I don't know exactly what to say about the beautiful day outside. It's very sunny... Mid-80's, kind of humid. Just tough enough to keep my candy-retired-butt inside doing stuff like this, sitting around writing notes to myself, lol. I surely hope this doesn't grow on me. If there's two people I can't get away from in this world, it's me and Jesus, HAHAHAH...
God's been taking us a ways here lately. Hasn't He? It's kind of nice... or more than nice... almost extravagant to have such time and circumstance along with more peace than any man would normally be allotted on this earth... to ponder God, His ways, His heart, His will, His hands, His fierceness upon the necks of enEmies, His love from His heart to mine. So large are the things of God that the mind cannot comprehend Him. I try. I do try. I try every day to wrap my head around Him, and can't. Then I try again the next day, and yes! I get further... but always... I have to try again tomorrow, to go yet further... And then again the next day, and the next... and the.........
As my Brothers gathered together over the sea of Galilee for prayer and direction, my heart was with them. My prayer went up. And now that they work their work there, my heart and prayers are still with them. How I long for the day when I think on my Brothers All no more. I will think of them not because I will be with them. We shall do together. We'll pray with each other. We'll worship with one another. We'll love and adore our Lord with one another. Together we will be and oh, what a day that shall be.
I look forward to my future glorification... not because I'm particularly eager for the obvious... although I do look forward to having a body that never tires, always energetic and having that~~nervous energy that always bubbles to the top when you're getting ready to put something real good to paper. But also I look forward to my new vessel because, after I have been transfigured into who I'll be forever and ever, I'll no longer have all these crooked paths behind me. I'll never again take a crooked way getting to where God wants me to go. I'll never again hurt another in any way, shape nor form. From then on, I'll be a blessing wherever it is that God puts me. I wonder just how many worlds He has out there just like this one we live in?
Fascinating.
So much pain and suffering in this world. It was good to finally realize that there truly is purpose in every tear... every bit of blood spilled... every life taken Home... all of it. So much purpose in pain and suffering. Yet, it is hard to bear. I pray for all the Christians in and all around Syria... All the little children that have Jesus and the ones that are going to have Jesus. I pray for all the men and women there that already have Jesus and the one's that will have Jesus. I have been so blessed...so spoiled... I cannot imagine life living under such persecution, trying and wanting to protect my family... provide for them... and knowing I could not rightfully do neither. How I'd be able to live with that I have no idea, save I put us all in God's loving hands.
Oh God.... Father God. I know that already, before I write these words, You hear the crying of my heart as it lives and breathes the life in Syria. Please Father... For those that must leave this world according to Your all-knowing plan, please grant them all a Brother to escort them Home to You. For those that must remain, grant them ministers to sustain them in word, truth, ministry and physically. Let not the enEmy mark them with darKNess from their encounters. But rather, cast back the shadows as is in accordance to Your will in these end times.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say and know so, oh my Lord. Let those that will be redeemed say so... let even our enEmies also say that the Lord Jesus Christ, His Father, God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Matthew, and so, so many more!!! .... is the one and only true God that has ever been. For You will show Your great might in the middle east at this time oh Lord, and this side of the world will never know it. But all is as You wish it to be. All goes according to Your plan, which you mapped out and testified of long before the foundations of even this earth on which we walk.
I am not alone. NONE of us are ever alone. Thank You, Father, for going to such great lengths to show me this. Thank You for watering my heart when I truly thought it dead.
Show me, my Lord. Show me more...
Friday, July 10, 2015
My Lord...
My Lord...
I come to You this morning in complete thanksgiving of all You have bestowed upon me. How could I look upon my life and not see the blessings of Job upon me and so much more in that I have eternal life and love in and with You, Lord Jesus? Anything worth endeavor, is You, Lord. Anything worth love, is You. Anything worth treasure in any way, is You. And so You have given unto me daily, in deed, purpose, family and fellowship.
