PRAY

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 Prayer is our Christian duty. It is an expression of submission to God and dependence upon Him. For that matter, prayer is arguably the most objective measurement of our dependence upon God. Think of it this way. The things you pray about are the things you trust God to handle. The things you neglect to pray about are the things you trust you can handle on your own.

 H.B. Charles Jr. It Happens After Prayer, Moody, 2013.

Scripture

This is the confidence which we have [l]before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.  And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. 1 John 5:14,15 NASB

Song

"Pray" by Sanctus Real

http://youtu.be/zrQHNQ0hwQE

I bow my head to pray, I don't know what to say

I'm not sure how to fix the things I'm dealing with

I'm in a desperate place, I need to share the weight

But I just don't know how, to let it all pour out

Though I'm silent, my heart is crying

Cause I was made to come to You

So I pray

God I need You more than words can say

Right here in this moment

You know my heart, You know my need

You know every part of me

So even if it's just to speak Your name

I'm gonna pray

I failed to find the time, but You've been calling out

I let the days go by as if I could live without

But it's gotta be here now, I won't be pulled away

Cause it's just You and I, so let the world around us fade

As I pray

God I need You more than words can say

Right here in this moment

You know my heart, You know my need

You know every part of me

So even if it's just to speak Your name

I'm gonna pray

I'm gonna pray

(Father)

Will You meet me here right now?

(Father)

I surrender, lay it down

(Father)

And every time I close my eyes

I know that I was made

To lift my hands and pray

I lift my hands and pray

You know my heart, You know my need

And every single part of me

So even if it's just to speak Your name

I'm gonna pray

I'm gonna pray

You know my heart, You know my need

You know every part of me

More than words, You are my life

Take it as an offering

Sentence Prayer

Be still and know that I am God.

Lord, Your words lead us to the

calmness and greatness of your presence. Amen

(http://www.sacredspace.ie/daily-prayer/2013-06-06)Song

HEALING

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“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected…It must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” Abraham Lincoln

Scripture

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV

Song

When God’s people pray

Wayne Watson

http://youtu.be/KuEWnSto1YY

Trouble knockin' on your window pane stormy

weather at your door

And the outlook for the day ahead like the day before

People tell you prayin' changes things, but the words

don't stop the fear

The prayer is only pious repelling without a Father's ear

He will not turn away when His people pray

When God's people pray

And take the pains of earth to the doors of Heaven

When God's people pray

There is hope reborn, there is sin forgiven

And merely 'cos you can't explain a way

When God' people pray

Hopeless situation turns around, dilemma passes by and by

Look, there's a never-ending field of blue past your clouded sky

He alone can know the need in me before a single word begins

The Holy Spirit intercedes for me, I will trust in Him

No, He will not turn away when His people pray

When God's people pray

And take the pains of earth to the doors of heaven

When God's people pray

There is hope reborn, there is sin forgiven

And merely 'cos you can't explain a way

(When God's people pray)

When God's people pray

There is hope reborn, there is sin forgiven

And merely 'cos you cannot explain a way

(When God's people pray)

When God's people pray

Take the pains of earth to the doors of heaven

When God's People pray

(There is hope reborn)

There is hope

(Sin forgiven)

And merely 'cos you cannot explain a way

No, no, no, no

When God's people pray

Take it home

(When God's people pray)

When God's people pray

(There is hope reborn, sin forgiven)

There is sin forgiven

And merely 'cos you can't explain a way

No, no

When God's people pray

And take the pains of earth to the doors of heaven

When God's people pray

There is hope reborn, there is sin forgiven

And merely 'cos you can't explain a way

When God's people pray

Oh, When God's people pray

When God's people pray

Sentence Prayer

Father;  America no longer obeys you as their Lord.

Lord, have mercy on our rebellious ways

We call evil a god given right

We use your name in pious ways, but in all we

do we reject your rule

Lord, break us so we may experience a rebirth,

into a nation that honors you.

May a revival break out that causes our words and

actions in America to declare you are the

King of Kings and Lord of Lords

Amen

THY WORD

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The Word of Christ proves itself to be the word of God by it's loving energy and it's penetrating power A.T. Pierson

Scripture

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 NASB

Song

Thy Word  By Amy Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_NMSH3hR8

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

When I feel afraid,

And think I've lost my way.

Still, you're there right beside me.

Nothing will I fear

As long as you are near;

Please be near me to the end.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

I will not forget

Your love for me and yet,

My heart forever is wandering.

Jesus by my guide,

And hold me to your side,

And I will love you to the end.

Nothing will I fear

As long as you are near;

Please be near me to the end.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet

And a light unto my path.

And a light unto my path.

You're the light unto my path.

Sentence Prayer

Father:

By your words I can see where I’m going;

    they throw a beam of light on my dark path.

I’ve committed myself and I’ll never turn back

    from living by your righteous order.

Everything’s falling apart on me, God;

    put me together again with your Word.

