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Pray for President Bush - DAY 383
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| October 3, 2001
| Dittojed2
Posted on 10/03/2001 10:07:13 AM PDT by DittoJed2
Jeremiah 9:23-24 This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches,
but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank You for this day and for Your consistency in an inconsistent World. When men fail, You do not. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end- and when things appear as if evil is winning, in reality, You have already had the final victory and justice will be served. Thank You Lord!
Father, I lift up President Bush to You today. I ask, Father, especially now, that You would move in his life and heart and turn his will towards Yours. Lord, do not let him listen to bad advice and make the counsel of those who would do evil of none affect in President Bush's decisions. Rather, Lord, help him to stand firmly by that which is right and good and true. Help him to have the courage to stand against the whole world if need be to do right. And protect him from the fiery darts of the enemy. Protect this nation, Lord, and let Your truth prevail.
Father, I pray for America. How spoiled we have become, and yet, there are still the seeds of goodness planted long ago by forefathers who respected Your Word and loved You. Lord, revive us again! Revive Your church. Awaken the American people. And glorify Your name in this nation that the World may know Your majesty and that the World may know that YOU ALONE are God and there is none other. I pray all of these things in the blessed name of Christ Jesus my Lord, Savior, God, and King, Amen.
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posted on
10/03/2001 10:07:13 AM PDT
by
DittoJed2
To: DittoJed2
To: DittoJed2
Prayer, thank you and bump!!!
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posted on
10/03/2001 10:39:57 AM PDT
by
manna
To: esther2; Azbushgal; GretchenEE; ohioWfan; rabidralph; whoever; Hila; califordubya; motherlydia
Please join us in prayer.
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posted on
10/03/2001 10:53:46 AM PDT
by
kayak
To: anniegetyourgun; manna; Reagan's_Mom; snippy_about_it; Estra Jean; TrueBeliever9; Azonie
Please join us in prayer.
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posted on
10/03/2001 10:54:20 AM PDT
by
kayak
To: BlueAngel; hoosier_RW_conspirator; MamaB; Peg444; marylina
Please join us in prayer.
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posted on
10/03/2001 10:54:46 AM PDT
by
kayak
To: JulieRNR21; TruthNtegrity; Miss Marple; truthandlife; Manny Festo; homeschool mama
Please join us in prayer.
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posted on
10/03/2001 10:55:16 AM PDT
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kayak
To: Tigen; jae471; Faith; Victoria Delsoul; Twins613; wendelmyer
Please join us in prayer.
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posted on
10/03/2001 10:55:45 AM PDT
by
kayak
To: DittoJed2
Amen and bump.
To: DittoJed2
Amen and Amen...Bump
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posted on
10/03/2001 11:07:23 AM PDT
by
txoilman
To: DittoJed2; kayak
Joining you in prayer today for our President, his advisors, his family, the Congress, and the military as it prepares for and carries out this war. Praying also for spiritual renewal and revival in our country.
May God's will be done, here on earth as it is in Heaven!
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posted on
10/03/2001 11:32:57 AM PDT
by
ohioWfan
To: kayak
O Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, aid and protect GW, and those who are working with him; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
To: DittoJed2; kayak
Prayers for President Bush, his administration, and this nation.
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posted on
10/03/2001 12:58:38 PM PDT
by
marylina
To: DittoJed2
Our Mighty and gracious Father, we bless You for who You are and thank You again and again for bringing us out of darkness into Your marvelous light. Thank You for the Light of the world, for His perfect and finished redemption on behalf of all who at this hour will turn wholeheartedly to Him.
Father it is in His name that we are asking that you teach Your remnant, the church, President Bush and as many as have confessed Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior, how to respond to You in this crucial hour. Surely there is wake up call that has gone throughout the land for the salvation of America. Grant us deeper understanding and guidance to know how to repent, show each individual where we have departed. Open the eyes of our leaders and ours to know to return from the places where we grieved You. Don't allow the American church to remain haughty or ignorant of our heart condition; give us times when leaders both in the church and government may repent and be cleansed.
