Prayer Chain, link 59

Heather is very sad today. Please stop by and share some love. 

Please keep Samantha and her husband, as well as Sharon's mom in your prayers.

I'm still working my way through the Psalms, so today it's Psalm 59:

   ¹Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

   ²Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

   ³For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

   ⁴They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

   ⁵Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

   ⁶They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

   ⁷Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

   ⁸But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

   ⁹Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

   ¹⁰The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

   ¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

   ¹²For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

   ¹³Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

   ¹⁴And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

   ¹⁵Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

   ¹⁶But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

   ¹⁷Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

Rhetta has posted this nice prayer. 

As always I'm constantly working on this, and will be throughout the day. I try to get it up as early as possible for the early risers among us.

We begin our permanent prayer requests each day with prayers for our troops and for ALL governments and leaders around the world WHETHER WE LIKE OR BELIEVE IN THEM OR NOT. It is right and proper to pray for their safety, enlightenment and wisdom... as well as to pray for their souls. Also pray for all of our countries and their people: born and unborn. Especially the many who have never heard of our Lord or His love.

Please pray, too, for an end to ALL violence and modern-day slavery: true peace. REAL civilization. For as long as the barbarism of any killing is still tolerated; no man, woman or child can truly rest assured. If we were to stop killing and focus on LIFE we could likely put an end to nearly all disease as well as explore the furthest reaches of the universe. We destroy ourselves by our limiting beliefs. Instead of trying to prevent overpopulation by diminishing our numbers through slaughter we should be seeking extraterrestrial colonization possibilities. Yet if we do not curb our thirst for blood those exploits would also soon be doomed to extinction as well. Read Isaiah 65.

I do my best to find prayer requests here on gather that have not yet been added to the chain: you can help by searching for and adding these yourselves throughout each day. If you have a prayer chain or list, I would be honored if you'd link to this one. Please don't forget Heather's daily prayer list! She gives us a beautiful prayer each day.

I'd also like to remind you to stop by Marilyn's "Daily Whine & Shine".

Don't forget to pray for our own economy and that wise men will rise up and restore our country's infrastructure of manufacturers before we become a land that is nothing but a playground for the rest of the world. Also for the habitats we have been destroying in our quest to make more money building homes for mankind.

Please also continue to lift up in prayer all those from previous links. Even those whose prayers may have been answered... and ESPECIALLY gather members who have been missing for a while. Don't forget pray for each other as well... Including those who don't request prayer but may nonetheless need it.

The lastest requests I receive via email etc. will be added at the TOP of the article as I receive them, until the next daily link is posted. The Praise Reports will be published monthly for the time being, until I start getting more of them.

The previous links of the prayer chain are all still valid, as are the links spidering off from them. Here is the directory table of those links: