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Posted on 05/05/2008 7:44:10 AM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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We Bow in Reverence Before You, Lord, So Thankful for Your Mercy and Your Love. Our Hearts Soar with Wonder in the Presence of Heaven's King. Your Name is Lovely, and You are Precious and Honored in our Eyes. Thank You for Caring for us, our Compassionate, Gracious Lord. Redeemed from Sin, and Predestined in Love, we Praise You for Your Majestic Grace!
Glory to You, Master, for Your Kindness to us in Christ. We could not Merit Your Love, and Yet, You Rescued us! Through Infinite Mercy, You have Breathed New Life into the Dead. We Love You, Your Majesty, and Thank You for Placing us in Your Son.
We Ask for Your Favor, O God; Please Keep us Well and Safe. Please Guard our Military with a Mighty Hand; Lavish them with Blessings, Lord-King.
We Thank You, our Savior, for our Brother-President, George Bush. His Enemies Long for his Downfall, but we Pray for his Blessing and Success. Grant him Your Mind and Wisdom, and Turn him from Errors he Makes. Anoint him, Dear Spirit of Christ, as he Carries Your Name through a Fallen World.
Our Abba, Please Send us Godly Men to Lead our Land. Clean House, my Lord, and Grant us Men who Love Your Righteous Way.
We Pray for Israel's Safety and Peace, Dear Lord. Please Protect her from her Venomous Foes. Be Pleased to Grant her a Place of Blessing in the Earth.
We Worship You, our Father, and Thank You for Hearing our Prayers. Praise be to our God, as we Pray in His Excellency's Name, amen.
AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
“I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
What a sweet title: “My people!” What a cheering revelation: “Their God!”
How much of meaning is couched in those two words, “My people!” Here is
speciality. The whole world is God’s; the heaven, even the heaven of
heavens is the Lord’s, and he reigneth among the children of men; but of
those whom he hath chosen, whom he hath purchased to himself, he saith
what he saith not of others-”My people.” In this word there is the idea of
proprietorship. In a special manner the “Lord’s portion is his people;
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
“ All the nations upon earth are his; the whole world is in his power; yet
are his people, his chosen, more especially his possession; for he has
done more for them than others; he has bought them with his blood; he has
brought them nigh to himself; he has set his great heart upon them; he has
loved them with an everlasting love, a love which many waters cannot
quench, and which the revolutions of time shall never suffice in the least
degree to diminish.
Dear friends, can you, by faith, see yourselves in that number? Can you
look up to heaven and say, “My Lord and my God: mine by that sweet
relationship which entitles me to call thee Father; mine by that hallowed
fellowship which I delight to hold with thee when thou art pleased to
manifest thyself unto me as thou dost not unto the world?” Canst thou read
the Book of Inspiration, and find there the indentures of thy salvation?
Canst thou read thy title writ in precious blood? Canst thou, by humble
faith, lay hold of Jesus’ garments, and say, “My Christ”? If thou canst,
then God saith of thee, and of others like thee, “My people;” for, if God
be your God, and Christ your Christ, the Lord has a special, peculiar
favour to you; you are the object of his choice, accepted in his beloved
Son.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
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Amen, and we will Sing of His Love and His Grace Forever! Thank you, my Dear Pastor, and Praise God for your Heart that Honors our King and Seeks His Glory in Making these Devotionals Available to His Flock. May our Lord be Exalted throughout Eternity for His Ministries through His Servants in Grace.
Examine the words of Psalm 86, and you might forget that you are reading the musings of a good leader. King David prayed, “O Lord, hear me; for I am poor and needy” (v.1). Then the king of Israel refers to himself as a “servant” and pleads for mercy. Think of it! This was the man God had chosen to lead His people, pleading for God’s help. Wow!
As we think about the role of leaders—whether centuries ago or today—it’s vital that we review what leadership means. According to businessman and author Max De Pree, whose leadership moved his company near the top of the Fortune 500: “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader.” Those two words, servant and debtor, describe David’s view of himself as he asked God for help during his time of leadership.
All of us who are in a leadership position—whether leading a family, a church, a classroom, or a business—need the humble words of Psalm 86 as our guide. The “poor and needy” (v.1) servant-leader who trusts God is the one who, in the end, can say as David did, “You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me” (v.17).
Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 28–29; Proverbs 12:15-28
Amen.
Thank you for the pictures!
Amen, Holy Lord. We ask You to raise up for us men after Your own heart who will lead with Your wisdom and discernment, bringing glory and honor to You alone.
Clean house is right. Amen.
” I delight to do Thy Will, O’ My God: yea they Law is within my heart”
-Psalm 40:8
May Our dear Brother, President Bush and the Lovely Laura , delight to do the Will of the Lord all the days of their lives, amen.
I agree In Jesus name with your prayer and ask for the Peace of Jerusalem, amen.
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