Troop Prayer Thread 9 "A CALL TO ARMS!"

[blackie]

Merry Christmas ~ Texokie!

[amom]

Wonderful Merry Christmas to all the folks on this magic thread. And to all our troops who are out there keeping us safe...here's a prayer bump

[fightu4it]

"We are witnessing the possible court martial of an officer who was able to obtain solid information WITHOUT TORTURE of an attack on his men, thereby saving many lives."

We sure have heard a lot about this case in the media. Bad officer, shouldn't do that.

What we haven't heard anything about is what has happened to the A-hole who threw a gernade into a tent of his own men. What's up with that?

[blackie]

Be Well ~ Be Armed ~ Be Safe ~ Molon Labe!

[freekitty]

The cards are beautiful and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[DLfromthedesert]

Oh, my goodness!!! So many beautiful angels; thank you for that lovely prayer.

I got a GREAT Christmas present; a surprise visit from my son.

Love and prayers to you and all our prayer warriors, and of course, our brave warriors abroad.

[Alamo-Girl]

I trust you had a very Merry Christmas! May God bless and protect you this year, next year and all your years!

[Alamo-Girl]

I tust you had a Merry Christmas! Here's a Happy New Year to you, everyone on this thread and all our service men and women!

[TEXOKIE]

Thank you for coming by the Troop Prayer Thread, fightu4it. I can tell from your passionate remarks that you love our troops deeply.

I am the very first to acknowledge that I am subject to praying in error. Any legal decision can provide food for debate, even after the findings and judicial decisions are in. I can understand the point you made that Col West shouldnt have done what he did, but at this time I am not totally persuaded that Col West should have completely lost his career.

I made a deal with my Lord many years ago that I would talk to Him and pray to Him according to the perspective I hold, but always at the end of my prayer I would put it in His hands and I would surrender my stance to Him if my point of view is limited and incorrect. I try to follow the example of Jesus in Gethsemane where He prays that the cup be taken from Him, but nevertheless, Thy Will not my will be done. That includes the situation with Col. West. I, in my lesser limited perspective wanted him to stay in the Army, and I prayed for that to happen. The Lord saw fit to move him out of the Army. I surrender to His Will, and just pray now that Col West will have a fulfilling life from now on. I truly believe that even if I grant that his action may not have been proper, that it was done with good motive. Nevertheless, the ends do not justify the means, and with so many people praying about the situation, I firmly believe that only God's Will was done in the matter. I do pray that He shall overshadow the life of Col West from now on and guide him in the paths of righteousness.

"What we haven't heard anything about is what has happened to the A-hole who threw a gernade into a tent of his own men. What's up with that?"

Good question. I wish I knew. Thanks for the prompting. I offer the following hoping that the Lord will bring us news and Justice in that situation.

Please come by again, fightu4it.

BELOVED HEAVENLY FATHER,


We place before you the record of the incident whereby a person wearing our nation's uniform turned against his brother soldiers and killed them in the name of our enemies with a grenade. Father, we see this as a point of injustice and we call upon you to place your All Seeing Eye on the situation and bring to us news of the matter. We call upon you in the strongest way possible to ask you to intercede in the whole situation and mete out true Justice. We place it entirely in your hands, and we pray for the shattering of all opposition to your divine Will.

Thank you, Father, for hearing us this day on this matter. We ask that you will adjust our prayer to make it perfectly aligned with your divine Purpose and multiply it so that Justice may reign in any and all similar situations.

Amen

[amom]

Yes we had a wonderful family Christmas. I bet yours was the same...only with LOTS more family.

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Stuff that makes me so darned proud

Soldier offers to stay in Iraq

Published in the Home News Tribune 12/18/03
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOWER TOWNSHIP -- A New Jersey Army National Guard member is home for the holidays, thanks to a colleague's generosity.

When the Cape May Court House-based 253rd Transportation Company held a drawing to determine who would get leave, Specialist Jonathan Hinker -- the married father of a 7-year-old son -- drew too high a number to qualify. However, the 34-year-old Lower Township man's disappointment soon turned to joy when Specialist James Presnall volunteered to stay in Iraq.