Festoon me with your finest sayings, God;

    teach me your holy rules.

My life is as close as my own hands,

    but I don’t forget what you have revealed.

The wicked do their best to throw me off track,

    but I don’t swerve an inch from your course.

I inherited your book on living; it’s mine forever—

    what a gift! And how happy it makes me!

I concentrate on doing exactly what you say—

    I always have and always will.  Amen

(Ps 119:105-112 Message)

HEAVEN

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The dead. No more’n a breath.  You let the last one go and you’re with them again. William Kent Kreuger  Ordinary Grace Pg 305

Scripture

so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. Hebrews 9:28 NIV

Song

Heaven Not So Far Justin Moore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55GAUgjpDQA

Every day I drive to work across Flint River bridge

A hundred yards from the spot where me and grandpa fished

There's a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of Sawmill Road

He'd be there peelin' peaches if it was twenty years ago

And what I wouldn't give

To ride around in that old truck with him

If heaven wasn't so far away

I'd pack up the kids and go for the day

Introduce them to their grandpa

Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks

I'd find my long lost cousin John

The one we left back in Vietnam

Show him a picture of his daughter now

She's a doctor and he'd be proud

Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days

In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave

Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take

If heaven wasn't so far away

I'd hug all three of those girls we lost from the class of '99

And I'd find my bird dog Bo and take him huntin' one more time

I'd ask Hank why he took those pills back in '53

And Janis to sing the second verse of "Me and Bobby McGee"

Sit on a cloud and visit for a while

It'd do me good just to see them smile

If heaven wasn't so far away

I'd pack up the kids and go for the day

Introduce them to their grandpa

Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks

I'd find my long lost cousin John

The one we left back in Vietnam

Show him a picture of his daughter now

She's a doctor and he'd be proud

Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days

In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave

Yeah, and losing them wouldn't be so hard to take

If heaven wasn't so far

If heaven wasn't so far

If heaven wasn't so far away

So far away

So far away

Sentence Prayer

Jesus,

The one sent from heaven

This day remind me how far heaven is

And how close it is as well.  Amen  R.M.

MAN UP!

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A Godly leader ... finds strength by realizing his weakness

finds authority by being under authority

finds direction by laying down his plans

finds vision by seeing the needs of others

finds credibility by being an example

finds loyalty by expressing compassion

finds honor by being faithful

finds greatness by being a servant

Roy Lessin

Scripture

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7:24

Song

MAN UP ANTHEM

http://youtu.be/maeb5deJInE

[All]

MAN UP!

Lecrae:

Momma want some more Obama in me the hood

want PAC hip hop wanna see the

Common in me. And since this a senseless

contradiction I end up a misfit tryina fit In

This ends when I stand up and see the hands

of the standard: holy isThe lamb huh(holy is the lamb)

Now we holding you to man up cause we were made

In his image start looking at what you came from

[KB]

Right after Adam every atom in our anatomy had to

make adamant after what

Adonai is against. Let me take you back to the

tree in Eden

If you read it you'll see that eve was deceived but

Adam is the one who let it in

(Man up) Standing Leading no, we ain't leading we

(Bump that) Basically little boys with

Muscles and a mustache! The femininity, we need a

remedy, the God-Man, a

100 percent (strength) masculinity

[Trip Lee]

Where the men at, seems like they all lost, none of

them are on the scene

Seems like they died off. They extinct but my dream

is to rise up, we

Chasing the prize of the King the divine boss, but we

fell away, now we

UnGodly we lose and we really got the blues like Navi

I wanna celebrate the dudes that's beside me fellas

lets elevate we through with the lobby

[Tedashii:]

Go ahead I say boy Get your shine on. and if a

sucker try to block you get your 9 home and

What I heard you gotta do to be a man now, stand up

for yourself so I took

It in my hands now. And that's the problem man

we busy trying to solve it

All the while we walking dead man somebody

bring the coffin,

voice drop Peach fuzz now you think that your a

man cause you feeling yourself you

Need to man up!

[Sho Baraka]

Sex and models, and tipping bottles back a pile of

excuses right next to

Your bottle caps. A rolodex filled with names that

you aim toPlease next to the stack of money, building

up a heart of greed. Ice on his

Neck give the jokers a cold shoulder, you drunk

off pride plus you loving The hangover. You gotta

whole lotta stuff that won't amount to gain life

Will never make sense cause you never made change

[PRo]

You got it Twisted sick like a fever, little man live to

stack dough Keebler. Man up! Get up out of the

treehouse leave the cookies alone it's

Time to eat meat now. Trying to show you a new

way to live now, no charge

You can call it a freestyle. without Christ you know

how your man is, you

A boy in a mans body like Tom Hanks in BIG

[Andy Mineo]

Being a man got nothing to do with age. You can be a

boy till the day you

Lay in your grave. None of us behave like the image

of who were made, cause

We've fallen away it's better known as depraved.

