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Please Join us in Praising our Lord Jesus Christ,
And Lift Prayer for our Nation, and our Awesome American Heroes

Amen to Your prayer for Our American Heroes and For Our Beloved Nation.

Amen, Kitty Mittens!

Joining in prayer for our troops and our nation. May the evil be defeated and may the righteous who fear the Lord came to power.

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Creating Your Life
July 18, 2013

The advice that I read in a self-help book sounded good: Do only what you’re great at because that’s when you’ll feel most fulfilled. The author was trying to help readers create the kind of life they wanted. I don’t know about you, but if I did only what I was great at, I wouldn’t accomplish much!

In Mark 10, we read about two disciples, James and John, who had some plans for the kind of life they wanted for themselves someday. They asked to be at Jesus’ right and left hand in His kingdom (v.37). The other 10 disciples were “greatly displeased” with them for asking (v.41). (Possibly because that was the kind of position they wanted for themselves!)

But Jesus used the opportunity to teach His followers about another kind of life—one of serving others. He said, “Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all” (vv.43-44). It appears that service for others is God’s design for us.

Even Jesus, the Son of God, “did not come to be served, but to serve” (v.45). As we look at Christ’s example and depend on the Holy Spirit’s help, we too can be servants and will create a fulfilling life.

I admit, Lord, that my eyes do get focused on
myself. But I really do want to live from a
heart of love for You. Teach me to be a servant
and to look for my fulfillment in You.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Read: Mark 10:35-45

Whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. —Mark 10:44

Bible in a Year:
Psalms 20-22; Acts 21:1-17

Praying with you for our Heroes and our beloved Nation.

Blessings, etabeta

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR OUR AMERICAN HEROES AND FOR OUR BELOVED NATION!

GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE PRAYER AT VALLEY FORGE
"Let Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rod"
William Billings
Mixed District Choir, Fairfax, Virginia
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IN THE COLDEST and darkest days of the American Revolution, General George Washington raised his prayers for the survival of his beleaguered Army and of the new Nation. The Lord answered those prayers, upheld his Army through a punishing nadir to everlasting Glory, and bestowed His manifold benefits upon the new Nation.

FROM THE BRAVE, albeit weary, ill-equipped, and untrained volunteers who straggled into Valley Forge on 19 December 1777 arose, with the help of some gallant friends from across the waves, the cohesive fighting force that became the United States Army, global defender of Freedom and scourge of Tyrants.

AS GENERAL WASHINGTON lifted his prayers on high in that bleak Winter, let our prayers now rise like a fountain for our Heroes in the American Armed Forces who seek to secure the benefits of Freedom on behalf of a people hungry for them. Father, look on our prayers for them with favor, guide their steps in righteousness and envelop them in the shelter of Your Healing Wings. Bless and uphold them in the performance of their Mission. Through Jesus Christ, Your Son, with the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

SHADOWS AT ARLINGTON
God Of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Morman Tabernacle Choir
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HEAVENLY FATHER, Lord of the Nations, unto Your Divine Mercy we commend the souls of these valiant men and women who have fallen in the service of our Beloved Nation and in defense of the Freedoms we hold dear. We pray that You gather them in Your loving embrace, that You cause Your Countenance to shine upon them, and that You vouchsafe their souls to dwell eternally in Your Divine Presence. Through Jesus Christ Your Son, with the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!

Thank you Kitty for leading us in this prayer of HOPE FILLED trust...I join with you:

Psalm 5:11
Let All those that Trust in Thee Rejoice:
Let them Ever Shout for Joy,
Because Thou Defendest them.

ETERNAL GOD, how we GLORIFY YOU with PRAISE and THANKSGIVING knowing that our TRUST IN YOU will never be defiled for YOU ARE HOLY YOU ARE TRUE YOU ARE NEVER CHANGING YOU ARE WORTHY YOU ARE GOOD YOU ARE GOD…OH LORD, we may fail eachother and cause doubts to arise among ourselves…but THANK YOU THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO EVER DOUBT YOUR GOODNESS AND GLORY..AMEN. With such great knowledge of WHO YOU ARE, are hearts REJOICE, we SHOUT FOR JOY, for we know our GOD and we ADORE YOU YOUR FAITHFULNESS to YOUR CHILDREN..AMEN. Dear LORD GOD, if GOD BE FOR US, who can be against us…YOU are the defender of the weak, the defender of the humble, the defender of the fatherless, defender of the widow, defender of the broken, defender of repentant, defender of even the backslidden for YOU make intercession for us all..AMEN. If we are YOURS, there is no circumstance beyond our TRUST IN YOU…AMEN and AMEN. OH LORD, we ask that our men and women would submit to prayer, would test, taste and see that the LORD IS GOOD and the LORD IS GOD….may their trust in YOU bring forth GLORY TO YOUR NAME, and good to their souls…IN JESUS PRECIOUS GLORY AND NAME…AMEN.