Posted on 10/30/2004 9:41:54 AM PDT by Preech1
For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12
O Lord,
be thou our strength,
and in your mercy
uplift us,
empower us to do what you want us to do,
enkindle the fire of your love into our hearts,
that we will stand bravely,
living witnessess to your way.
O Lord,
be with those who this day
struggle against the present darkness,
against the culture of death,
against those who are foe to the family,
who would murder and enslave the unborn.
Open our eyes, O Lord,
that we understand the reality here,
and ask your blessing on those
who stand fast in the struggle,
such as President Bush.
If it is your will,
bless his efforts at re election.
Keep those who are struggling to work the election are safe.
Empower those who are working to save the family.
Embolden those who are fighting for the culture of life.
You are our strength, O Lord,
our rock and our salvation.
Who else should we turn to?
Amen.
Am I the only one feeling anxious and tense, despite God's sovereign control, over what we must experience Tuesday?
I too have felt the tenseness even though I also like you recognize that the Lord is in control.
I am reminded of what I read earlier in the following post from Pastor Doug Sheets in Colorado Springs:
"Up until now the Holy Spirit has not led me to issue a call to prayer for this year’s elections, as I did in 2000 (others have done so and many are praying). That began to change this morning as I sensed clearly that the warfare over this election went to another level—big time! As it was in 2000, it is an all-out war in the spirit realm for the soul of this nation, and I sense in my spirit that we have not yet broken through into victory. If we lose this war—and make no mistake, we can lose it if at any point we yield to apathy, overconfidence, weariness, or anything else that might cause us to not finish well—the results will be devastating.."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1264281/posts
We still need to pray to break through into victory!
Well, as we wrap up the day here on the east coast, Thank you to all who joined in and May God Bless the election tomorrow. Amen
My wife got me to fast a few months ago. When my tummy would grumble it was a reminder to pray. I did have some juice to keep the energy up and quite the growling.
O Abba, Father
Tomorrow is a day
that people all over the world
are focusing on.
Bless the day O Lord,
and bless the voters going to the polls, and keep them safe.
Guard and watch over the poll workers.
We ask you, O Lord,
if it is your will,
to guide those who go to vote
to choose President Bush,
a man who loves you and loves your ways.
Bless his effort to be reelected,
and if it is what you wish,
watch over him as he steers this nation through four more years.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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First, I want to say thank you for checking in, you were all an encouragement to me and to each other as we fasted and prayed for this election.
Secondly, I want to again publicly apologize to valleygal and Algone2001 for my terrible handling of some of the postings. I was rude and obnoxious and that was inexcusable. I did not intend to come off as arrogant, I honestly thought that I was in the right. I was not.
And lastly, this is evidence once again of the effectiveness of prayer when God is in it. From the replies of many of you, it seemed that the Holy Spirit was already moving on people to fast on Monday and some of you went even longer. So once again, Praise God!
Amen, and Hallelujah!
Amen. It was plain to see His Holy hand in all of it, and to feel the strength of all the prayers that were pouring forth to Him. I am so thankful that He heard us, and that He had mercy on our country. He is so AWESOME!
"Our God is an Awesome God"
He is...and I love that song as well.
There is a lesson in this for all of us:
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Our church is continuing with prayer every morning at 6:00 EST. You are all invited to join with us.
Keep in mind, however, that the ONLY righteous man that ever lived was "Jesus Christ, the Righteous" and he "ever liveth to make intercession for us..." We must always remember that it is because He is righteous that any of our prayers are ever answered and so the credit ALWAYS goes to Him. Thank you Lord Jesus!
Thanks for the invite! Where is your church?
A man or woman can only be seen as righteous through Jesus Christ alone, and never by him/herself.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Your welcome. It took me ten years to figure that out myself...I used to go around trying to find people who "appeared" more righteous than me to pray for me when I had an urgent request....LOL. Mind you, there is nothing wrong with asking others for prayer, but I was doing it with the wrong motives in mind.
My church affiliation is -
www.graceheartland.org
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