Pookie, thanks for your link and your marathon of faithful Tooning.
My monitor suddenly got all blurry at this one, by a FReeper, I believe...
Posted on 02/29/2008 10:30:50 PM PST by eaglesnest1
You are being ‘pinged’ because I have seen your heart for prayer on one or more recent Free Republic prayer threads. This thread is for those interested in worshipping and praying for those who support our troops and our troops themselves. If this is of interest to you, please read on. If not, send me a private note to be removed from future ‘pings’. (I apologize I don’t know how to put a link for Add/Remove into my posts yet.)
I have only been blessed to be part of the FR community for a few months. I was drawn to get involved by the prayers I saw posted in a prayer thread for a wounded Marine last August who was not expected to survive. (BTW, he not only survived by the power of prayer, but is still recuperating.)
In September 2007 I came to Washington D.C. from my home in Northern California at the invitation of a FReeper active in the D.C. Chapter. One of the reasons I was coming was to bring a song the Lord had had me compose and record (full story at www.holyspiritpress.org/standup.html) to support our troops and encourage our nation to support them even though I am a housewife and mother – not a professional singer (you can listen to the song at www.youtube.com/user/ascendinworship )
The Lord made it clear I was to make the trip even though at the time He had not yet revealed all the reasons why. I knew I was to bring copies of the CD to give our wounded at Walter Reed, as well as to stand with GOE at a press conference to support Petraeus on Captiol Hill, to walk with other GOE members through the halls of Congress and to hand out copies of STAND UP in the various congressional offices to encourage a vote to continue to fund the War On Terror. In addition, I was to visit the wounded Marine who at that point still lay in a coma and to worship and pray with his family in his room at Bethesda for his healing.
However, as the plane began its descent to land at Dulles airport in D.C. I felt like the Lord whispered a message to me and I wrote it down. In part it said, “You are going behind enemy lines to bring ME and MY encouragement, hope and covering (through the addition of prayer and worship to their activism) to those who tirelessly fight My fight, but in their own power. Most of these are in their own power right now. Bring them to ME. Teach them to seek, listen and rely on Me, so I can impart the strategy, the only strategy which will defeat the enemy – MINE…I will send you the prayer warriors. Link the prayer warriors – the intercessors and worshippers…wit the activists…Show them how it has always been – praisers lead into battle. Worship is rewarded by release of the supernatural strategy which WILL lead to victory.
Since that September 2007 D.C. trip, one D.C. Chapter Freeper and I have indeed prayed almost every single Friday by phone to cover planned D.C. Chapter activities for that night at Walter Reed and the weekend in prayer. We also pray regularly for the recovery of our wounded warriors and for a growing faith base in our country (because though we support our troops and those who support them, we also understand God’s overriding objective in all things on earth is to restore as many as will come back to Him for all eternity!) This young lady and I will likely continue our coast-to-coast weekly prayer. However, God has now laid on my heart that it is time to broaden the worship and prayer cover for the activities of those who support our troops, our wounded warriors, our deployed troops and their families.
I believe the many of the prayer warriors He would have participate are right here on Free Republic. I believe you will know who you are.
Please pray if you are called to join in united worship and prayer for those who support our troops and our military. (And please ‘ping’ anyone else you believe He might be calling to get involved.)
The power of our worship and prayers cannot be underestimated. Surely for those who are called it is as important as physically being present at the event. And while many of us would like to participate physically and tangibly in as many as the troop-supporting events as possible, this worship/prayer can be done anyplace, anytime – including at the events OR from home! It is vital and critical work and it is an honor to be called to it!!
As you all know, God’s first command is that we have no other gods before Him. Re-phrased, this means He commands us to worship Him alone. To worship is to bow down before something or someone because it is “worth” bowing down to. God is only One worthy of our worship. God is unchanging. How He was is how He is. He is also Truth, which by definition means He cannot lie. God promises to fulfill His promises, therefore we can expect Him to fulfill His promises for us just as He has done in every generation past, including in the stories of the Old and New Testaments. When we obey His command to worship, God promises to draw near.
Heaven is our model. In heaven, worship and intercession occur without ceasing: Angels and those who have gone before are constantly worshipping before the throne of God; Jesus is simultaneously worshipped and is interceding on our behalf at the right hand of the Father. Jesus taught us to pray: Our Father who is in heaven; holy is Your name; Your kingdom, come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
The idea is for the remnant of His faithful on earth to create an atmosphere of worship, adoration and intercession which puts Him first (thus fulfilling ‘if my people who are called by my Name will humble themselves, seek My face and pray’, then He will restore our land 2 Chron 7:13)
God and His power are inseparable. It is part of who He is. Thus where He is present, so is His power. The objective through our united worship is to cause God to release a cloud of His glory which fills the atmosphere of this country, the battlefields of the War on Terror and ultimately the world. This will enable there to be results from the work done by the activists who support our troops to confound the world’s experts. Our troops and their supporters will not only be blessed by the manifestation of God’s supernatural in unexpected ways into their natural, but – even more importantly – the reality of God will be revealed to more people as well.
