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As President Bush Spoke this evening of being comforted by the Prayers of thousands of people . .
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Dear Elijah List Readers,
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As Our President spoke tonight of being comforted by "thousands" (it's probably literally millions) who are praying for him regarding this potential war with Iraq, I thought of the UN'S resolution 1441 that everyone has talked about . . . the resolution which requires Sadaam Hussein to Disarm or BE disarmed . . .
---I don't know if I heard this somewhere or from someone else (maybe I did and can't remember from whom I heard it) . . . nevertheless, I was suddenly drawn to Psalm 144:1 (from Resolution 1441 -- God doesn't waste ANY word or any thought).
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Here is what it says:
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Ps 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle -- (NKJV)
I felt led to make this call to increase our prayers for President Bush in this hour!
Please forward this to all you know who love to pray for this country.
When the Lord is the ROCK of the King or the President . . . When the Lord Trains his hands for War and his fingers for battle . . ----this is what the Lord (among other things) includes in that training:
1) Brilliant strategies regarding how to overtake the enemy by surprise (Should we need to war with Sadaam Hussein)
2) A Sudden "uncovering" of the enemy's secret plots and vicious plans of attack, both in Iraq and on our USA soil
3) An exposing of accomplices who are not yet known--who are aiding Sadaam against the USA
4) A confusing of the enemy so that he fights against himself--rather than against the USA and her allies
5) Strategies which protect ALL innocents on both sides. In this case, our prayers should be that "IF" we MUST go to war, that the innocents in Iraq are completely protected and the soldiers who are following orders and acting righteously (on both sides) are also protected.
6) That all innocent civilians on U.S. Soil and those of our allies are protected supernaturally.
Pray Psalm 91 regarding the USA and our allies in conflict with Iraq, should war break out Pray Psalm 144:1 regarding the USA and our allies in conflict with Iraq, should war break out
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AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THOSE WHO DISAGREE
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Good people "on both sides" will find themselves in disagreement with how the USA handles this situation. In Prayer, our job is not to judge those who disagree with our going to war (or not). For instance, we must NOT find ourselves criticizing, if a given celebrity is vocal against this war, while another may not be against it. Judgment on our part...as people who pray . . .judgment AGAINST those who disagree with our position (whatever it is) -- is NOT pleasing to the Lord. Confess your judgments against those who disagree and bless them in prayer. That WILL be pleasing to the Lord and will truly "be" Christian.
Pray for President George Bush...according to Psalms 91 (See www.ministriestothenations.org) and Psalm 144:1
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He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.