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Posted on 07/23/2007 6:52:25 AM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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Here we are, our Abba, Lifting our Hearts to the King of kings. We Bask in Your Love, O God, and Rejoice in Your Sovereign Grace. Your Sacrifice for us is Precious, our Lord; Forever we will Exalt Your Great Name. O You Who Paint the Sunsets, and Call the Stars by Name, be Magnified in our Hearts and in our Lives.
We Bring our Brother-President Before You, Praying for his Safety and his Strength. Be Pleased, Your Excellency, to Empower him as a Soldier of the King. We Plead for Grace as he Lifts You before the Pagans of the Earth. Work through him, our Father, to Lead the Lost to Your Savior-Son.
Our Master, our Souls Ache for Thy Persecuted Servants throughout the Earth. In All their Pain, Please Surround them with Comfort and Spirit-Peace. Draw them to Your Father-Heart, and Strengthen Your Cherished, Precious Lambs.
Thank You for our America, O God, and for our Soldiers who Keep us all Free. We Adore You, our Abba; we Long for You to be Praised. May Thy Kingdom Come Soon, through the Kindness of Jesus Christ.
Thank You for Hearing our Prayers, Shepherd-Lord. In Jesus' Name, for the Glory of the King, amen.
Joining you in Prayer.
O LORD, all the earth shall worship you and sing praise to you.
2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2Th 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
2Th 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
2Th 1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Father, please help our President to walk worthy of his calling.
Help him to do the right things and to have Wisdom through Jesus Christ.
Let him ignore and reject bad counsel and seek you and your guidance.
Strengthen him to obey your Word of Truth.
Let Your Righteousness prevail in this country if that is possible and according to your good purpose.
I ask this in the name of JESUS.
July 23, 2007
READ: 1 Timothy 1:12-17
If our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. —1 John 3:20
Do you sometimes feel guilty and unworthy because of something you did years ago? You have confessed it and asked God to forgive you, but the memory of it still haunts you.
I empathize with you. Feelings of guilt still sweep over me when I recall how I failed an elderly, childless woman while I was training for the ministry. She was a regular customer in a store where I worked part-time. After a while, I became a friend and spiritual counselor to her and her husband. I even conducted his funeral.
When I moved to a nearby town to become a student pastor, I lost touch with her. I intended to contact her but kept procrastinating. One day I saw her obituary notice. I was overwhelmed with grief and confessed my sin to God.
More than 30 years after Paul’s conversion, he referred to the time when he had been “a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man” (1 Tim. 1:13). He even called himself the “chief” of sinners (v.15). Yet he repeatedly exulted in the certainty that he was a forgiven sinner.
God, who is greater than our heart and knows us thoroughly (1 John 3:20), has forgiven us for the sins we’ve confessed (1:9). We can believe Him!
As God gave His only begotten Son, parents across this nation, and others, have given their sons and daughters. Others have come home maimed in the name of freedom and love of their brethren.
Let us remember them, and be encouraged to fight on, not only in Jesus name, but those who have sacrificed for us.
Dear Lord, thank you for Your many blessings. Thank You for keeping this continued war outside our borders, so far.
Bless all those representing us, and You, against legions of evil minds. May the enemy dwindle before You, our troops, and our President.
Amen
May God's Blessings Surround you! (Col.4:18)
Good Morning Miss Kitty and All, Kitty, I hit the wrong button and got on your profile page and it made me happy and it brought a few tears...Steve Erwin, what a sweet guy! It was meant for me to go there today.
Our Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day and all the beautiful things you have put before our eyes to love and appreciate your
Glory. We thank you for the small things, leaves, birds, squirrels and you have trusted us to be in charge of these little creatures. Lord, we ask this day that you once again will stand with your arms around each military man serving our country and others all around the world. Be with them, give them strength, hope and love to help them through this day. We thank you Lord for our wonderful country, our precious President and his family and hope you will be with them today also. We even ask you Lord to place some love in the hearts of those who despise our President and our country. I hope they ask you for forgiveness for hating as we ask you for forgiveness for the things we do that may be unkind. In your name we pray, Father, God and ask that you be with each of us today. Amen
May His Blessings and Peace be yours. (Eph.1:2)
Thank you, wizr, and May God Bless you! (Phil.1:2)
Thank You, my Lord and King, for Your Children who Trust in Thy Name. Please Bless Every Heart that is Praying before Your Grace-Throne. All Glory to You Alone Who are God, Who Saves us through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Jd.1:24)
Our Lord Bless you, Dear jaycee!
