Prayer Requests 3-13-15

It’s Friday, so don’t forget to pray for Mumsee, Mike, and the nestlings.

Anyone else have something to share?

Psalm 84

¹How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

³Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

⁴Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

⁶Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

⁷They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

⁸O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

⁹Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

¹⁰For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

4 thoughts on “Prayer Requests 3-13-15”

Thank you, AJ. Psalm 84 verse 11 is one of my favorites. I wrote it on an index card and memorized it several years ago.

The following is a repost of an early-morning comment I made on yesterday’s prayer thread, for anyone who may not read previous days’ prayer threads. And now, having tied up all the loose ends (I think), I can officially embark on that media fast I keep talking about!

Good morning, everyone reading this.

I awoke rather early, and have come under the Spirit’s conviction that I should apologize for part of what I said on the previous prayer thread.

I had already apologized after my nighttime rant, but then, after Mumsee asked me about burnout and such, and I answered her questions, I went into the “…and now I’m going to be brutally honest…” part (paraphrased).

It is everything that I said in the rest of that comment that I feel convicted I should NOT have said.

I could have easily stopped at answering Mumsee’s kind, caring questions and said no more, but I launched into another rant that I am pretty certain was hurtful to some, and definitely was not needed.

Please forgive me for my harsh words. I did not mean to denigrate anyone who prays, whether you indicate that you do or not. I was not thinking clearly, but that is no excuse. I should have known better not to say what I said in the second part of that long, long comment.

And for those who extended grace to me through your kind, loving words, even after I said such things, I am truly grateful. You modeled Christ’s mercy in a beautiful way, and it had a profoundly healing effect.

Grace and peace to all.

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One thing I have learned in life is that when we lash out at people it is usually to and around the ones we feel safest with. For many of us this is a safe place. I found nothing you said hurtful to me personally, and I doubt others did either. What I “heard” was another soul hurting and reaching out. That is always a good thing. We love you and we pray for you.

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Remember back around the holidays, I was asking prayer for little 6-year old Dakotah, who was deathly ill? IIRC, she was finally able to go home shortly before Christmas.

Only two weeks ago, she was able to finally go back to school, after being out for three & a half months.

But now little Dakotah is back in the hospital, this time with pneumonia. Please pray they can get her well before anything more serious happens. Thank you.

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