Prayer (Praise) Thread - Post Palin/Biden Debate

Dear Heavenly Father, You are gracious and kind and very good to us in so many ways. We turned to You for Your help in this debate, and You heard us. Many will praise Sister Sarah, but we know that You are the source of her strength and ours. And so, we just take a moment to thank You for being with us, thank You for answering our prayers, and thank You for blessing America. In Jesus wonderful name I pray these things, Amen.

1 posted on 10/02/2008 7:49:13 PM PDT by Blogger

Thank you God for answering our prayers for Sarah to do well. In Jesus name, Amen.

2 posted on 10/02/2008 7:50:45 PM PDT by Aria ("An America that could elect Sarah Palin might still save itself." Vin Suprynowicz)

To: GoodDay; sweet_diane; toddausauras; tajgirvan; Republic; Red Boots; exit82; GOP Golfer; GOP Poet; ..

3 posted on 10/02/2008 7:50:46 PM PDT by Blogger

I prayed for her all day and then didn’t have the nerve to watch the debate. I’m so glad to hear that she did well.

4 posted on 10/02/2008 7:51:27 PM PDT by Mercat

I prayed privately tonight, about an hour before the debate.

Thank you Lord.

God Bless America.

5 posted on 10/02/2008 7:52:13 PM PDT by IL1949 (Sarah Palin is proof of divine intervention.)

My wife and I and the kids prayed together in the minutes before the debate and I was just thanking God for Sarahs excellent performance when I saw your thread.

6 posted on 10/02/2008 7:52:28 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)

7 posted on 10/02/2008 7:52:59 PM PDT by loveliberty2

My three kids and I had prayed and prayed again right before the debate. My teenage girls thought Palin was much more relatable and they understood her. They thought Biden droned on and on - too hard to understand (They’re 13 & 15).

I was thrilled with Palin, just thrilled. *grin*

8 posted on 10/02/2008 7:53:40 PM PDT by quiet_reverie (http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/19476/donna_hope.html)

Prayers went up for Sarah...and me, too. I was almost sick with nervousness. “Please, Lord, make the handlers stop handling!”

9 posted on 10/02/2008 7:54:05 PM PDT by Mamzelle

To: Manic_Episode

Jesus gave Sarah the peace she needed to be herself. She responded by being herself and that my fellow Americans is the way it is October the second, two thousand eight....goodnight

10 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:06 PM PDT by shadeaud

And all God’s people said...

...AMEN!!

11 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:25 PM PDT by sierrahome (I am pro choice on light bulbs)

Glad to see many do what I did for the first time in my life and that is to prey for a debate. I too rememebered to thank Gog for the blessing. He was truely with Sarah tonight.

12 posted on 10/02/2008 7:56:42 PM PDT by TonyM (E)

I’ve been saying rosaries for her for several days.

13 posted on 10/02/2008 7:57:01 PM PDT by rushmom (l)

Thank you Heavenly Fathers for prayers answered.In Jesus name Amen.

14 posted on 10/02/2008 7:57:09 PM PDT by tapatio

Thank-you God for giving Palin strength tonight.

15 posted on 10/02/2008 7:57:26 PM PDT by Biggirl ( Gov. Sarah Palin Suprise Sen. Biden And Gwen Ifil=^..^=)

Thank you, Jesus! Thank you for giving Sarah grace and strength!

16 posted on 10/02/2008 7:57:36 PM PDT by SouthernChick1

Thank you Lord Jesus.

17 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:14 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)

18 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:19 PM PDT by Biggirl ( Gov. Sarah Palin Suprise Sen. Biden And Gwen Ifil=^..^=)

Thank You Father...Love you!

19 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:57 PM PDT by falpro

Aw Blogger-thank you for this prayer-I stand with you and your words to our Father in Heaven Whom I love.

Thank you Abba, in the Name of Jesus Christ, We are overwhelmed with your response.

20 posted on 10/02/2008 7:59:08 PM PDT by Republic (nw)

Thank you Dear Lord for hearing our prayers.Please help Sarah maintain her strength,intelligence and poise,and help her to continue to grow even more knowledgeable and confident in her road to the Vice Presidency. Continue to bless her and her family,Dear Father.
In Jesus’name we pray...Amen.

21 posted on 10/02/2008 7:59:17 PM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Sarah...it's all up to you,girlfriend!)