Abba, may our nation turn to You, not only in prayers but in repentance! He hear the voice crying "prepare the way of the Lord". In the supremacy of Jesus Christ's holy name we call.
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posted on
10/03/2001 2:41:45 PM PDT
by
Hila
To: DittoJed2 and all
"May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever Amen."
Dear Jesus, on bended knee we ask for forgiveness for our transgressions. Of those who know Thee and those who have abandoned Thee. Bring us closer to Your Heart. You originally had given us a simple tablet enumerating what You expected of us, namely the Ten Commandments. Please, may these once again be given the highest priority and may all humbly adhere to them. Our clergy, in guiding their sheep must adhere to and spread the commandments as never before. God give the clergy strenght and courage in proclaiming the gospels.
We continue to pray for our President Bush, all in his administration for Wisdom, Courage and Patience....As the coalition expands may they all act as one in confronting the forces of evil. ......We also pray for protection of Laura Bush and her daughters, by our beloved angels........To those who have died during the TWC massacre may their souls rest in peace..To the families left behind, May God Bless and Keep You....in Jesus name we pray
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posted on
10/03/2001 5:19:15 PM PDT
by
ejo
To: kayak
This was the same man who came within a hair's breadth of losing an election in November, who withstood the political chicanery of the Florida Democratic machine to fix the vote count. This was the same man who admitted to having a drinking problem in younger years, and whose happy-go-lucky lifestyle led him to mediocre grades in college and an ill-fated oil venture. This was the same man who mangled syntax even more than his father, and whose speaking missteps became known as "Bushisms." And on Friday, this was the man who bore the weight of the world and the responsibilities of a generation with dignity, class, confidence, appropriate solemnity, and even much-needed wit. One thing struck me during the campaign, that difficult, roller-coaster campaign that now seems years ago. It was that George W. Bush never seemed to get ruffled. Whether the theft of a campaign debate video or the sudden (some would say, vicious) release of a DUI arrest two decades ago at a key moment, "W" did not lose his cool. At times, his staff seemed overconfident, as did many of us. A 350-electoral-vote win, they quietly implied . . . and we optimistically believed. Then they counted the votes, miscounted others, and re-counted still others. At the end, he was still there. Whereas Al Gore almost frantically huffed and puffed, trying to gin up something out of nothing, Bush quietly but confidently waited at his ranch. He didn't just do nothing: that is the mistake people have constantly made with this man, confusing lack of bluster for absence of action. No,his team of attorneys and the iron-willed James Baker were carrying out his orders, but W stayed in the background, confident and faithful. You see, it is this faith business that confounded everyone. We have had such actors and liars in public office that we have looked skeptically whenever anyone used the term faith. But this was the same man who was the first politician ever in recent memory to name Jesus Christ as the lord of his life on public TV. Not an oblique reference to being "born-again" or having a "life change." He said the un-PC-like phrase, "Jesus Christ," to which his handlers and advisors, no doubt, off stage, were also saying, "Jesus Christ" in a much different tone. God has a way of honoring those who honor him. David learned that while he was on the run from Saul's armies. Job learned that after his time of horrible tribulation. The Messiah said so Himself, many times. So this was the man who actually put faith into practice. He actually loves those who hate him. It is a staggering concept, so foreign in daily occurence that few thought it anything but grandstanding. Even one of W's biggest supporters chided the president for adhering to his "new tone." Yet there he was, again and again, thanking the Democrats. Appointing his enemies to high places in his government. Inviting his former foes and their wives to private movie screenings, and (I know, this is hard to stomach) even treating them with dignity. See, this was the man who learned early on how faith worked: by praying for his enemies, you "heap burning coals upon their heads." Happen to catch Bill Clinton at the National Prayer Service? Didn't look too good, did he? This was the man who named the absolute top people in national security and defense, then caught barbs from the politically righteous that this one didn't have the right views on abortion or that one didn't have the right position on guns. And on September 11, mid-morning, this was the man thrust into a position only known by Roosevelt, Churchill, Lincoln, and Washington. The weight of the world was on