We bless You at all times, Father, and may Your praise continually be in our mouths. Let us magnify You, our Lord, and let us exalt Your Holy Name together. We seek You in prayer and in our praises of thanksgiving today, Lord. We know that You hear us and answer us, as You have done throughout our lives, and as You have responded to these prayers over the past 1520 days. We have seen that You are good, O Lord. We are confident in the truth of Your Word that tells us that You are in the midst of us because we are gathered together in Your Name. What an awesome comfort and blessing to know that You, our God, are interceding with Your children as we come together on this thread.
We are thankful, Father, because You guard America by day and night. We are fed by Your unceasing bounty. We are led by Your all-wise counsel. We cherish the roots of our nation’s past for we know that those who established this country were rooted and grounded in Your love. We praise You for Your faithfulness to those who left their homes abroad and braved the rough oceans to come to a land where freedom to worship You was foremost in their hearts. We thank You for guiding this small group of Pilgrims to plant the seeds of growth for a mighty nation. We see Your hand throughout our nation’s history, Lord, and we are thankful.
We know Your hand is upon this nation now, as well. We ask You to contend, O Lord, with those who seek to destroy us. Fight against those who seek our ruin. Take hold of Your shield and buckler and rise to our defense, for You are our deliverance. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against us. Guide our earthly military armies, Lord, so that we may be victorious in bringing to justice those who plot to kill the innocent. Please be with our servicemen and women and help them with their assigned roles. Be also with their families who await their return. Bring comfort to all who will wait in loneliness over the coming holidays and bring ministers of Your Holy Spirit to those whose loved ones will never again be present with them.
We lift up prayers of thanksgiving for our President, Great God. We agree that You have begun a good work in him and that You will be faithful to continue it until the day of Jesus Christ. We recognize that he is a mere mortal as are we all, but we also see that he is a changed man because of Your work in him. We pray for Your constant guard over him and Your unceasing voice in his ear. Please continue to instruct him and teach him the way he should go. Counsel him with Your eye upon him. Help him always to respond to You with a grateful and obedient heart for the leading you provide him. Grant him the whispering of Your choice for Secretary of State, and help him, Lord, to always be surrounded with men and women who love and honor You.
Our hearts are filled with praise for Your faithful answers to our prayers, Lord. You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness and love. Fill the heart all who pause to pray here, and be the silent guest within our homes, that we may always be blessed by Your leadership in every aspect of our lives. In the Awesome and Powerful Name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
Offering my prayers
Pray for Saint George.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear his name, to keep them and deliver them from harm.
Praise the Lord! Thanks, Faith!
Lord, you bless us and are so faithful to answer our prayers. We are a grateful people. You are good and Your mercy endures forever. We are thankful that your ears are open to our prayers, that your precious Holy Spirit teaches us to pray as we ought so that Your will can be done on earth as it is in Heaven. You are an awesome, holy, excellent and marvelous Father and we love You. You prepare a table before us in the presence of our enemies and we rejoice as we celebrate the victories Your hand provides.
Thank you for showing us when You answer our prayers and keep us strong through your indwelling Spirit to continue in endurance and patience as we give you thanks for all that You are and do.
Thank You for President Bush, for all of our American heroes who have been saved by Your hand without our even knowing it, for all the creation that are coming to the knowledge of the truth that Jesus is Lord.
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Ryan Chapman, a 22-year-old Marine, was hit above the left eye by a sniper's bullet, but escaped with a fractured skull.
"People keep on telling me that I'm lucky," he said. "I don't mind being lucky."
Despite his brush with death, Chapman was keen to return to fight in Iraq.
"I want to go back. It kills me when I see the news, when I think of all my buddies back there."
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Lord, we have good young people fighting for freedom in Iraq. War is hell, but it also can bring out the best in us.
We are winning the battle, and the war, but it is costly.
The enemy fights visciously against his own best interests, because he is deceived.
Help our soldiers win this war quickly. Help the Iraqis understand the truth. Heal the wounded, bind up the brokenhearted. Help the president and his appointments, and all who seek to serve honorably.
Conquer our wills, that we would walk close to You. Bring revival not only to our land, but through the advance of freedom to the entire world. That Christ would be glorified.
Please Lord, watch over our president and help him to see the light regarding illegal immigrants and the danger porous borders pose for our children.
"Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me and I will listen to you and you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart, and I will be found by you, declares the Lord" Jer. 12:14
Lord we seek you and want nothing more than to know you better and to draw closer to you. Lord we love you so much. Thank you for Condi Rice, please keep her obedient to You. Protect her and guide her in her new job as S. of S.
For our brave soldiers who have fallen, Oh God, we ask comfort to their families, and we also ask that You would be glorified through all of this. Please let the people of Iraq have access to the gospel as terrorist strongholds are routed out and destroyed. The battle belongs to You, Almighty God.
Please be with all our persecuted brethren this day, dear Lord, particularly those in China.
Finally, dear Lord, please continue to keep our dear President in the fold of your wings. Guard his mind and his faith. Protect his family please. Lord we ask for revival in this land, beginning with the church. That all the saints would be on their knees, repenting of sin if necessary, and then praying faithfully for our land. Lord, we beseech Thee, that our nation would not fall into the hands of utterly evil leadership!
We love you and praise you, in the unmatched Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
"I have also learned the power of prayer. I pray for guidance. I do not pray for earthly things, but for heavenly things, for wisdom and patience and understanding."
We continue to lift up to You our men and women in uniform as they battle an enemy that is deceitful and treacherous, preferring the darkness of oppression to the light of freedom. Amen.
Amen, Faith.
Father, we thank Thee for having heard the prayers for our nation.
Praying your Beautiful prayer out loud to our King, dear sister Faith.
We offer our humble prayers, dear Jesus, for our President Bush..As he seeks out new members of his Cabinet may he be guided by Your sovereign hand..Let all work in unison to bring about a fruitfull peace, may our nation once again be held in high esteem throughout the world...We praise our troops on the work they are doing to rid the nations of tyrants and dictators. To bring a semblance of order in what was once chaos, all are to be commended. For those who have made the supreme sacrifice to achieve this end, 'May their souls rest in Peace and may everlasting light shine upon them,' In Jesus' name we pray
Prayers up.