I wanted to publicly thank my Lord for the fact that I am an American. That does not mean that I am slamming any other place in the world. It simply means that God put me here, right now in the day and hour and I thank God for that. I think that it’s vitally important that we spend some time each day thanking God for those things that He has provided to us. In that area, I know that I fall very short. So, today, the day after the 4th of July, when all eyes are on the fireworks and giving thanks for the country we live in, I now give thanks for all that my Lord has given to me.
No, I do not intend to put the list here. Frankly, at this point you should be inserting your own list of thanks. I know that we spend more time wanting to thank God on Thanksgiving but we should be thanking Him each and every day. We should be giving Him all of our attention at some point in the day so that He can give us the boost we need to get past all the nasty things in the world.
So, take just a bit of time today, tomorrow and each day from now on to stop and talk to the Lord about those things that bother you, the things that you need to get a handle on, things that you worry about. Give it all to Him. He wants you to do that so that He can handle it for you. Take the time to get to know your Lord. He’s waiting right where you stopped talking to Him. He’s right where you left Him all those years ago.
Yes, I thank God I am an American but I also thank God that I am a Christian, a saved one, one who has asked Jesus to come into her life and be so blessed! I am so honored and blessed! Thank You, Lord Jesus, for going to the cross in my place! I am so blessed that I do not have to be without You! Praise God!
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Tom-out of the hospital feeling much better. Coming to light, a possible reason for almost all of the health problems to date that must be looked into.
Prayer requests:
1) Charley-who is in the hospital. Please pray for him with multiple problems. He is overweight and a normally easy procedure could be life threatening to him is needed. Please pray!!
2) Continuing prayer for Donna with cancer of vocal cords and lungs. Coming home from hospital soon.
3) Fred-continuing prayer for him. He appears to be giving up, falling back on old ways, has diagnosis that says he has no hope of recovery though the doctor would not show up to tell him that. He is very functional and about to be released to his home when one can be found. Please pray for him to be healed and his spirit hear God’s Word on the subject. Please also pray for him to have a home to go to instead of needing a nursing home.
4) A family who appears to be constantly attacked with health and financial problems, one after another with little relief.
5) A newborn who has an infection. Please pray for her!
Father, we pray for these health needs for your children. We know that You said that “by His stripes we are healed” and “with His stripes we were healed”. We agree with that for all of these folks and others that we are also praying for but not listed here. Jesus, we love You and thank You for being our Savior and Lord. We thank You for dying on the cross for us so that we do not have to have these problems! We thank You, Lord! In Jesus’ Name, Amen
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It has been a crazy couple of weeks and so I did not get on here to post like I wanted to do. My husband was in the hospital last week for a heart cath. This week, he went back to the hospital with chest pains. Both things could have been difficult to disastrous but they were not. We believe that because of our prayer cover, everything came out okay.
There are people that will now say that it was likely to do that anyway. Perhaps. But we live with the belief that God is watching over us. With that in mind, we pray about our circumstance because we have all been there when we did not do so. See, I called some folks in another state who are prayer warriors. They, in turn, call others. We put these things on the website so that others can pray. And someone called a television ministry for prayer as well. With that network of prayer, how could we not see good things happening?
Jesus Himself went off to pray. If He did this, shouldn’t we do likewise? But often, we find our lives taking over and not allowing the time to pray. Often, we find that the only time we pray these days is when we eat…if then. Sometimes, the reason we cannot pray or don’t is because we have no idea what to pray about. God gave us a solution to that:
(Rom 8:26) Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
The Holy Spirit will help us when we need to pray but cannot because we do not know what to pray. Many of those who prayed for my husband had no idea why or what they were praying about. All they knew was that someone needed the prayer. We have discovered that people we do not know are praying for us. Sometimes, it’s because they read our blog posts. Sometimes it was because of the ministry that was called. Other times, it is because our friends and family tell others and they tell someone else. The prayer network is awesome and all led by God, not people. Isn’t that fantastic? It means that people are not getting the credit for this. Awesome!!
So, if you should find yourself in need of prayer, call someone. Get them praying about your situation. If you do not have anyone to call, please feel free to let me know your prayer needs and I will post them here on this blog. We are here to serve!
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Once again, we have a prayer request that is quite urgent. Please pray:
Gene (Fred)- in the hospital. With a tube in throat, lost a lot of weight, needing to be fed in tube, refusing that.
UPDATE for Gene…has throat and lung cancer and is expected to live only seven months. Will likely be on hospice care after leaving the hospital. Please pray for his daughters as well who are having a rough time with it.
One praise report:
Ed- at home now. Had heart cath. Small blockage in front of heart. Put in stent. Praise that he came through the whole thing just fine!!
Father, we pray for Gene’s healing. We ask that You place Your amazing hand upon him. Please send someone to tell him about Jesus. Please give him the opportunity to see You and walk with You. Father, thank You for the good outcome for Ed. We praise You and honor You. In the name of Jesus, Amen!
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I found Petra some years ago when I needed to hear some music that did not necessarily sound like the canned music that you find in some churches. These guys were the ones that showed me that songs sung to God do not always have to sound quiet and sacred. Here they sing “Lord, I Lift Your Name On High!” What a wonderful praise song! Thank You, Lord!
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To those of you who are leaving nasty and uncalled for comments on my posts, especially the one concerning the little 5 year old girl, I am pleased to say that I will delete each and every one of them when they come in. They are in moderation so they will not see the light of day on this blog.
However, the enemy is trying to discourage me from writing such posts. The problem he has is that I see that God is working here and will not stop posting prayer requests, ever. And in order to fight this, I will be posting praises and blessings each and every time I receive a nasty or inappropriate comment.
Isn’t it sad that when we want to pray for a little, very sick 5 year old girl who has done nothing to deserve any of this, the bad comments, the nasty words that come from the pit of hell, the distasteful things that people can say so easily…those people are hurting. They do not know how to express themselves in loving terms so they lash out at the helpless ones.
Remember, I am going to put up praises and blessings when I receive anymore of those hate filled comments. And to start it off, here goes:
I praise my Lord Jesus for His awesome Grace and Mercy, for having died on the cross for even me. I thank You, Father, for giving me each breath I take, for giving me the incredible family I have, for helping me through another day. Thank You, Lord!!!!
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