I thank You for this freedom You've brought to us all, Lord Jesus. But i also thank You for your gentle correction when we step out of bounds within that freedom. Not all things are profitable for me, nor others, but You have a network at work upon this earth, parts known and yet others unknown...and they help me to keep from straying too far in a land with no boundaries.
Your love, patience, kindness, gentleness, knowledge and wisdom give me pause daily as I try to wrap my mind around who and what You are, my Lord. I can't. But I try. Each day I try again. I never can get there, but daily I go further into Your heart and You into mine.
Lead me... tell me, Lord, and I shall follow. not because I have to, but because I want to. You have given me something deep inside that I cannot contain within myself, even as hard as the enEmy tries to convince me to sit down and shut up. If You insist on using someone like me, the least I can do is lend myself to it. I am honored. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your gifts to the undeserved. My eyes, on You, Lord Jesus.
To Thee my Lord Jesus I pray....
amen.
I come to You this morning in complete thanksgiving of all You have bestowed upon me. How could I look upon my life and not see the blessings of Job upon me and so much more in that I have eternal life and love in and with You, Lord Jesus? Anything worth endeavor, is You, Lord. Anything worth love, is You. Anything worth treasure in any way, is You. And so You have given unto me daily, in deed, purpose, family and fellowship.
I thank You for this freedom You've brought to us all, Lord Jesus. But i also thank You for your gentle correction when we step out of bounds within that freedom. Not all things are profitable for me, nor others, but You have a network at work upon this earth, parts known and yet others unknown...and they help me to keep from straying too far in a land with no boundaries.
Your love, patience, kindness, gentleness, knowledge and wisdom give me pause daily as I try to wrap my mind around who and what You are, my Lord. I can't. But I try. Each day I try again. I never can get there, but daily I go further into Your heart and You into mine.
Lead me... tell me, Lord, and I shall follow. not because I have to, but because I want to. You have given me something deep inside that I cannot contain within myself, even as hard as the enEmy tries to convince me to sit down and shut up. If You insist on using someone like me, the least I can do is lend myself to it. I am honored. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your gifts to the undeserved. My eyes, on You, Lord Jesus.
To Thee my Lord Jesus I pray....
amen.
My Lord...
O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! May my prayer be counted as incense before You... the lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth... Keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing...to practice deeds of eVil motivations or distractions with men who do iniquity... And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth... Keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing...to practice deeds of eVil motivations or distractions with men who do iniquity... And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me. It is oil upon the head. Do not let my head refuse it ... still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock and they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
As when one plows and breaks open the earth, our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord. In You I take refuge. Do not leave me defenseless.Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me and from the snares of those who do iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets while I pass by safely.
To You, my Lord Jesus... I pray to Thee...
As when one plows and breaks open the earth, our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord. In You I take refuge. Do not leave me defenseless.Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me and from the snares of those who do iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets while I pass by safely.
To You, my Lord Jesus... I pray to Thee...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
O'LORD...
Heavenly Lord, our God, our Father in Heaven and on earth and universes untold...
I first must thank You for Your loving-kindnesses and patience toward me that largely I cannot even fathom. I know my shortcomings... so I also know You are aware also. Yet the blood of my Savior stands fast with a power to wipe all my sins away. I recognize this mainly in Your Honor, O'LORD. There is nothing within me that could produce such love and power and ability to forgive as what You've graciously given me.
Secondly, I need to openly admit to You that I know my faults are mine. The enEmy has been upon me. Yes. O'LORD only You know what all tHEy have done against me, against my Brothers All, and all the snares tHEY set for us both while tHEy were upon us and even now that tHEy are gone. Never-the-less, at no time did anything ever come against me that isn't common to man in this day and time. My Lord, at one time my heart flowed so freely in You... in the simple times of great and wonderful ignorance. It is so easy to raise my hands unto You, God, when the times are simple, smooth, and unknowing in the ways of the world, thus the enEmy that now seeks us out. But I am so sorry that when tests came my way, instead of keeping my eyes and heart on You, Father, I instead eventually turned my mind from You that I may have things my way, which I always knew were not Your ways.
