Pray for Our American Heroes and Nation

December 16, 2013 | Faith

[Faith]

Be not overcome with evil,
but overcome evil with good.
– Romans 12:21

[Faith]

Heavenly Father,

The world wants us to forget about the Christ in Christmas. It wants us to remove the nativity scenes, the beautiful carols, and the true meaning of the celebration. And it wants us to become entangled in all the busyness that keeps us from focusing on the true reason for the celebration. But we are not of this world. We are of You, Lord God. Help us to not yield to the pressures to forget You. Help us to not conform, but to renew our minds in You and in Your Word. Give us the strength and the desire to overcome evil with good.

Grant peace to our military men and women. Many will be apart from their families over Christmas, Father, and they need a special reminder of Your love for them. Send people to share the love of Christ with them no matter where they are.

Father, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem and set ourselves as watchmen on the walls. Hasten the day of our Savior’s return, that the true and lasting peace You have for us may begin. O come, O come, Emmanuel. In the Name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

[Faith]

Please join us in prayer.

[Faith]

Please join us in prayer.

[laplata]

Amen.

[Faith]

This poem comes via the Vietnam Dog Handlers Association. The credit reads: “A Military Christmas Poem as shared by Doug Davis“ and was posted by “LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN.” (Visit: http://anysoldier.com/)

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight.

The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn’t loud, and it wasn’t too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn’t quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near.

Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

”What are you doing?” I asked without fear, “Come in this moment, it’s freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!” For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.

To the window that danced with a warm fire’s light. Then he sighed and he said “Its really all right, I’m out here by choice. I’m here every night.” “It’s my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times.

No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I’m proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at ‘Pearl on a day in December,” Then he sighed, “That’s a Christmas ‘Gram always remembers.” My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ‘Nam’, And now it is my turn and so, here I am.

I’ve not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he’s sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue… an American flag. I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home.

I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.”

” So go back inside,” he said, “harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I’ll be all right.” “But isn’t there something I can do, at the least, “Give you money,” I asked, “or prepare you a feast? It seems all too little for all that you’ve done, For being away from your wife and your son.”

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, “Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we’re gone, To stand your own watch, no matter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.”

[left that other site]

Amen.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Amen.

[Jeanbl]

Praying with you Faith, thank you, and AMEN <3

[Colonel_Flagg]

I’m fortunate in that my soldier comes home on Friday for Christmas leave. Prayers are offered for all our heroes who either can’t make it home for Christmas or who gave all that we might live in peace.

Blessings to all.

[Hiskid]

Thank you, Faith. Absolute AMEN.

[etabeta]

Adding my prayer for our Heroes and our beloved Nation.

Blessings, etabeta

[Irish Rose]

Amen.

[Faith]

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas celebration. I’m so happy for you. Please give your soldier my sincerest thanks.

[ConorMacNessa]

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR OUR AMERICAN HEROES AND FOR OUR BELOVED NATION!



GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE PRAYER AT VALLEY FORGE
"Let Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rod"
William Billings
Mixed District Choir, Fairfax, Virginia
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IN THE COLDEST and darkest days of the American Revolution, General George Washington raised his prayers for the survival of his beleaguered Army and of the new Nation. The Lord answered those prayers, upheld his Army through a punishing nadir to everlasting Glory, and bestowed His manifold benefits upon the new Nation.

Lafayette

Steuben

Pulaski

FROM THE BRAVE, albeit weary, ill-equipped, and untrained volunteers who marched into Valley Forge on 19 December 1777 arose, with the help of some gallant friends from across the waves, the cohesive fighting force that became the United States Army, global defender of Freedom and scourge of Tyrants.



AS GENERAL WASHINGTON lifted his prayers on high in that bleak Winter, let our prayers now rise like a fountain for our Heroes in the American Armed Forces who seek to secure the benefits of Freedom on behalf of a people hungry for them. Father, look on our prayers for them with favor, guide their steps in righteousness and envelop them in the shelter of Your Healing Wings. Bless and uphold them in the performance of their Mission. Through Jesus Christ, Your Son, with the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.



SHADOWS AT ARLINGTON
God Of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Morman Tabernacle Choir
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HEAVENLY FATHER, Lord of the Nations, unto Your Divine Mercy we commend the souls of these valiant men and women who have fallen in the service of our Beloved Nation and in defense of the Freedoms we hold dear. We pray that You gather them in Your loving embrace, that You cause Your Countenance to shine upon them, and that You vouchsafe their souls to dwell eternally in Your Divine Presence. Through Jesus Christ Your Son, with the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

TAPS
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Alamo-Girl]

I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!

[NEWwoman]

Amen, Faith

May the hearts of many be softened this season and opened to receive the Saviour.

[Kitty Mittens]

Father, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem and set ourselves as watchmen on the walls. Hasten the day of our Savior’s return, that the true and lasting peace You have for us may begin. O come, O come, Emmanuel. In the Name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

Amen to your Beautiful, Anointed Prayer, Dear Servant of Jesus Christ.
Standing with you in 100% Agreement.
(((((Have a Most Blessed Christmas)))))