Troop Prayer Thread 4

Welcome to the Troop Prayer Thread! We gather here together in the belief that "whereever two or more are gathered in my name, there am I," and that by the grace of God, group prayer effort can be a great force for good in the world.

We are listing here members of the active armed services known to us for whom we want to pray. We are also seeking to keep track of the Captured/MIAs here for prayer purposes.

If you would like to submit someone for our list, you are welcome to do so at any time. Post their name or pseudonym here on the thread or freepmail amom or myself. If we have made any errors, please let us know so that we may correct the list. We will be making periodic updates. If you want to be added or removed from the ping list please let amom or me know by freepmail.

We invite everyone, active Freepers and Lurkers alike to join our circle in prayer for these fine men and women who have volunteered to place their lives on the line for the defense of our nation and for the liberation of the oppressed peoples of other nations. To them we send our greatest respect and gratitude. We send them our prayers and good thoughts. We ask for God's blessing upon them and their families.

For those of us who have somewhat limited computer capacity, we request that graphics be limited to pictures of loved ones for whom we are offering prayers, special visuals that seem particularly appropriate, and as much as possible, non-moving graphics. Thank you.

Patrick Miller
Joseph Hudson
Edgar Hernandez
James Riley
David Williams
Ronald Young
Shoshana Johnson

Army Sgt. Donald Ralph Walters, 33, of Salem, Ore., 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, of El Paso, Texas, 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Pvt. Brandon Ulysses Sloan, 19, of Bedford, Ohio, 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa, 23, of Tuba City, Ariz., 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, of El Paso, Texas, 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Pfc. Jessica D. Lynch, 19, of Palestine, W.Va., 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, of Cleveland, 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Spc. James M. Kiehl, 22, of Comfort, Texas, 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, of Gallatin, Tenn. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Arizona (city not available). Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline, Jr., 21, of Washoe, Nev. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, of Decatur, Ill. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, of Boiling Springs, S.C. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, of Buffalo, N.Y. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, of Waterford, Conn. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, of Broken Arrow, Okla. Assigned to the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, N.C.

My child:

I may not know your name, but you are in my heart. I may not even know if you are male or female, but you are my child because the moment you stepped into danger for the love of country and duty, the good Lord has placed you in my heart. I am praying for you, I love you and my heart aches for you before His throne. I am praying for your safety, I am praying for your return to your loved ones. At this moment there is no difference between those children I bore and you, I am bearing you before the Lord. You are my child.

This is the support you have behind you, my darling child. This is the way your nation stand behind you. You are ours and we stand with you. I will keep praying for you as you come back, we owe you big time. I wish this old woman could be there instead of you. I wish I could be by your side. But I am, in prayers and fasting for you.

Come back to us safe and victoriously, because truth is on your side. God bless you little one, may He let His face shine on you, may He keep you, and may He guard you, and give you peace.

“Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty one,
with Your glory and Your majesty ride
prosperously because of truth,
humility, and righteousness;
and Your right hand shall teach
You awesome things.
Psalm 45:3-4

May the Lord of Host go with you!
Minty

I just received a phone call from freeper YellowRoseofTexas. She has some info she asked me to let folks know about.

REQUEST FOR FLEA COLLARS FROM THE TROOPS IN IRAQ!!

A friend of hers has a son serving in Iraq. He has asked his mom to send him some dog and cat flea collars. There are sand fleas and the collars help a lot in warding off the little buggers. Rose asked me to let folks interested in preparing care packages for troops on the Iraqi front that this is a HIGH REQUEST item!!

For those who have been following Rose's progress, there is an update on the "Prayer Thread for Yellow Rose of Texas - THIS IS NO DRILL!!" http://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=879044%2C129

She sends her greetings to one and all here.

Someone pointed out to me in recent days that the birthplace of Abraham is thought to have been in southeastern Iraq. While pondering that factoid, it brought to my mind the set of scriptures in the 18th chapter of Genesis where the Lord is speaking with Abraham and announces that He is going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham, mindful that there are possibly righteous innocents in those cities, bargains with the Lord for their lives. He extracts from the Lord the promise that for the sake of even as few as 10 righteous souls He would spare the city. We know that the Lord was actually unable to find those 10 righteous, but nevertheless the promise and precedent was made. Our Lord will, for the sake of 10 righteous, change or alter his actions because of them. I have been pondering this, and in my minds eye, I keep seeing all the thousands if not millions who are praying for the Lord to intercede in this conflict. Surely among this number are the souls who would fulfill the requirement of the 10 righteous for whom the Lord would intercede or stay His hand.

