Posted on 12/17/2014 7:37:50 AM PST by Hiskid
From Psalm 112, we take our prayer for our military and our Nation today. We call Blessed those among us who fear the LORD, who find great delight in his commands. Our children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in our houses, and our righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for each one who has been made upright by the shed blood of Jesus. Because Your love is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, lead each of us to be gracious and compassionate and righteous. Our brethren among the military and those in authority will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.
As Your children, we confess that we will have no fear of bad news; because our hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD. Our hearts are secure, we will have no fear. In the end each military man and woman and each leader who stands for Your ways of doing and being right will look in triumph on their foes. They will be lifted high in honor. The wicked will see and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.
Amen.
Please pray today.
Please pray today.
Pablo Casals was considered to be the preeminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century. When he was still playing his cello in the middle of his tenth decade of life, a young reporter asked, “Mr. Casals, you are 95 years old and the greatest cellist that ever lived. Why do you still practice 6 hours a day?”
Mr. Casals answered, “Because I think I’m making progress.”
What a great attitude! As believers in Christ, we should never be satisfied to think we have reached some self-proclaimed pinnacle of spiritual success, but rather continue to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). Jesus reminds us in John 15:16 that He chose us to “go and bear fruit.” The result of healthy growth is continuing to bear spiritual fruit throughout our lives. Our Lord promises: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit” (v.5).
In a steady and faithful progression to become more and more like the One we love and serve, we can be confident that He who began “a good work” in us will continue it until it is finally finished on the day when He returns (Phil. 1:6).
John Quincy Adams - SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; DIPLOMAT; SECRETARY OF STATE; CONGRESSMAN"The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth. Never since the foundation of the world have the prospects of mankind been more encouraging to that hope than they appear to be at the present time. And may the associated distribution of the Bible proceed and prosper till the Lord shall have made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God [Isaiah 52:10]. (1)
"In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior. The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity. (2)
1. Life of John Quincy Adams, W. H. Seward, editor (Auburn, NY: Derby, Miller & Company, 1849), p. 248.
2. John Quincy Adams, An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport at Their Request on the Sixty-First Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1837 (Newburyport: Charles Whipple, 1837), pp. 5-6.
Amen to every word of your anointed prayer for our nation.
I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!
Thank You, Father, for the answer to John Quincy Adams' prayer: "And may the associated distribution of the Bible proceed and prosper till the Lord shall have made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God [Isaiah 52:10]." Amen.
Joining in prayer.
Blessings, etabeta
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks to His holy name. Ps. 97:11-12 Joining you in prayer and praise to our HOLY GOD, asking for Mercy and Grace to grow deeply in the hearts of our heroes and multiply in their families and children. Praying for our Nation.
Amen, Hiskid!
How we need a Reagan for such a time as this!
Joining in lifting up in prayer our beloved America, our heroes, and all God’ people.
May revival sweep our land and heal our nation.
Amen.
Amen to your prayer in the Name of Jesus Christ, and according to the Word of God! Blessed is the Name of the Lord.
Standing in Heartfelt Agreement with Every Word of your Powerful Prayer, Dearest Sister Hiskid.
Wonderful, Anointed Prayer.
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