Troop Prayer Thread 10 - A Year of VICTORY!

[TEXOKIE]

THREE CHEERS FOR OUR WONDERFUL TROOPS, THEIR ALLIES, AND ALL WHO ARE SERVING IN SUPPORT CAPACITIES IN THE WAR ON TERROR! YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS NATION A YEAR OF VICTORY IN THAT WAR! The honor is yours, but know that we bask in your accomplishments and love you for your steadfast service on this day!

Welcome, everyone to the 10th Troop Prayer Thread! Today is the anniversary of the resumption of hostilities with Iraq, wherein our troops have made military history that shall ring down the centuries.

The troop prayer threads are dedicated to giving our troops, allies, and all who are serving the Holy Cause of Freedom, including (but not limited to) the families and loved ones waiting at home and those who are not in uniform but who are serving in dangerous situations supporting our troops and gathering intelligence spiritual support. We seek together to offer prayer, scriptures, encouraging messages, and other devotions dedicated to this purpose.

We have over the past year gathered together a prayer list of these servants of freedom. You will find it posted below. FReeper amom has been serving as our List Keeper this past year and I wish to thank and commend her for doing such a meticulous job of keeping it updated. She has also been keeping our ping list up to date. If you wish to submit a name for the prayer list or to add or take off a name from the ping list, please let either or both of us know.

For those of us who have somewhat limited computer capacity, or still have phone modems, we request that graphics be limited to pictures of loved ones for whom we are offering prayers, special visuals that seem particularly appropriate, and as much as possible, non-moving graphics. Thank you.

Thank you so much for spiritually supporting our troops, allies, support civilians, and their families.

We are grateful to God that for those who have been injured or taken back Home, He has dispatched angels to their care.

To view the previous prayer threads, use these links:

Troop Prayer Thread 9:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1031704/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 8:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/994696/posts?page=451,50

Troop Prayer Thread 7:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/973786/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 6:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/917197/posts?page=301,50

Troop Prayer Thread 5:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898097/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 4:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879044/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 3:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/873600/posts?page=151,50

Troop Prayer Thread 2:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/870136/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 1:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/863153/posts

For those who wish to pay their respects and honor our Fallen Heroes, please visit this thread:

Names,Stories, and Pictures of Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872330/posts?q=1&&page=601

Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way
Help me remember
Somewhere out there
A man died for me today
--As long as there be war
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?"

Taken from the book, "A Man Called Intrepid" by William Stevenson about William Stephenson, the head of British intelligence services prior to and during WWII. He wrote this at the very beginnings of the Battle of Britain and shared it with Eleanor Roosevelt.

STAR SPANGELED BANNER

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.

No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

FRANCES SCOTT KEY

AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AND OUR LOVE IS GREAT ENOUGH TO HOLD YOU ETERNALLY VICTORIOUS IN THE LIGHT!

[Soaring Feather]

Happy Easter everyone.

[Peach]

We have been away and have had only limited access to a computer.

May our soldiers and their families have a blessed and safe Easter. Godspeed to our beloved soldiers.

[Happy2BMe]

Prayed by TEXOKIE - Pinged by RagtimeCowGirl - BUMPED by me.

Thank you for your effectual, fervant prayer for our nation and our troops, TexOkie.

I especially bear witness to your calling forth "The Light."

Angels Watching Over Us: A Military Chaplain's Account of Miracles in Iraq

[Happy2BMe]

Please add my son 1Lt Aaron Cater, 1st CAV, 39th BDE to your prayer/ping list.

I believe in the power of prayer to save, heal, restore, deliver, and protect.

God bless and thanks!

H2BMe

[TEXOKIE]

PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP

Happy2BMe has brought to us a thread which is an interview of Chaplain Cash who has written a book recounting the miracles in the battle early in the hostilities in Iraq.

It is a true testimonial of the power of the prayers which our Prayer Warriors and all our fellow compatriots have offered in their devotions for our troops across the land. Our nation has offered its heart in prayer for our troops, and our prayers were answered. This thread is an incredible encouragement for us to renew our commitment to stand vigil. Things have heated up, and the need has never been greater.