May GWB know You as the Lord, his rock, his fortress and deliverer. Be his stronghold, his refuge and Savior. May he call to You, who is worthy of praise, and be saved from his enemies. Be his shield, and help him turn to You for wisdom without doubting; give him Your wisdom generously as You have promised. (2 Samuel 22:2–4, 31; James 1:5–6)
Saw this and thought it fitting.
Thank you, Christ's Servant, and Grace be with thee. (1Tim.6:21)
For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.
Refrain
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
Refrain
For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight.
Refrain
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.
Refrain
For Thy Church, that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love.
Refrain
For the martyrs’ crown of light,
For Thy prophets’ eagle eye,
For Thy bold confessors’ might,
For the lips of infancy.
Refrain
For Thy virgins’ robes of snow,
For Thy maiden mother mild,
For Thyself, with hearts aglow,
Jesu, Victim undefiled.
Refrain
For each perfect gift of Thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven.
Lord of All, to thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise. Amen ...
And may it be, Most Merciful Father, that this day hearts will be turned toward You, the Giver and Sustainer of all that is and was and will be. We seek Your Lordship over our beloved President and his family as they serve the people of this nation. Bring to naught all the evil that is set against our defenders of freedom ... may they return victorious from battle. Quiet the lies and slander, the voices of doom ... let words of Grace and Mercy and Hope be heard throughout the land, for our confidence is in You. Watch over your beloved Israel ... bring peace once again to the City of Jerusalem, that soon, King Jesus, You return in Glory and Splendor. Amen ...
Direct my thought, words and work; wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb, and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit, from the dross of my natural corruption, that I may with more freedom of mind and liberty serve Thee, the ever lasting God, in righteousness and holiness this day, and all the days of my life. Increase my faith in the sweet promises of the Gospel; give me repentance from dead works; pardon my wanderings, and direct my thoughts unto Thyself, the God of my salvation; teach me how to live in Thy fear, labor in Thy service, and ever to run in the ways of Thy commandments . . .
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration and our heroes standing in harm’s way.
Thank you for Blessing our Shepherd's Lambs with President Washington's Prayer, Sister Faith!
May the God of Love and Peace be with you. (2Cor.13:11)
AMEN DEAREST SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
Psalms 138:1
A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psalms 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms 138:4
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
Psalms 138:5
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Psalms 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Psalms 138:8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
(KJV)
“The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.”
- Psalm 138:8
Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a
divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that
which concerneth me-my faith is so steady that it will not stagger-my love
is so warm that it will never grow cold-my resolution is so firm that
nothing can move it; no, his dependence was on the Lord alone. If we
indulge in any confidence which is not grounded on the Rock of ages, our
confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with
its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will
unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein. The
Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord’s work. It is
the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is he who has carried
it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there
be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are
to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the
Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will
do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we
have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief
insinuates- “You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your
heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and
temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by
them and led astray.” Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own
strength.
If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we
might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, he will
perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven.
We can never be too confident when we confide in him alone, and never too
much concerned to have such a trust.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Father, I join with everyone here as we petition, believe and trust in You to complete that work that You have begun in President Bush. Let Your wisdom, righteousness and truth prevail in his life.
We honor You as Sovereign Master, Majestic Glory, Compassion Manifest, King and Creator of all, and worship You in the beauty of the holiness You have given us. We acknowlege that Your judgements are right and seek them in our Government, our military and our own personal lives. All glory to You in Jesus' name. Amen.
Yes! Amen, and Amen! With our Own Eyes, we shall See it; Glory to the Name of our Faithful God!
"They Shall be Mine," Says the Lord of Hosts, in that Day when I Make Up my Jewels.
And I will Spare them as a Man Spares an Obedient and Dutiful Son.
Then you will See the Difference between God's Treatment of Good Men and Bad,
Between those who Serve him, and those who don't. (Mal.3:17,18)
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