Touched
Lord Jesus it is comforting, beyond measure, to know that what touches our lives touches your heart. That there is not a trial, test or temptation we encounter that you are not aware of enter into with us. You understand our struggles, feel our weaknesses and sense our weariness. How grateful I am for such a sympathetic Savior who so intimately and personally is involved in our live and knows, loves and cares for us. Thank you for your faithful promise: "I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
Thank you, Lord, that by your grace and mercy we have all help we will ever need. "15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:15-16 (KJV) Amen.
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a prayer of advocation
Dear Lord,
As we survey the state of the world, we see many who do not have a voice and seem powerless to make their lives better.
We cry out for all who are oppressed.
Each day we awake to news of heartbreak and sorrow. Evil seems to have a strong enduring grip on planet earth.
We intercede for all who struggle.
Lead us Spirit. As we speak, help us to be voices for those who have no voice. In our daily activities, cause us to be advocates for justice and civil rights.
In all that we do and say, we pray that our actions might advocate for those who are hurting, lost, sad, lonely, poor, forgotten and helpless.
Protect our beloved Ukraine
Lord, oh the Great and Almighty,
Protect our beloved Ukraine,
Bless her with freedom and light
Of your holy rays.
With learning and knowledge enlighten
Us, your children small,
In love pure and everlasting
Let us, oh Lord, grow.
We pray, oh Lord Almighty,
Protect our beloved Ukraine,
Grant our people and country
All your kindness and grace.
Bless us with freedom, bless us with wisdom,
Guide into kind world,
Bless us, oh Lord, with good fortune
For ever and evermore. Amen- a patriotic poem by Oleksandr Konysky
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Prayer is LIFE
We will never tap into the full power of GOD when our PRAYER lives are lacking. Or non-existent.
God has so much to show us. So much to give us. So much to do through us.
But we are weak in our prayer lives. We are stagnant in our efforts to effectively cry out to God. We are not spending the necessary time on our knees or better yet on our faces before Him!
Here in Nicaragua the necessity of PRAYER is played out to us day after day.
When they have no other recourse. No other path to take. No where else to turn..
They turn to God. He is their FIRST CHOICE!
Why don’t we turn to God first?? Why don’t we fall down on our knees at the first sign of trouble. Illness. Problem….
Let’s tap into the power that God has for us and PRAY!!!
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a prayer for mercy
You see all us who dwell on earth.. each moment they live and breathe, you see us and are with us. You are not far off, but are instead close and present, with your Spirit indwelling in each if us.
Have mercy on those who now suffer the miseries of a war not of their own making.
Have compassion on the wounded and dying; and comfort the broken-hearted.
Confound the hatred and madness of those who make war.
Guide our rulers and bring strength to those who must fight for what is right.
Father - bring war to an end, bring peace across the world. Unite us all under the reign of your Son, the Prince of Peace, before whose judgement seat the rulers of the world will give account, and in whose name we pray. Amen.
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SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN CHRIST
Ephesians 1:3,4 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight."
Lord in Your faithfulness
You have pursued me:
Gently and tenderly,
Lord, You have wooed me.
Who could imagine I would find,
All of the riches that are mine?
So great a salvation,
So costly the gift,
So great a redemption,
So the dying might live,
So great a salvation,
So high the price,
So, kind a Redeemer,
Supreme sacrifice
Great is Your love,
Great is Your love!
~David and Becky Durham (1998)
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Peace
Jeremiah 29:7 (KJV)
7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
2 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV)
11 Finally, brethren, ..... live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Father in a world whose history is one of violence and war we are still called to be peace seekers, peacemakers and to live in peace with others. What an impossible challenge and quest. Even so, You, who are the God of all peace, the source of peace, and the only one who can bring true peace, do not lessen the mission for us to be peacemakers.
Thank you, Father, that this is possible through what Christ has done for us. "Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1 (KJV)
In the name of Jesus who's the Prince of Peace and will ultimately bring peace on earth. Amen.
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trusting in the silence
Lord, As we watch war beginning in the Ukraine, we are encountering feelings of helplessness and pain. It is so hard to watch innocent people suffer.
We intercede for all those involved, asking that love might triumph over hate and light over darkness. We pray that wisdom would be given to those who are defending themselves.
In all things we ask for the ability to trust you and let go of control. Help us to be still and know that you are a God who cares and will bring good from human evil. Amen.
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prayer of invitation
I release all of my worries to you.
Come into my heart Lord Jesus.
Forgive me, as I forgive others.
Come into my heart Holy Spirit.
Refresh me, that I might live for you.
Come into my heart Holy Spirit.
Refresh me, that I might live for you.
Amen
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It’s time!
What time is it??
It’s time to PRAY!!
There has never been a time in our lives that it has been more imperative for us to PRAY than now!!
Our world is in a mess and it is time for the people of God to bend our knees and get on our faces and CRY OUT to our God!!!
We must be a people of Prayer and the time is NOW!!
a prayer for mental wellness
O God, our liberation and our peace, we seek the strength of your Spirit, that we may live in a more deep and powerful union with you. May Your faithfulness be a source of comfort for us as we live in the reality of a world, a community - and even our own hearts - that struggle to thrive in the midst of loneliness, and the heavy weight of being two years into a global pandemic.
Teach us to give grace when we don't understand.
Give us eyes to see those who are drowning in despair.
Give us hearts to help, and feet that are ready and able.
May Your hope overcome despair, may Your love be felt by those who feel far away from it, and may Your provision come to those who need it. Grant that we may gain courage to love and understand each other, and live with mercy toward those that need Your help and our help. May the Great Comforter - the Holy Spirit - wash over each one of us this day and every day forward.
Amen
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YOU CARRY US
Thank You Lord for Your compassionate care. How we need Your Spirit to deliver us in our distresses. We need You to carry us where the road is too rocky or the path too faint for us to follow. Lord, we cry to You for Your manifest presence. Help us to keep the highway clear between our hearts and Yours. I love You. Amen.
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Tenacious Love
I have loved you with an everlasting love;"
Jeremiah 31:2-3 (ESV)
George Matheson Song:
O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
Thank you, Father for Your love that is the greatest comfort, for our souls and the assured hope of our eternal future in Your loving presence. May Your people be encouraged with such abiding love every day.
Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)
"...I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Thank You Father for such tenacious love. In the name of Your beloved Son and our Savior Jesus. Amen.
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