My loving, mighty Savior and my Lord Jesus... I kneel before You this morning recognizing my own self to be above no other. I feel akin to David, in that I have never lost my love for You? But I have also been too willing to compromise Your instruction... compromise Your ways, to satisfy a dark and twisted flesh. I no more deserve to have Your Tent round about me than David did. In so many ways I have fallen. And not only has it been me that I have influenced, but a great many of those around me, some of which have relied upon me to be the man YOU have called me to be, O'LORD. I have failed them. I have failed against my own self. I could not even carry out my wicked desire for revenge against man and enEmy alike because You would not allow the most eVil of my desires. My ways have been made useless because my eyes were not upon You and my heart rebellious to Your way. In all my ways, You know them all, I have failed You... my Lord. So many ways I have failed You when I could have stood strong and unwavering with You by my side if my eyes were but upon You...
Lord Jesus... I am sorry for taking advantage of You... for taking advantage of all You've given me, ...for turning my back on You in so many ways... and for thinking You would be there for me no matter what. Which You are. Your faithfulness cannot be comprehended my the human mind in a state such as mine. But I am sick in that sorrow, my Lord. My heart is sick. I am sorry, yes, but moreso, I repent. I have so many crooked ways round about me, Lord. Only You can straighten my ways. In every major way I am not a conduit of neither Your love, Your forgiveness, nor in understanding and wisdom. I have puffed myself up in my own eyes and become a fool in my heart. I repent, my Lord. I repent. Enable me, oh Holy Spirit. Once again have reign in my heart and mind. I give this unto You.
I once thought myself void of pride and have found iT at every turn within me for years now, Lord Jesus. I know better now what You detest iT. There is nothing good within it... nothing good of iT within me. Yet iT still remains. Purge me of my pride. Give me Your knowledge, Your WISDOM to use that knowledge. Some things are more than I can bear within myself. I ask Your remedy in those things too, Lord. Soooo many things must be righted for my life to reflect Your image, O'LORD. Please bring that back to me... grant me all that I need within myself so I can simply be a reflection of You to this hurting and dieing world. I know that's my only purpose here, God.
My family needs the person of knowledge, wisdom, love and leadership that You, Yourself have directed among us. My lord Jesus... I have not been that man for a very long time. I know that You are the Father of the fatherless... and though my grandchildren are not exactly so, I know they are in Your divine care. Give them the mother and father upon this earth that they so desperately need... that can show them Your ways, Your love... Show them that You are right there as they cuddle under Your wing, Father God. Restore my entire family to that which is even beyond what it used to me, in the way we looked to You for our answers and our life.
O'LORD, I have spent my time with fools that opposed me unaware...and I have learned thEir ways. In many ways of this flesh, tHEy prevailed against me of my own accord. I have put thEir ways into the practice of my life. I have loosed my flesh upon other men that tHEy may know the pain of which I have felt, provided by the eVil oNe, but consciously submitted myself to in secret. I, myself, bow in repentance before You, Father God. I no longer wish to lend myself unto eVil purposes.
You have placed Your foot upon the throat of mine enEmies, O'LORD... Grant me now the power to do the same within my mind and heart. I pray for my Brothers All in this same regard. Grant me power over darKNess that lingers, intending to influence my life is ways that are not Your ways. Enble me with the power to also crush this darKNess... to purge it from my mind and heart and restore my soul, my mighty and loving Savior...my Lord... Jesus Christ. On my own I cannot rebuke any eVil. But with You standing for me, Oh LORD, even the deMons in hell and on earth cower and shake...tremble with fear with but the sound of Your voice! In YOUR MIGHTY NAME, my Lord JESUS, rebuke these influences of darKNess from upon me, my life and all those associated with me! CONTINUE to put not only my enEmies, but Yours also, to shame with the testimony of whatever life I have yet to live upon this earth. I ask this for myself and my Brothers All, Lord Jesus.
