Posted on 10/12/2004 4:20:35 PM PDT by Blogger
With the fantastic response of the previous day of prayer, Faith, OhioWFan, Kayak and those involved with the Pray for Bush effort are offering Freepers the opportunity to once again bathe the President in prayer between now and the completion of the 3rd debate. With the dirty tricks being played by the left, I'm sure you can agree that this is needed and welcomed. Please pick an hour listed below (in Eastern Standard Time) let us know if you would like to participate. More than one person may sign up for a particular time, but let's try to fill each slot first so that we definately have all 24 hours covered.
God Bless you & President Bush!
Who's praying for John Kerry?
I would like to say I am praying for Kerry to see the error of his ways, and for him to tell the truth. I guess if I were a better Christian, I would. I just can't seem to include Kerry in my prayers. And I know that does not speak well of me.
I have been praying for the president, going to mass, saying the rosary and fasting. I have been praying with you.
Phew. I'll still try, I'm sure the Lord accepts imperfect prayer all the time. :)
Lu 12:49 "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 "But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!
51 "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.
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dear lisa,
it has been some time since we e-chatted,i pray you are well.
alpha
dear sister,
thankyou for your kind note.
we brethren are all torn to the bone with this election season.
however it is in the Lord's hands.
if you would like to private mail me,i will send youthe link to spurgeon's archives.
GODBLESS!
I am praying for our President, too. Faith's prayer at the beginning is beautiful and it was also posted on the pre-debate thread.
I don't have any fancy words, Lord, nor formula-type prayers. Heck, thanks to my cold I'm not even thinking all that clearly. So all I have to offer you is what's in my heart. Dear Lord, I'm so frightened for my beloved nation. I'm frightened that a majority of the American people are so shallow and foolish that they will reduce their assessment of an otherwise highly important presidency down to the 90-minutes of the first debate this year.
I'm frightened of the prospect of a Kerry presidency and what it will mean, not only for us, but for millions around the world.
I'm frightened of the forces of pure evil who seem to be gathering all around us. George Bush has been a strong bulwark against them, Lord: against the vicious terrorists; against the corruption of the UN, French, Germans and others; against those in our own nation who would have us be more like the UN, French, and others on the international Left.
So, my loving Lord, my prayer isn't just for the president to do well tonight. My prayer is that you give a majority of the American people the wisdom to not send the same message to the terrorists as did the Spanish people.
I just cannot believe that the God I was taught about from childhood would stand by and let the murderous Islamic fanatics win the kind of victory only the defeat of George W. Bush would hand them. You would not be the God I struggle so hard to believe in and hope to know one day.
Like all human beings, Lord, you know better than I that George W. Bush has his failings. But he is a good man, Lord, and he has tried to do your work as it is given to him to understand such work. Please look upon this man's greatness and be merciful and kind. Look upon his bravery, his steadfastness, his lack of artifice, and the deep well of his kindness, and don't let the people cast him out. It would be truly ironic, Lord, if only the Australians get it.
Protect us from ourselves and our weakness, Lord. Please, Lord, let the millions who watch him tonight soften their hearts. Let them hear his message, despite the president's lack of a glib tongue. Let them see, with clear eyes, the danger that John Kerry represents.
Please still the worst inclinations of the punditocracy. I know they must jabber for a living, but it would be really great if they were taught a bit of humility, Lord.
As for myself, Lord, I honestly don't know what I'll ever believe in again if GWB is defeated. In my own weakness and heart full of sadness, I need you Lord. And only you, above all, know that I don't pray like this often, and certainly not in public. So please see my earnestness, deep hope, and dependence on you, and be merciful. Thanks,
Signed: Your child.
A little side note. I am not the most elequent at prayer but I promised to pray all day (activity permitting) and I promised I would be on my knees before the debate. I took a few special moments with the Lord and prayed aloud on my knees this evening. The words that flowed from me were incredible. I felt (and know) the Holy Spirit prayed through me. I have incredible peace. Praise God and his precious Son. Alleluia!
I prayed for John Kerry in my prayers. Not for him to win, but for his safety. I also pray that he gets saved because only the Lord can change a man like Kerry needs changed.