Thank you Happy, for your kind words, and especially for allowing all of us who have held our troops and those who serve dear to know of this wonderful book which is being released. All Glory goes to God in the Highest.

[Happy2BMe]

In times of trouble - we go to The Rock.

The Stone that the builders rejected.

When we need a Shelter - when we need a Friend, we go to the Rock.

[TEXOKIE]

PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP....PART II


THE LINK TO HAPPY2BME'S THREAD IS:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1115061/posts

[TEXOKIE]

Re your post 256:

Amen

[Ramcat]

Prayers this Easter and each day for our brave soldiers.

[TEXOKIE]

ADDITION TO OUR LIST:

Re your 254:

"Please add my son 1Lt Aaron Cater, 1st CAV, 39th BDE to your prayer/ping list.
I believe in the power of prayer to save, heal, restore, deliver, and protect. "

"God bless and thanks! "

BELOVED FATHER, GOD,

We place before you this day, the day we celebrate our Lord's Victory over darkness and Death, the life of 1Lt Aaron Cater, 1st CAV, 39th BDE. Watch over him, we ask you, and keep him safe.

Father, we ask that one of our prayer blankets woven from our prayers and charged with the many rainbow hues of your blessed Light containing all of your qualities of protection, faith, goodness, courage, honor, wisdom, obedience to your Law, insight, ministration, health, and mercy is issued to him. Let these qualities and more be dispensed to him according to his hour of need. We ask that you will also issue him a set of golden chain mail, also endowed with extraordinary ability to protect. Furthermore, we call forth a team of angels to be assigned especially to him, to guide him, guard him, direct, and protect him. We invoke miracles of protection this day on his behalf whenever he enters into a dangerous or threatening situation.

Father, surround Happy2BMe's entire family while they hold vigil for this young warrior. He is their hero, as well as ours. Grant this family your attention, care, and ever-present comfort. Grant them abundant faith, peace of mind, and joy despite any separations his duties require.

We are grateful for the service of this young man, and we ask that you will multiply that gratitude so that he can feel and know it deep in his heart at some level. All which we have invoked for young Aaron and his family we call forth for all who wear the uniform or serve beside our troops in some capacity and their families. Adjust our prayers and let them be aligned with thy Will. On this blessed day of Easter, we remember our Lord and have such faith that He and you, our beloved Father, will remember us and our prayers for all our young heroes. Let the winds of the Holy Spirit sweep across our land and let all of our people and our leaders be awakened and remember the High and Holy calling for which our nation was founded: the Defense of FReedom.


Amen

[fatima]

TEXOKIE,bump.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you for the pings and the link, Happy, TEX.

Joining you in prayer for 1st LT Aaron, his family, and fellow Soldiers.

Happy Easter to our troops and faithful prayer warriors!

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PASCHAL Homily of St John Chrysostom

Is there anyone who is a devout lover of God?
Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!
Is there anyone who is a grateful servant?
Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord!

Are there any weary with fasting?
Let them now receive their wages!
If any have toiled from the first hour,
let them receive their due reward;
If any have come after the third hour,
let him with gratitude join in the Feast!
And he that arrived after the sixth hour,
let him not doubt; for he too shall sustain no loss.
And if any delayed until the ninth hour,
let him not hesitate; but let him come too.
And he who arrived only at the eleventh hour,
let him not be afraid by reason of his delay.

For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first.
He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour,
as well as to him that toiled from the first.
To this one He gives, and upon another He bestows.
He accepts the works as He greets the endeavor.
The deed He honors and the intention He commends.

Let us all enter into the joy of the Lord!
First and last alike receive your reward;
Rich and poor, rejoice together!
Sober and slothful, celebrate the day!

You that have kept the fast, and you that have not,
rejoice today for the Table is richly laden!
Feast royally on it, the calf is a fatted one.
Let no one go away hungry. Partake, all, of the cup of faith. Enjoy all the riches of His goodness!

Let no one grieve at his poverty,
for the universal kingdom has been revealed.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again;
for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.
He has destroyed it by enduring it.