I am so needy. I have nothing of my own volition to offer. But that's why it amazes me to know that in my own weakness (which is a drastic understatement in description), You are made strong. I do not expect these things of myself, oh Lord... But so many times Your gifts have fallen right out of the sky... present on a morning where they were not the evening before within me, this is what I continue to expect and ask for from You. Divine intervention of the most personal kind is my reliance, Lord, God. I will look, listen and pay attention to anything...whatever You direct. Direct my steps, O'LORD. Lead me, and I will follow.
I cannot express my thankfulness for the things and the people You continue to bring into my life that minister to me when I deserve absolutely nothing. For these willing vessels I also pray, that they continue to be blessed by Your direction and wisdom... that You protect us all mentally, physically and spiritually... Lead us all, remind us to keep our Armor on and our Swords at the ready, our shield held high that guard us from the oh so many fiery arrows of our adversaries...
My Lord... precious Jesus...The Christ... The God of Abraham, Matthew and Michael... thank You for hearing me and providing me a way to Your Throne through the most loving Sacrifice ever made for any man.
Bless us, Oh God... Bless us... with the things we know we need, but also with the great many things we know not that we need, that we may live the lives you wish us to live...
In Jesus' Precious Name... to YOU, O' My LORD GOD only will I EVER pray...
Thank You, Father God... Thank You, Lord Jesus... and my thanks for the Holy Spirit who teaches us all things...
Amen and amen.
I first must thank You for Your loving-kindnesses and patience toward me that largely I cannot even fathom. I know my shortcomings... so I also know You are aware also. Yet the blood of my Savior stands fast with a power to wipe all my sins away. I recognize this mainly in Your Honor, O'LORD. There is nothing within me that could produce such love and power and ability to forgive as what You've graciously given me.
Secondly, I need to openly admit to You that I know my faults are mine. The enEmy has been upon me. Yes. O'LORD only You know what all tHEy have done against me, against my Brothers All, and all the snares tHEY set for us both while tHEy were upon us and even now that tHEy are gone. Never-the-less, at no time did anything ever come against me that isn't common to man in this day and time. My Lord, at one time my heart flowed so freely in You... in the simple times of great and wonderful ignorance. It is so easy to raise my hands unto You, God, when the times are simple, smooth, and unknowing in the ways of the world, thus the enEmy that now seeks us out. But I am so sorry that when tests came my way, instead of keeping my eyes and heart on You, Father, I instead eventually turned my mind from You that I may have things my way, which I always knew were not Your ways.
My loving, mighty Savior and my Lord Jesus... I kneel before You this morning recognizing my own self to be above no other. I feel akin to David, in that I have never lost my love for You? But I have also been too willing to compromise Your instruction... compromise Your ways, to satisfy a dark and twisted flesh. I no more deserve to have Your Tent round about me than David did. In so many ways I have fallen. And not only has it been me that I have influenced, but a great many of those around me, some of which have relied upon me to be the man YOU have called me to be, O'LORD. I have failed them. I have failed against my own self. I could not even carry out my wicked desire for revenge against man and enEmy alike because You would not allow the most eVil of my desires. My ways have been made useless because my eyes were not upon You and my heart rebellious to Your way. In all my ways, You know them all, I have failed You... my Lord. So many ways I have failed You when I could have stood strong and unwavering with You by my side if my eyes were but upon You...
Lord Jesus... I am sorry for taking advantage of You... for taking advantage of all You've given me, ...for turning my back on You in so many ways... and for thinking You would be there for me no matter what. Which You are. Your faithfulness cannot be comprehended my the human mind in a state such as mine. But I am sick in that sorrow, my Lord. My heart is sick. I am sorry, yes, but moreso, I repent. I have so many crooked ways round about me, Lord. Only You can straighten my ways. In every major way I am not a conduit of neither Your love, Your forgiveness, nor in understanding and wisdom. I have puffed myself up in my own eyes and become a fool in my heart. I repent, my Lord. I repent. Enable me, oh Holy Spirit. Once again have reign in my heart and mind. I give this unto You.
