Posted on 07/19/2008 11:16:28 AM PDT by Irish Rose
Lord, we pray for our president, George W. Bush. May Your Spirit be with him and guide him every day. May You strengthen, correct, teach, and encourage our president. As one who knows You, Lord, we pray that You would continue Your love toward him.
Father, we pray for our troops. We ask that You would bless every one, and give peace to their families. Lord, look down on them and shield them by Your sovereign hand, according to Your great mercy. We ask for swift and complete victory in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Father, we pray for the peace of America. May our people turn towards You. We also pray for Your people; may Your Spirit be with each one in power.
Lord, how priceless is Your love! You have given us drink from Your river of delights, and under Your wings we find refuge. You have given us living water, opening to us the fountain of life. In Your light we see light. May our praise and songs always rise to You, for You have done all these things for us. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
A call to prayer.
Amen to your beautiful prayer, Irish Rose. May the Lord bless you as you lead this prayer effort today.
When rainy-season storms caused flooding in a nature preserve in Thailand, seven elephant calves became unlikely victims. As they tried to ford a river at their usual crossing point, dangerous currents swept them over a 250-foot waterfall. Wildlife advocates said the loss could have been prevented. A spokesperson for the Thailand Wildlife Fund complained that the protective barriers, which had been built at the crossing where four other young elephants had died earlier, were useless.
Long before animal rights became a global issue, the story of Jonah shows the attention our Creator gives to all His creatures. As the story ends, the Lord expresses concern not only for the citizens of Nineveh but also for their livestock (Jonah 4:11). And earlier, God gave Moses laws that extended certain protections even to animals (Ex. 23:4-5,12).
Though humans alone are made in the image of God, the story of Jonah and other Bible texts show a link between caring for people and animals. The Creator gives us reason to provide appropriate, though different, attention to both.
The conclusion seems clear. If God cares even for livestock, how can we ignore the needs of any person for whom His Son died?
Prayers up for our courageous President today and every day!
Amen.
AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
“Forsake me not, O Lord.”
- Psalm 38:21
Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and
temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at
all times. There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can
do without his constant upholding. Whether in light or in darkness, in
communion or in temptation, we alike need the prayer, “Forsake me not, O
Lord.” “Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe.” A little child, while
learning to walk, always needs the nurse’s aid. The ship left by the pilot
drifts at once from her course. We cannot do without continued aid from
above; let it then be your prayer to-day, “Forsake me not. Father, forsake
not thy child, lest he fall by the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake
not thy lamb, lest he wander from the safety of the fold. Great
Husbandman, forsake not thy plant, lest it wither and die. ‘Forsake me
not, O Lord,’ now; and forsake me not at any moment of my life. Forsake me
not in my joys, lest they absorb my heart. Forsake me not in my sorrows,
lest I murmur against thee. Forsake me not in the day of my repentance,
lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into despair; and forsake me not
in the day of my strongest faith, lest faith degenerate into presumption.
Forsake me not, for without thee I am weak, but with thee I am strong.
Forsake me not, for my path is dangerous, and full of snares, and I cannot
do without thy guidance.
The hen forsakes not her brood, do thou then evermore cover me with thy
feathers, and permit me under thy wings to find my refuge.
‘Be not far from me, O Lord, for trouble is near, for there is none to
help.
‘ ‘Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!’”
“O ever in our cleansed breast,
Bid thine Eternal Spirit rest;
And make our secret soul to be
A temple pure and worthy thee.”
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Thank you to all you have led these Prayers (and continue to do so) and thanks for the daily ‘pings’ too.
God Bless our President, who has been under assault since Day One from his adversaries, his example of Faith has been an inspiration to me as has the level of devotion shown in these daily threads.
Amen in Jesus Name to your glorious prayer.
Amen and Amen! Praying your Beautiful Prayer with you, Dear Sister in Christ.
'Come, Let us Rejoice Unto the Lord:
Let us Sing Aloud Unto the Rock of our Salvation.' (Ps.95:1)
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, the election and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
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