He destroyed Hades when He descended into it.
He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh.
Isaiah foretold this when he said,
"You, O Hell, have been troubled by encountering Him below."

Hell was in an uproar because it was done away with.
It was in an uproar because it is mocked.
It was in an uproar, for it is destroyed.
It is in an uproar, for it is annihilated.
It is in an uproar, for it is now made captive.
Hell took a body, and discovered God.
It took earth, and encountered Heaven.
It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see.
O death, where is thy sting?
O Hades, where is thy victory?

Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!
Christ is Risen, and the evil ones are cast down!
Christ is Risen, and the angels rejoice!
Christ is Risen, and life is liberated!
Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead;
for Christ having risen from the dead,
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

To Him be Glory and Power forever and ever. Amen!

Easter Homily, St. John Chrysostom

26 posted on 04/11/2004 9:22:44 AM EDT by don-o

PASCHAL Homily of St John Chrysostom

Is there anyone who is a devout lover of God?
Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!
Is there anyone who is a grateful servant?
Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord!

Are there any weary with fasting?
Let them now receive their wages!
If any have toiled from the first hour,
let them receive their due reward;
If any have come after the third hour,
let him with gratitude join in the Feast!
And he that arrived after the sixth hour,
let him not doubt; for he too shall sustain no loss.
And if any delayed until the ninth hour,
let him not hesitate; but let him come too.
And he who arrived only at the eleventh hour,
let him not be afraid by reason of his delay.

For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first.
He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour,
as well as to him that toiled from the first.
To this one He gives, and upon another He bestows.
He accepts the works as He greets the endeavor.
The deed He honors and the intention He commends.

Let us all enter into the joy of the Lord!
First and last alike receive your reward;
Rich and poor, rejoice together!
Sober and slothful, celebrate the day!

You that have kept the fast, and you that have not,
rejoice today for the Table is richly laden!
Feast royally on it, the calf is a fatted one.
Let no one go away hungry. Partake, all, of the cup of faith. Enjoy all the riches of His goodness!

Let no one grieve at his poverty,
for the universal kingdom has been revealed.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again;
for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.
He has destroyed it by enduring it.

He destroyed Hades when He descended into it.
He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh.
Isaiah foretold this when he said,
"You, O Hell, have been troubled by encountering Him below."

Hell was in an uproar because it was done away with.
It was in an uproar because it is mocked.
It was in an uproar, for it is destroyed.
It is in an uproar, for it is annihilated.
It is in an uproar, for it is now made captive.
Hell took a body, and discovered God.
It took earth, and encountered Heaven.
It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see.
O death, where is thy sting?
O Hades, where is thy victory?

Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!
Christ is Risen, and the evil ones are cast down!
Christ is Risen, and the angels rejoice!
Christ is Risen, and life is liberated!
Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead;
for Christ having risen from the dead,
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

To Him be Glory and Power forever and ever. Amen!

Easter Homily, St. John Chrysostom

[amom]

Happy2BMe: Aaron has been cheerfully added to the prayer list, it's an honor.

Texokie: thanks for the prayer and ping once again.

Ragtime Cowgirl: Thanks for your excellent post.

[Happy2BMe]

I'm lost for words - thank you so much!

[dandelion]

Perusing the prayer list - and I am adding your son to my list of prayers now...

[amom]

Adding JeeperFreeper's number one son, a Marine grunt, 0311(SAW gunner), with the Alpha Co., 1st Bn., 5th Marines, in Fallujah, Iraq, to our prayer list.

This is some of what they've been up to. Bless them.

[amom]

Amen

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

(((((((1Lt Aaron Cater))))))))

With special love and appreciation in our hearts for Aaron, his wonderful family and friends we say this prayer:

Father, we ask that one of our prayer blankets woven from our prayers and charged with the many rainbow hues of your blessed Light containing all of your qualities of protection, faith, goodness, courage, honor, wisdom, obedience to your Law, insight, ministration, health, and mercy is issued to him. Let these qualities and more be dispensed to him according to his hour of need. We ask that you will also issue him a set of golden chain mail, also endowed with extraordinary ability to protect. Furthermore, we call forth a team of angels to be assigned especially to him, to guide him, guard him, direct, and protect him. We invoke miracles of protection this day on his behalf whenever he enters into a dangerous or threatening situation.

