Posted on 09/26/2013 9:10:58 PM PDT by NEWwoman
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Heavenly Father –
We thank you for your promises that during the night when it’s darkest, the morning will come. You have given us this assurance in so many pictures. Even from the start of creation, You set the order. The day starts in the evening as darkness blankets the land, but ends as the morning breaks, the darkness flees, with the rising of the sun.
Knowing this, we confess our sins of unbelief and lack of faith. And most of all our ignorance for not knowing You. But You are faithful – as the morning star arises with the promise of the sunrise.
Protect all our watchmen – both men and women – who serve to keep us safe at home and abroad. May we all watch the Light of Your coming when You will right the wrongs and set all things right, again.
We ask for Your grace in Jesus’ precious Name,
Amen
I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!
Blessings, Alamo-Girl, for your prayers for our nation and our heroes.
Joining you in prayer for America and her brave heroes. Singing praises for His mercy and blessings...of that beautiful light that He sends, in the morning.
Amen.
What a beautiful prayer!
Thank you, NEWwoman.
Amen.
Amen to your beautiful prayer, your breathtakingly gorgeous picture and the lovely rendition of the hymn “After the Midnight.”
I think I’ll save this thread.
God bless and keep you and everyone here.
Lord, hear our prayers.
Jeremiah 32:33 They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.
Thank you NEWwoman for this post of hope. Even though we turn our back to the LORD at times, creating darkness, HIS MORNING STAR shines on the other side, shining forth once again on our faces so that we may see HIS LIGHT and be changed, renewed, repentant...HIS MERCY is NEW EVERY DAY...GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS OH LORD TO ME...TO US...TO OUR AMERICAN HEROES...TO OUR NATION...Let us pray together Amen.
When a wildfire raged through the beautiful canyons near Colorado Springs, Colorado, it destroyed the habitat of all kinds of wildlife and hundreds of homes. People across the nation cried out to God, pleading with Him to send rain to douse the flames, put an end to the destruction, and give firefighters relief. Some people’s prayers had an interesting condition attached to them. They asked God to show mercy and send rain without lightning, which they feared would start even more fires.
This reminds me of how we live in tension between things that save us and kill us. With fire, we cook our food and keep warm, but in it we can be consumed. With water, we keep our bodies hydrated and our planet cooled, but in it we also can drown. Too much or too little of either is life-threatening.
We see the same principle at work spiritually. To thrive, civilizations need the seemingly opposite qualities of mercy and justice (Zech. 7:9). Jesus scolded the Pharisees for being sticklers about the law but neglecting these “weightier matters” (Matt. 23:23).
We may lean toward justice or mercy, but Jesus keeps them in perfect balance (Isa. 16:5; 42:1-4). His death satisfies God’s need for justice and our need for mercy.
Read: Isaiah 16:1-5
Amen to your Beautiful Prayer for Our American Heroes and for Our Nation!
Praying with you for our Heroes and our beloved Nation.
Blessings, etabeta
Blessings, Jane Long, for your prayers and songs of praise.
Blessings, laplata, for your prayers and encouragement.
Blessings, Irish Rose, for your prayers for our nation.
Blessings, onyx, for your prayers. And thank you for your encouragement and kind words.
Blessings, Jeanbl, for your steadfast prayers and encouragement. Great is God’s mercy.
Blessings, The Mayor, for your prayers and all you do to minister to us on FR.
Blessings, left that other site, for all your prayers and ministry on FR.
Blessings, etabeta, for your prayers for our country and our heroes.
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