A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....01-10,11-05....Military Monday and Tuesday

Billie, The Mayor

[The Mayor]

[The Mayor]

January 10, 2005

Panic Prayers

Read: Psalm 37:1-8

Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. —Psalm 37:5

Bible In One Year: Genesis 30-32

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In her book Beyond Our Selves, Catherine Marshall wrote about learning to surrender her entire life to God through a "prayer of relinquishment." When she encountered situations she feared, she often panicked and exhibited a demanding spirit in prayer: "God, I must have thus and so." God seemed remote. But when she surrendered the dreaded situation to Him to do with it exactly as He pleased, fear left and peace returned. From that moment on, God began working things out.

In Psalm 37, David talked about both commitment and surrender: "Commit your way to the Lord," he said, "trust also in Him" (v.5). Committed believers are those who sincerely follow and serve the Lord, and it's appropriate to urge people to have greater commitment. But committing ourselves to God and trusting Him imply surrendering every area of our lives to His wise control, especially when fear and panic overtake us. The promised result of such wholehearted commitment and trust is that God will do what is best for us.

Instead of trying to quell your fears with panic prayers, surrender yourself to God through a prayer of relinquishment, and see what He will do. —Joanie Yoder

Lord, take my life and make it wholly Thine;
Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine.
Take all my will, my passion, self, and pride;
I now surrender, Lord—in me abide. —Orr

Prayer is the bridge between panic and peace.

[nicmarlo]

Morning, mayor

[nicmarlo]

Morning everybody!

[The Mayor]

Morning Nic! How are you?

[nicmarlo]

doing good mayor, and you?

[The Mayor]

Doing OK, busy with work and politics!

Look at what we're doing here, we are hoping to move it across the state.
http://www.rusthompson.com/PrimaryChallenge.html

[nicmarlo]

I'll will read all of that later tonight, after work...looks interesting.

Gotta get ready for work, now.

see you later, mayor. have a good one.

[The Mayor]

You too!

[Lakeside]

G'morning, Mayor. I'm a bit sad this Military Monday over the San Fran's mishap in the Pacific. However, after seeing the picture of her return I see that things could have been much worse. Prayers for the family who lost their son. Prayers for the swift recovery of those who were injured.

This hits close to home as my oldest serves on a boomer.

[The Mayor]

I can only wonder what happened.

[GailA]

Good morning

[Lakeside]

I wonder, too. I talked to my submariner son last night and he didn't know "any more than CNN does". He expected to hear more about it today and you can bet this will be another incident that will be studied and learned from for years to come. We might not know what *really* happened for years.

[The Mayor]

Mornin GailA!

[The Mayor]

I gotta run and will be back later on!

[Texagirl4W]

Good morning, Mr. Mayor. Hope you have a great day.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Good morning, Mayor!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hi, *nic*! Great to see you.

You're as pretty as ever. : )

[luvie]

May Sp. Ashley rest in peace. Prayers to his friends and family who mourn his death and will miss him. Prayers also to the families of personnel who lost their lives in Iraq--they are all precious to us!

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, Sir Mayor, and Finest FRiends far and wide.

It is a foggy, gloomy day here, but my heart is smiling. I am blessed beyond measure, and knowing that brightens up even the dreariest day.

Wishing you all a bright and beautiful Monday.