Father, surround Happy2BMe's entire family while they hold vigil for this young warrior. He is their hero, as well as ours. Grant this family your attention, care, and ever-present comfort. Grant them abundant faith, peace of mind, and joy despite any separations his duties require.

We are grateful for the service of this young man, and we ask that you will multiply that gratitude so that he can feel and know it deep in his heart at some level. All which we have invoked for young Aaron and his family we call forth for all who wear the uniform or serve beside our troops in some capacity and their families. Adjust our prayers and let them be aligned with thy Will. On this blessed day of Easter, we remember our Lord and have such faith that He and you, our beloved Father, will remember us and our prayers for all our young heroes. Let the winds of the Holy Spirit sweep across our land and let all of our people and our leaders be awakened and remember the High and Holy calling for which our nation was founded: the Defense of FReedom.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ who shed His blood for all of us, on the day we celebrate His resurrection. Easter 2004.

Amen!

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

PS. I don't know who wrote the beautiful prayer I posted (it came from you in an e-mail to us) but I wanted to point out I used it again in my last post to you.

I wanted to make sure anyone reading it KNOWS it was not mine!!

God Bless!

[Happy2BMe]

"PS. I don't know who wrote the beautiful prayer I posted (it came from you in an e-mail to us) but I wanted to point out I used it again in my last post to you."

The Author was the Holy Spirit.

The jar of clay was TEXOKIE.

"He is the Potter - we are the clay."

[amom]

So true and so well put. :-)

[potlatch]

Thanks for the Prayer ping, TEXOKIE, hope you had a great Easter Day. The weather wasn't much to speak of though!!

Happy2BMe, your son was already in my prayers, so glad you put him on our list for all to pray for.

[tiki]

Fervent prayers for all of our soldiers.

[baseballmom]

Joining you all in prayers for your sons. God bless them, and keep them safe.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[eyespysomething]

Thanks for these threads. I don't think I have said so many prayers for so many people than I have in the past 3 years. I truly believe the Grace of God has protected many of our soldiers during their time of war, and comforted their families during their personal hardships.

Although I rarely respond, I always add my silent prayers.

Thank you again, TexOkie.

[TEXOKIE]

PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP...and This 'N That!!!

MEG33 brought a thread to our attention which is the history of the battle prayer for good weather commissioned by General Patton. The history includes a discourse on the need for prayer in battle by the General. It's a good read, and worth the time you might choose to spend on it. So put on your hiking shoes, and gather up your notebooks and go here:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1116011/posts


I received an email from my aunt the other day. (She's the one who is married to my uncle who dropped into Normandy and Holland with the 82nd Airborne.) I thought ya'll would enjoy this little story. As a great sage said once, "a twinkle of mirth is needed on earth!"

In mysterious ways...............




A college professor, an avowed Atheist, was teaching his class. He
shocked several of his students when he flatly stated he was going to
prove there is no God.

Addressing the ceiling he shouted: "God, if you are real, then I want you
to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!"

The lecture room fell silent. You could have heard a pin fall. Ten
minutes went by. Again he taunted God, saying, "Here I am, God.
I'm still waiting."

His count-down got down to the last couple of minutes when a Marine just
released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked up to
the professor, hit him full force in the face, and sent him ass over
tea-cups from his lofty platform.

The professor was out cold!

At first the students were shocked and babbled in confusion. The young Marine took a seat inthe front row and sat silent. The class fell silent...waiting.

Eventually, the professor came to, shaken. He looked at the young Marine
in the front row. When the professor regained his senses and could
speak he asked: "What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?"

"God was busy. He sent me."


In her post 266, amom, our list keeper announced that she would be adding JeeperFreeper's number one son, a Marine grunt, 0311(SAW gunner), with the Alpha Co., 1st Bn., 5th Marines, in Fallujah, Iraq, to our prayer list. Amom listed a link relating some information about what his unit has been up to lately.

