Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:40,41
Posted on 03/20/2008 6:30:04 AM PDT by Hiskid
Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:40,41
We have chosen obedience this day to pray with Your Spirit and each other for those in authority. We watch and pray.
We bring our brother-President before You and ask You to give him time: to study and show himself approved unto You, to watch, pray and listen to Your Spirit, to set his daily priorities based on the direction of Your Spirit, to be a good husband, father, son and friend. Help him with wisdom to walk circumspectly, redeeming the time.
Surround our military men and women, our police, fire fighters, sheriffs, CIA and FBI members with angelic protection and the guidance of Your Spirit. Show them where evil hides and give them the wisdom to know how to defeat the enemies from within and outside our borders. Send laborers filled with Your Word and Love to teach and disciple them in Your ways of doing and being right.
We stand in agreement with our brothers and sisters in Christ who have petitioned You for a healing of our land. Thank You for sending us Your Word and for committed servants who labor to bring more and more people the Truth that will cleanse and make them new creatures created in Jesus’ likeness.
We bless You today. Teach us all how we can glorify You in our lives. Thank You for answering our prayers in Jesus’ name. Amen.
We covet your prayers.
Amen to your resounding prayer, Hiskid. God bless George W. Bush.
Are you being called to taste some bitter cup of pain or loss? Are you tempted to push it away? You may be wondering, Is God in this situation? If so, recall the dark and distressing experience of Jesus and His example on the night of His betrayal.
We must never forget that Jesus was the God-Man, with both divine and human natures. He therefore recoiled from the prospect of agonizing crucifixion and the ordeal of having the world’s sin heaped on His sinless soul. And worst of all, He shuddered at the thought of being abandoned by His Father. So He pleaded, “If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me” (Matt. 26:39). Yet after that He said in trustful submission, “Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?” (John 18:11). He knew that the hand, which would for our redemption hold the cup to His lips, was not the hand of Judas or Caiaphas or Pilate. It was the hand of His loving Father intent on redeeming our lost human race.
Baffled by the mystery of such love, we take our stand on Calvary and believe that any cup we drink is held to our lips by the Father of fathomless love and wisdom. Our prayer is that of trustful submission because we believe that even life’s most bitter cup is held in the Father’s hand.
Bible in One Year: Deuteronomy 16–18; Proverbs 28:1-14
Prayers up!
Prayers up...God Bless and Amen!!!!
Dear God, I ask You to please surround our beloved President with Your Holy angels to protect him from evil forces that want to take his life. Thank You, Father for Your Son Jesus, that gave His Life that we might be saved and have Eternal life because of His sacrifice on the cross! I praise You for Your Love and Goodness to Your children.
In the Name Above all Names, Jesus Christ,
Amen.
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, the election and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
“It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.”
- Psalm 118:8
Doubtless the reader has been tried with the temptation to rely upon the
things which are seen, instead of resting alone upon the invisible God.
Christians often look to man for help and counsel, and mar the noble
simplicity of their reliance upon their God. Does this evening’s portion
meet the eye of a child of God anxious about temporals, then would we
reason with him awhile. You trust in Jesus, and only in Jesus, for your
salvation, then why are you troubled? “Because of my great care.” Is it
not written, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord”? “Be careful for nothing, but
in everything by prayer and supplication make known your wants unto God.”
Cannot you trust God for temporals? “Ah! I wish I could.” If you cannot
trust God for temporals, how dare you trust him for spirituals? Can you
trust him for your soul’s redemption, and not rely upon him for a few
lesser mercies? Is not God enough for thy need, or is his all-sufficiency
too narrow for thy wants? Dost thou want another eye beside that of him
who sees every secret thing? Is his heart faint? Is his arm weary? If so,
seek another God; but if he be infinite, omnipotent, faithful, true, and
all-wise, why gaddest thou abroad so much to seek another confidence? Why
dost thou rake the earth to find another foundation, when this is strong
enough to bear all the weight which thou canst ever build thereon?
Christian, mix not only thy wine with water, do not alloy thy gold of
faith with the dross of human confidence. Wait thou only upon God, and let
thine expectation be from him.
Covet not Jonah’s gourd, but rest in Jonah’s God.
Let the sandy foundations of terrestrial trust be the choice of fools,
but do thou, like one who foresees the storm, build for thyself an abiding
place upon the Rock of Ages.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Amen to your beautiful prayer, Hiskid. May we watch and pray, lest we fall into temptation.
Amen.
Just received this email. I hope it’s OK to post.
One minute each night....9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. God bless us! Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders to behold. This scripture gives us, as Christians, ownership of this land and the ability to call upon God to heal it. I challenge you to do so. We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land. This election is the scariest I remember in my lifetime.
“If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 1 Chronicles 7:14”
During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped.
There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America. The United States of America and our citizens need prayer more than ever ! ! !
If you would like to participate: each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Central, 7:00 PM Mountain, 6:00 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world and the up-coming election.
If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along.
Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have.
Thank You. Please pass this on to anyone who you think will want to join us.
Amen.
As the Rain and Snow Come Down from Heaven,
And Stay Upon the Ground to Water the Earth,
And Cause the Grain to Grow
And to Produce Seed for the Farmer
And Bread for the Hungry,
So Also is My Word.
I Send it Out and it Always Produces Fruit.
It Shall Accomplish All I Want it to,
And Prosper Everywhere I Send it. (Is.55:10-12)
THANK YOU so much for posting this! This is a wonderful idea.
It is wonderful to join together in harmony with you and pray for our country. Thank you all so very much.
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers. 3 Jn. 2
Once again, you have sent us an uplifting and encouraging teaching. Thank you so much for taking the time to pass on so much good Word to us.
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