Hubby and I praying on and off throughout the day, and definitely through the debate. I believe in miracles.
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GRACE TO YOU BRETHREN!
Ps 28:1 A Psalm of David. To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
3 Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
8 The LORD is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
9 Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.
(NKJV)
Dear Lord,
Your saints gather before Your throne of grace with prayer and supplication this evening.
Lord we thankyou for this time Your saints can gather and for this prayer ministry.
Lord,we pray for Your servant,our brother and president george walker bush.
Lord,we also pray for this land,may Your grace fill our president and preserve this land from the evil that would be the most liberal senator.
Re 13:10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
(NKJV)
"Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens."
- Lamentations 3:41
The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary
lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without
constraining us to pray for them we should never know how poor we are, but
a true prayer is an inventory of wants, a catalogue of necessities, a
revelation of hidden poverty. While it is an application to divine wealth,
it is a confession of human emptiness. The most healthy state of a
Christian is to be always empty in self and constantly depending upon the
Lord for supplies; to be always poor in self and rich in Jesus; weak as
water personally, but mighty through God to do great exploits; and hence
the use of prayer, because, while it adores God, it lays the creature
where it should be, in the very dust. Prayer is in itself, apart from the
answer which it brings, a great benefit to the Christian. As the runner
gains strength for the race by daily exercise, so for the great race of
life we acquire energy by the hallowed labour of prayer. Prayer plumes the
wings of God's young eaglets, that they may learn to mount above the
clouds. Prayer girds the loins of God's warriors, and sends them forth to
combat with their sinews braced and their muscles firm. An earnest pleader
cometh out of his closet, even as the sun ariseth from the chambers of the
east, rejoicing like a strong man to run his race. Prayer is that uplifted
hand of Moses which routs the Amalekites more than the sword of Joshua; it
is the arrow shot from the chamber of the prophet foreboding defeat to the
Syrians.
Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into
heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God.
We know not what prayer cannot do! We thank thee, great God, for the
mercy-seat, a choice proof of thy marvellous lovingkindness.
Help us to use it aright throughout this day!
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!!!!!
Brings tears to my eyes! How wonderful that God blesses us so much when we come to Him in prayer. There is such tremendous joy in that peace that only He can bring us. Thank you so much, Sea2ShiningSea.
Been praying on and off all day, saying one more right now....God grant our President strength, wisdom, and eloquence to cut through to the truth, and please open the eyes and hearts of those in our great Nation who are being deceived...President Bush is a faithful sevant of you Lord,.. Guide him through the Holy Spirit to stand firm and be persuasive tonight, we ask this in Jesus' Holy name...Amen
1Sa 2:1 And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.
2 "No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
3 "Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
4 "The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded with strength.
5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble.
6 "The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.
7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
8 He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He has set the world upon them.
9 He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. "For by strength no man shall prevail.
10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed."
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Dear brethren,
our hearts are all torn to shreds.
GODSPEED AND GODBLESS!
Ps 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
2 For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
(NKJV)
O Lord,
we come to you in fear and anxiety,
be thou our strength.
O Lord,
we come to you in weakness,
fear for the future,
pressed about by the darkness.
be thou our light.
O Lord,
we cast our griefs upon you,
as you asked us,
and commend each and every one
in need of mercy
to your heart filled with love.
O Lord,
Watch over your servant George.
How anxiously we hover about him,
worried, even as we know he is in your hands,
loving in our fear,
even as we know you are the truth that will open all doors,
longing for surety,
even as we know you are the solid rock against all storms.
Be with him,
and with us
as we pray this evening,
and to you be the power and the glory,
this day and always,
Amen.
The Lord acknowledges our coming to Him, our recognizing that we need Him. He knows what our innermost thoughts are - the ones we cannot find words to express. We simply need to come to him, just as we are, bowing before Him.
JUST AS I AM, WITHOUT ONE PLEA
Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, Thy love unknown
Hath broken every barrier down;
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, of that free love
The breadth, length, depth, and height to prove,
Here for a season, then above,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
~ Words: Charlotte Elliott
Amen!
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