Troop Prayer Thread 10 - A Year of VICTORY!

[TEXOKIE]

THREE CHEERS FOR OUR WONDERFUL TROOPS, THEIR ALLIES, AND ALL WHO ARE SERVING IN SUPPORT CAPACITIES IN THE WAR ON TERROR! YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS NATION A YEAR OF VICTORY IN THAT WAR! The honor is yours, but know that we bask in your accomplishments and love you for your steadfast service on this day!

Welcome, everyone to the 10th Troop Prayer Thread! Today is the anniversary of the resumption of hostilities with Iraq, wherein our troops have made military history that shall ring down the centuries.

The troop prayer threads are dedicated to giving our troops, allies, and all who are serving the Holy Cause of Freedom, including (but not limited to) the families and loved ones waiting at home and those who are not in uniform but who are serving in dangerous situations supporting our troops and gathering intelligence spiritual support. We seek together to offer prayer, scriptures, encouraging messages, and other devotions dedicated to this purpose.

We have over the past year gathered together a prayer list of these servants of freedom. You will find it posted below. FReeper amom has been serving as our List Keeper this past year and I wish to thank and commend her for doing such a meticulous job of keeping it updated. She has also been keeping our ping list up to date. If you wish to submit a name for the prayer list or to add or take off a name from the ping list, please let either or both of us know.

For those of us who have somewhat limited computer capacity, or still have phone modems, we request that graphics be limited to pictures of loved ones for whom we are offering prayers, special visuals that seem particularly appropriate, and as much as possible, non-moving graphics. Thank you.

Thank you so much for spiritually supporting our troops, allies, support civilians, and their families.

We are grateful to God that for those who have been injured or taken back Home, He has dispatched angels to their care.

To view the previous prayer threads, use these links:

Troop Prayer Thread 9:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1031704/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 8:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/994696/posts?page=451,50

Troop Prayer Thread 7:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/973786/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 6:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/917197/posts?page=301,50

Troop Prayer Thread 5:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898097/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 4:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879044/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 3:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/873600/posts?page=151,50

Troop Prayer Thread 2:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/870136/posts

Troop Prayer Thread 1:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/863153/posts

For those who wish to pay their respects and honor our Fallen Heroes, please visit this thread:

Names,Stories, and Pictures of Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872330/posts?q=1&&page=601

Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way
Help me remember
Somewhere out there
A man died for me today
--As long as there be war
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?"

Taken from the book, "A Man Called Intrepid" by William Stevenson about William Stephenson, the head of British intelligence services prior to and during WWII. He wrote this at the very beginnings of the Battle of Britain and shared it with Eleanor Roosevelt.

STAR SPANGELED BANNER

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.

No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

FRANCES SCOTT KEY

AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AND OUR LOVE IS GREAT ENOUGH TO HOLD YOU ETERNALLY VICTORIOUS IN THE LIGHT!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Amen!

[TEXOKIE]

PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP!!

Here is a heartwarming and inspiring story about the love a county has for one of its wounded homegrown heroes. There is a tissue alert associated with this trip. So put on your hiking boots, grab a big box of tissue, and maybe even a hammer and some nails and check this out!

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125309/posts

[TEXOKIE]

LOL! My goodness...let's try it this time with the ping list!

PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP!!

Here is a heartwarming and inspiring story about the love a county has for one of its wounded homegrown heroes. There is a tissue alert associated with this trip. So put on your hiking boots, grab a big box of tissue, and maybe even a hammer and some nails and check this out!

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125309/posts

[Soaring Feather]

LOL you crack me up woman!!!

bump to the top!!

[TEXOKIE]

:-) *big grin*

HI MS FEATHER!!! HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU???? Thanks for laughing with me and not at me for my little senior moment there!

[Soaring Feather]

LOL!! Gee wiz Tex, a couple of weeks ago we had a night flight in the Canteen. Real pilots, too. Two of them!!
Oh man what a night! LOL Reminded me of the good ole days with you at the helm.

I am well thanks and you??

Thank You for being so faithful with the Prayer list.

[TEXOKIE]

PRAYER WARRIOR EFFICIENCY TIPS!!

I feel certain that many of you are like me in that once you embarked on the lifelong journey of becoming a Prayer Warrior, you began looking for nuggets along the way which give insight, inspiration, or encouragement in how to pray or refine our vessels. The other day I realized that it might be a useful exercise to share some of those things as we run across them. I have one with which I would like to start the ball rolling.

