Heavenly Father, we return to give You thanks that You have yet given Terri another day of hope. We join in earnest prayer that this will be the day of vindication ~ that already everything is in place that will release her from this prison.
Heavenly Father, sustain this dear child unto the hour of her release ~ may there be a wellspring of Living Water that refreshes her at this hour ~ may there be that Manna from Heaven that feeds her soul. Grant that her great heart continues to beat with hope and confidence, and may You, great and mighty God, move in the affairs of men, even at this very hour, to protect the least of these, our brethren.
She is condemnded, but not guilty of crime ~ she is punished, but not guilty ~ she suffers at the hands of men but continues in strength that comes only from You, for she cannot rely on the food and drink from others.
We bow in abject poverty and shame that our people suffer so ~ we acknowledge that the Merchants of Death are on the American doorstep ~ we plead, Heavenly Father, that You will stand in the doorway and strike down the enemy, lest we perish.
Soften the hearts of mortal men in the chambers of law today, Father ~ bring forth the name of Terri's Law before the people ~ we cry out for justice for this mother's child ~ act on her behalf, Father, lest we grieve a grief that wrecks our national soul ~ O God, give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors ~ lest we perish, Lord, lest Your people perish.
May Your Name be glorified forever and ever, Amen and Amen ~
Exd 4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
*** Exd 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, ***Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:
*** Exd 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn.
Exd 14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
*** Exd 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so.
Exd 14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
Exd 14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
Exd 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
Exd 14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
Exd 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses [and] chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
Exd 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
Exd 14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because [there were] no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Exd 14:12 [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Exd 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
Exd 14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Exd 14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
Exd 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea.
Exd 14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exd 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exd 14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
Exd 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Exd 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided.
Exd 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exd 14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, [even] all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Exd 14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Exd 14:25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Exd 14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Exd 14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Exd 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exd 14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry [land] in the midst of the sea; and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
*** Exd 14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
*** Exd 14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Exd/Exd014.html#4 ***Jer 31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jer/31/9.html Let if be so, Lord. Let it be so. You are the Fountain of Life, Lord. You have promised that whosoever shall drink of You shall never thirst. Sustain Terri now in her hour of greatest need. Fill her with Your Living Water, so that she may be brought alive and well from that wilderness of depravity where she has been held against her will. May your Holy Name be magnified above all others by this. I ask in the most precious name of Jesus. Amen.