his shoulders, and the responsibility of a generation was on his soul. So this same man---the one that the media repeatedly attempted to tarnish with charges of "illegitimacy," and the one whose political opponents desperately sought to stonewall until mid-term elections---walked to his seat at the front of the National Cathedral just three days after the two most impressive symbols of American capitalism and prosperity virtually evaporated, along with, perhaps, thousands of Americans. As he sat down next to his wife, immediately I knew that even if his faith ever faltered, hers didn't. I have never seen a more peaceful face than Laura Bush, whose eyes seemed as though they were already gazing at the final outcome . . . not just of this conflict, but of her reward in Heaven itself. In this marriage, you indeed got two for the price of one. The appropriate songs were sung, as one said, to in an almost unbearably emotional service. I, for one, broke down innumerable times merely listening on tape delay on the radio. How the man spoke without blubbering, I'll never know. Then came the defining moment of our generation. Some people fondly recall their Woodstock days. Others mark with grim sadness November 22, 1963, as the day America lost her innocence. But I firmly believe when the history of this time is written, it will be acknowledged by friend and foe alike that President George W. Bush came of age in that cathedral and lifted a nation off its knees. It wasn't so much his words, though read a decade later, they will indeed be as stirring as any. The conflict would end, he noted, "at an time of our choosing." It certainly wasn't his emotion. What had to have been one of the most stunning exhibitions of self-control in presidential history, W was able to deliver his remarks without losing either his resolve or his focus, or, more important, his confidence. It was as if God's hand, which had guided him through that sliver-thin election, now rested fully on him. His quiet confidence let our enemies know . . . and believe me, they know .. . that they made a grave miscalculation. Now, this same man who practiced his faith through a tough election, who steeled his convictions even more in a drawn-out Florida battle, and who never once gave in to the temptation to get in the gutter with his foes (well, ok, maybe the "Clymer" comment is an exception), this same man now lifted the weight of the world and the responsibility of a generation and put it on his modest shoulders as though it were another unpleasant duty. As he walked back to his seat, the camera angle was appropriate. He was virtually alone in the scene, alone in that massive place of God, just him and the Lord. But that's the way it's always been in his life recently. In that brief time it took him to return to his seat, I believe he heard words to the effect of, "You can do this, George. I am with you always. And you can do this well, because I am going before you. And don't worry about the weight. I've got it." And I saw in his eyes a quiet acknowledgement. "I know. Thank you, Lord." Back at his seat, when W sat down, George H. W. Bush reached over and took his son's hand. The elder Bush always struck me as a religious man, but not someone who shared his life on a daily basis with the Lord. George H. W. treats the Father like a respected uncle, visiting him on appropriate holidays and knowing the relationship is real, but not constant. Anyway, I believe that in that fatherly squeeze George H. W. said, "I wish I could do this for you, son, but I can't. You have to do this on your own." W squeezed back and gave him that look of peace that Laura had kept throughout. It said, "I don't have to do it alone, dad. I've got help." ============================= God Bless President Bush God Bless America
To: ejo
Amen.
To: kayak
Joining you in praying for our President, his family, his advisors, the Congress, the military and the Supreme Court.
Thy will be done.
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posted on
10/03/2001 5:43:12 PM PDT
by
whoever
To: DittoJed2
O my Lord, please give President Bush consolation and comfort during this difficult time. Help him and his advisors to triumph over the evil in this world. Amen
To: kayak
Father in Heaven, how good it is to give you praise. Your goodness we cannot fully grasp. but how sweet it is to get a taste of it. Thank you Father for the many blessings you give us, many we know about and many we are not aware of. Thank you for changed lives Lord, for the freedom you give. Father I pray for President Bush, bless him Father because he loves you so much. not because he is a good man, but because you bless those who love you. May this nation return to you, may we turn from our wicked ways and selfish desires. Father we cry out to you on behalf of this nation, which at one time served you. Father bless all who pray here, may you teach us more abut your love and goodness. I pray these things in the precious name of Jesus our Lord and Savior, Amen.
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