I once thought myself void of pride and have found iT at every turn within me for years now, Lord Jesus. I know better now what You detest iT. There is nothing good within it... nothing good of iT within me. Yet iT still remains. Purge me of my pride. Give me Your knowledge, Your WISDOM to use that knowledge. Some things are more than I can bear within myself. I ask Your remedy in those things too, Lord. Soooo many things must be righted for my life to reflect Your image, O'LORD. Please bring that back to me... grant me all that I need within myself so I can simply be a reflection of You to this hurting and dieing world. I know that's my only purpose here, God.
My family needs the person of knowledge, wisdom, love and leadership that You, Yourself have directed among us. My lord Jesus... I have not been that man for a very long time. I know that You are the Father of the fatherless... and though my grandchildren are not exactly so, I know they are in Your divine care. Give them the mother and father upon this earth that they so desperately need... that can show them Your ways, Your love... Show them that You are right there as they cuddle under Your wing, Father God. Restore my entire family to that which is even beyond what it used to me, in the way we looked to You for our answers and our life.
O'LORD, I have spent my time with fools that opposed me unaware...and I have learned thEir ways. In many ways of this flesh, tHEy prevailed against me of my own accord. I have put thEir ways into the practice of my life. I have loosed my flesh upon other men that tHEy may know the pain of which I have felt, provided by the eVil oNe, but consciously submitted myself to in secret. I, myself, bow in repentance before You, Father God. I no longer wish to lend myself unto eVil purposes.
You have placed Your foot upon the throat of mine enEmies, O'LORD... Grant me now the power to do the same within my mind and heart. I pray for my Brothers All in this same regard. Grant me power over darKNess that lingers, intending to influence my life is ways that are not Your ways. Enble me with the power to also crush this darKNess... to purge it from my mind and heart and restore my soul, my mighty and loving Savior...my Lord... Jesus Christ. On my own I cannot rebuke any eVil. But with You standing for me, Oh LORD, even the deMons in hell and on earth cower and shake...tremble with fear with but the sound of Your voice! In YOUR MIGHTY NAME, my Lord JESUS, rebuke these influences of darKNess from upon me, my life and all those associated with me! CONTINUE to put not only my enEmies, but Yours also, to shame with the testimony of whatever life I have yet to live upon this earth. I ask this for myself and my Brothers All, Lord Jesus.
I am so needy. I have nothing of my own volition to offer. But that's why it amazes me to know that in my own weakness (which is a drastic understatement in description), You are made strong. I do not expect these things of myself, oh Lord... But so many times Your gifts have fallen right out of the sky... present on a morning where they were not the evening before within me, this is what I continue to expect and ask for from You. Divine intervention of the most personal kind is my reliance, Lord, God. I will look, listen and pay attention to anything...whatever You direct. Direct my steps, O'LORD. Lead me, and I will follow.
I cannot express my thankfulness for the things and the people You continue to bring into my life that minister to me when I deserve absolutely nothing. For these willing vessels I also pray, that they continue to be blessed by Your direction and wisdom... that You protect us all mentally, physically and spiritually... Lead us all, remind us to keep our Armor on and our Swords at the ready, our shield held high that guard us from the oh so many fiery arrows of our adversaries...
My Lord... precious Jesus...The Christ... The God of Abraham, Matthew and Michael... thank You for hearing me and providing me a way to Your Throne through the most loving Sacrifice ever made for any man.
Bless us, Oh God... Bless us... with the things we know we need, but also with the great many things we know not that we need, that we may live the lives you wish us to live...
In Jesus' Precious Name... to YOU, O' My LORD GOD only will I EVER pray...
Thank You, Father God... Thank You, Lord Jesus... and my thanks for the Holy Spirit who teaches us all things...
Amen and amen.
Praying for me:
Father God, I lift to you
my friend and Brother, Matthew. He has endured years of persecution,
years of oppression because of his love for You, and now You have
delivered him out of the hand of his enemies. You are with him as a
Mighty Warrior, and now his enemies have been disgraced and fallen away.
Matthew cried out to You in his pain and anguish. His foot was
slipping, but in Your unfailing love, You supported him.
