Prayer & Praise: 9/19/21
COLLECT
O Lord, you have taught us that without love, all our deeds are worth nothing; Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the true bond of peace and all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you; grant this for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
PROVERBS 24:1-12
Be not envious of evil men,
nor desire to be with them,
for their hearts devise violence,
and their lips talk of trouble.
By wisdom a house is built,
and by understanding it is established;
by knowledge the rooms are filled
with all precious and pleasant riches.
A wise man is full of strength,
and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Wisdom is too high for a fool;
in the gate he does not open his mouth.
Whoever plans to do evil
will be called a schemer.
The devising of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.
Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man according to his work?
PSALM 54
Save me, O God, for your Name’s sake, and avenge me in your strength. Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken to the words of my mouth. For the arrogant have risen up against me, and tyrants, who do not have God before their eyes, seek after my life. Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is he who upholds my life. He shall repay the evil of my enemies. O destroy them in your faithfulness. A freewill offering will I give you, and praise your Name, O Lord, because it is good. For he has delivered me out of all my trouble, and my eye has seen the ruin of my enemies.
JAMES 3:16-4:6
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
MARK 9:30-37
They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
giving thanks today as a friend was well enough in ICU to have ventilator removed & recovery appears to be progressing.
Giving thanks with you my friend…
My friend, too, who was on a ventilator and we were all planning her funeral, is now home. She has a very difficult recovery ahead, though, as she was in poor health to begin with. I don’t think she will ever be the same.
Xenia,
Giving thanks she’s home…praying for improvement…
Thanking our Lord for good news above
Praising God – we had a flat coming up our river road and God provided 2 good neighbors who stopped and helped us while those West siders went whizzing past – almost dusting us…
Don’t denigrate country folk within my hearing… 🙋
That’s great news filbertz and Xenia! Michael and dusty…praying for you guys 🙂
please remember in prayer…..
Michael – spiritual warfare, health, mental and physical strength and energy, healing in every aspect of his life.
filbertz – recovering from being on a ventilator from covid
BrianD – I lost my sister, and now a friend of the family (my mom)Sherrie has died of cancer. Please pray
Captain Kevin – Appreciate prayer. I’ve been in a Fibro/fatigue/depressed funk .
Also, I’m teaching piano and voice at a local studio, and need many more students to make things work.
Everstudy – Please keep my son in your prayers as he prepares to head out of state to college. Also, keep my wife in your prayers as she prepares to let our son head out of state for college.
Michael – Prayers appreciated as I navigate this weeks happenings here…major stories take a lot of energy and stamina and I have little of either.
Pray for all concerned that we will act in truth and righteousness…
ERunner – I will also be seeing an endocronologist to have my parathyroid checked as my body is producing way too much calcium. Would you pray this works out and that I will trust God through the process? Thank you. Allan
Linnea – Would you pray for Greg? He and my husband play tennis. He was treated for an aggressive brain cancer and thought he was clear, but it has roared back. Please pray for healing and that he and his wife come to know the Lord. Thank you!
Paige – Asking for prayer for a family issue… God knows…. and the silencing of a lying gossip who is spreading slander about me to family members and others. It’s an on going issue that is quite perplexing, and apparently demonic. Twisted, delusional and strange.
I spoke to a trusted friend about the issue and was told “Satan has given XYZ power to turn people against you” and “XYZ has been used by Satan to destroy your former marriage and harm the church and now to divide your family”.
This XYZ happens to also be cyber stalking me here on the Phoenix preacher.
May God enlighten all souls to see and know Truth and walk in it by His Spirit.
Jerod- find a good internship.
cash – depression , PTSD
David H – I have Bell’s Palsy . Right side of my face is paralyzed.
JD – Marshal whose mother told him that she doesn’t love him
Linnea – Jon and Sarah. Please pray that they would know God’s love and would follow Him out of horrible lifestyles to freedom.
the new Victor – pray for God’s protection and mercy upon my children, who’ve been through a lot, including witnessing domestic violence in the other home, and that I am strong and engaged enough to lead them so they don’t turn out like the sons of Eli.
Michael, Rick, Joel, Dan, capt. Kevin, Owen – wand to hear from God in their prayer life
JTK- ongoing back issue.
David H – Aunt Ramona has Adenocarcinoma primary lung cancer.
Victor- chronic back pain
Lurkie Loo – dear friend with inoperable Stage 4 glioblastoma (brain cancer). She is 44.
Linnea- sister salvation
Paige- 4 boys to be pleasing to God
Thanks, Dusty…I hope you are well…
You are welcome, big brother. I am well, thank you. Always praying for you my friend.
Was just awakened by a prayer request from a dear friend….her son has Covid pneumonia and is failing…he has two young ones of his own and a wife…pray for Jake…
praying for Jake and his family
Jake passed away.
He leaves behind a wife, 2 small children, grieving siblings and a devastated mom.
He believed Covid19 was a hoax.