Quote from Forum Archives on February 21, 2001, 9:26 am

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

I would like to pass along two things to you today:

1. An appeal to pray for our leaders, especially our president
and those in authority over us, and

2. A message that reminds us of the faith we can claim,
particularly as we face adversity.

Brother Brian

From: "100 Days of Prayer" <autosend@grassfire.net>
Subject: ARE YOU PROTECTING PRESIDENT BUSH?
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 02:59:24 -0600

ARE YOU PROTECTING PRESIDENT BUSH?

***"100 DAYS OF PRAYER UPDATE***
***PRAYER POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 20-26***

***PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR PRAYING FRIENDS***

Dear Brian,

Will you take on a special prayer burden this week?

Would you make an extra effort to pray for the protection
of our leaders in Washington?

The shooting incident near the White House earlier this
month is a reminder that we live in perilous times. Tensions
are increasing in Iraq, and Israel has become a war zone.

It is vitally important that we ask God to protect our nation's
leaders!

Below you'll find specific prayer points related to this
important issue. Please use this guide, and feel free to pass
this message on to your praying friends.

Thank you so much for your faithfulness to pray!

Dr. Frank Wright, Executive Director
Center for Christian Statesmanship

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PRAYER POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 20-26

PRAYERS OF PROTECTION FOR OUR LEADERS:

1.PRAY PSALM 91 OVER PRESIDENT BUSH.
Pray that President Bush would "dwell in the secret place of the
Most High" every day and trust in God's protection. Pray that God
would protect him from any spiritual or physical attack.

2. PRAY FOR DIVINE PROTECTION
for all the leaders God has appointed in this land, per Psalm
91:11: "He shall give His angles charge over you, to keep you in
all your ways."

3. THANK GOD
for protecting the President and Mrs. Bush during the shooting
incident at the White House. Intercede that the plans of those
who would attack our leaders would be confused.

4. PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
and for Secretary of State Colin Powell as he represents the
United States' interests in this region.

5. PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL
who need the Lord's protection, especially in the Middle East.

6. LIFT UP YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
in Congress, asking God to protect them as well so they can
pursue the high calling of public service. Pray for their
families and staff members.

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Statesmanship is a non-partisan, inter- denominational ministry
outreach of Coral Ridge Ministries to our nation's leaders. Our
goals are spiritual outreach, ministry training, and restoring a
vision for Christian statesmanship in our land.

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Reply-to: Patricia Glore <glorepp@aol.com>, <daily@presbycan.ca>
From: PCCWeb Daily Devotional <daily@presbycan.ca>
Subject: Daily Devotional for Wednesday, February 21, 2001

PCCWeb Daily

Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Today's Devotional

In A Foreign Land With Faith
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen. (NRSV)

1 Kings 19:11-12 - He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain
before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." Now there was
a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and
breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in
the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not
in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord
was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.
(NRSV)

Cancer!
A word I never wanted to hear
addressed to me
in matter of fact tones
as if I heard it every day.
Disbelief shrouded me,
screaming aloud
"No it wouldn't be" ...
"it couldn't be" ...
"it shouldn't be" ...
In shock,
in great agitation
I clung to that dear certainty.
Surely
a mistake had been made ...
Someone else's diagnosis
had been confused with mine
I just knew.
And yet ...
that leaden word
heavy with overtones of fear
hung there in the air
daring me to believe
in spite of welcome denial beckoning me.
The scene came clear ...
Yes, it was me.

My life, never to be the same again,
changed dramatically, drastically
in that brief second of time.
Thrust suddenly,
Grabbed bodily,
I was transported
loose now in a foreign land, ...
another world, ...
an alien place
where nothing was the same.
In that moment of recognition
of dreaded truth
I wondered how things could change so much.

There I was
not knowing which way to turn.
Feeling betrayed by my body,
smothered by overpowering fear
born through years of seeing others suffer,
I felt so alone, forsaken,
abandoned almost,
caught in this place
I did not recognize
or ever want to know.
Tears came
as grievously, gradually, I began
to come to terms with new reality.

Where, oh where, were You, God?
In spite of faith
that did not want to know
or see such wavering,
such questioning ...
this thought reared up for me to see ...
and hear ... and ponder
and would not be avoided.
Slowly, ever so slowly
I groped through the gloom of sadness,
the pall of fear,
thrusting away my overpowering urge to flee ...
to face this newest onslaught on my faith.

I had to confront this question,
this challenge to all that I believe
and have preached about for years.
Is God here for me at times of crisis
as I have known in the past?
Or was I mistaken all along?
At this moment on my knees,
Quaking, shaking, I confronted God
in a prayerful wrestling match
of heart-wrenching, tugging moments.
Then in the after silence of my exhaustion
in a shimmering, unspoken moment
There was God.

God is here and never left
I know that now.
It was only me
running away from life's latest storm
forgetting for a moment
who always searches out the lost,
cries with us in our pain,
and never wants to let us go.
I've more praying and crying to do, I know,
in this ongoing struggle of my faith,
for faith is an ongoing journey ...
a sojourn in different places alone with God ...
all along my journey home.

Prayer: God of life, and of all seasons and places in which we
find ourselves, we pray that wherever we are we may recognize
your presence. We pray for those who are troubled, that they
might discover your peace. We pray for those who are afraid, that
their faith may support them. We pray for those who are ill, that
your healing balm may minister to their bodies and their spirits.
We pray for those who are lost and stumbling in some foreign
land, that they will hear your knocking and open the door to
welcome you in. May all discover that you accompany them along
their journey home to you. Amen.

Patricia Glore glorepp@aol.com
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA

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