[Albion Wilde]

Chaplains

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

A police department, Texas

A fire department,Wisconsin

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Scripture and Lesson

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people.
Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf,
and give thanks for them.
Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority
so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.
This is good and pleases God our Savior, Who wants everyone to be
saved, and to understand the truth.
—1 Timothy 2:1-4 (NLT)

 

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
—Isaiah 55:8-9 (NKJV)

For those of you who have the time, today or over the weekend,
this 26-minute, eloquent, Bible-exhorting talk by the
Chaplain of the U.S. Senate is a rousing call to faith and the power of prayer.
Today's scripture and hymn are called out in this sermon by Reverend Dr. Barry Black,
a man of remarkable and quintessentially American achievement.

U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black speaks
at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2017
—last year, a month after President Trump was inaugurated

You may be surprised to hear his many references to
members of Congress who pray together—even fasting and praying.
Father, we know that what the media never hears
nor tells the People, You hear.
Thank You, Father.

…….

Left: Rear Admiral (ret.) Dr. Barry Black, Chaplain, U.S. Senate
Right: Father Patrick Conroy, S.J., Chaplain, U.S. House of Representatives

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Prayer

Exalted Father, Son and Holy Ghost,

We praise Your thoughts that are above our thoughts, and Your ways that are beyond our imagining.
Thank You, Lord God and Savior, for the many chaplains who serve our nation.

We ask a special blessing, Lord, on all those who serve as chaplains and chaplain assistants in our military, among our first responders, in hospitals, schools, airports, nursing homes and even in corporate offices. Wherever chaplains are serving in Your Name, infuse them, we pray, with the Power of the Holy Spirit and the confidence that we have in You, that if we ask anything according to Your will, You hear us! (1 John 5:14)

Be with our God-fearing chaplains, Lord, we pray, strengthening and encouraging them as they undertake the care of Your flock in the places of life-and-death decision-making, consequential action and great temptation. Drive the devil away from them and banish his influence from the hearts of these brave men and women, Lord, whether their service is on the battlefields of armed combat, political strife or spiritual warfare.

We pray especially for those chaplains and pastors who have the ear of the President, Vice President, Cabinet and key Administration positions. Place Your words in their mouths and bring Your lamp to illuminate their pathways of counsel.

Raise up new classes of chaplains all over the nation who perceive a true Call from You to enter this challenging work. May there be a flowering of chaplain positions in the many institutions where people work and live.

Lord, we pray that You will dissolve the barriers and regulations put in place by atheists and demonic spirits that seek to erase Your Name, Your Presence, and public prayers in the halls of power by representives of We, the People. May every knee bow and tongue confess that You are God, the One God, and that in God we Trust.

In Jesus' mighty name,

Amen.

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Click to listen:

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness seems to hide His face, I rest on His unchanging Grace.
In every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the vale.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, His covenant, His blood, support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my Hope and Stay.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When He shall come with trumpet sound, oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

[Albion Wilde]

AMERICA PRAYER VIGIL ping!

To be added or dropped from this ping list, post or freepmail to stars & stripes forever.

Join us today to pray for our nation's CHAPLAINS.

[hoosiermama]

Amen

[b4me]

Amen! an continually praying along with you all.

[lysie]

Amen.

[metmom]

We need to keep concerted prayer up for President Trump.

I just saw this thread.

Soros Threatens Trump: “Will Disappear In 2020 Or Even Sooner”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3638102/posts

[weston]

Amen. The chaplains we’re a lifeline for me and many many others during my overseas tour of duty. God bless each one who brings the comfort and wisdom of Christ to their flock.

Gracious Lord, in compassion you call us. By your mercy, open our ears to hear your voice, and hearing you, to return. Remove the scales from our eyes and unveil for us the wonders of your word. Your glories are revealed there. Be our delight. Be our satisfaction. Awaken in us a new sense of expectancy, as those who put their trust in you will never be put to shame. Glorious LORD, we are yours. In Christ’s Name, Amen.

[DarthVader]

Amen!!!

Psalm 7

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.

1 O Lord my God, in you I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
2 or like a lion they will tear me apart;
they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid my ally with harm
or plundered my foe without cause,
5 then let the enemy pursue and overtake me,
trample my life to the ground,
and lay my soul in the dust.
Selah

6 Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake, O my God;* you have appointed a judgement.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you,
and over it take your seat* on high.
8 The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.

9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous,
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God.
10 God is my shield,
who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
and a God who has indignation every day.

12 If one does not repent, God* will whet his sword;
he has bent and strung his bow;
13 he has prepared his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.
14 See how they conceive evil,
and are pregnant with mischief,
and bring forth lies.
15 They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.
16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.

17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

[Maudeen]

AMEN AND AMEN!

Thank you for highlighting the chaplains in your prayer today.

[laplata]

Amen!

[stars & stripes forever]

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” (Isaiah 6:8)

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself” (Ezekiel 3:17–19)

FATHER GOD,

Instill in Your people: We are all watchmen for America. No one is exempt. Give us courage and the boldness to break through to shine truth into all segments of society! Give us a burning desire to share the GOOD NEWS that JESUS SAVES! May we not be held accountable for not warning the wicked and unsaved to turn from their sins. Shake us out of our slumber.

Protect President Trump, Vice President Pence, and all who love freedom. Shield the ones who courageously are uncovering corruption, perversion, sedition, and treason in our nation.

You hold the future of America in Your hands. Our hope and trust are in You.

In JESUS' Name we pray. Amen.

[Hiskid]

AMEN!! Thank you for such a great prayer topic and a wonderful presentation. Concerning the regulations against their God-given assignments, I would add that Greater is He that is in these chaplains and in His intercessors than he that is in the world.

[Exit148]

Amen.

[Kitty Mittens]

Lord, we pray that You will dissolve the barriers and regulations put in place by atheists and demonic spirits that seek to erase Your Name, Your Presence, and public prayers in the halls of power by representives of We, the People. May every knee bow and tongue confess that You are God, the One God, and that in God we Trust.

Amen to Every Word of your Beautiful, Powerful Prayer, Dear Servant of Jesus Christ.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.

[Albion Wilde]

"Hold up—let's give the faithful a little more time to MAGA."

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Praise and blessings to all intercessors who
kept Vigil for America with us today, Thursday, 3/8/18.
Peace of the Lord be with you. Amen.

[Bigg Red]

I join in your beautiful prayer. Thank you.

“In Christ Alone”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kvFtXphmMU&list=RD8kvFtXphmMU

[fieldmarshaldj]

Amen.