Posted on 10/26/2008 12:26:19 PM PDT by Blogger
I pray for President Bush, Senator McCain, and Governor Palin. Regardless what the papers say, may we stand firm and resolute to do right. May our votes reflect Your will. May our hearts be inclined unto Your standards. And may Your protecting hand be upon the President, Sen. Mccain and Governor Palin. May those who mean them harm or embarassment fail in their efforts. May their own hearts be turned to You. And may they be a bold witness for Your glory.
Go with us the rest of this day and be with the evening services in many of our churches. Be our helper and guide we pray. In Jesus name, Amen.
prayer ping saints!
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, McCain, Palin and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
Amen.
In his early years of ministry, the English preacher Charles Simeon (1759–1836) was a harsh and self-assertive man. One day he was visiting a friend and fellow pastor in a nearby village. When he left to go home, his friend’s daughters complained to their father about Simeon’s manner. So he took the girls to the backyard and said, “Pick me one of those peaches.” It was early summer, and the peaches were green. The girls asked why he wanted green, unripe fruit. He replied, “Well, my dears, it is green now, and we must wait; but a little more sun, and a few more showers, and the peach will be ripe and sweet. So it is with Mr. Simeon.”
Simeon, in due time, did change. The warmth of God’s love and the “showers” of misunderstanding and disappointment were the means by which he became a gentle, humble man.
The God of all grace works in all His children, humbling the proud and exalting the humble, to make them ripe and sweet. Our task is to take hold of God’s grace to endure our afflictions with patience, without growing weary.
In time, He will “perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle” us (1 Peter 5:10). We must “wait on the LORD” and “be of good courage” (Ps. 27:14).
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
Thou has covered my head in the day of battle.
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
further not his wicked device lest they exalt themselves. - Psalm 140: 7-8
Thank You. I needed that today.
May God bless our leaders, our warriors, and all who enter here.
And prayers for our troops. Amen.
Father please be with John McCain and Sarah Palin in these final days to the election to give them favor with You and with all people to assure them of the fact that they will be the very best leaders with You Father, to lead this nation!:)In Jesus Name
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