IDOK Devotion for Friday, April 9, 2010
Praise Reports and Prayer Requests
Updates and Requests: Amy and Kevin. Recently Kevin had heart surgery and got a stern warning by his physician to make some radical health changes – eat right, exercise – you know the drill, and you know it is hard on the WHOLE family. They need our prayers.
Should’a, Could’a, But Didn’t.
When the fog of ‘can’t (no, make that) won’t let it go’ clears and you lift your head and see all that other really important stuff you left undone fretting with what you should and could have temporarily laid aside, Scripture is the only cure for the ache in your heart. Got a spirit of heaviness because you didn’t do all things well today or yesterday? Then we need this:
. . . Hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. Lamentations 3:21-23, GNB.
And allow me to share a prayer with you written by Marion Stroud, published in her book, Dr. God, It’s Me and It’s Urgent. Discovery House Publishers. http://www.rbc.org/index.aspx
Dear Lord, will you renew my vision? Not of the work that you are calling me to do for you, but a vision of yourself—the one who does the calling.
Sometimes, Lord, I feel afraid of what might happen if I were to see you in the revelation fullness of your all-consuming power and glory. For surely I could not look at you like that and live. But I dare to ask, Lord, to see you more clearly as loving, tireless Father, patient, seeking shepherd, wise and ever-available counselor, radical leader, inspiring teacher, committed friend, and utterly forgiving Savior.
Help me to seek you for yourself, not for any benefits that I might gain from finding you. And as I see you with ever greater clarity, may I love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, so that any work that I may do for you will simply be an overflow of gratitude and praise.
All I can add to that is amen and amen!
To review the list of names for prayer, please click here. ABBA, LORD, we can only say thank You, thank You for Your mercy, for being our utterly forgiving Savior; for being our committed friend who sticks closer than a brother. Thank You. And thank You for loving on our IDOKs and Readers today because I know You are. And we come now with Amy and Kevin; asking that he heal up nicely from the surgery and that he receive from You the courage to make those radical changes the doctor said he should and we pray for Amy that she will have a spirit of calm assurance in this. And Grand comes to mind, asking that You continue to bless and give strength and healing to both of them and that Grand’s rehab and this new kind of normal settle in and that he become an even greater asset to Your Kingdom than before. Thank You for taking care of all our IDOK Troops like You have; and with boldness we ask You to continue to protect them from all harm – spirit, soul and body. And we collectively bring our list of names for Your individual attention; asking You to meet every need. We continue to pray too for Israel, for peace and protection and fulfilling of prophecy. We continue to pray for grace and space for America to repent. We pray You will be gracious and give us back our Country from the hands of evil men. We continue to pray that You raise up churches to be Houses of Prayer. I ask You to meet with us at the Ewomen Conference. Holy Spirit, get serious with us and us with You I pray. Don’t let us come away from that conference unchanged. Amen and amen in Jesus Name.
