate cancer. Also my wife Mary Ellen Henson, she’s waiting for the hospital to call for a biopsy ASAP with her breast. Thank You guys, We just love you and your music.
ROY HENSON.
Reply to Roy HensonRoy,
Reply to Lisa CristWe will definitely be praying for your brother and all those that support him. I have been praying for your wife too, especially since I can personally relate to the “wait for results” on breast lumps. I have been praying for her comfort and trust in the Lord for her future. He is in control and He knows her and loves her more than anyone – please take comfort in knowing that. Please let me know what results you receive. Thanks.
Dear brothers and sisters, Please pray that an unknown person who had threatened , my brother would never call again in JESUS NAME , That he would be so filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT he would not say or do any thing which JESUS would not say or do ,That the Precious BLOOD of THE LAMB may Totally engulf us so that this person sees the BLOOD and passes over us in the same way that the angel passed over the isrealites who had the blood smeared over there door posts and that this person would be so surrounded by THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STEP ONE INCH TOWARDS US ,that the heart of the king is in the hands of the LORD , that this person would be diverted away from us , that he would lose and forget any details he may have pertaining to my brother ,that he would never call us again.That GOD’s and man’s favour would rest on my brother, That we seek HELP in THE NAME OF THE LORD!!! That GOD would answer this prayer exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think of Eph. 3.20 .That GOD would turn this darkness to light that a bruised reed HE will not break , smoking flax HE will not quench , we are the smoking flax and the bruised reeds .GOD PLEeeeeeeeASE HAVE MERCYYYYYY & compassion on us in the same way that you had on the crowd which was hungry for 3 days !!!!!!! sincerely , dave
Reply to daveI would like to lift up a brother in Christ from my church who has just learned that he has prostate cancer. He goes to the Dr. tomorrow for more testing, please pray for him that the cancer hasn’t spread. His name is Danny.Also include his family in your prayers, they will need Gods strength to get through this. Mike
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