MERCIFUL HEAVENLY FATHER OF US ALL,

We come to you on bended knee asking you to please place your loving attention and protection upon JeeperFreeper's number one son in the Marines serving in Fallujah, Iraq.

Send to him and his buddies, in our name and in the name of our Lord Christ Jesus, legions of protection angels. Place the whole armor of God including but not limited to one of our prayer-woven blankets and a burnished set of golden chain mail. We ask that you will assign to him a team of protection angels to guide, guard, direct, and protect him. Let there be a triple ring-pass-not of invisibility, invincibility, and invulnerability to all harm placed upon him by the hands of our Lord and His legions.

Father, dispense to this Marine all the qualities of protection, courage, power, love, faith, wisdom, hope, obedience to the Lord, health, ministry, and mercy according to his hour of need. Let him transcend himself, by thy Grace, to perform his duties with the honor and highest standards he holds for himself. We have great faith in him and are so grateful for his service. Please let him know deep in his heart that his actions on our behalf this day and in the days to come are supported by us and received with the gratitude they deserve.

Surround Jeeper and their entire family during this difficult time of separation. Hold them tangibly in your blessed great arms while they wait for news of their son during these days of uncertainty. Grant them an extraordinary abundance of faith and peace of mind. Grant them joy despite the stresses, and grant them the ability to rest with total trust that you, our heavenly Father, have all under your loving care and control.

Father, we ask that the way be made clear in Fallujah and in the other hot spots which are being reported in Iraq. Guide our civilian leadership. Guide our military leadership. Give to all those levels of leadership, from the President on down through the entire officer corps to the lowliest 2nd lieutenants YOUR Vision and Plan for what must take place in these circumstances. Grant our Troops and all the people of this nation and our allies that shared Vision of Victory which must be won.

Father, clear the way for our troops with our prayers, as General Patton has instructed us! SHATTER!! all opposition to the Holy Cause of Freedom! SHATTER AND BIND!! all who are the Enemy, and who spew forth their hate and hate creation throughout the Middle East! SHATTER AND BIND!! the entire momentum of centuries of that hatred to the point that hatred is a habit and point of honor to these people, so that they dont even remember why they first began to hate! Cut free your children from those dark momentums of the centuries, and let those who are the originators of the cause and core behind that hatred be bound in the earth and be bound in unseen realms! CLEAR the way on that battlefield! Send forth those legions of VICTORY! AND LET THE VICTORY BE WON BY YOUR GRACE AND MERCY with a minimum of loss of life of your best servants! We invoke in this hour miracles of protection!

Father, if we have prayed amiss in any way, please adjust our prayers. Take the fervor of our hearts and let that fervor be as a fire to add to the flames of Victory which are descending in this hour by your divine Grace and Word and multiplied according to thy Will!

All which we have called forth for this special Marine, we call forth for all his buddies and each and every precious Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Airman, and CoastGuarder. We call it forth for all who gather intelligence or serve as support personnel. We call it forth wherever you have a lonely servant fighting the good fight for Freedom. Father, God, bless each and every one of them, for they are our greatest treasure.

Amen

[fatima]

Amen and prayers.

[amom]

Amen to your prayer and thank you once again for sharing your gift.

[shezza]

Wow, TO, what a powerful prayer! I join with you with a hearty "amen"!

[TEXOKIE]

PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP!!

I hadnt planned to send you on another field trip today, but this thread showed up, and how could I not bring it to you?

Just before President Bush's press conference, a rainbow appeared above the Whitehouse. It seems to me to be a very powerful symbol at a very critical time given to us by our beloved Father. Miracles for for Believers!

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1117169/posts

[Peach]

A circle of angels is protecting our president and may God give him strength in the months ahead.

[LucyJo]

Thank you, Texokie. I know we are all praying for President Bush, his family, and this administration. I think it would be nice if we sent him an email note of support to let him know that we are indeed with him in this fight for freedom as he surmised in his press conference tonight.

[potlatch]

[A circle of angels is protecting our president]

A beautiful thought, Peach, he certainly needs it after today!

Thanks for the ping, as always, TEXOKIE!!

