Posted on 05/31/2008 10:13:52 AM PDT by Irish Rose
Lord, we stand before You on behalf of our president and brother in Christ, George W. Bush. As You have saved him, so put Your law in his heart. By Your grace and the strength of Your Spirit, may he never fear the reproach of men, or be terrified by their insults. May he seek the praise of God, and walk in the light of Your Son.
Father, we intercede also for our troops. We pray that You would give them peace, and open their eyes to the love You hold out to them in Jesus. We pray that Your eyes would be on them, to protect them from the enemy and give victory into their hand.
Lord, we thank You for our country, and pray that You would grant her Your peace. We pray for Your church, asking that Your Holy Spirit would be on us in grace and power.
We glorify You, Lord God, and praise You that Your righteousness never fails, and Your salvation endures forever. In You is all our hope, and we will not be disappointed. We offer these prayers to You in the Name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
A call to prayer.
I had been driving in Singapore for 34 years when I received my first summons for speeding! It was not the first time I had exceeded the speed limit, but it was the first time I had been fined for doing so.
My first reaction was one of disgust. But as I contemplated the spiritual lesson, I realized that no matter how long I had been driving without a ticket, I was still accountable.
If I can break such a clearly defined law as a speed limit, think how easy it is to break God’s perfect law, which covers every aspect of life. No one, no matter how moral or religiously fervent, can keep it perfectly.
Paul wrote, “By the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Rom. 3:20). Keeping the law can’t save us; rather, through the law we become aware of our sin (3:7-12). That’s why God sent His Son to save us. We need the righteousness of Jesus, because we can’t be justified through our good deeds. Paul concluded, we are “justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law” (v.28).
If you have put your faith in Christ, you can say with Paul, “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin” (Rom. 4:7-8).
Prayers up for our godly President!
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [a]
2 I will say [b] of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge-
10 then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, the election and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
Pegita, thank you for posting the 91st Psalm. I have been convicted to pray that Psalm over our President for nearly 8 years and I know that others have probably done the same. May the Lord God, our Mighty Father, continue to uphold George W. Bush with His righteous right hand, and may our President forever dwell in the secret place where he is safe in the shadow of the Almighty.
What a Blessing, dear Faith, to claim the Word of God for our beloved President. To God be the Glory ... Great things He has done, and continues to do, in the life of George W. Bush.
AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
Psalms 103:1
A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Psalms 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
Psalms 103:3
Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
Psalms 103:4
Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Psalms 103:5
Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psalms 103:6
The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed.
Psalms 103:7
He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.
Psalms 103:8
The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
Psalms 103:9
He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.
Psalms 103:10
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
Psalms 103:11
For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Psalms 103:13
As a father pities his children, So the LORD pities those who fear Him.
Psalms 103:14
For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Psalms 103:16
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.
Psalms 103:17
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,
Psalms 103:18
To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
Psalms 103:19
The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all.
Psalms 103:20
Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.
Psalms 103:21
Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
Psalms 103:22
Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
(NKJV)
“Who healeth all thy diseases.”
- Psalm 103:3
Humbling as is the statement, yet the fact is certain, that we are all
more or less suffering under the disease of sin. What a comfort to know
that we have a great Physician who is both able and willing to heal us!
Let us think of him awhile to-night. His cures are very speedy-there is
life in a look at him; his cures are radical-he strikes at the centre of
the disease; and hence, his cures are sure and certain. He never fails,
and the disease never returns. There is no relapse where Christ heals; no
fear that his patients should be merely patched up for a season, he makes
new men of them: a new heart also does he give them, and a right spirit
does he put with them. He is well skilled in all diseases. Physicians
generally have some speciality. Although they may know a little about
almost all our pains and ills, there is usually one disease which they
have studied above all others; but Jesus Christ is thoroughly acquainted
with the whole of human nature. He is as much at home with one sinner as
with another, and never yet did he meet with an out-of-the-way case that
was difficult to him. He has had extraordinary complications of strange
diseases to deal with, but he has known exactly with one glance of his eye
how to treat the patient. He is the only universal doctor; and the
medicine he gives is the only true catholicon, healing in every instance.
Whatever our spiritual malady may be, we should apply at once to this
Divine Physician. There is no brokenness of heart which Jesus cannot bind
up. “His blood cleanseth from all sin.
“ We have but to think of the myriads who have been delivered from all
sorts of diseases through the power and virtue of his touch, and we shall
joyfully put ourselves in his hands.
We trust him, and sin dies; we love him, and grace lives; we wait for him
and grace is strengthened; we see him as he is, and grace is perfected for
ever.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Amen.
Amen, and I'm Praying your Entire Beautiful Prayer with you, my Sister in Christ. God Bless your Ministry that is a Gift of Grace to us All.
'The Lord will Reign Forever!' (Ps.146:10)
Thank you all for joining in prayer. It is much appreciated.
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