Father God, we see the corruption in this nation. Can a corrupt throne be allied with You? is*am bands together against Your children and condemns them to death. But You, O LORD, have become their fortress, their safeguard, their stronghold. You are the Rock in whom they take refuge. For You are a great God, the great King above ALL gods. For all the gods of the nations are but idols, but You, O Lord, made the heavens! All will bow to You. Every tongue will confess that You are LORD.
Ascribe to the LORD, all you families and nations, ascribe to Him glory and strength. All will worship You in the splendor of Your holiness. All the earth will one day tremble before You. A day is coming when You will judge our enemies. Zion hears and rejoices, and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O Lord. You are Most High over all the earth! You are exalted far above all gods. They are but dust between Your toes.
Father God, make Matthew's way straight before him. His enemies have twisted his path and filled his heart with darkness. The heart of his enemy is filled with malice. Their throats are an open grave. His eyes grow weary with sorrow. They have poured their darkness upon him and he cannot see. His mind is a dark and dreary land. His heart is a somber place. It's choked with bitterness and pain. His body is safe but his heart and mind remain imprisoned. The memory of his enemy is with him.
Away from Matthew, all you who do evil! For the Lord has heard his weeping. The Lord has heard Matthew's cry for mercy, and the Lord accepts his prayer. May Matthew's enemies be overwhelmed with shame and anguish. May they be brought to their knees in repentance. For those who do not repent, may even the memory of them perish.
Father God, lift Matthew up from the gates of death that he may declare Your praises on the mountains, and there rejoice in Your salvation. The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug. Time is running out. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The wicked are ensnared by the work of their own hands! They will go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. But God will never forget His children; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
The is*am in his arrogance hunts down Your children and they are caught in the schemes he devises. Their mouths are full of lies and threats. Their deceptive ways are not hidden from You. is*am lies in wait, and from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims. Like a lion he lies in wait. His victims are crushed and they collapse under his strength.
Arise, O Lord!! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the brokenhearted. The waters have come up to Matthew's neck. He is sinking in the miry depths of is*am's poison where there is no foothold. The floods engulf him. He is worn out calling for help. His eyes fail looking for His God. Those who hate him outnumber the hairs on his head. Many seek to destroy him. They are gone in body but present in spirit, as thick darkness which chokes out the light.
Father God, in the time of Your favor, in Your great love, O God, answer Matthew with your sure salvation. Rescue him from the mire, from the mental and emotional sludge is*am has left in his life. Do not let him sink. Deliver him from is*am, from the deep waters. Do not let the depths swallow him up or the pit close its mouth around him. You have rescued his body from the grave, but his heart and mind need renewal. His foes have left traps in his heart which to this day ensnare him.
Father, make Your saving help to be Matthew's shield. May Your right hand sustain him. Keep his way secure. Your way is perfect, O LORD. Your word is flawless. You shield all who take refuge in You, for who is God besides the LORD? In Your goodness You reached down from on high and took hold of Matthew. You drew him out of the waters and rescued him from his enemies, his foes who were too strong for him. You rescued him because You delight in him. You, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth. You guard the lives of Your faithful ones and deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Your light shines on Your children, and Your joy on the upright of heart.
My Brother Matthew and I rejoice in You, O LORD, and we praise Your Holy Name because You are worthy. Let the heavens rejoice. Let the earth be glad. Let the sea echo in praise, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Let all the trees of the forest sing for joy, and all the inhabitants of their branches. Let all creation rejoice before You Lord, for You are worthy. We ascribe to You the glory due Your Name. We will sing to You a new song. We will declare Your glory among the nations, Your marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Amen & Amen
Father God, we see the corruption in this nation. Can a corrupt throne be allied with You? is*am bands together against Your children and condemns them to death. But You, O LORD, have become their fortress, their safeguard, their stronghold. You are the Rock in whom they take refuge. For You are a great God, the great King above ALL gods. For all the gods of the nations are but idols, but You, O Lord, made the heavens! All will bow to You. Every tongue will confess that You are LORD.
