06/10/2026
Your Daily "GRACEBOOK" Scripture and Prayer List! -- June 10
We love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).
Charles Spurgeon was a man who preached the whole counsel of God’s word, and was careful to not excessively repeat himself in any one area. Yet, he preached five remarkable sermons on these eight words alone. The following comments (of many) draw much from Spurgeon’s work on this single verse:
"We love Him: In this great statement, John begins by declaring the heart of every true follower of Jesus Christ. Simply and boldly put, we love Him."
"This is a fact for every true follower of Jesus. “There is no exception to this rule; if a man loves not God, neither is he born of God. Show me a fire without heat, then show me regeneration that does not produce love to God.”
“I cannot imagine a true man saying, ‘I love Christ, but I do not want others to know that I love him, lest they should laugh at me.’ That is a reason to be laughed at, or rather, to be wept over. Afraid of being laughed at? Oh sir, this is indeed a cowardly fear!”
“Be out-and-out for him; unfurl your colours, never hide them, but nail them to the mast, and say to all who ridicule the saints, ‘If you have any ill words for the followers of Christ, pour them out upon me… but know this – ye shall hear it whether you like it or not, – 'I love Christ.’”
"He loved us when we were still sinners: “Every man that ever was saved had to come to God not as a lover of God, but as a sinner, and then believe in God’s love to him as a sinner.”
“Jesus loved you when you lived carelessly, when you neglected his Word, when the knee was unbent in prayer. Ah! He loved some of you when you were in the dancing saloon, when you were in the playhouse, aye, even when you were in the brothel. He loved you when you were at hell’s gate, and drank damnation at every draught. He loved you when you could not have been worse or further from him than you were. Marvelous, O Christ, is thy strange love!”
PRAYER LIST
CURRENT CANCER PATIENTS:
TANYA GMEINDER (Wisconsin) -- DIAGNOSED YESTERDAY WITH BREAST CANCER!
BOB COLLETTE (82) (Dayton, Ohio) -- JUST DIAGNOSED WITH BONE CANCER!
MIKEY BURRESS (My very dear Navy friend) -- AWAITING SURGERY ON JUNE 12TH TO REMOVE A 4-INCH TUMOR FROM HIS PANCREAS!
JOHN HURST (Oak Ridge) -- STAGE 4 LUNG CANCER.
DANIEL HURST (John's son) -- BLADDER CANCER AND TOTAL KIDNEY FAILURE.
LISA RICHARDS (Martins Ferry, Ohio) -- GLIOBLASTOMA (brain cancer). MAYBE 5 MONTHS TO LIVE! ONLY IN HER 40'S!
CINDY WOODAL - BREAST CANCER!
SUE PIERCE'S SON, CURTIS -- STAGE 3 LYMPH NODE CANCER. HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2ND DOSE OF CHEMO!
JIM JACKSON-(Dave Johnson’s brother in law). STAGE-4 BONE CANCER! AWAITING SURGERY FOR BROKEN VERTEBRAE.
STEVEN FISH -- COLON CANCER! EXPERIENCING GREAT DIFFICULTY IN HIS CHEMO TREATMENT!
KEVIN STANIFORD (Ocala, Fl) -- MY COUSIN'S SON HAS FINISHED HIS PROSTATE CANCER RADIATION TREATMENT! AWAITING NEXT PSA CHECK FOR RESULTS!
EDDIE STANIFORD (Kevin's brother) -- DOCTOR'S REMOVED A LARGE PORTION OF HIS PROSTATE. CANCER IS CONTAINED IN THAT PORTION! BIOPSY WILL DETERMINE FURTHER TREATMENT!
NANCY SHUMAN (Houston, TX) -- TONGUE CANCER!
ELAINE DAY (Lawrenceville, GA) -- FELL AND BROKE BOTH ARMS! DOCTORS DISCOVERED AGGRESSIVE MALIGNANT TUMOR AS THE CAUSE AND COULDN'T ENTIRELY REMOVE IT! CHEMO AND RADIATION NEEDED QUICKLY! IN ICU!
ROSEMARY JOHNSON (Dave's sister-in-law) -- HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (LIVER CANCER)! DIFFICULT TREATMENT AHEAD!
GIA (San Antonio) -- YOUNG 20-YEAR OLD JUST FOUND OUT SHE HAS CANCER! PRAY FOR HER AND HER FAMILY!
TERRY ANTONACCI -- AWAITING TREATMENT AFTER HIS BONE MARROW BIOPSY!
BILL LEE -- LOWER BODY CANCER!
ZOEY (4 years old) a friend of Kay's daughter - LEUKEMIA AND FACING MONTHS OF CHEMO!
JENNY SEIBER (58-YEAR OLD Y-12 POLICE OFFICER) -- LEUKEMIA! SHE'S STILL FIGHTING!
