Posted on 02/16/2026 8:49:28 PM PST by Hiskid
Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2
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This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14
Mighty, Heavenly Father once again we find ourselves humbled at Your feet and in total dependence on Your Word of Truth. Thank You for this place of safety and victory. We are grateful for such a great salvation.
We take our comfort from Proverbs 17 (TPT) today where our beloved United States of America is concerned. Thinking of those evil in authority who have been insulting You and us, we read,
*Those eager to embrace evil listen to slander, for a liar loves to listen to lies.
*It is not proper for a leader to lie and deceive, and don’t expect excellent words to be spoken by a fool.
*Rebellion thrives in an evil man, so a messenger of vengeance will be sent to punish him.
*The one who returns evil for good can expect to be treated the same way for the rest of his life.
*There is nothing God hates more than condemning the one who is innocent and acquitting the one who is guilty.
*For the one who loves to boast is only asking for trouble.
*The one with a perverse heart never has anything good to say, and the chronic liar tumbles into constant trouble.
*When you take a secret bribe, your actions reveal your true character, for you pervert the ways of justice.
*It’s horrible to persecute a holy lover of God or to strike an honorable man for his integrity!
All of the evil that has been exposed is a marvelous gift from You. Our scripture today reminds us that You see all and You repay. We rest in the power of Your goodness. For all those we are thinking of today, we ask for the grace of a teachable and repentant heart so that they can be saved. Protect the righteous servants of Yours and vindicate their tireless labor against evil. We pray in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.
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Amen, Hiskid
Affirming the counsel of Scripture.
Joining in prayer for our beloved America.
May we return to the faith of our founders, appealing to Heaven to deliver us from the wicked.
In Jesus Name
Amen
AMEN, thank you. Joining in prayer together.
“Let All That Has Been Concealed, Be REVEALED.”
Amen, Hiskid, in Jesus name.
Amen.
Amen
Amen
Lord, let our leadership and judicial system not be decided by corrupt earthly judges, but by Your Word.
May this republic be surrendered to You: One Nation Under God.
Psalm 91
1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,*
2 will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.’
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence;
4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
or the arrow that flies by day,
6 or the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
or the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge,*
the Most High your dwelling-place,
10 no evil shall befall you,
no scourge come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder,
the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.
14 Those who love me, I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.
15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honour them.
Amen to your prayer, let it be so Lord Jesus.
Amen. Praying in agreement. Father God, we desperately need Your Truth in these evil days.
Joining in prayer. God bless.
Amen
Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/02/17/100547-great-martyr-theodore-the-tyro-recruit
......The Orthodox Church commemorates the holy Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit each year on the first Saturday of Great Lent. On Friday evening, at the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, after the prayer at the Ambo, the Canon to the Holy Great Martyr Theodore, composed by Saint John of Damascus, is sung. After this, kolyva [boiled wheat with honey] is blessed and distributed to the faithful.....
Troparion
Great are the accomplishments of faith, / for the Holy Martyr Theodore rejoiced in the fount of flames as though at the waters of rest;1 / for having been made a whole burnt offering in the fire, / he was offered as a sweet bread to the Trinity. / By his entreaties, O Christ God, save our souls!
Kontakion
Having received the faith of Christ in your heart as a breastplate, / you trampled upon inimical forces, O much-suffering champion, / and you have been crowned eternally with a heavenly crown, as one invincible.
O dear Lord, strengthen us in our Lenten observance! Amen.
1 Psalm 22/23:2
Amen
Amen to your Anointed Scriptures and Prayer, Dear Servant of our King.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.
AMEN!
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