Posted on 11/09/2006 6:49:58 PM PST by 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 Fathers throne
Make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
My soul has often found relief
And oft escaped the tempters 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
Meditation on Matthew 5:4
O Lord,
Hear my prayer,
the prayer of all of us who mourn,
touched with the darkness of a life touched with loss,
sin,
death,
pain.
O Lord,
Open my heart
to that sorrow which goes beyond remorse,
beyond self-pity,
beyond that aching sense of loss,
to that healing place of true contrition,
Where, touched by Your healing hand,
I can say, "Forgive me, for I have sinned,"
And hear Your ever loving voice say "Welcome home."
Amen.
BTTT
Isa 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Isa 6:2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Isa 6:3 And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"
Isa 6:4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isa 6:5 And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Sing praise to God Who reigns above, the God of all creation,
The God of power, the God of love, the God of our salvation.
With healing balm my soul is filled and every faithless murmur stilled:
To God all praise and glory.
What Gods almighty power hath made His gracious mercy keepeth,
By morning glow or evening shade His watchful eye neer sleepeth;
Within the kingdom of His might, Lo! all is just and all is right:
To God all praise and glory.
The Lord is never far away, but through all grief distressing,
An ever present help and stay, our peace and joy and blessing.
As with a mothers tender hand, God gently leads the chosen band:
To God all praise and glory.
Thus, all my toilsome way along, I sing aloud Thy praises,
That earth may hear the grateful song my voice unwearied raises.
Be joyful in the Lord, my heart, both soul and body bear your part:
To God all praise and glory.
Let all who name Christs holy Name give God all praise and glory;
Let all who own His power proclaim aloud the wondrous story!
Cast each false idol from its throne, for Christ is Lord, and Christ alone:
To God all praise and glory.
~Johann Jakob Schutz
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak;
and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God!
~Deuteronomy 32:1-3, The Song of Moses
Thank you both so much, my sisters, for your phone calls and prayers!
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/b/gb2gonhi.htm
Glory be to God on high,
God Whose glory fills the skies;
Peace on earth to man forgivn,
Man, the well beloved of Heavn.
Sovereign Father, heavenly King,
Thee we now presume to sing;
Glad, Thine attributes confess,
Glorious all, and numberless.
Hail, by all Thy works adored!
Hail, the everlasting Lord!
Thee with thankful hearts we prove
God of power, and God of love.
Christ our Lord and God we own,
Christ, the Fathers only Son,
Lamb of God for sinners slain,
Savior of offending man.
Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear, the worlds atonement, Thou!
Jesus, in Thy Name we pray,
Take, O take our sins away!
Powerful Advocate with God,
Justify us by Thy blood;
Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear, the worlds atonement, Thou!
Hear, for Thou, O Christ, alone
Art with God the Father One,
One the Holy Ghost with Thee,
One supreme, eternal Three.
Psa 29:1 A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Psa 29:2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.
Psa 29:3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.
Psa 29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
OH LORD of Glory
We are silent before you when we consider our hearts and our ways, yet because of the gladness you have placed in us because of Your Great Salvation, we can not keep still or the very stones would cry out your praise.
I ask that this life today would yield praise to you as a living sacrifice.
Let me be hidden in Christ with God.
Help me O Lord
to learn that spirit of quiet love,
the meekness that sees you shining in the eyes of the needy,
the gentleness that knows that "ME' is not what the world is about,
the kindness that comes from love, and being loved, and loving in return,
the peace that comes from you, unbidden.
Help me, O Lord,
to learn, like you did in Gethsemane,
to say, "Not my will, but Yours, O Father,"
in loving submission,
not based on angry desire to have my way,
or in self-righteous indignation,
but in the love that reaches out,
takes the blows,
heals the wounds,
shows the light of Heaven's love,
this day, and always.
Amen.
BTTT
Pro 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!
Pro 30:5 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Pro 30:6 Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
Pro 30:7 Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die:
Pro 30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
Pro 30:9 lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/o/l/holythou.htm
Holy as Thou, O Lord, is none;
Thy holiness is all Thine own;
A drop of that unbounded sea
Is oursa drop derived from Thee.
And when Thy purity we share,
Thine only glory we declare;
And, humbled into nothing, own,
Holy and pure is God alone.
Sole, self-existing God and Lord,
By all Thy heavnly hosts adored,
Let all on earth bow down to Thee,
And own Thy peerless majesty.
Thy power unparalleled confess,
Established on the Rock of peace;
The Rock that never shall remove,
The Rock of pure, almighty, love.
--Charles Wesley
BTTT
You've Given to me
A Reason to Be!
Oh, Jesus! Your Love has Set me Free!
FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!
The Great and Mighty I AM
Everlasting Holy One
Father of the Lamb!
You Sent me Your Son
I'm Saved by His Blood;
Oh, Father! Thanks for All You've Done!
SPIRIT! SPIRIT! SPIRIT!
My Comforter and Guide
I Love Your Abiding Presence;
Beneath Your Wings I Hide.
You Give me Your Peace;
Your Mercies Never Cease;
Holy Spirit! To the Refuge of Your Presence I Flee.
FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT!