[TEXOKIE]

PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP!

Here is one more which I am certain you would not want to miss. Many thanks to each of you who pinged me!

RaceBannon posted a letter which General Major General James Mattis, the Commanding officer of the 1st MEF in Iraq wrote to the families of his troops back home. Not only is the letter itself inspiring, but the thread itself is too. Race informs us that a link to the thread has been sent to the General so everyone has the opportunity to send thanks, best regards, and other well wishes directly to him on the thread.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1117149/posts

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Finally took a few moments to rest in this peaceful place. TEX, thanks for your passionate leadership these difficult days. It is such a joy to be able to send worried loved ones your way - and recruit other FReepers by posting links to your inspired words.

Adding my prayers to those of our FR 'army' for Ordinary_American in Afghanistan, and JeeperFreeper's Marine son in Fallujah.

Thanks to RaceBannon for lifting up the families by sharing General Mattis's e-mail with us.

Thanks for the happy diversions, too, TEX - 'cept maybe the 'creepycrawly' one. *g*

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Please add Maj Gen James Mattis to the prayer list. This isn't the first time he's reached out with strengthening words as his Marines headed into harm's way, and their families held vigil back home.

Thank you!

[TEXOKIE]

"Please add Maj Gen James Mattis to the prayer list."

Excellent suggestion, Rags.

Beloved Father in Heaven,

We place before you one of our military leaders. His name is Maj Gen James Mattis of the US Marine Corps. Father, this man has shown over many years great integrity and love toward this nation and the men and women he leads. We ask that you will grant him one of our prayer blankets which is woven from our prayers and charged with all the blessed qualities of protection, power, courage, love, wisdom, insight, hope, health, ministration, and mercy from your heart to be issued to him according to need of the hour. Enfold him with heavenly armor and a golden chain mail which is impervious to all harm and that which would seek to interfere with your divine Will for his life.

We are grateful for the staunch service of this man to the Holy Cause of Freedom. Grant him all the spiritual resources that he needs in order to fulfill the vows he has made to duty and honor. Grant him extraordinary intercession in the world and especially on the battlefield to lead his troops to Victory.

We pray for this man and all the ones who serve under him. We pray for his colleagues who serve beside him. We pray for each of these these who are dedicated to doing hard and difficult jobs in order to maintain the safety and freedom of this nation. In each generation we have witnessed your best servants standing tall and paying the price for freedom which as has been said, is not free. We are grateful, Father for raising up in this generation those who have the Vision and courage in their willingness to continue in that service.

Father, bless this General officer and guide him on a path lit by the lanterns of your angels.

amen

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for your post 193 bump, Ms Feather! How in the world are you? Are you staying on the nest these days or out galavanting the world?

[TEXOKIE]

Thank you MEG33 for joining us in with your hearty amen in your post 194. Thanks so very much for your kind words. All glory to God!

[TEXOKIE]

And here's another thanks for your 195 bump!

[TEXOKIE]

"I Pray that Our Father Protect Our Boys with such a cover that they are not seen by the enemy..."

Amen to your heartfelt prayer in your post 196, juzcuz.

[TEXOKIE]

Here's bumping back atcha for your post 200 bump!

[TEXOKIE]

Thank you for joining us in prayer in your post 203, Chong.

[Soaring Feather]

bumping your bump Ms Texokie!!

I have been staying on the nest these past few months, however, the urge to spread wings and fly is getting very strong!!

I am doing well thanks and hope you are, also.

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for your post 207, potlatch.

"I will include TruthNtegrity, and armymarinemoms request in my prayers."

More prayers offered!

[TEXOKIE]

"Let our prayers be multiplied "
"Amen to that!"

Here's an Amen to your post 208 and raising you another Amen!

[Soaring Feather]

And a bumper back at ya Ms Texokie!!

[TEXOKIE]

re your 209...

LOL!! here's another one! ((((Ms 'Tima)))

How is our Karen doing? Tell her we love her and are STILL happy she's home!

[MEG33]

Prayers for our men and women in harms way and for their leaders.I pray God's comfort for all the loved ones of our fallen warriors.