Morning Prayer: Sat, 29 Oct – Psalm 119:153-160; Jonah 2:5-7; Romans 8:11 ~ choose trust

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Opening Sentence

I have come to seek You, O God, just as I am I come.
I have come to be sought by You, just as I am I come.

I will wait for the Lord. My soul waits, and in His word do I hope.

Reading: Psalm 119:153-160 (NLT)

Look upon my suffering and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your instructions. Argue my case; take my side! Protect my life as you promised. The wicked are far from rescue, for they do not bother with your decrees.

Lord, how great is your mercy; let me be revived by following your regulations. Many persecute and trouble me, yet I have not swerved from your laws. Seeing these traitors makes me sick at heart, because they care nothing for your word.

See how I love your commandments, Lord. Give back my life because of your unfailing love. The very essence of your words is truth; all your just regulations will stand forever.

Reading: Jonah 2:5-7 (NLT)

Icon of Jonah and the Whale
Juliet Venter Metal Prints

“I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head. I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O Lord my God, snatched me from the jaws of death! As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple….”

Reading: Romans 8:11 (NLT)

The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
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Declaration of Faith:

Lord, I will trust You, help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.

+ I determine amidst all uncertainty always to trust.
+ I choose to live beyond regret, and let You recreate my life.
+ I believe You will make a way for me and provide for me, if only I trust You.
+ I will trust in the darkness and know that my times are still in Your hand.
+ I will believe You for my future, chapter by chapter, until the story is written.

Lord, I will trust You, help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.
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“Oceans Where feet may fail” – Hillsong (Worshipmob version)

You call me out upon the waters | The great unknown where feet may fail | And there I find You in the mystery | In oceans deep | My faith will stand

And I will call upon Your name | And keep my eyes above the waves | When oceans rise | My soul will rest in Your embrace | For I am Yours and You are mine

Your grace abounds in deepest waters | Your sovereign hand | Will be my guide | Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me | You’ve never failed and You won’t start now

Blessing

May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ go with you, wherever He may send you. May He guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May He bring you home rejoicing at the wonders He has shown you. May He bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Morning Prayer: Fri, 28 Oct – Psalm 119:145-152; Habakkuk 2:1, 3; Romans 10:13-15 ~ waiting here for you

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Opening Sentence

I have come to seek You, O God, just as I am I come.
I have come to be sought by You, just as I am I come.

I will wait for the Lord. My soul waits, and in His word do I hope.

Reading: Psalm 119:145-152 (NLT)

I pray with all my heart; answer me, Lord! I will obey your decrees.

I cry out to you; rescue me, that I may obey your laws. I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words. I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise. In your faithful love, O Lord, hear my cry; let me be revived by following your regulations.

Lawless people are coming to attack me; they live far from your instructions. But you are near, O Lord, and all your commands are true. I have known from my earliest days that your laws will last forever.

Reading: Habakkuk 2:1, 3 (NLT)

I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guard-post. There I will wait to see what the Lord says and how he will answer my complaint.
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This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.

Reading: Romans 10:13-15 (NLT)

For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”
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Prayer: Cedd (620-664)– on honest reflection

Listen,
+ hear the Word behind the word.

Listen,
+ sensing when the spirit’s stirred,
+ there is healing in the waters
if God’s touch is what you seek.

We must wait,
and know God’s moment,
listen well before we speak.

Listen,
+ and let the silence cradle you.

Listen,
+ for the Voice that’s speaking through
all the chaos of the talking
and the Babel that divides.

And in waiting for
God’s moment
that in peacefulness decides,

Listen
+ God is not in a hurry.
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“Waiting Here for You” – Christy Nockels

Blessing

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

11 Days of Prayer for America – Life, Justice, and Redemption

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Jeremiah 29:7 (NLT)

“Work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”

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“Christians are called upon to ‘seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you’ (Jeremiah 29:7). This means believers should engage and be involved in earthly matters of government and politics, working for the good of their communities.” – Franklin Graham

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Prayer for the Welfare of America:

Lord God:

America is no longer the pilgrim’s land of promise. Sadly, we are rapidly becoming a land of exile for believers – strangers in an ever stranger land.

Merciful God:

For socially conservative believers, the primary issues in the upcoming presidential election are – life, justice and redemption .

+ Raise up Champions for Life – people who will vote for the candidate who supports life from beginning to end.

+ Raise up Champions for Life – people who will vote for the candidate who will propose a ban on partial birth abortion.