Ascribe to the LORD, all you families and nations, ascribe to Him glory and strength. All will worship You in the splendor of Your holiness. All the earth will one day tremble before You. A day is coming when You will judge our enemies. Zion hears and rejoices, and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O Lord. You are Most High over all the earth! You are exalted far above all gods. They are but dust between Your toes.
Father God, make Matthew's way straight before him. His enemies have twisted his path and filled his heart with darkness. The heart of his enemy is filled with malice. Their throats are an open grave. His eyes grow weary with sorrow. They have poured their darkness upon him and he cannot see. His mind is a dark and dreary land. His heart is a somber place. It's choked with bitterness and pain. His body is safe but his heart and mind remain imprisoned. The memory of his enemy is with him.
Away from Matthew, all you who do evil! For the Lord has heard his weeping. The Lord has heard Matthew's cry for mercy, and the Lord accepts his prayer. May Matthew's enemies be overwhelmed with shame and anguish. May they be brought to their knees in repentance. For those who do not repent, may even the memory of them perish.
Father God, lift Matthew up from the gates of death that he may declare Your praises on the mountains, and there rejoice in Your salvation. The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug. Time is running out. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The wicked are ensnared by the work of their own hands! They will go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. But God will never forget His children; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
The is*am in his arrogance hunts down Your children and they are caught in the schemes he devises. Their mouths are full of lies and threats. Their deceptive ways are not hidden from You. is*am lies in wait, and from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims. Like a lion he lies in wait. His victims are crushed and they collapse under his strength.
Arise, O Lord!! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the brokenhearted. The waters have come up to Matthew's neck. He is sinking in the miry depths of is*am's poison where there is no foothold. The floods engulf him. He is worn out calling for help. His eyes fail looking for His God. Those who hate him outnumber the hairs on his head. Many seek to destroy him. They are gone in body but present in spirit, as thick darkness which chokes out the light.
Father God, in the time of Your favor, in Your great love, O God, answer Matthew with your sure salvation. Rescue him from the mire, from the mental and emotional sludge is*am has left in his life. Do not let him sink. Deliver him from is*am, from the deep waters. Do not let the depths swallow him up or the pit close its mouth around him. You have rescued his body from the grave, but his heart and mind need renewal. His foes have left traps in his heart which to this day ensnare him.
Father, make Your saving help to be Matthew's shield. May Your right hand sustain him. Keep his way secure. Your way is perfect, O LORD. Your word is flawless. You shield all who take refuge in You, for who is God besides the LORD? In Your goodness You reached down from on high and took hold of Matthew. You drew him out of the waters and rescued him from his enemies, his foes who were too strong for him. You rescued him because You delight in him. You, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth. You guard the lives of Your faithful ones and deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Your light shines on Your children, and Your joy on the upright of heart.
My Brother Matthew and I rejoice in You, O LORD, and we praise Your Holy Name because You are worthy. Let the heavens rejoice. Let the earth be glad. Let the sea echo in praise, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Let all the trees of the forest sing for joy, and all the inhabitants of their branches. Let all creation rejoice before You Lord, for You are worthy. We ascribe to You the glory due Your Name. We will sing to You a new song. We will declare Your glory among the nations, Your marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Amen & Amen
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
A Prayer For Us:
The following is just a prayer for me from one of my best friends on earth. I just want to remember it, pray it...live in it:
"To Him who sits onda thrown, an unto the Lamb, be blessing an honor an powr an glory, foreva!!!
His Name isabuv ALL names. Are God isan OSOME God. Evry nee'll bow, an evry tong'll confess that Jesus Christ is LORD OF ALL.
Aint He good to us Matthew? Lord you are so good to us.
Evry
good'an perfek gift comes down from the Father. Trials n tribyulashens
are gifts in disguise. You unwrapem an see they what makes you runta
Jesus. Fall in His armsuv love. Lord letyur mercy washaway alluv are
stains. Washus completly in Your love once again. Wash are mindsan
harts. Renew us. Clens us from darkness an fear. Fillus with Your love
an lead us bak to the way everlasting. Leadus. Gyde'us. Protekt us. Keep
us. Heal us. Thank you Lord Jesus for being our Light an are salvation.
