I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
November 26, 2007
READ: Habakkuk 1:1-5
You are of purer eyes than to behold evil. —Habakkuk 1:13
I’m a news junkie. I like knowing what’s going on in the world. But sometimes the atrocities of life make me feel as if I’m a kid watching a scary movie. I don’t want to see what happens. I want to turn away to avoid watching.
God reacts to evil in a similar way. Years ago, He warned the Israelites that He would turn away from them if they turned toward evil (Deut. 31:18). They did, and He did (Ezek. 39:24).
The prophet Habakkuk had not forsaken God, but he suffered along with those who had. “Why do You show me iniquity,” he asked the Lord, “and cause me to see trouble?” (Hab. 1:3).
God’s response to His confused prophet indicates that even when evil obscures the face of God, our inability to see Him does not mean He is uninvolved. God said, “Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you” (v.5). God would judge Judah, but He would also judge the invading Babylonians for their evil (see Hab. 2). And through it all, “The just shall live by his faith” (2:4).
When world events cause you to despair, turn off the news and turn to Scripture. The end of the story has been written by our holy God. Evil will not prevail.
AMEN DEAREST ELECT SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
Psalms 26:1
A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip.
Psalms 26:2
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
Psalms 26:3
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.
Psalms 26:4
I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
Psalms 26:5
I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
Psalms 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD,
Psalms 26:7
That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works.
Psalms 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalms 26:9
Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
Psalms 26:10
In whose hands is a sinister scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
Psalms 26:11
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful to me.
Psalms 26:12
My foot stands in an even place; In the congregations I will bless the LORD.
(NKJV)
“Gather not my soul with sinners.”
- Psalm 26:9
Fear made David pray thus, for something whispered, “Perhaps, after all,
thou mayst be gathered with the wicked.” That fear, although marred by
unbelief, springs, in the main, from holy anxiety, arising from the
recollection of past sin. Even the pardoned man will enquire, “What if at
the end my sins should be remembered, and I should be left out of the
catalogue of the saved?” He recollects his present unfruitfulness-so
little grace, so little love, so little holiness, and looking forward to
the future, he considers his weakness and the many temptations which beset
him, and he fears that he may fall, and become a prey to the enemy. A
sense of sin and present evil, and his prevailing corruptions, compel him
to pray, in fear and trembling, “Gather not my soul with sinners.” Reader,
if you have prayed this prayer, and if your character be rightly described
in the Psalm from which it is taken, you need not be afraid that you shall
be gathered with sinners. Have you the two virtues which David had-the
outward walking in integrity, and the inward trusting in the Lord? Are you
resting upon Christ’s sacrifice, and can you compass the altar of God with
humble hope? If so, rest assured, with the wicked you never shall be
gathered, for that calamity is impossible. The gathering at the judgment
is like to like. “Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in
bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” If, then, thou
art like God’s people, thou shalt be with God’s people. You cannot be
gathered with the wicked, for you are too dearly bought.
Redeemed by the blood of Christ, you are his for ever, and where he is,
there must his people be.
You are loved too much to be cast away with reprobates.
Shall one dear to Christ perish? Impossible! Hell cannot hold thee!
Heaven claims thee! Trust in thy Surety and fear not!
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Hello Kitty, I pray for our President this day in his duties. I also pray for our wonderful Military and ask God to protect them and bring them home safely to their loved ones. God, bless those families who have lost their loved ones in the service to our country and give them peace and comfort. Thank you, dear Lord, for all you do for each of us daily. We always want you by our side. Amen.
Amen to your lovely prayer, Kitty Mittens! God bless our President, George W. Bush!
Great pic...God Bless the children.
Thank You, lord, for this place we hold in time.
To be here, standing for Your honor, praying for Your strength, kneeling before Your sovereignty, remembering those in need, helping where’er we can, and loving until You bring everlasting love, is our joy. To serve all before You is our only wish.
Amen
Joining in your prayer , in the name of Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior.Amen