Pray for our American Heroes and our Nation

[WhatNot]

Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing
of the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ:
(Titus 2:13)

[WhatNot]

Lord God, if we feel hated by the world, You have told us to keep in mind that it hated You first. You said that if we belonged to the world, it would love us at its own. As it is, we do not belong to the world, but You, awesome and magnificent God, have chosen us out of the world. That is why the world hates us. Help us to remember the words You spoke to us: "No servant is greater than his master." If they persecuted You, they will persecute us also. If they obeyed Your teaching, they will obey the teaching of Your disciples also. Even if our father and mother forsake us, You, Lord, will receive us.

O God, we desperately need Your discernment when something may be permissible for us but not necessarily beneficial. Please empower Your children in this nation, and all our American Heroes to resist things that are not beneficial for us so that we will not be mastered by anything! Help us to truly embrace the fact that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in us, whom we have received from God. We are not our own. Thank You, Father! We are so much better off belonging to You than belonging to ourselves! You found our lives worth buying at a tremendously high price. Therefore please help us to honor You with our bodies. In Jesus name, Amen.  

[WhatNot]

Tuesday prayer

[Berlin_Freeper]

http://thecatholiccafe.com/podcasts/audio/TCC131.mp3

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Thank You, WhatNot, for leading us in prayer today for Our American Heroes and For Our Nation.

Today’s meditation was EXACTLY what I needed to read.

[jackv]

I love your sweet prayers, WhatNot! Thank you!

Joining in Prayer for Our American Heroes!!

[The Mayor]

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Pride And Prejudice
May 29, 2012

Back in the 1930s, my childhood home was loving and happy, but my parents were often away. On those occasions, the center of warmth in our home was the kitchen and our tiny, joyous housekeeper named Annie.

I spent many hours with Annie, sitting at our kitchen table reading books or playing with toys and listening to her sing and hum spirituals and hymns. From her heart sprang a continual flow of wisdom, cheerfulness, and song.

One morning, with childish exuberance, I used a racial slur I had heard. “Oh my, no,” she said, and then proceeded to pour out her heart in a gentle lecture on the harm and hurt in that, accompanied by a terrible sadness in her eyes. I never used that word again.

I learned that we cause unfathomable sorrow when we dishonor and debase others through bigotry. Every human being is created in the image of God—more like God than any other creature and worthy of honor. To demean that image is to wound another human being at the deepest level.

There is but one race: the human race. God “has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth” (Acts 17:26). We are of the same family, made to be treasured and cherished by one another.

Of all creation’s treasures rare,
Not one compares in worth with man,
In God’s own image he was made
To fill a place in His great plan. —D. De Haan

God desires that we show respect to all people, because everyone bears His image.

Read: Acts 17:22–31

He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth. —Acts 17:26

Bible in a Year:
Psalms 13-15

[Alamo-Girl]

I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!

[Hiskid]

AMEN. Thank you, WhatNot

[fieldmarshaldj]

Amen.

[Irish Rose]

Amen.

[Kitty Mittens]

As it is, we do not belong to the world, but You, awesome and magnificent God, have chosen us out of the world.

Amen to Every Powerful Word of your Anointed Prayer, Brother WhatNot.
Standing with you in Heartfelt Agreement.

'Blessed be the Lord Forevermore.' (Ps. 89:52)

[Mobties]

Amen