Posted on 03/19/2004 12:51:59 PM PST by TEXOKIE
THREE CHEERS FOR OUR WONDERFUL TROOPS, THEIR ALLIES, AND ALL WHO ARE SERVING IN SUPPORT CAPACITIES IN THE WAR ON TERROR! YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS NATION A YEAR OF VICTORY IN THAT WAR! The honor is yours, but know that we bask in your accomplishments and love you for your steadfast service on this day!
Welcome, everyone to the 10th Troop Prayer Thread! Today is the anniversary of the resumption of hostilities with Iraq, wherein our troops have made military history that shall ring down the centuries.
The troop prayer threads are dedicated to giving our troops, allies, and all who are serving the Holy Cause of Freedom, including (but not limited to) the families and loved ones waiting at home and those who are not in uniform but who are serving in dangerous situations supporting our troops and gathering intelligence spiritual support. We seek together to offer prayer, scriptures, encouraging messages, and other devotions dedicated to this purpose.
We have over the past year gathered together a prayer list of these servants of freedom. You will find it posted below. FReeper amom has been serving as our List Keeper this past year and I wish to thank and commend her for doing such a meticulous job of keeping it updated. She has also been keeping our ping list up to date. If you wish to submit a name for the prayer list or to add or take off a name from the ping list, please let either or both of us know.
For those of us who have somewhat limited computer capacity, or still have phone modems, 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.
Thank you so much for spiritually supporting our troops, allies, support civilians, and their families.
We are grateful to God that for those who have been injured or taken back Home, He has dispatched angels to their care.
To view the previous prayer threads, use these links:
Troop Prayer Thread 9:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1031704/posts
Troop Prayer Thread 8:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/994696/posts?page=451,50
Troop Prayer Thread 7:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/973786/posts
Troop Prayer Thread 6:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/917197/posts?page=301,50
Troop Prayer Thread 5:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898097/posts
Troop Prayer Thread 4:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879044/posts
Troop Prayer Thread 3:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/873600/posts?page=151,50
Troop Prayer Thread 2:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/870136/posts
Troop Prayer Thread 1:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/863153/posts
For those who wish to pay their respects and honor our Fallen Heroes, please visit this thread:
Names,Stories, and Pictures of Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872330/posts?q=1&&page=601
Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way
Help me remember
Somewhere out there
A man died for me today
--As long as there be war
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?"
Taken from the book, "A Man Called Intrepid" by William Stevenson about William Stephenson, the head of British intelligence services prior to and during WWII. He wrote this at the very beginnings of the Battle of Britain and shared it with Eleanor Roosevelt.
STAR SPANGELED BANNER
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
FRANCES SCOTT KEY
AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AMERICA, WE LOVE YOU!
AND OUR LOVE IS GREAT ENOUGH TO HOLD YOU ETERNALLY VICTORIOUS IN THE LIGHT!
Amen. Praying for a speedy recovery.
Amen!
Joing you in prayer, TO. Thank you, Lord, for hearing us. We ask these things in your Precious Name, Amen.
oops, joing= joining. But the Lord knew what I meant. :)
I sent your prayer to Lt. Col Sharon Jacko. She said she will pass it on to the troops.
God bless!
Thank you for joining us in prayer in your post 934, Mayor!
Thank you for joining us in prayer, Chong. Thank you for the vigil you hold.
Thank you for holding vigil for our troops, Mayor, and for joining us in prayer here on this thread. Your generous words are encouraging and appreciated, and all the glory for the good stuff goes to the Father!
Thank you for coming by the thread, pollywog, and joining us in prayer.
Thank you for your prayers for struwwelpeter and family.
Thank you as always for your prayers, AG.
Thank you for your prayers, octobersky!
Thank you so much for your prayers, valleygal. Thank you for conveying the prayer we have for our troops in Fallujah to Lt. Col Sharon Jacko. Please thank her for being willing to let her folks know that all of us here are truly holding vigil and are with them as much as we can be in body, mind, soul, and Spirit. God bless them.
LOL! at your post 944!
I just dont understand wyh my fingers dont do rihgt iether!!
Isnt the Lord wonderful that he can take a look at all the typos of our lives and somehow make sense of them??? We are so blest to have such a perfect and compassionate editor, arent we?
First your welcome and it is my priveledge joining you all in Prayer.
We as a family Pray for our Troops daily.
We as a Church Pray for the Safety,a hedge of Protection to surround them and for Gods Wisdom to guide them as they fight for our Freedom and the Freedom of the Iraqi people.
Well, I want to thank all of you who prayed for my Jamie as well. The vet said he achieved full remission after his first chemo treatment. That's almost unheard of. Thank all of you, and thank God.
:-D
THank you so much for all the prayers of your family for our troops and the victory in the Middle East. It is so inspiring to hear of the devotions of our fellow Prayer Warriors.
ANSWERED PRAYER REPORT!!
McGavin999 reports this to us:
"Well, I want to thank all of you who prayed for my Jamie as well. The vet said he achieved full remission after his first chemo treatment. That's almost unheard of. Thank all of you, and thank God."
What terrific news, McGavin! Thank you for letting us know. It is amazing what medical sciences can achieve these days, especially if it is paired with prayer.
(*Ahem* posting once more with the ping list attached)
ANSWERED PRAYER REPORT!!
McGavin999 reports this to us:
"Well, I want to thank all of you who prayed for my Jamie as well. The vet said he achieved full remission after his first chemo treatment. That's almost unheard of. Thank all of you, and thank God."
What terrific news, McGavin! Thank you for letting us know. It is amazing what medical sciences can achieve these days, especially if it is paired with prayer.
Thank You God
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