Without You weer nothing. With You, we are whole an compleet.
Receve us oh Lord. Theres nothin leftuv areselfs. we need You." ~
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(my prayer)
My Lord...my God...
I have been led deep into the land of darKNess by mine enEmies. You have since delivered me and my peoples from the darKNess and the foot that would crush our necks. In You, Lord, God of Abraham, Smokes, J, Matt and so, so many more, we have victory. To God be the glory forever and ever... amen.
Father God... This world is not what it used to be. You know that. It's smarter...too smart for a man like me. My Father God... I need help. The enEmy has purposed me for eVil things. The darKNess has trained into me all sorts of eVils and motivated iT within me with deceptions, darKNess and lies. I ask partly for me, Lord, but much more I ask for the people I love because I can do them great injustice. My eyes, my ears, my mind has been trained in eVil ...vexed by the eVil oNe and now my natural response, my very flinch before I think, is for eVil's purpose. I have tried to overcome this, oh Lord, and it seems I only go deeper and deeper into the enEmy's purpose for me, which is to hurt those most dear to me.
My Lord? My God? I give this to You. I have tried to fight and win and have only fallen and failed. This is beyond me. I give this to You, Father. One thing I do still know is, that anytime there is darKNess, deceptions, vexations and despair... YOU are the Light that shines through it all. Please, oh Lord. I beg right now. SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON ME! Deliver my mind from a sick, dARk and twisted eVil. Deliver my MIND from the hand of the enEmy, oh Lord. Deliver us all. Only You, Father, can we ask for such things. I lay this down right now. It's Yours. Show me the way through, oh Lord. Let me not be used by the enEmy any longer...
I'll be back.
In Jesus' precious Name only will I ever pray,
Amen and amen...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Lyrics: The Road That Leads You Home ~ by George Donaldson
The Road That Leads You Home
1st Verse:
When the path behind you shows...
the hills and mountains that you've climbed,
but the road ahead brings only that there's still no end in sight.
When your dreams are long forgotten,
like the life that we once knew...
Then I'll cradle you with hope, to bring you home.
When the shadows linger through the night,
and they weigh you down with fear.
When daylight gets so lost, you're afraid...
Share your heavy burdens.
I'll gladly take the load.
And I'll carry you on the road that leads you home.
Chorus:
In your darkest, silent hours, I'll be watchin over you.
When your thunder comes, I'll paint a sky that's blue.
I'll bring you refuge from the storm, I'll guard your weary heart.
And I'll guide you on the road that leads you home.
2nd Verse:
I write these words within the air.
So breathe them with your soul.
I never left your side. I never will.
My heart has always beamed for you.
So let me be your light...
and I'll shine upon the road that leads you home.
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
When your minutes last for days...
and your days never end.
I'll be here to bring you home.
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
I'll guide you on the road that leads you home.
When the path behind you shows...
the hills and mountains that you've climbed,
but the road ahead brings only that there's still no end in sight.
When your dreams are long forgotten,
like the life that we once knew...
Then I'll cradle you with hope, to bring you home.
When the shadows linger through the night,
and they weigh you down with fear.
When daylight gets so lost, you're afraid...
Share your heavy burdens.
I'll gladly take the load.
And I'll carry you on the road that leads you home.
Chorus:
In your darkest, silent hours, I'll be watchin over you.
When your thunder comes, I'll paint a sky that's blue.
I'll bring you refuge from the storm, I'll guard your weary heart.
And I'll guide you on the road that leads you home.
2nd Verse:
I write these words within the air.
So breathe them with your soul.
I never left your side. I never will.
My heart has always beamed for you.
So let me be your light...
and I'll shine upon the road that leads you home.
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
When your minutes last for days...
and your days never end.
I'll be here to bring you home.
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
I'll guide you on the road that leads you home.
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