Father God, I come to You this morning every mindful of the Great Commission You have laid on every Christian's heart. Father, You alone are worthy of the Praise and the Glory. Forgive me of my sins, but more than that give me the strength to turn away from them and follow You. Father, I thank You for all that You have done, and You know each and every prayer request here, from those that post to those that lurk, to those that hold them within their hearts. Open the hearts today that need changing. I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt Your Power and believe that with You ALL things can be done. Give me the strength to witness not only in word but deed as well. Let others see You through me. I ask this in Christ's Holy Name, knowing and believing that You do hear and answer prayer. Amen
I pray that Kim Clement's prediction that the U.S. response will not be your highest will be minimized if not prevented. A number of people in Bush's administration know how to hear you, Lord. Speak to them clearly and show them precisely how to respond to this situation in all aspects and in the proper sequence. Cause President Bush to hear the best advice from the best sources and particularly through your Holy Spirit.
Give him utter confidence that he has heard your counsel when he has. Give him utter steadfastness and resolute determination to follow through on what you instruct him to do and not to do. Cause sufficient people to support him in such choices and actions.
We ask through the power of the Blood of Jesus and the Power of Your Holy Spirit that all forces of evil seeking to distract, confuse, hinder, confound, mislead, side-track, cause even slight deviation etc.--that all such forces and efforts be brought to nothing--and more than nothing--that for every such effort by every demonic force, that, LORD GOD, YOU WOULD INTENSIFY THE CLEAR GUIDANCE OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS STAFF, INTENSIFY AND MULTIPLY THE ANOINTED WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE AND DIRECTION FROM YOU AND FROM THE ANGELIC FORCES SUPPORTING SUCH. That for every prayer by those that Love you--that you would protect and bless those praying and cause any hinderance or effort at retaliation on them to result in only greater blessing to them and greater damage to the foces seeking to hinder or retaliate against them or the President's efforts.
Lord, God, please cause the media to be all bound up in their underwear whenever they try and wittingly or unwittingly contribute counter productive things into this situation. Give the President and his staff added wisdom and knowledge about how to minimize destructive inputs and involvement from the media.
Father, please alert the president and his administration to the efforts of those who would erode our Bill of Rights in the midst of this situation. Cause him to be alert to such strategies and to end up taking actions to strengthen the Bill of Rights in appropriate ways.
So let it be said, so let it be done, Amen.
This morning, my oldest daughter Sarah, asked Jesus to come into her heart! Thank You Father!!! Thank You!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3bb76a993a6b.htm
TO ME, the more important aspects of the quotes suggested are that BELIEVERS WOULD DO WELL TO:
A) pray earnestly that our gov would have uncommon wisdom in this situation.
B) pray earnestly regarding the further attacks planned and predicted by
(1) multiple secular intelligence sources from multiple nations
(2) various prophetic sources of all types
(3) logic.
C) pray earnestly that believers have a growthful, constructive, redemptive attitude toward all concerned while supporting the disciplines of God on the evil involved.
D) realize yet again that God's perspective is usually not likely to be ours.
E) realize yet again that God has options we haven't begun to dream of.
F) support our military forces enormously in prayer in the event that, indeed, they EVEN MIGHT be acting on even partially flawed options.
G) pray that Iraq's leader get's fully and thoroughly what he keenly deserves to finally take him out of the equation whether by God's direct intervention into his life or through U.S.A actions.
H) watch and see in the next attack if there is evidence that God has moderated the degree of the disaster.
I) prayerfully support whatever God might do in terms of pulling the veil of distortions and darkness back from regions, peoples, leaders, forces in the Middle East.
J) prayerfully support whatever God might do in terms of intensifying, multiplying HIS GLORY, HIS WILL, HIS HEALING, HIS LEADING, HIS WHOLENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS PEACE in the Middle East.
K) realize that God's Love is more overwhelmingly available and more of a priority to even God than is His own justice. Rejoice in that and share that with the hurting everywhere of every orientation. Mercy triumphs over justice.
L) realize and help those around us realize that GOD IS GOD and always will be God and before Him, every other power is at best a weak breath of air in a typhoon.
M) realize more fully that God is sufficient for all our needs present and future. Whether with Him here, graduated from this life and with Him eternally or whatever--He is sufficient and promised that where He is, those who Love Him will be also.
Of course, if none of the above are attractive to you, ignore them and do as you see fit before God. I'm nothing. . . . a too often weak human too often just blowing wind. . . . perhaps sometimes, there's a thought worth prayerfully pondering.