"(Presnall) felt it was more important (that) Jon was able to come home for his family. He gave up his opportunity to come home," Hinker's wife, Buffi, told The Press of Atlantic City.

Presnall, a 20-year-old Galloway Township native who is not married, had planned to spend his leave with his parents, Howard and Toni Presnall. While disappointed about not seeing their son, they were overjoyed to learn of their son's selfless act.
more...

http://www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0,21282,871918,00.html

[Alamo-Girl]

What a wonderful story! Thank you so very much!

[TEXOKIE]

FELLOW PRAYER WARRIOR AND HER FAMILY NEEDS PRAYER!!

On Christmas Day, Chong informed me that her family learned that her nephew was injured with a flesh wound to the arm in Iraq. While this is certainly disquieting news, the real wound was made when he had to witness the death of his best friend who was beside him in their Humvee. Please join us in prayer for this fine young man, our fellow freeper Chong, and their family.


BLESSED HEAVENLY FATHER,

Today, on the day of birth of our Resurrected Lord, we learn of the loss of C____'s best friend in combat. Father, we ask that you will help that young man on his journey Home. Place him in a beautiful corner of your Kingdom especially made for him. Father, we ask that you will convey directly to his heart the loss we feel for no longer having him among us. Tell him how much we appreciate his sacrifice. Tell him we vow to honor his service and never forget. We ask that you will furthermore grant us the ability, knowledge, and determination to completely fulfill that vow.

Father, the young man you have called Home has left so many grieving buddies and family members. We ask that you will help them at this time. Surround those family members and buddies with your love and our prayers. Help them and heal them through the difficult journey they have before them known as mourning. We ask that you will send a special message to the hearts of all the loved ones he left behind, the gratitude that we do feel for the sacrifice of their greatest treasure. Let each of them have a very special Christmas gift of love, healing, and communion directly from your heart which is meaningful and empowering to them.

Father, we place our C____ before your Throne of grace. Heal the wounds he suffered in his body. Heal his mind, heart, and spirit of the desolation which war brings to those who are required to press on despite losses and intense burden. Father, surround C____ and all his buddies a very special spiritual armor of invincibility, invisibility and invulnerability to any and all dark forces or powers arrayed against them.

This young man offered his life up for his friends. There is no greater love than this. It is incumbent upon us to review our own lives and to make sure we are worthy of the gift. Our Lord has told us that we were bought with a price. In addition to His great gift of salvation, we find that in each generation of a free people, our freedoms and even our lives are purchased by the blood of those who place themselves between their loved homes and the war's desolation.

We ponder the words of William Stephenson*

"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?"

We ask, blessed Father, for faith, courage, strength, and the determination to live our lives to the fullest so that these who have left their bodies on the field of battle will be glad of the price they paid when in the fullness of time there is a reunion on the Other Side.

We ask that you will take our prayers Father, and multiply them and direct them to all who are grieving this day. Let our prayers be adjusted according to thy Will. Let the entire earth be filled with your Light, for we affirm this day, that despite the darkness, the earth IS the Lord's and fulness thereof!

AMEN

*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.

[Soaring Feather]

Prayer bump.

[Peach]

Dear Lord, we pray for Chong, injured in battle, and ask for his full recovery. As well, Lord, we ask that Chong make peace with his friend's death. Godspeed to all our soldiers.

[blackie]

Great prayer ~ Bump!

Be Well ~ Be Armed ~ Be Safe ~ Molon Labe!

[tiki]

A tearful Amen.

[Chong]

Thank you and Amen.

[octobersky]

Prayers are on the way for the family...

bttt

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you for the call, TEX.

Praying that our Almighty Father will send angels to guard C. and his fellow troops during this difficult time, for the Holy Spirit to fill and comfort him and strengthen him during this trial, that by this pain he may become a strength and comfort to his suffering military brothers and sisters in the years ahead.

I thank our dear Lord for watching over C., and pray that He continue to protect him and his fellow Soldiers as they complete their missions ~ in work, rest, travel and play. In the precious name of Jesus, Amen.

[DLfromthedesert]

Prayers for Chong's nephew for the healing of his physical and emotional wounds; and prayers for the family who lost this brave young soldier.