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Posted on 06/30/2008 7:04:44 AM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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Receive our Worship, our Holy One, for Your Excellent, Eternal Grace. We Honor You, Sweet Lamb of God, for Your Awesome, Electing Love. You have Made us Alive, Lord Jesus, Forgiving our Tresspasses and Sins. Be Praised Mightily for the Work You have Done! Glory be to the Lord Forever: Let the Lord Rejoice in His Works!' (Ps.104:31)
Our Gracious Savior, we Remember our Brother-President in Prayer. We Ask that he will be the Greatest President of All Time. May he be Honored in the History Books, O Lord. We Pray that his Remaining Time in Office will be Blessed. Thank You that Your Word is the Joy of Your Servant's Heart. Please Use him Mightily to Show Forth Your Glorious Grace!
We Thank You for Always Hearing us, our God. Help us to 'Serve You with Gladness, to Come Before You with Joy.' (Ps.100:2) Lord, our Hearts Long for Revival in our Sinful Land. Please Send us a Refreshing, O Good, Compassionate King. Please Make us a People who Reverence Jesus Christ.
Our Master, be Praised for our Strong and Brave Troops. We Pray Every Blessing from Heaven will be theirs. We Seek their Empowerment and Protection, Faithful God. May Every Heart be Devoted to Heaven's King.
We Ask for Help for Thy Worldwide Afflicted Church. Please Rain Down Comfort, and Thy Presence of Love and Peace. We Pray for Blessings for the Israel You Dearly Love. May she be Honored, and Kept Well and Safe.
We Worship You, our Father, and Cling to Your Loving Son. Thank You for Caring for us, our Shepherd-King. We Pray All Things in Your Most Beautiful Name, amen
Our Loving Heavenly Father ~
WE WORSHIP AND ADORE YOU
We worship and adore You, bowing down before You.
Songs of praises singing, Hallelujahs ringing.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Amen. ...
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, the election and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
Our continual and absolute need of Christ
(John Fawcett, “Christ Precious”)
“Yes, He is very precious to you who believe!”
1 Peter 2:7
The sense we have of our continual and absolute need of Christ, has a tendency to engage our affections to Him. At our first conversion, when we were turned from darkness to light—we saw ourselves lost—and that none but Christ could save us. We felt the wounds of a guilty conscience—and we knew that He alone could heal them. We trembled before the offended Majesty of God—and we were persuaded that He alone could deliver us from the wrath to come. We saw that there was no remission of sin, no reconciliation with God, no salvation—but through Jesus. Hence He became, at that period—all in all to us.
We still see the absolute necessity of this precious Savior in every respect, so that without Him we can do nothing, as He Himself has told us. We have need of Him . . .
when we are dark—to enlighten us;
when we are dull and lifeless—to quicken us;
when we are weak—to strengthen us;
when we are tempted—to support us;
when we have fallen—to raise and restore us;
when we are disquieted with fears—to encourage us;
when we are full of doubts and perplexity—to comfort us and give us peace;
when we are staggering at the promises through unbelief—to increase our faith.
As none but Christ can do these things for us—He must be precious to our souls. “Yes, He is very precious to you who believe!” 1 Peter 2:7
If Jesus Christ is precious to us—the bent of our souls will be towards Him. We shall choose Him above and beyond every other object, as our most desirable portion, and exceeding great reward.
If anything in this world is chosen by us as our chief good—our hearts will run out in strongest affections towards it. We shall look for our felicity in that object, be it what it may; that object therefore, and not Christ, will be most precious unto us.
If our regard for the Redeemer is supreme, as it ought to be—our whole hearts will go out after Him in the most intense longings, and with the most ardent desires. The heart of a believer is restless, until it obtains—a solid hope and persuasion of Christ’s love, a growing conformity to Him, and sincere delight in Him. The soul rests and acquiesces in Him alone, and is not happy without the enjoyment of some tokens of His love. The language of such a one is, “If I have Christ for my friend, and my everlasting portion—I have all. When His face is hidden, and His comforts withdrawn, I seek Him with restless desire, and often cry—O that I knew where I might find Him!”
Reign, blessed Jesus, in my heart—reign supreme, and without a rival. I would sincerely love You above all things in heaven or earth. I see that You are infinitely glorious in Yourself, and worthy of my highest esteem and love. You are the only all-sufficient good—the overflowing spring of grace and blessedness. All things beneath and besides you—are vanity and emptiness. In comparison with you, they are less than nothing. You have drawn my heart towards Yourself, and made me willing to make choice of You, as my Savior, and my Portion. I would renounce all that the world calls good or great—that I may be entirely Yours. Be my everlasting inheritance, and I shall desire nothing that the whole world can bestow. Whom have I in heaven but You? There is nothing on earth that I desire in comparison of You! What can the present world afford—to tempt me to relinquish You? I would therefore bid ‘adieu’ to the gaudy pomps and empty vanities of life—and give my heart supremely to You. O may all the alluring trifles and vain delights of this world stand aloof from my heart—for I have devoted it to my Redeemer for His habitation. Keep your distance, O captivating delusions, from the gates of my heart, where You alone should dwell. There may You reign alone, over all my desires forever!
5 SOLAS!
I will enter His gates
With thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day
That the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad, glad, glad
He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
Amen.
For Israel, Father, we ask You to strengthen the bars of her gates, bless her sons within her, make peace in her borders and satisfy her with the finest of the wheat. (Ps. 147:12-14)
We agree together for the healing of our Land and the provision of just the rain for our land in its season—no more, no less. We want people to choose the righteous path and honor for You alone. Let the fear of the Lord descend on this nation in Jesus’ name. Amen.
When Lily Pinneo, a missionary nurse, was in West Africa, she contracted a deadly disease called Lassa fever. After Lily was flown to New York for medical treatment, her temperature soared to 107°F. To reduce the fever, doctors packed her in ice and fed her intravenously. The fever subsided. After 9 weeks, she had lost 28 pounds and most of her hair. Yet somehow, she survived.
In a laboratory, Dr. Casals carefully isolated and analyzed the Lassa virus. But he too fell ill from his exposure to the disease. At the time, no known treatment was effective. Fortunately, Nurse Pinneo was convalescing and had built up antibodies to the dread disease. She donated blood plasma to Dr. Casals and he recovered too. Her blood saved his life.
All of us are infected with the fatal disease of sin (Rom. 6:23). There is only one cure. It resides in the cleansing power of Jesus Christ’s shed blood. Paul wrote, “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him” (Rom. 5:9). The righteous wrath of God against transgression has been fully satisfied through Jesus’ death in our place. All we need do is repent, recognize Him as our Savior, and receive the spiritual cure for sin. Have you made that decision?
Amen, Mr. Mayor, and May our Lord be Praised Forever for His Grace!
Amen.
Amen.
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