Running from Responsibility really we crave the easy

way out of places that call us to

Pull our weight. Man there going through everyday

decisions are made

Responding to the call God's giving em from the...

[All]

Man Up!

Andy:

Let the process begin, separate the boys from the men

[All]

Man Up!

[Andy:]

It-it-it don't matter how you started, partner, it's about

how you end

[All]

Man Up!

[Andy]

Jesus is the model follow us we gon' follow him

[All]

Man Up!

[Andy]

We-we the last of a dying breed it's time that we

[All]

MAN UP!

Sentence Prayer

Dear God,

Please help Daddy and I be real men like Jesus.

Help us be strong and tough, not weak.

Help us be brave and not scared.

Help us be wise and not silly.

Help us be bold and not timid.

Help us be kind and not mean.

Help us rescue people who cannot rescue themselves.

Help us be loyal, and not fair weather friends.

Help us be honest and not liars.

Help us be humble and not proud.

Help us be leaders and not followers.

Help us be joyful and not worriers.

Please teach us to be all these things and

thank you for all you do.

In Jesus’ Name,  Amen.

http://davidwalker1.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/the-manhood-prayer/

AWFUL GRACE OF GOD

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. Aeschylus

Scripture

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians 1:7-9 NIV

Song

Down by Thousand Foot Krutch

http://youtu.be/BdCqUZ5vqO0

I don't want to maintain, insane, get it up

You always play the blame game, no shame, had enough

I don't wanna maintain, insane, get it up

You always play the blame game, no shame, had enough

[VERSE 1]

Fresher,

Like it's the 1st semester

Rock it like Queen when I'm under pressure

While the rest of these cats, all siesta

Get loose like change when its on your dresser

BOOM

Here comes the real volume

Had enough to wake up and shake this tomb

I can act like skate decks in concrete rooms

We're about to face what makes this move

[Pre-Chorus]

People used to tell me that I'm on my own

They said I'd never make a difference on this microphone

'Cause there's a million other people who can sing this song

I said "Well, thanks for the push" 'cause you all were wrong

Let's Go

[Chorus]

You wanna try to take me under

I'll never bow till I'm six feet under

Listen to the sound of rolling thunder

You can't break me

You'll never take me down

[VERSE 2]

Explosion

Take it like rust corrosion

When it goes in GOOSH like you bust a nose in

Competitors

I was born to set it off

They wrapped me in cloth

I grabbed a mic and went on tour

Smash it

Back in school I was a hazard

Cause I never saw the glass,

Man, I just looked past it

Had a passion that burned like battery acid

Peter Parker, bit by some radioactive

(Shake this place in)

[Pre-Chorus]

People used to tell me that I'm on my own

They said I'd never make a difference on this microphone

'Cause there's a million other people who can sing this song

I said "Well, thanks for the push" 'cause you all were wrong

Let's Go

[Chorus]

You wanna try to take me under

I'll never bow till I'm six feet under

Listen to the sound of rolling thunder

You can't break me

You'll never take me down

[BRIDGE]

If you wanna rise up start with me

If you wanna stand up here's one for free

If you wanna rise up start with me

If you wanna stand up here's one for free

If you wanna rise up start with me

If you wanna stand up here's one for free

(Feel the movement, feel the pressure)

If you wanna rise up start with me

If you wanna stand up here's one for free

(Feel the movement, feel the pressure)

(Feel the movement, feel the pressure)

[Chorus]

You wanna try to take me under

I'll never bow till I'm six feet under

Listen to the sound of rolling thunder

You can't break me

You'll never take me down

You wanna try to take me under

I'll never bow till I'm six feet under

Listen to the sound of rolling thunder

You can't break me

You'll never take me down

Sentence Prayer

Father,

Use my tears

To water a garden of eternal life.  Amen R.M.

4TH OF JULY

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WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. 

Declaration of Independence Second Paragraph

Scripture

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Romans 13:1,2 NIV

Song

Star Spangled Banner

Sandi Patty

http://youtu.be/Xrw4EaFpLw0

Oh say can you see
By the dawn's early light?
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming.

Whose broad stripes and bring stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watching
Were so gallantly streaming

And the rockets red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave prove through the night
That our flag was still there

Oh say does that Star Spangled
Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave.


And still we can see
As the years have gone by
There's a dream in our land
Like a flame that keeps burning

And the lantern of hope
From the harbor still shines
Those who seek freedom's dream
To its light are still turning

Now we look to the stars
And we lift up our eyes
For we know with the dawn
We will see our Flag rise

And this is our spangled
Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave

America! (4x)
My Home!
America!

(And this is our Star-Spangled
Banner unfurled
As a light to the free,
and a hope to the world!)

Sentence Prayer

Please give discernment to our leaders and bless them with wisdom and with ears to hear what you have to say.  We trust in you, as our ultimate leader, and we know that your ways are always right and good.  We pray this prayer in Jesus Name.  Amen  (The Duck Commander Devotional  Howard Books New York New York, 2013 pg 28)