Posted on 03/06/2003 12:15:28 AM PST by patriciaruth
Anyone who would like to request prayers or fasting for their loved ones in the military or for themselves as they go into harm's way, or would like to offer up such prayers and fasts, please join this thread.
Isaiah 58
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seeth not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and acceptable day to the LORD?
Is not this the fast I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seeth the naked, that thou cover him; and that thy hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thou light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day,; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Love,
Patty
Bump!
President George W. Bush
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar
OhioWfan's son Eric
OhioWfan's son's unit buddy, Sean
mystery-ak's husband Mike and their son Jonathan
GoGranny's grandson
Inspectorette's son Eric
LBGA's son
Slip18's nephew
anniegetyourgun's nephew Josh
Himyar's son Robert
homeschool mama's nephew Michael
CyberAnt's nephew Jody
milagro's son
BlessedAmerican's nephew David
Jewels1091's daughter's friends, Ross and Chris
Jewels1091's cousin Phil
Maigrey's cousin C. C.
Condi2008's friend J.D.
TruthNTegrity's brother John and his family
TruthNtegrity's friend’s nephew Ben
Hoosiermama's students: Brad and his brother Jeff, Bill and another Bill, and Shanty and Josh
notpoliticallycorewrecked's husband
notpoliticallycorewrecked's military email buddies
Wneighbor's son-in-law Thomas
zlala's brother
tamikamaria's cousin Annette
tamikamaria's best friend’s brother and sister
Radix's son
Pippin's niece and nephew
WomanofStandard's dear friend's three sons, Dustin, Troy, and Tyler
baseballmom's friend’s nephew, Thomas
a special Freeper's brother
hoosier_RW_conspirator's friend’s son Danny
ivoteright's husband, who is also I’m ALL Right's brother-in-law
kemathen7's boyfriend, John
GretchenEE's dear friend's son Silas
Warriormom's dear friend Greg
Per-Ling and his family
leenie312's son Nicholas
rintense's friend's brother Brian
JulieRNR21's friend's grandson Wesley
Severa's husband, FReeper Hostel
Severa's brother Wes
Severa's friend Tosca
Hostel's cousin David
lizbet's cousin's son Marc
jtill's friend P.A. and his family
AF_Blue and his family
seamstome's adopted servicemen Trey, David, Cody, and Darby and their families
CENTVRIO EQVITVM and his loved ones
Reagan's Mom's brother-in-law Dave
Judith Anne's friend's son
Judith Anne's daughter-in-law's two brothers
AFPhys's friend C.M.
olliemb's two young patients now serving
Pastor Mike's brother Tom
Dale's son Dean
Cindy's stepson Adam
Jim and Terri's son Stephen
Joy's son Michael
patriciaruth's cousin Ed
Marvin and Carolyn's son Alan
KitJ
AntiJen's friend Mark
AntiJen's neighbors Jason, Justin, and Jack
Stand 4 something's husband Mike and son Scott.
LKR59's grandchildren Timmy, John, and Karen
TigerCap's coworker Kevin
Especially we remember fatima's friends in Baghdad -- Karen, Jim, Patty, and Adam.
Our God is an awesome God!
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power and love.
Our God is an awesome God!
I pray for our troops every day, I pray for God to watch over them and that they return home safe. I always remember what Ronald Reagan was quoted as saying, "Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway". I pray that they know how much we all pray for them.
It is at once inspiring and frightening and sobering how long the list is. And this isn't the only prayer thread.
"But all of us--at home, at war, wherever we may be--are within the reach of God’s love and power. We all can pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of God’s will."
President George W. Bush
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar
Heavenly Father, we pray for our soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen. Bless them all and have mercy on them all. We remember especially as representative of the whole, the following souls:
OhioWfan's son Eric
OhioWfan's son's unit buddy, Sean
mystery-ak's husband Mike and their son Jonathan
GoGranny's grandson
Inspectorette's son Eric
LBGA's son
Slip18's nephew
anniegetyourgun's nephew Josh
Himyar's son Robert
homeschool mama's nephew Michael
CyberAnt's nephew Jody
milagro's son
BlessedAmerican's nephew David
Jewels1091's daughter's friends, Ross and Chris
Jewels1091's cousin Phil
Maigrey's cousin C. C.
Condi2008's friend J.D.
TruthNTegrity's brother John and his family
TruthNtegrity's friend’s nephew Ben
Hoosiermama's students: Brad and his brother Jeff, Bill and another Bill, and Shanty and Josh
notpoliticallycorewrecked's husband
notpoliticallycorewrecked's military email buddies
Wneighbor's son-in-law Thomas
zlala's brother
tamikamaria's cousin Annette
tamikamaria's best friend’s brother and sister
Radix's son
Pippin's niece and nephew
WomanofStandard's dear friend's three sons, Dustin, Troy, and Tyler
baseballmom's friend’s nephew, Thomas
a special Freeper's brother
hoosier_RW_conspirator's friend’s son Danny
ivoteright's husband, who is also I’m ALL Right's brother-in-law
kemathen7's boyfriend, John
GretchenEE's dear friend's son Silas
Warriormom's dear friend Greg
Per-Ling and his family
leenie312's son Nicholas
rintense's friend's brother Brian
JulieRNR21's friend's grandson Wesley
Severa's husband, FReeper Hostel
Severa's brother Wes
Severa's friend Tosca
Hostel's cousin David
lizbet's cousin's son Marc
jtill's friend P.A. and his family
AF_Blue and his family
seams2me's adopted servicemen Trey, David, Cody, and Darby and their families
CENTVRIO EQVITVM and his loved ones
Reagan's Mom's brother-in-law Dave
Judith Anne's friend Deana's son
Judith Anne's daughter-in-law's two brothers
AFPhys
AFPhys's friend C.M.
olliemb's two young patients now serving
Pastor Mike's brother Tom
Dale's son Dean
Cindy's stepson Adam
Jim and Terri's son Stephen
Joy's son Michael
patriciaruth's cousin Ed
Marvin and Carolyn's son Alan
KitJ
AntiJen's friend Mark
AntiJen's neighbors Jason, Justin, and Jack
Stand 4 something's husband Mike and son Scott.
LKR59's grandchildren Timmy, John, and Karen
TigerCap's coworker Kevin
Lord God, we pray for the suffering people of Iraq. Please bless them and have mercy on them.
Especially we remember fatima's friends in Baghdad -- Karen, Jim, Patty, and Adam.
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