Posted on 01/01/2024 6:05:55 PM PST by ViLaLuz
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.
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Jesus, we thank you and honor you today. May we have the mind of Christ today. I Jesus name Amen 509 885 0550
Amen! God bless.
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Affirming Scripture to fight spiritual battles
Joining in prayer for our beloved America:
* Repentance
* Revival
* Restoration
In Jesus Name
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Amen, in Jesus Christ Name 🙏.
Thank you, Most Dear Lord, for answering my prayers, and getting rid of Claudine Gay from Harvard’s presidency!
Dear Lord, also save my other alma mater, MIT from woke ideologies, antisemitism, and anti-Christianity! Save all our universities, O Lord, great and not so great. AMEN!
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Psalm 114
1 When Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became God’s* sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
3 The sea looked and fled;
Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.
5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turns the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of water.
It is a glorious way to begin the week.
Kalam
Amen
Lord Jesus, we thank you and honor you today. May we have the mind of Christ today. I Jesus name Amen
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Amen! Today and every day, Holy Father!
What is the meaning of Philippians 2:5, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus”?
In Philippians 2:5, Paul sets Jesus before us as the example of the type of attitude we should have: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (NKJV). Or, as the NIV has it, “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.”
Paul writes his letter to the Philippians to encourage them to rejoice even in difficult circumstances. Paul was in prison, and he encourages the Philippians that, even though he was imprisoned, they should rejoice because God was still working (Philippians 1). The church at Philippi was commendable for several reasons; however, they were also dealing with some disunity (Philippians 4:2). Paul asks them to make his joy complete—to provide him joy even in his difficulty—by “being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose” (Philippians 2:2). The Philippians could help Paul in his difficult time by simply showing the maturity that they should show in the first place. Paul explains how they can do that. They shouldn’t do anything out of selfishness or pride, but, instead, with humility in their thinking they should consider the other person as more important than themselves (Philippians 2:3). They shouldn’t be simply concerned about their own interests, but also the interests of others (Philippians 2:4). After these exhortations, Paul gives them a supreme example to consider: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5).
The idea of “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5) is to have the same mindset or thinking that Christ had. Specifically, Paul is talking about how Jesus as God was willing to give up His glory (Philippians 2:6) and to humble Himself to become a man and to die on a cross (Philippians 2:7–8). Jesus gave Himself up as an expression of love and was willing to lower Himself to express that love. He is the supreme example of love and humility—as Jesus Himself put it, no one has greater love than to give his life for another (John 15:13). Paul is challenging his readers to think like that—to be willing to lower themselves for the benefit of the other. That is how they could be of the same mind, maintaining the same love, and intent on one purpose (Philippians 2:2)—by being willing to make their own interests and purposes subservient for the good of the other person.
Humility is a basic and necessary aspect of the Christian life, and we have the perfect model of how to be humble in Jesus Christ. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). Further, as James recounted, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6, ESV). God sees when people respond to Him and to each other with humility, and He is gracious. Peter adds that we should humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God and at the right time He will exalt us (1 Peter 5:6). Any anxieties we might have about the implications of humility we can cast upon Him because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). This is one facet of God’s grace for the humble.
Paul challenged Euodia and Syntyche to live in harmony (Philippians 4:2), and that same challenge is applicable for us today. We need to “let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” and treat each other with humility and honor so that we are valuing each other as God values us and as He intends for us to value each other.
https://www.gotquestions.org/let-this-mind-be-in-you.html
Thank you etabeta! God bless you and happy new year!
Dear Lord, thank You for renewing our understanding of how to live and rededicate ourselves to Your desire. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for knocking on doors and leading the Way! Thank You for Your reminder we are to be Your salt to those who don’t know Your Light just yet. We strongly desire to live Your Beatitudes and long for them to manifest in America and every nation in our world! Grant us many opportunities to point them to Your Majesty as time is growing shorter every day! Amen.
