Posted on 09/23/2014 2:09:44 AM PDT by Jeanbl
-- we have not stopped praying for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all the wisdom and understanding which the Spirit gives; so that you may live lives worthy of the Lord and entirely pleasing to him, being fruitful in every good work and multiplying in the full knowledge of God. We pray that you will be continually strengthened with all the power that comes from his glorious might; so that you will be able to persevere and be patient in any situation, joyfully giving thanks to the Father. ~ Colossians 1:9-12
LORD, through the Blessed SPIRIT that gives, we ask: FILL THEM. Fill them with the knowledge of YOUR WILL. Help them and guide them in wisdom and understanding in all that they do, keeping them ever mindful of who they are in CHRIST. LORD, it is THY SON in whom you are well pleased, and IN CHRIST, and through walking in the SPIRIT, we are united in this Blessing. Amen.
GROW THEM. Oh most HOLY SPIRIT, much strength and humility can be had through the GLORY of THY BLESSED FRUIT ~ love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control ~ Against such there is no law, but the peaceful reality of pleasing YOU. Help them with these fruits which bring Glory to YOUR Name and GOOD to their souls. We pray that all timidity will fade and be replaced with THY BLESSED ASSURANCE of Strength, Love and Sound Mind as they face various fears and foes.
And LORD, EMPOWER THEM. Give them strength that comes from YOUR GLORIOUS MIGHT, ever increasing their perseverance in all situations, so that their joy and thanksgiving will be ever increasing as well.
We ask all these things, in JESUS NAME AMEN.
Joining you in prayer for our Heroes.
Blessings, etabeta
A BIG “AMEN” to your prayer for Our American Heroes and For Our Nation.
Read: 2 Samuel 1:17-27
In March 2011, a devastating tsunami struck Japan, taking nearly 16,000 lives as it obliterated towns and villages along the coast. Writer and poet Gretel Erlich visited Japan to witness and document the destruction. When she felt inadequate to report what she was seeing, she wrote a poem about it. In a PBS NewsHour interview she said, My old friend William Stafford, a poet now gone, said, A poem is an emergency of the spirit.
We find poetry used throughout the Bible to express deep emotion, ranging from joyful praise to anguished loss. When King Saul and his son Jonathan were killed in battle, David was overwhelmed with grief (2 Sam. 1:1-12). He poured out his soul in a poem he called the Song of the Bow: Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. . . . How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! . . . I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you have been very pleasant to me (vv.23-26).
When we face an emergency of the spiritwhether glad or sadour prayers can be a poem to the Lord. While we may stumble to articulate what we feel, our heavenly Father hears our words as a true expression of our hearts.
Amen.
Yes!! Amen!!
Amen.
I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!
Praying your prayer with you, Jeanbl Amen
Amen to your Beautiful, Powerful Prayer, Dear Servant of our King.
Standing with you in 100% Agreement.
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