Are you called to be part of this worship and prayer cover for those who support our troops? This is the initial idea of how it will look (subject to change as things develop). The thread is to be ongoing. (Is that possible? Please tell me how to do it if it is not….) Periodically, as He leads, I will post a prayer He has had me write down as I pray it. You will be ‘pinged’. You are then responsible to respond only as He leads. For instance sometimes you may post a public response (it may be as simple as ‘prayers up’ or another prayer); you may post your own prayer to the thread and ping us; you may lurk and not let anyone know you are praying but pray in one accord; you may at times be called not to participate at all. The prayers posted can be intercession – asking/beseeching for something in particular – or worship – simply adoring Him in words for who He is what He does, what He’s done and what He definitely will do. The postings can be for a particular activism event someone is aware of or in general. DO AS THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS.
This is a work in progress. Please be patient as God develops this the way He desires. Thank you for your prayerful consideration and remember – please send me a private reply for now if you want to be removed from the ping list.
God be with all of you. I can already tell from what little I have learned about you that your hearts are most definitely for Him. May He bless you richly and use you tremendously for His kingdom work whatever that work is.
For His glory, eaglesnest1
Our national treasure is dwindling
As our faith in God goes away
Hope and trust were kindling
Of the fires of yesterday
You gave us our freedom
As You watched, we grew
Separated by great oceans
This nation was built on You
At least, we did think so
As we went our separate ways
We used You name to our own shame
As our sins led us astray
We need Your Spirit, now
Rekindled in our hearts
To regain the love You gave us
Right from the start
We need hope for a new tomorrow
To lift our hearts today
We can no longer borrow
On the prayers of yesterday
Help us to remember
The Words that stand for You
Let us lift up one another
And our trust and faith renew
Let us remember those who gave all for our individual freedoms. We need to do our part, to give our hearts, so that they did not die in vain.
I agree with this prayer, The Spirit of Allegiance.
and in Jesus’ Holy Name I pray this prayer, too.
Amen.
In His Name.........Amen...
Thank you Lord for Michael in Iraq.
You know who Michael is.
Please guide him and have him look to You
while he is in Iraq.
Your will be done.
In Jesus Holy Name I pray this prayer, Amen.
and Amen.
Thank You Lord for svcw’s son.
Please watch over him and guide
him.
Let him look up to You.
Your will be done.
In Jesus’ Holy Name I say this prayer.
Amen.
and Amen.
Thank You God for Liberty2007.
May You watch over him in all his assignments and missions, including Kuwait.
Your will be done.
In Jesus’ Holy Name I pray this humble prayer.
Amen.
and Amen.
and Amen.
I agree with this prayer and have prayed it, too.
In Jesus’ Holy Name.
Amen.
Yes.
Amen.
BTTT
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who biddest the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy Word,
Who walked upon the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Trinity of love and power!
Our family shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect us wheresoever we go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
Prayers in time of war
adapted from the Lutheran Service Book and Hymnal, 1958
For those in our country’s service in time of war
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, let your protection be upon all those who are in the service of our country. Guard them from all harm and danger of body and soul. Sustain and comfort those at home, especially in their hours of loneliness, anxiety, and sorrow. Prepare the dying for death and the living for your service. Give success to our arms on land and sea and in the air. And grant to us and all nations a speedy, just, and lasting peace, to the glory of your name and the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
For the Armed Forces of our Nation
Almighty and everlasting God, whose providence has given us as a people this great land stored with treasure and around it has cast the sea like a cloak: Bless, we pray, the officers and men and women of our armed forces as they perform the duties of their calling. Give them not only true love of country, but also love of you, and understanding of your love for all humanity, so that, relying on your almighty help, they may promote righteousness, honor, and unity among our people in time of peace, and be a means of fostering mutual respect and understanding among the peoples of the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
For Chaplains and all who minister to the sick and wounded
O most merciful Father, who commits to our love and care fellow human beings in their need: Graciously be with and prosper all those who are seeking and ministering to the sick and wounded. Let their ministry be abundantly blessed in bringing ease to the suffering, comfort to the sorrowing, and peace to the dying. And let them know that inasmuch as they do it to the least of these who belong to Christ, they do it to him, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever, and ever. Amen
For Spouse and Families of those called to serve
Have compassion, O Lord, upon all who mourn and upon all who are lonely and desolate. Be their Comforter and Friend. Give them such earthly solace as you see to be best for them. Bring them to a fuller knowledge of your love, and wipe away all their tears; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
For Victory
O God, our refuge and strength, our very present help in trouble: Protect and prosper our beloved country in this time of war. Make of us, by your grace, a people worthy to be entrusted with victory; and so use, direct and bless our armed forces that they may be your servants in overcoming wrong and establishing liberty, truth, and righteousness in the earth; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen
Against Evildoers
O Lord God Almighty, who alone rids away tyrants and stills the noise and tumult of the people: Scatter, we beg you, the counsels of them that secretly devise mischief, and bring the dealings of the violent to naught. cast down the unjust from high places and cause the unruly to cease from troublemaking. Restrain all envious and malicious passions and subdue the haters and evildoers, that the whole world may have rest before you, and that all nations may serve you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
For Peace
O God, Father in heaven, grant your mighty aid to the efforts of those who seek to establish peace among the nations of the world. Give strength of purpose to those who lead; enlighten those who sit in council; and so transform the hearts of people everywhere by your gracious Gospel, that they may exalt peace above war, service above gain, and righteousness above glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
I remember them daily in my prayers.
Dear Lord Jesus,
We pray you protection over our brave soldiers. We pray your angels around them to protect and watch over our warriors. We pray salvation for the lost in Iraq and under the shackles of Islam.
In Jesus Holy Name,
Amen
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