Thank you redryder_90. God bless you and happy new year!
Holy Father, in Your deep unconditional love for us You’ve gone above and beyond in Your grace and mercy! You have been patient and slow to anger. Today we cry out for you to break the corrupt heart and demonic pride of this nation as only YOU can do and cleanse us of our selfish ambitions! Focus every American gaze upon You! Constantly remind us there is no Victory without YOU! Ignite our deepest desire and ambitions for YOU ALONE, our Glorious and Mightiest King!
Thank you Bigg Red! God bless you and happy new year!
Matthew 5:13 (NKJV) - Believers Are Salt and Light
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
Thank you TianaHighrider! God bless you and happy new year.
Prayer Remains the Only Way Out of This Complicated Mess
“I pray for wisdom for the leaders of Israel. I pray that they hear the voice of God and obey. I pray that God would come to their leaders like in the old times, in dreams and in visions to show them the future, to show them what they must do to prevail, first for Israel but also for all the peoples of the earth! I pray God would do miracles to show His way out of these horrors and bring a peace to Israel and Jerusalem that has never before been known! In His Holy Name I pray, Amen.”
Let there be peace in Israel and also Jerusalem, the apple of His eye… Amen.”
https://www.americanrevivalpress.org/post/prayer-remains-the-only-way-out-of-this-complicated-mess-the-war-in-israel
Thank you NEWwoman! God bless you and happy new year!
Jeremiah 29:7 “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Dear Holy Father, we come together here on Free Republic today to stand in the gap for America and the nations of the world. We confess our sins of self-centeredness, pride and idolatries above You, for which You have been—undeservedly for us, most merciful and gracious. We thank You for Your loving patience and kindness. We continue to ask for national revival and spiritual healing, as well as for individuals, too. Please dear Holy Father, hear our cries to heal our land. Pour out Your divine peace and blessings upon America according to Your mercy, even as we are blessed with consequences under Your loving discipline. Amen.
Thank you, Most Dear Lord, for answering my prayers, and getting rid of Claudine Gay from Harvard’s presidency!
Dear Lord, also save my other alma mater, MIT from woke ideologies, antisemitism, and anti-Christianity! Save all our universities, O Lord, great and not so great. AMEN!
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AMEN! We give thanks for this today! May Miss Gay, the students and others in similar circumstances at our universities seek forgiveness and redemption as only You can give. We pray for all the lost in the university system. May the revivals that broke out at these schools months ago continue until all have heard the Good News. Please continue to expose and remove the corruption and heal our education institutions so once again they exist to honor You and study Your Word. Amen.
AMEN DarthVader! Thank you and happy new year! God bless you!
James 2:19
You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
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Just want to let you know that I am leading our churches Men’s Prayer Group. We meet on Monday mornings at 6:30 am.
It is a glorious way to begin the week.
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EXCELLENT! Yes I agree there is no better way to start the day or week. And you’re welcome!!
God bless you combat_boots and happy new year!
Prayer Of Rejoicing to The Glory of God Our Saviour
Worthy are You O Lord, worthy is the Lamb Who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing! Father, there is nothing in heaven nor on earth that can compare with the amazing glory and grace which You have poured out, in untold and abundant measure upon this race of fallen man, than that which our Saviour Jesus Christ did when You sent Him into the world, to become the propitiation for our sins, and by Whose death and resurrection has redeemed us from the pit of hell.
There is nothing more beautiful nor worthy of our awe and wonder and eternal praise, than those glorified wounds in the body of Christ, which by Your grace have set us free from slavery to sin and Satan, death and hell.
Not only did You create us by the power of Your mighty hand, but by Your grace we have been bought with a price, the precious blood of Jesus Christ. May we never become too familiar with all that our Lord Jesus Christ did on our account, when You sent Him to die for our sins and redeem our lives from destruction. In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/prayer/prayer-of-rejoicing-to-the-glory-of-god-our-saviour-1337
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