This is taken from a bulletin from a local church I attended recently:

A SHORT COURSE IN HUMAN RELATIONS:

The 6 most important words:
I ADMIT I MADE A MISTAKE.


The 5 most important words:
YOU DID A GOOD JOB.

The 4 most important words:
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

The 3 most important words:
WILL YOU PLEASE?

The 2 most important words:
THANK YOU.

The 1 most important word:
WE

The lease important word:
I

[Soaring Feather]

Thanks for the tips Texokie, most prudent.

[TEXOKIE]

:-( awwwwwwww sorry I missed that! I bet the Canteen Galz were all swooning! LOL!

The graphics over there in the Canteen have gotten so elaborate that my poor little modem hookup takes forever to load. It just became so hard to even pull up the Canteen. Maybe someday we'll be getting a better hookup here on the Oklahoma Plain. Actually, it really does appear hopeful, for we heard a rumor that the city is out putting in some fiber optic lines...hmmmmmmm! Think good thoughts, ok??

I'm glad you are doing well. You are welcome for the prayer thread. It is a joy, honor, and tremendous opportunity to be able to work with so many valiant Prayer Warriors in holding vigil for our troops.

[fatima]

Prayer Bump.

[TEXOKIE]

You are welcome for the tips! I'm glad you like them! I've got a few more gathered up that over time I hope to post. If you run across some that are particularly helpful, let me know!

[Soaring Feather]

..hmmmmmmm! Think good thoughts, ok??
Sorry, I know this is a serious thread, but I just could not resist. ;-)

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Coming to our prayer family, joining you in prayer for our Marines and allies in Fallujah.

[TEXOKIE]

"..hmmmmmmm! Think good thoughts, ok??
Sorry, I know this is a serious thread, but I just could not resist. ;-)"


ROFL!!!

[TEXOKIE]

There is apparently some major action going on presently in Fallujah. Two threads following it can be found here:


http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125440/posts?q=1&&page=51


http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125432/posts

MERCIFUL FATHER IN HEAVEN,

We come to you pleading for your intercession in the battle raging in and around the town of Fallujah, Iraq. We understand that there have been heard a number of large explosions, and there has been action from our air force.

Father, we are following the admonition of General Patton, who instructed his men that prayer is the key to battle. It is the lynch pin which allows us to place into the hands of our FAther all the unforeseen things which can happen in a fire fight. We do indeed ask that you shall take command of this action, beloved Father! We ask that you will protect each and every one of our beloved troops and allies who are involved. We call forth an immediate strengthening of their spiritual and physical armor. FAther, spare the lives and limbs of these beloved young people who place themselves on the line to protect their own nation and the spirit of Freedom in Iraq and the other nations for whom they are fighting. We invoke miracles of protection and mercy! We invoke legions of your protection angels to enter the fray! Let the legions of Victory come forth and bless our young people who are fighting this day!

Father, place your all-seeing eye upon the ones who are the thugs and forces of anti-Freedom. Expose their positions to our armed forces! Expose the bankruptcy of their ideas and politics to the Arabs and peoples of Iraq and the Middle East! Father, we know that you have a Plan and a Vision. We invoke that Plan and Vision and call forth from your own hand the intercession of legions of your angels to bring it forth into manifestation!!

Father, we thank you for hearing our prayers. Comfort and bless those who have loved ones in danger. Hold them close and grant them peace, courage, and faith while they are awaiting news of their loved ones.

Take our prayers, Father, and multiply them! If our prayers are not enough by themselves, supply the lack! Enfire us with a consuming fervor and the certitude that all shall go well; that you are the One in command! Thank, you Father, for being so approachable, and yet so Mighty. We pray and hold vigil and await the outcome. We feel the rustling of the Holy Spirit. Let that rustling turn into a mighty Wind of Freedom and Victory there in Fallujah!

As always, we ask that our prayers will be adjusted according to thy Will, for we would not pray amiss.

Amen

[JulieRNR21]

I add my fervent AMEN to your beautiful prayer!

[Soaring Feather]

bump to the top.

[LucyJo]

Amen...continuing prayers.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the pings!

[Alamo-Girl]

I join in your prayer!