Genesis 18:32
"And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake."

OUR FATHER,

Events have been moving apace, and we now see our troops circling ever closer the city of Baghdad. We have been warned by the command authorities that they expect the hardest fighting to be in front of us. Blessed Father, we stand before you individually and in our prayer circles all over this nation and our allied nations, and we beseech you to take our prayers and send your angels before our coalition troops.

You have given us in scripture the precedent that for the sake of 10 righteous, you will stay your hand from certain and total destruction. Father, surely as you observe the desire and intent of our coalition troops to emulate you in your mercy toward the city of Baghdad, by sparing it and her innocent people as much as possible, you must also find it in your heart to spare our troops themselves as they face the prospect of chemical or biological warfare, suicide bombers, snipers, and guerillas. Surely among the troops and the many prayer circles assembled calling for your intercession there must be the 10 righteous for whom's sake you would spare our brothers and sisters in battle.

We call for our prayers in this moment to be shaped into a mighty weapon of light that you will give unto the hands of your angels for the protection of all innocent life on both sides of this battle, according to thy will. Clear the way on this battlefield. Bind any and all plans of the enemy to use those weapons of mass destruction or base criminal tactics. Clear the way and let there be a miraculous victorious ending of this conflict so that the real work of rebuilding a free society in Iraq may begin.

We have seen with joy the rescue of one of our own young women, and with infinite sadness, the recovery of the bodies of some of her companions. Father, bless and heal the body, mind and soul of Jessica Lynch. Give her and her family strength and courage to recover fully from the mistreatment it is reported she suffered. Bless and enfold with our prayers those families who have lost their young soldier to the war. Comfort them and heal their souls as they grieve. We ask for your intercession to stay the destructive hands of those who hold some of our soldiers captive. Bless their families as well. Let all of these families know at some level how we do honor these magnificent young people.

Lord of us all, we witness coming from many directions certain biases in the media which appear at the very least to be imprudent or in some cases actually harmful to the morale or safety of the troops and morale of our people at home. Father, we ask, according to thy will, that you will expose to all viewers any and all biases, lies, and manipulations that any media outlet may seek to perpetrate for any ignorant or malicious motive. Strip any and all who have malicious intent of their power to do harm according to thy will. We ask that you will make known whatever Truth(s) needs to be made known across the land.

Father, we ask that you will continue to guide our President, his cabinet, and all of our military leaders as they prosecute this war of liberation.

We are mindful that we have troops in other places than Iraq. Please bless and protect all who are posted in Afghanistan, Japan, or any other outpost throughout the world.

We are grateful that you have called us together, and that you have promised to intercede when we pray together. We praise you our Father God, for you are worthy to be praised.

Let all which we pray together be multiplied and magnified as much as your great Law will allow, and let it be done only according to thy will.

Amen

(This was Forwarded via Email from my cousin, a Marine in Iraq!)---

Thought this was pretty cool. Just make sure you plug in Marine where it says soldier! Remember Marines aren't soldiers, they are Marines. : ) I LOVE YOU ALL!

I am a small and precious child,

my dad's been sent to fight...

The only place I'll see his face,

is in my dreams at night.

He will be gone too many days

For my young mind to keep track.

I may be sad, but I am proud.

My daddy's got your back.

I am a caring mother.

My son may go to war...

My mind is filled with worries

that I have never known before

Everyday I try to keep

my thoughts from turning black.

I may be scared, but I am proud.

My son has got your back.

I am a strong and loving wife,

with a husband soon to go.

There are times I'm terrified

in a way most never know.

I bite my lip, and force a smile

as I watch my husband pack...

My heart may break, but I am proud.

My husbands got your back...

I am a soldier, Serving Proudly, standing tall.

I fight for freedom, yours and mine by answering this call.

I do my job while knowing, the thanks it sometimes lacks.

Say a prayer that I'll come home. It's me who's got your back.

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>I would urge all of you as good, God fearing, patriotic, AMERICAN citizens to stand by all of the people that are already over there preparing to give their lives for us and our way of life.
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>Let us not have another Vietnam and all the callous hatred that our people had to come home to face.
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>Please mail this to everyone you know regardless of how you or they feel about Iraq. I would love to have every American citizen stop and think about it and I know of no other way faster than this. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS,
THEY DESERVE ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GIVE THEM!!!!!
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PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY!!

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