ANDI LAY (8 yrs old) -- CANCER!
JENNIFER WARD (CLARKSBURG, WV) -- RARE CANCER FOUND IN FLUID AROUND HER HEART! REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ONCOLOGY TREATMENT!
DOUG JOHNSON (Dave's brother) -- CANCER.
COLIN LUDWIG -- YOUNG BOY DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA!!
ROSE MARIE CAPARAS (Virginia) -- CANCER!!
PHILIP SHARP (Kay's brother in law's brother) -- LEUKEMIA AND UNDERGOING LUNG TREATMENTS.
GRANDSON (JACOB) OF CONNIE BEELER -- FAMILY WAS TOLD JACOB (AGE 18) MAY HAVE CANCER!
LYNDA BEELER -- LUNG CANCER! FAMILY IS PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE!
RICK PENROSE -- PANCREATIC CANCER.
GRANDSON (JACOB) OF CONNIE BEELER -- FAMILY WAS TOLD JACOB (AGE 18) MAY HAVE CANCER!
OTHER PERSONAL REQUESTS
CHRIS JOSEPH (Mayuge, Uganda, Africa) -- VERY SICK WITH NO ACCESS TO MEDICAL HELP! GREATLY AFFECTING HIS CARE FOR 43 ORPHANS IN HIS CHARGE!
DOUG FISH -- PASSED AWAY THIS WEEKEND. PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY.
PATTI JONES -- AWAITING MAJOR BACK SURGERY TO AVOID A PERMANENT WHEELCHAIR!
PATTY LEONARD (my son-in-law's mother) (Florida) -- BLOOD CLOT IN HER LUNG!
SHELBY (40) (California) -- RECOVERING FROM HEART SURGERY!
JEFF WOLFENBARGER (66)-- IN THE UT ICU STEP DOWN. TURNS OUT HE WAS MISDIAGNOSED WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME, AND HAS NEUROLOGICAL VASCULITIS, WHICH THERE IS NO CURE! HE ALSO HAS MRSA! SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT STABILIZED NOW. KEEP PRAYING!
MICAH BLANKENSHIP (Kay's 15-yr old grandson) -- BLACKED OUT WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE AND CRASHED! MAJOR CONCUSSION,! DOCTORS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE CAUSE.
RYAN M. (Pennsylvania) -- SUFFERING FROM MAJOR INJURIES FROM AN ACCIDENT. IN CONSTANT PAIN!!
MELISA JOHNSON -- RECOVERING FROM HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY!
L. W. JOHNSON -- UT HOSPITAL WITH EITHER HEART ATTACK OR STROKE!
LINDA PIERCE -- UNSPOKEN POSSIBLE SPIRITUAL ATTACKS!
DARRELL BRAWDY -- AWAITING FINAL DETERMINATION OF CRUCIAL TEST RESULTS.
DAVE JOHNSON - - RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS UTI!
TOM SOLOMON (83 yrs old) -- FELL AND BROKE HIS HIP AND RECOVERING FROM MAJOR SURGERY!
CORY JONES (close friend of Kay) -- MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE BOTTOM TENDONS OF BOTH FEET, CAUSED BY MILITARY COMBAT OPERATIONS. RECOVERING FROM SURGERY.
OLIVER ORUGA (Philippines) -- 2 YR OLD STRUGGLING WITH ASTHMA!
MASOLA -- ELDERLY WOMAN STRUGGLING AT A LOCAL NURSING HOME.
JEFF PAINTER -- QUADRUPLE BYPASS LAST WEEK AND AT HOME NOW ON KIDNEY DIALYSIS!
CAROL HODGES -- ALZHEIMERS GETTING WORSE, AND NOW DOCTORS HAVE FOUND A TUMOR ON HER KIDNEY.
MONTE STEPHENS -- BATTLING ALZHEIMERS! FAMILY NEEDS OUR PRAYERS!
BOB ARWOOD -- MULTIPLE HEALTH ISSUES AT HOME.
JOYCE JACKSON -- RECOVERING FROM MAJOR FALL!
JOE MAZZOLA -- PAINFUL GI ISSUES! PRAY ALSO FOR HIS WIFE, LYN, AND THE STRESS THEY'RE BOTH GOING THROUGH.
JERRY HUTCHINS (Randall's brother-in-law) -- TREATMENT FOR NON-PARKINSON'S SHAKING AT UVA HOSPITAL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA!
DEREK WILLINGHAM (46) (JACKSONVILLE, FL) -- HEART ATTACK. DOCTORS HAD TO OPERATE FOR A 99% BLOCKAGE! HOME NOW RECOVERING!
KAY PHIPPS -- AUTO-IMMUNE, ORTHOPEDIC AND GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES!
