Posted on 08/10/2005 8:55:51 PM PDT by kayak
We come before You again in praise and adoration, thankful for Your trustworthiness and steadfastness. In a world that seems turned upside down, Your constancy reassures us and comforts us. The hope that we have through Your gift of salvation brings us unspeakable joy. Lord, we are grateful for Your mercy and Your eternal love. We bow before You, recognizing You as the One True God, all-powerful and all-knowing. Lord, we ask You to guide our steps and show us how You would have us live that we might glorify Your Name through our words and our actions.
Father, we continue in prayer without ceasing for our Christian brother and our President, George W. Bush. He is beset by enemies, both foreign and domestic, who desire his downfall and will go to any lengths to bring about his destruction. Lies, deceit, and distortion are their currency as they try to find ways to remove this man from his seat of power. Because he calls Your Name and heeds Your voice, we claim Your protection over him. Surround him and his family as with a shield and protect them from all harm - physical, spiritual, or political. Lord, lead him down the path of righteousness and fill him with wisdom, discernment, patience, and persistence. Let his faith, and the faith of all his family, grow greater each day that they may rely on You in all aspects of their lives.
We always remember those who serve our nation in the armed forces and we ask that You defend them as they seek to defend our liberty and to bring freedom to others. Let their families honor their decisions to volunteer for this dangerous duty and treat those decisions with respect and dignity. We cannot imagine the grief of those who have lost loved ones in battle but we fail to understand the bitterness that would cause one to betray the very cause for which their loved one died. Lord, we pray for those who are confused in their grief and are supporting the ones who took the lives of their sons and daughters rather than using their energies to lift up their loved ones and the cause for which they fought. Comfort them, O Lord, and bring to them the peace that passes understanding that comes only from a personal relationship with You. Let them be still and know that You are God.
Father, we are stunned at the depths to which some in our nation will sink because of their greed for power and control. There is apparently nothing that they will not do in order to advance their own agenda. Lord, we are wrestling against an enemy far more powerful and devious than we are; we must turn to You, Who have already won the victory over evil. Bring revival to our nation, O Lord! Quicken the hearts of those who have turned their backs on You and who are following the prince of darkness as he entices them with his wiles. Restore in our land a desire to know You, to hallow Your Name, and to obey Your commandments. In the Name of Him Who died for our sins, Jesus, the Christ. Amen.
O, come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!
Amen.
Amen, Kayak.
Thanks for your prayers.
(Romans 10:17)
That's a beautiful call to prayer.
AMEN KAYAK AND AMEN ALL!!
GRACE TO ALL BRETHREN!!
Psalms 27:1
Psalms 27:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 27:2
When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.
Psalms 27:3
Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war should rise against me, In this I will be confident.
Psalms 27:4
One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
Psalms 27:5
For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
Psalms 27:6
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
Psalms 27:7
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Psalms 27:8
When You said, "Seek My face," My heart said to You, "Your face, LORD, I will seek."
Psalms 27:9
Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 27:10
When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the LORD will take care of me.
Psalms 27:11
Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
Psalms 27:12
Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.
Psalms 27:13
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
Psalms 27:14
Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!
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"Christ, who is our life."
- Colossians 3:4
Paul's marvellously rich expression indicates, that Christ is the source
of our life. "You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins."
That same voice which brought Lazarus out of the tomb raised us to newness
of life. He is now the substance of our spiritual life. It is by his life
that we live; he is in us, the hope of glory, the spring of our actions,
the central thought which moves every other thought. Christ is the
sustenance of our life. What can the Christian feed upon but Jesus' flesh
and blood? "This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man
may eat thereof, and not die." O wayworn pilgrims in this wilderness of
sin, you never get a morsel to satisfy the hunger of your spirits, except
ye find it in him! Christ is the solace of our life. All our true joys
come from him; and in times of trouble, his presence is our consolation.
There is nothing worth living for but him; and his lovingkindness is
better than life! Christ is the object of our life. As speeds the ship
towards the port, so hastes the believer towards the haven of his
Saviour's bosom. As flies the arrow to its goal, so flies the Christian
towards the perfecting of his fellowship with Christ Jesus. As the soldier
fights for his captain, and is crowned in his captain's victory, so the
believer contends for Christ, and gets his triumph out of the triumphs of
his Master. "For him to live is Christ." Christ is the exemplar of our
life.
Where there is the same life within, there will, there must be, to a
great extent, the same developments without; and if we live in near
fellowship with the Lord Jesus we shall grow like him.
We shall set him before us as our Divine copy, and we shall seek to tread
in his footsteps, until he shall become the crown of our life in glory.
Oh! how safe, how honoured, how happy is the Christian, since Christ is
our life!
C.H.SPURGEON!
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
"May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever Amen."
In agreement with the Presidential prayer team, we pray for President and Mrs. Bush as they continue a working vacation at Prairie Chapel Ranch, and ask You, God, protect them both at home and as they travel. We ask You for meaningful moments of reflection and encouragement from the Lord.
We pray for our President as he works for Social Security reform, speaking with Americans and working with members of Congress. May he hear Your direction and have the wisdom needed to make the right decisions in the right way.
In light of the news that 9/11 terrorists were in the country prior to the attacks, we pray for the ongoing efforts of all our country's intelligence agencies, asking You to powerfully protect us against future attacks and to uncover any terrorist cells. There is nothing hidden that won't come to the Light.
We give thanks for the success of Discovery's mission, and pray for Your guidance and wisdom for NASA Director Michael Griffin and his team as they seek to launch the next mission as soon as possible.
We pray also for the President and Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman as they implement the new energy bill signed this week. We pray that God will guide and give them insight.
We pray for those developing the Iraqi constitution, that their efforts will benefit the greater good for that nation.
We pray for the members of Congress as they continue their summer recess, asking God to guide them as they listen to the local people they represent so that their efforts during the next session will benefit the greater good.
As the Pentagon has announced the need for increased numbers of troops to be deployed to Iraq, we pray for those who will be called up, that they will be well prepared in body mind and spirit, and we pray for their loved ones as they begin service.
Thank You, Father, for hearing and answering these petitions in the name of our Savior, Jesus, the Christ. Amen.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever Amen."
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