+ Raise up Advocates for Justice – people who will vote for the candidate who will appoint conservative justices to the Supreme Court .

+ Raise up Advocates for Justice – people who will vote for the candidate who supports the right to life, and religious liberty.

+ Raise up Avocates for Justice – people who will vote for the candidate who promises to rid Washington, DC of corruption at every level of government.

+ Raise up Witnesses for Redemption – people who will vote for the candidate who will work for the renewal of America .

+ Raise up Witnesses for Redemption – people who will vote for the candidate who will work for the renewal of opportunity for all Americans .

+ Raise up Witnesses for Redemption – people who will vote for the candidate who will work for the renewal of America’s inner cities.

+ Raise up Witnesses for Redemption – people who will vote for the candidate who will work for the renewal of America’s industrial base.

+ Raise up Witnesses for Redemption – people who will vote for the candidate who believes that no one and no thing is irredeemable.

Mighty God:

Send forth your Word and Spirit to rouse your people from their slumber – that this election might turn the tide and make America, once again, a land of pilgrim promise.
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+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit – one God forever. Amen.

Morning Prayer: Thu, 27 Oct – Psalm 119:144; Deuteronomy 32:47; Luke 7:1-7 ~ the laws of long life

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Opening Sentence

I have come to seek You, O God, just as I am I come.
I have come to be sought by You, just as I am I come.

I will wait for the Lord. My soul waits, and in His word do I hope.

Reading: Psalm 119:144 (NLT)

Your laws are always right; help me to understand them so I may live.

Reading: Deuteronomy 32:47 (NLT)

These instructions are not empty words—they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”

Reading: Luke 7:1-7 (NLT)

When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people, he returned to Capernaum. At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death. When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his slave. So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. “If anyone deserves your help, he does,” they said, “for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us.”

So Jesus went with them. But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to say, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honor. I am not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.
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Prayer:

Lord God: You are the giver of life; Your laws are always right!

+ Give me understanding, Lord, and I shall enjoy a long life in the place You have given me.

+ Give me understanding, Lord, and I will welcome Your word into my life.

+ Give me understanding, Lord, and I will receive Your power into my life.

+ Give me understanding, Lord, and I will realize Your word within my life.

+ Give me understanding, Lord, and I will tell others the good news of what You have done for me.

Lord God: Speak Your word in me and through me to a world that is dying for want of knowledge of You. Send forth Your word and heal them. Let Your glory be over all the earth.
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“Be Exalted, O God” – Church on the Green, Sun City West, AZ

Blessing

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

12 Days of Prayer for America – believer discernment

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Proverbs 3:21 (NLT)

My child, don’t lose sight of common sense and discernment. Hang on to them….

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Satan’s masterstroke of deceiving, dividing and diluting Christians in America is now paying off. He has fooled gullible Christians into helping kill America.
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I am not fretting over the fate of Christianity. I am fretting over my nation. I know Christianity will survive without America, but America will not survive without Christianity. America as you have known it will not survive Hillary Clinton.

– Mario Murillo (Charisma News)

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Proverbs 29:2 (NLT)

When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.

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Prayer for Discernment:

Sovereign God:

You alone hold the fate of America and its people in Your hand.

Hear my payer as I come before Your throne of grace on behalf of America and American believers – deliver us from evil and give us common sense and discernment when we vote for the next President of the United States.

+Deliver us from wicked people and policies – from lies, deceit, and corruption endemic to our government that are destroying America from within.

+ Deliver us from passivity in the face of the evil of abortion – the slaughter of millions of babies for personal convenience.

+ Deliver us from apathy and naiveté regarding the Supreme Court and the effect the next appointments of Supreme Court Justices will have on the future of America.

+ Deliver us from gullibility that makes moments of private vulgarity morally equivalent with a lifetime of public deceit and corruption.

Sovereign God:

You hold the future of America in Your hand. What will it be – redemption or judgement?

+ Raise up a mighty army of courageous believers who will choose redemption over judgement on November 8th.

+ Raise up a mighty army of courageous believers who will choose freedom over tyranny on November 8th.

+ Raise up a mighty army of courageous believers who will set aside false sensibilities and hurt feelings to stand in the gap against real, not imagined, evil on November 8th.

Sovereign God: Grab us and shake some common sense into us that every believer may vote, en masse, to stay Your hand of judgement – that a season of refreshment and rejoicing may come in America.
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+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit – one God forever. Amen.

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