Thank you, Father, that You care about us and hear our prayers. We thank You from the bottom of our hearts for Your help to Sarah, and we need You now more than ever to protect the Freedom with which You have endowed us...

22 posted on 10/02/2008 7:59:45 PM PDT by dandelion

The Good Lord was most definitely with Sarah! What a bang up job she did. : ) Great idea for a thread. Many prayers of thanksgiving! : )

23 posted on 10/02/2008 7:59:52 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Governor Palin won the debate hands down!!! Just beautiful! : ))

Thank you JESUS!!!!The prayers of a righteous man avails much.

24 posted on 10/02/2008 8:00:14 PM PDT by shiva

Praise God! Hallelujah, Your faithfulness and lovingkindness is everlasting.

25 posted on 10/02/2008 8:01:06 PM PDT by conservativegramma

Amen to your prayer, Blogger, and thank you for bringing thanksgiving to the table tonight!

Holy God,

We bow before You and give You all the praise and glory for working through our sister Sarah tonight. May the people of this nation and of the world see a glimpse of You through her, and may all honor, glory, praise, and blessing be unto You. Great is Your faithfulness in hearing and responding to our prayers in ways far more wonderful than we could imagine or think. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

26 posted on 10/02/2008 8:01:55 PM PDT by Faith

27 posted on 10/02/2008 8:02:05 PM PDT by littlehouse36 (Those who are kind to the cruel, in the end will be cruel to the kind.)

I missed the debate due to work but prayed much of the evening for Sarah and Mc. Thank you, Lord, for giving Sarah the strength and courage during the debate. Please continue to bless Sarah, John McCain, and the USA.

28 posted on 10/02/2008 8:03:44 PM PDT by Guti

29 posted on 10/02/2008 8:04:30 PM PDT by LucyJo

To: littlehouse36

thanks be to god who cares for the beasts and the children who have no voice. sarah we love you. god bless her husband children and parents as they love support and guide in the pit of snakes she has been asked to walk into.

30 posted on 10/02/2008 8:04:31 PM PDT by TurtleStink

Thank you Lord for hearing our prayers for Gov. Palin and answering them. In all things let your will be done. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen.

31 posted on 10/02/2008 8:08:00 PM PDT by edge10

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for working through Sarah. Thank You for giving her Your words, wisdom, understanding, discernment, wit, compassion, honesty, strength and presence. Please be with John McCain and allow him to do even better in his last two debates. Please help us, all your people, to humble ourselves and pray and seek Your face, and turn from evil, and we know that You will heal our land. Thank You God.

Amen!

32 posted on 10/02/2008 8:08:05 PM PDT by Linda Frances

Amen. Our prayers were answered. Thank you, Lord, for your continued hedge of protection around the candidates and for blessing Gov. Palin with the strength and humility to live according to your will. God bless all the FReeper family for their daily prayers and thoughts in trying to make America a place worthy of God’s blessings.

33 posted on 10/02/2008 8:09:19 PM PDT by rabidralph (Unleash your inner Palin.)

I wasn’t going to watch either but I got my nerve up and turned on the TV and was VERY happy I did. I’m just elated!

34 posted on 10/02/2008 8:09:23 PM PDT by Aria ("An America that could elect Sarah Palin might still save itself." Vin Suprynowicz)

Thank you God for answering prayer and holding up your dear child, Sarah Palin, tonight. We give you praise for all that You are doing and all that You have done for this great country.

35 posted on 10/02/2008 8:10:23 PM PDT by betsyross60 (God bless our troops everywhere!)

Thank you, Lord, for being with Sarah in her and the nation’s time of greatest need. Be with her as she continues this campaign. Keep her and her family safe and in the bosom of your love. We pray that those who are trying to win power by the use of fraud will find their plans thwarted and their hands tied.

36 posted on 10/02/2008 8:16:35 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (The left are at the KIDS TABLE throwing turkey giblets!!! (Dennis Miller))

37 posted on 10/02/2008 8:17:51 PM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Praise God and pass the ammunition!)

38 posted on 10/02/2008 8:17:51 PM PDT by toddausauras

You should have watched her. She was magnificent. I also prayed for her all day, and our prayers were answered abundantly. Believe me. (She mopped the floor with Joe; not to gloat over Joe. He had the look of a man who knew he hadn’t done too well; at times there were tears, and toward the last he was white as a sheet and his face was crestfallen.)

