Posted on 06/25/2014 8:54:05 AM PDT by Hiskid
As Your representatives, we call for grace and mercy for wandering souls in our Nation and among our military who dont know You as Lord and Savior. We bow our knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that You would grant them, according to the riches of Your glory, to be strengthened with might through Your Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in their hearts through faith; that, being rooted and grounded in love, they may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that they may be filled with all the fullness of God.
We also pray this for those who DO know Your name. Truly this is that outpouring of Your Spirit You have promised.
David said, My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. (Ps. 5:3). Having prayed, we purpose to do the same thingto look up. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Praying with you.
Blessings, etabeta
Read: 1 Samuel 24:1-10
If Kiera Wilmot had performed her experiment during her high school science class, it might have earned her an A. But instead she was charged with causing an explosion. Although she had planned to have her teacher approve the experiment, her classmates persuaded her to perform it outside the classroom. When she mixed chemicals inside a plastic bottle, it exploded and she unintentionally unsettled some fellow students.
The Old Testament tells the story of another case of peer pressure. David and his men were hiding from Saul in a cave when Saul entered (1 Sam. 24). Davids companions suggested that God had delivered Saul to them, and they urged David to kill him (vv.4,10). If David killed Saul, they thought they could stop hiding and David could become king. But David refused to harm Saul because he was the Lords anointed (v.6).
People in our lives may sometimes suggest we do what seems most gratifying or practical in the moment. But there is a difference between worldly and spiritual wisdom (1 Cor. 2:6-7). Wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy (James 3:17). When others are urging us to take a certain course of action, we can invite God to influence our response.
I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!
Amen.
Praying ... keeping our faith hope and love alive, awake, and unending. Amen.
Amen.
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