BENSON CHENG (Philippines) -- LUNG PROBLEMS!
PAUL MARESCA (New York) -- HEART ISSUES.
WILLIAM WILSON -- MAY HAVE TO LOSE HIS FOOT DUE TO DIABETES!
LINDSEY GANN -- RECOVERING FROM RUPTURED OVARIAN CYSTS SURGERY!
DAUGHTER OF LUCY LINKOUS -- SEVERE INTESTINAL ISSUES!
GREG ARNOLD (Dave's brother-in-law) -- ADMITTED TO UT HOSPITAL FOR EXCESS FLUID AROUND HIS HEART AND IN HIS LEGS!
CHRISTINA KAMPAS (31 YEARS OLD) -- GASTROPERISIS!CONTINUES INFUSION TREATMENT AT VANDERBILT!
BRIAN BIXLER -- SUFFERING FROM SEVERE NEUROPATHY!
BARB (LITTLE) HOLLINGSWORTH -- PARKINSON'S DISEASE!
YVONNE LAY -- DEMENTIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS. SHE IS GETTING WORSE!
JANET FRAZIER -- SERIOUS LUNG ISSUES!
DAVID MCCULLUM (ALABAMA) -- 56-YEAR OLD DIAGNOSED WITH ALS (LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE)
ILA BRAWDY -- GREATLY STRUGGLING WITH DEMENTIA!! ALSO, PRAY FOR HER FAMILY CARETAKERS.
JAMES JOHNSON ( Dave's brother) DEMENTIA GETTING WORSE. HIS WIFE, BETTY, IS ALSO IN EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA!
JAMES HENRY TRIMM- infant with neuroblastoma needs a miracle
MASON SHANK -- 6 YEARS OLD, INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR.
ANSWERED PRAYERS!
DOROTHY GILLAND, CAROLYN SOLOMON, NANCY SHUMAN, TERRY TENDELL!! ALL CURED!!
ELLA WILLETTE (82 yr old in The Villages, Florida) -- AFTER 2 MONTHS OF HOSPITALIZATION WITH MAJOR ISSUES WITH DIVERTICULITIS, SHE IS NOW HOME!!
TERESIA STEPHENSON -- STAGE 1 CANCER! SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL! CANCER FREE!!
BRENDA (Chattanooga, Tn) -- FIRST-STAGE LUNG CANCER TOTALLY CURED!!
BELLA JONES (14) -- AFTER YEARS OF COURT BATTLES, IS IN THE PERMANENT CUSTODY OF HER FATHER AND AWAY FROM HER ADDICTED MOTHER!
GARY BALONIER (Dayton, OH) -- LYMPH NODE CANCER IS IN REMISSION!
NATHAN GORKA (Terry and Tina Antonacci's son-in-law) -- BIOPSY TEST FOR THROAT CANCER CAME BACK CANCER FREE!! MORE DIAGNOSIS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.
CHARLES YORK (Boston) -- GRANDSON OF SUE PRICE, KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WAS A SUCCESS, AND IS WORKING WELL!
MISSIONARY REQUESTS:
GRACE BREKKE -- 3-WEEK, SHORT-TERM MISSIONARY TRIP TO HONDURAS!
KEVIN RIDEOUT -- AMERICAN MISSIONARY PILOT, HUSBAND AND FATHER HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED IN NIGER, AFRICA!
BART AND JANE GIBBS -- SBC IMB Missionaries to Burkina
Faso, W. Africa
FRANK AND SHERI MORAN -- IMB MISSIONARIES TO THAILAND!
GENERAL REQUESTS:
PRAY FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN IN OPERATION "EPIC FURY"!!
PRAY FOR OUR FOOD PANTRY! GOVERNMENT CUTBACKS AND THE SHUTDOWN ARE HURTING US!
PRAY FOR OPERATION VET RESCUE WHICH IS CARING FOR THE HOMELESS VETS HERE IN KNOXVILLE!
PRAY FOR ALL OUR SERVICEMEN/WOMEN WHO ARE CURRENTLY SUFFERING FROM POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)!
PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE APPROXIMATELY 22 VETERANS WHO COMMIT SU***DE EVERYDAY!
FOR THE ONGOING PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN CHINA AND NIGERIA!
PRAY AGAINST THE SATANIC ABORTION RITUALS NOW OFFERED BY THE SATANIC TEMPLE!!
PRAY FOR ISRAEL!!
PRAY AGAINST THE CHILD-SEX TRAFFICKING EPIDEMIC IN OUR COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD!!
PRAY AGAINST THE CURRENT SATANIC SEXUAL ONSLAUGHT AGAINST OUR NATION'S CHILDREN!!
PRAY AGAINST THE FENTANYL WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST OUR COUNTRY.
