Posted on 07/20/2008 10:45:58 AM PDT by Blogger
Father, I pray for our President. This country has been through a lot, and this president has been through a lot on his watch. Natural disasters, wars, rumors of war and internal division have threatened us - and yet, President Bush has handled it with calm and grace. Terrorists have wanted our very lives, and thus far You have protected us. May You continue to do so, may You protect this President and give him wisdom over these next few months as he finishes up his term.
Go with us the rest of this day. Bless us with Your presence. And may we in turn be a blessing to You. Be with our troops.
For it is in the blessed name of Christ Jesus my Lord that I pray these things, Amen.
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I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, the election and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
Praying your heartfelt prayer in agreement with you, Blogger. Please accept my deepest sympathies for the loss of your friend. May she forever rest in the loving arms of the Savior.
Amen.
Chuck Montague was undergoing an extended series of treatments at a cancer center far from home. Then his treatments were abruptly interrupted by another medical condition. But God answered prayer and removed this problem. Later, when Chuck testified in his church back home, he told of his gratitude for the prayers of God’s people and the truths from His Word that had ministered to him and his wife, Janet.
At times Chuck had wondered whether or not he would survive. That thought drove him to the Scriptures, and he carefully read Psalm 139. His attention was drawn to verse 16, which says, “In Your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” Before we were created, all of our days were “fashioned” by the Lord. “It lifted my spirit to know that my life is in God’s hands,” Chuck said. “Every jug of milk or can of tuna has an expiration date. Well, so have I. . . . God’s timing is best.”
As we suffer illness or grow older, we naturally think more about death. If we’re believers in Christ, we can be confident that death is an open door to eternal life with Jesus. With the psalmist David, we are comforted by the truth that the God who loves us knows our “expiration date.”
Amen and prayers for your friend. May she rest in peace.
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