The Prayer Room: Praying for America, FR, and all who need it

Various | 11/8/06 | Knitting a Conundrum

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Psalm 127:1>

At this time, when feelings run high, the world seems crazy, and anger seems to be the one thing the peoples of the world have in common, I invite you, my fellow FReepers, to join me in prayers and meditation for guidance, God's help and for our fellow man, for America, our troops,  and all our own needs.


Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father’s throne
Make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
My soul has often found relief
And oft escaped the tempter’s snare
By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

William Bradbury

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult.

Psalm 46: 1-3

[bperiwinkle7]

Amen.

[bperiwinkle7]

Psa 37:23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;
Psa 37:24 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.
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Psa 17:5 My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Psa 17:6 I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.
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Psa 119:133 Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
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Psa 85:13 Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.

OH LORD we call upon you to guide us and direct us today. We don't always know where to go and how to walk before you. We wait for your help.

Psa 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Father, you are good and kind and we thank you for comfort and joy in the way today.

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life........

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/f/oforaclo.htm

O for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!

Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view
Of Jesus and His Word?

What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn
And drove Thee from my breast.

The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.

So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.
--William Cowper

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Kitty Mittens]

So Thankful for your Posts, Dear Ones in Christ, and Praising our Lord for His Blessings through His Church!

The Hymn by our Brother William Cowper you Shared with us, bp7, is Wonderful, and my Spirit was Rejoicing to Think of how he is Filled with Joy and Peace as he Beholds our Savior's Face. 'I am Like a Green Olive Tree in the House of God; I Trust in the Mercy of God Forever and Ever!' (Ps. 52:8)

I Found a Paraphrase of Psalm 57 that was an Enjoyable Read this Morning:

"Be good to me, God—and now!
I've run to you for dear life.
I'm hiding out under your wings
Until the hurricane blows over.
I call out to High God,
The God who holds me together.
He sends orders from heaven and saves me,
He humiliates those who kick me around.
God delivers generous love,
He makes good on his word.

I find myself in a pride of lions
Who are wild for a taste of human flesh;
Their teeth are lances and arrows,
Their tongues are sharp daggers.

Soar high in the skies, O God!
Cover the whole earth with your glory!
They booby-trapped my path;
I thought I was dead and done for.
They dug a mantrap to catch me,
And fell in headlong themselves.

I'm ready, God, so ready,
Ready from head to toe,
Ready to sing, ready to raise a tune:
"Wake up, soul!
Wake up, harp! wake up, lute!
Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!"

I'm thanking you, God, out loud in the streets,
Singing your praises in town and country.
The deeper your love, the higher it goes;
Every cloud is a flag to your faithfulness.

Soar high in the skies, O God!
Cover the whole earth with your glory! (Ps.57)

[syriacus]

Amen, bperiwinkle7.

[syriacus]

Amen, Knitting A Conundrum.

[bperiwinkle7]

Amen Sister Kitty.
We delighted in snow earlier today and now the sky is bright and those clouds of which you spoke are celebrating God's Faithfulness to us....!

[Rte66]

Prayer bump and bookmark so I can come back to read.

[Rte66]

Prayer request for this special young man!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764899/posts?page=1#1


1 posted on 01/09/2007 3:37:52 PM CST by Shery

" ... I just received an email from a friend of the family that our nephew, Ben, is deploying to either Somalia or Iraq. He just finished basic training this fall. His parents (and, by the way...he was an adopted child from S. Korea as an infant) are missionaries to Thailand and the Burmese refugees on the northern border. Please keep Ben in your prayers! ..."

[bperiwinkle7]

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/p/approach.htm

Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.

Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.

Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By war without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.

Be Thou my Shield and hiding Place,
That, sheltered by Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him Thou hast died!

O wondrous love! to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead Thy gracious Name.

“Poor tempest-tossèd soul, be still;
My promised grace receive”;
’Tis Jesus speaks—I must, I will,
I can, I do believe.

Pro 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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Psa 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
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Psa 115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
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Psa 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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Psa 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Let Praise rise to you Oh Worthy Redeemer King.
We will rise up on our beds with a song of praise for you in the night.
You have caused us to love you.
Be our shield and exceeding great reward.
Thank you for watching over us this day.
Help all those that are weary to mount up with wings like eagles, to run and not be weary, to walk and not faint.
Thank you for your forgiveness and your cleansing Blood.
Let us rest in you and take shelter, and abide in peace.

Psa 119:165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.

[.30Carbine]

Amen. Thy will, O Lord, be done.

[.30Carbine]

Psa 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Thank you. What a glorious truth.

[.30Carbine]

Thank you so much for sharing Psalm 57 in that powerful paraphrase. Every single thing we see and feel and touch speaks to us of His Glory, because His Spirit lives in us and interprets everything to our understanding of Him. What Glory this.

Every cloud is a flag to your faithfulness.

"My sheep hear My Voice." ~Jesus

[E.G.C.]

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[E.G.C.]

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[.30Carbine]

"When I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Cor. 12:10b) Amen.

[syriacus]

Amen, bperiwinkle7.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Meditation on Isaiah 52:7-10

How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news,
publishing the glad tidings of peace,
announcing the word of salvation,
who says to Zion,
Your God reigns!

Gospel,
Godspell,
God's story,
Love's story,
how the rejected Lover
reclaimed his bride,
how the willful child
found a loving Father in spite of his actions
how the contrite found hope,
how the sinful, redemption,
the brokenhearted, healing.

See how the guardians in their watchtowers
call out the news -
joy unbounded
in the songs that angels sang
to the outcasts with their flocks,
to the poorest of the poor,
how God himself
came to rescue them,
be one with them,
sleeping in a stable,
refusing the palace.

The Lord,
the Lover,
the King,
baring his arms in the glory of his might,
the amazement of his birth,
the wonder of his death,
the splendor of his ressurection,
and to all the ends of the earth,
he proclaims his salvation

O sing forth,
this story of Love,
how the Lover stretched out his arms,
embracing the world,
crucifex,
down to the darkness of death,
shattering its gates
to bring forth
unutterable joy.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[bperiwinkle7]

Pro 3:11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
Pro 3:12 for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
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Job 5:17 "Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
Job 5:18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
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Heb 12:5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.
Heb 12:6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives."
Heb 12:7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Heb 12:8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
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Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
Rom 7:23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Rom 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Oh Father, spare not your reproof and search me and know my heart thoroughly, but I am continually sickened at the corruption in the flesh. This flesh.
Lord, change me and Redeem me forever.
I know there is Life in repentance and renewal from your Spirit.
Please continue to change me and bring me into that likeness of Jesus you have planned for me.
Help me to not be discouraged.
I know there is no hope in this physical body, but I walk according to the Spririt of God.

1Co 15:51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
1Co 15:55 "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/e/searchme.htm

Search me, O God,
And know my heart today;
Try me, O Savior,
Know my thoughts, I pray.
See if there be
Some wicked way in me;
Cleanse me from every sin
And set me free.

I praise Thee, Lord,
For cleansing me from sin;
Fulfill Thy Word,
And make me pure within.
Fill me with fire
Where once I burned with shame;
Grant my desire
To magnify Thy Name.

Lord, take my life,
And make it wholly Thine;
Fill my poor heart
With Thy great love divine.
Take all my will,
My passion, self and pride;
I now surrender, Lord
In me abide.

O Holy Ghost,
Revival comes from Thee;
Send a revival,
Start the work in me.
Thy Word declares
Thou wilt supply our need;
For blessings now,
O Lord, I humbly plead.