Forever You will Be
Our God Who is One Lord
Manifest in Persons Three...
I Love You, my Lord;
Your Great Name I Adore;
I will Worship my King Forevermore!
I will Praise Thee, O Lord my God, with All my Heart;
And I will Glorify Thy Name Forevermore. (Ps.87:12)
{I Love you, Sweet Dove of Christ!}
FReeper Max01 asks for prayers for a wounded Marine:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1792897/posts
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/e/v/evenmorn.htm
Evening and morning, sunset and dawning,
Wealth, peace and gladness, comfort in sadness,
These are Thy works; all the glory be Thine!
Times without number, awake or in slumber,
Thine eye observes us, from danger preserves us,
Causing Thy mercy upon us to shine.
Father, O hear me, pardon and spare me;
Calm all my terrors, blot out my errors,
That by Thine eyes they may no more be scanned.
Order my goings, direct all my doings;
As it may please Thee retain or release me;
All I commit to Thy fatherly hand.
--Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
Heavenly Father,
As we rested in your Son today, and turned again in faith to quiet any anxious thoughts, so let us have peace this night as we go to rest.
I ask for healing to speed for those who are ill.
I ask for comfort for those who are in trouble.
Bless our young ones and our elders.
Give us a joyful determination to walk by the Spirit, and so be a Blessing to all.
Let the work of our hands be pleasing to you.
Knowing that You will finish the good work you have started in us, we can lie down in peace.
In the Name of Him who loved us,
Amen
Rev 1:4 John to the seven congregations in Asia. Grace be with you and peace, from him which is and which was, and which is to come: and from the seven spirits which are present before his throne,
Rev 1:5 and from Jesus Christ which is a faithful witness, and first begotten of the dead: and Lord over the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 1:6 and made us kings and priests unto God his father, be glory, and dominion for evermore amen.
--Tyndale, Rogers, Coverdale, Cranmer compiled Bible 1525-1539
See what a Great Cloud of Witnesses!
"Wilderness and desert will sing joyously,
The badlands will celebrate and flower
Like the crocus in spring, bursting into blossom,
A symphony of song and color.
Mountain glories of Lebanona gift.
Awesome Carmel, stunning Sharongifts.
God's resplendent glory, fully on display.
God awesome, God majestic." (Is.35:1,2)
"The glory of God
Let it last forever!
Let God enjoy his creation!" (Ps.104:31)
"Oh, let me sing to God all my life long,
Sing hymns to my God as long as I live!
Oh, let my song please him;
I'm so pleased to be singing to God." (Ps.104:33,34)
We Exalt You, Your Excellency! We Joy in You, Loving Lord!
My Mouth is Filled with God's Praise. Let Everything Living Bless Him,
Bless His Holy Name from Now to Eternity. (Ps.145:21)
Be Reveranced and Loved, our Shepherd,
As we Worship You in Jesus' Name, amen.
Ya'll, please pray for Lesa - her husband (53 yrs. old) passed away yesterday and she is having a really hard time, unable to eat and having to hold up and take care of things. He had been on dialysis for a long time, never complained about anything - was the personification of Charity as it is described in the Bible, humble, not puffed up, bearing all things, enduring all things, always hoping to be able to go on. Our little church won't be the same without him. He loved us all, and we love him.
I'll say a prayer... b/c I just had a chance to check in here, and noticed that Freepers were (again) fighting against each other.
And now I see that Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)is going nude.
Okay, I'm officially depressed. :)
But I have faith in the Freeper community, It may take time. but I have faith.
Prayers!
So much hope heaped on his shoulders,
this one lone carpenter turned rabbi from the north --
look at those who followed him, coming forth
out of a night of terror and day of grief.
Political assassination in the courts
scattered most who ran away.
A few stood solid that hard day,
Mother, aunt, a single thief,
one young friend beneath his bloody cross,
women who cared wailing their loss
Two politicians who chose to believe.
How white the shroud they provided, how dark the tomb.
And then they went with heavy hearts back to that upper room
Nowhere else to go when Sabbath evening fell,
Nowhere else to grieve.
Look at those who followed him coming forth
with whispered words of hope after the dark of Sabbath night
Whispered words of hope about an angel standing very white,
a cast off shroud upon the ground, an empty tomb.
"Did you talk to her?" they asked. "Did you see Peter's face?"
Another described how John and Peter ran into that place,
Hope breathed in the midst of them to breathe out across the world
As He stood there in the room.
So many years later, hope is heaped across His shoulders still --
Lord Jesus, if you will,
Fill me with your light
Against the hopelessness of endless night.
Will pray.
Love to you Twinkie.
Psa 42:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in GOD; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
Psa 42:11 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in GOD; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Psa 37:1..... Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!
Psa 37:2 For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
Psa 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Psa 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psa 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
Psa 37:6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Psa 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
Psa 37:8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
Psa 37:9 For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
Psa 43:3 Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
Psa 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
Psa 43:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in GOD; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Dear Proud American in Canada,
To watch the deeds of men only leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
Thankfully we can turn our eyes upon Jesus.
He will sweep away your angst with one sweet breath, one touch, One Word.
I pray that you will be refreshed by the word of the LORD who has seen what is in man......
bp
BTTT
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