39 posted on 10/02/2008 8:18:10 PM PDT by Twinkie (JOURNALISM IS DEAD.)

Thank you Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Father in Heaven.

40 posted on 10/02/2008 8:19:21 PM PDT by toddausauras

Thank you heavenly Father for your graceful answer to our prayers. Amen

41 posted on 10/02/2008 8:26:45 PM PDT by truebluetexan

My prayers were answered, except for the one where I prayed Biden would make a huge gaffe.

42 posted on 10/02/2008 8:28:53 PM PDT by LongTimeMILurker

To: truebluetexan

43 posted on 10/02/2008 8:29:15 PM PDT by Notasoccermom (.)

To: LongTimeMILurker

44 posted on 10/02/2008 8:30:53 PM PDT by Blogger

Many of us here in Texas were praying. God Blessed us and to Him goes the glory.

45 posted on 10/02/2008 8:30:56 PM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.LifeEthics.org (I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.))

Thank you Sweet Jesus for answering our prayers and pleas.

46 posted on 10/02/2008 8:32:57 PM PDT by BlueAngel

47 posted on 10/02/2008 8:33:01 PM PDT by petitfour

Thank you Lord for the answered prayers! Please continue to bless us on Nov. 4th! Amen

48 posted on 10/02/2008 8:39:36 PM PDT by tpanther (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke)

As I drove to Davis (CA) tonight to watch the debate with my Republican friends there, I prayed for her and thought about this Psalm:

Psalms 31

1 For the leader. A psalm of David.
2
In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice deliver me;
3
incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me! Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.
4
You are my rock and my fortress; for your name’s sake lead and guide me.
5
Free me from the net they have set for me, for you are my refuge.
6
2 Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, LORD, faithful God.
7
You hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
8
I will rejoice and be glad in your love, once you have seen my misery, observed my distress.
9
You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a free and open space.
10
Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress; with grief my eyes are wasted, my soul and body spent.
11
My life is worn out by sorrow, my years by sighing. My strength fails in affliction; my bones are consumed.
12
To all my foes I am a thing of scorn, to my neighbors, a dreaded sight, a horror to my friends. When they see me in the street, they quickly shy away.
13
3 I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead; I am like a shattered dish.
14
4 I hear the whispers of the crowd; terrors are all around me. They conspire against me; they plot to take my life.
15
But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
16
My times are in your hands; rescue me from my enemies, from the hands of my pursuers.
17
Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your kindness.
18
Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, LORD. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.
19
Strike dumb their lying lips, proud lips that attack the just in contempt and scorn.
20
How great is your goodness, Lord, stored up for those who fear you. You display it for those who trust you, in the sight of all the people.
21
You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from scheming enemies. You keep them in your abode, safe from plotting tongues.
22
Blessed be the LORD, who has shown me wondrous love, and been for me a city most secure.
23
Once I said in my anguish, “I am shut out from your sight.” Yet you heard my plea, when I cried out to you.
24
Love the LORD, all you faithful. The LORD protects the loyal, but repays the arrogant in full.
25
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
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Footnotes
1 [Psalm 31] A lament (Psalm 31:2-19) with a strong emphasis on trust (Psalm 31:4, 6, 15-16), ending with an anticipatory thanksgiving (Psalm 31:20-24). As is usual in laments, the affliction is couched in general terms. The psalmist feels overwhelmed by evil people but trusts in the “faithful God” (Psalm 31:6).

2 [6] Into your hands I commend my spirit: in Luke 23:46 Jesus breathes his last with this psalm verse. Stephen in Acts 7:59 illudes to these words as he is attacked by enemies. The verse is used as an antiphon in the Divine Office at Compline, the last prayer of the day.

3 [13] Like a shattered dish: a common comparison for something ruined and useless. Cf Isaiah 30:14; Jeremiah 19:11; 22:28

4 [14] Terrors are all around: a cry used in inescapable danger. Cf Jeremiah 6:25; 20:10; 46:5; 49:29.

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49 posted on 10/02/2008 8:39:49 PM PDT by bethtopaz (Check out Obamafraud: http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/video/index.htm)

I couldn’t even watch the debate. I preferred to pray instead. Praise God! I can see by the reactions that He answered our prayers tonight!

50 posted on 10/02/2008 8:45:47 PM PDT by lquist1

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