CURE Prayer Guides

  Prayer is at the center of everything we do at CURE. Our Prayer Guide is published on the 3rd Wednesday of every month, which is a time when we pause our work and come together to pray for our work around the world and the prayer requests we have received. Please use the form below […]

Hurricanes will come Earthquakes break the walls Oceans rise, Empires fall Enter world, light unshown Follow heart, follow home Here we are, light unshown One round heart, one round home —from “Apocalypse Lullaby” The earth is a violent place… is there anything to do but contain it as best be can and stoically put up […]

As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. John 20:21 Here I am. Send me. Isaiah 6:8 Dear Friends, So often my prayers are focused on asking God to do things for me or for those I love. Of course we’re invited—even urged. Multiple biblical passages show Jesus telling His followers […]

Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD. Psalm 4:5 A friend recently remarked after a season of overwhelming work demands that not only had the experience left her exhausted but also empty. Additionally, for all her efforts, those upon whom her sacrifice was spent had offered little or no gratitude. Merriam-Webster defines sacrifice as […]

Dear Praying Friends, My daughter and I recently experienced the Manitou Incline, a hiking trail near Colorado Springs which gains almost 2,000 feet of elevation over less than 1 mile and serves as a fitness trail for some in the Air Force Academy. The current record for time on this hike is 17 minutes; we […]

Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the […]

If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Dear Friends, Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen indeed! Hallelujah! Easter is one of the few holidays celebrated the world over; from the various cultures where CURE International operates, we’ve appreciated the various ways […]

It is good to continue to hope and wait silently for the LORD to save us. —Lamentations 3:26 Less than a week from the first day of spring, CURE’s Mission Support Center (MSC) in New Cumberland, PA, is covered with more than a foot of snow. As stubborn as winter may seem, it’s power (thank […]

God calls his sons and daughters to the wilderness But he gives grace sufficient to survive any test And that’s the painful promise of the wilderness   Earlier this month we learned from Punxsutawney Phil that we can expect six more weeks of winter. So the cold, white wilderness of winter will continue for a […]

God is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine… Dear Friends, My brother recently prayed an interesting if not shocking prayer. We had been discussing some difficult family issues with potentially grievous consequences. Admitting our feelings of helplessness, we renewed our commitment to trust God. My brother ended our conversation with […]