Posted on 11/19/2014 9:47:38 AM PST by Hiskid
Your free gift of grace requires a stretching of our human understanding, and yet it is by that same grace that we have been able to receive eternal life and Your daily presence. Thank You for calling us, enlightening us and empowering us by Your Holy Spirit. Because we have experienced this grace, we cry out for the other people in our Nation to receive the same grace, especially those in authority. Pour out of Your Spirit and let Your Word have free course among us, Sir. Show us the heighth, depth, breadth and length of Your loving grace. Thank You.
Let our leaders be so affected by this grace that they walk in Your Word: Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
We pray today, also, for the protection of each member of our Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Israel. Cause them to be a success at what they set their hands to and give Your angels charge over them to guard them in all their ways.
How we need You, our God. Thank You for the favor You show us by answering our prayers in Jesus Name. Amen.
Praying with you for Our American Heroes and for Our Nation.
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When Max Lucado participated in a half-Ironman triathlon, he experienced the negative power of complaint. He said, After the 1.2-mile swim and the 56-mile bike ride, I didnt have much energy left for the 13.1-mile run. Neither did the fellow jogging next to me. He said, This stinks. This race is the dumbest decision Ive ever made. I said, Goodbye. Max knew that if he listened too long, he would start agreeing with him. So he said goodbye and kept running.
Among the Israelites, too many people listened too long to complaints and began to agree with them. This displeased God, and for good reason. God had delivered the Israelites from slavery, and agreed to live in their midst, but they still complained. Beyond the hardship of the desert, they were dissatisfied with Gods provision of manna. In their complaint, Israel forgot that the manna was a gift to them from Gods loving hand (Num. 11:6). Because complaining poisons the heart with ingratitude and can be a contagion, God had to judge it.
This is a sure way to say goodbye to complaining and ingratitude: Each day, lets rehearse the faithfulness and goodness of God to us.
Amen...praying for our beloved heroes and our nation.
Adding my prayers for our Heroes and our Nation.
Blessings, etabeta
Joining you, Hiskid, in prayer for our nation.
May God protect our heroes from all enemies. May we confess our sins as a people and spark a revival and healing in our land.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen to Each and Every Word of your Powerful Prayer, Dearest Sister Hiskid.
Praying with you in Heartfelt Agreement.
THANK YOU for praying.
Adding my prayers.
Blessings, etabeta
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