March 3, 2014

Love love Love this song! Will you pray it with me today?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_sWJQm2fs

You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail

Lord God,

They say without a vision, the people perish. How many of us are walking around in an un-dead state, not alive with vision? And how many will drown in the waters of hopelessness? Yet you have sent your people into the world. God help us this week to pursue the vision you have given each of us, to bring life to a dead world.

And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand

Oh God fill us with You! Don't let us sit back and say it's too hard, the need is too big. Fill us with You so we overflow into our neighborhoods, into all of Fort Drum. Make us stand. We remember the times You have worked wonders. We look forward to seeing it again and again.

And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Lord the phone will ring soon. A child will cry. The bills will come. The meetings will stack up. Meals will need to be made. Laundry will keep multiplying. More snow is going to need shoveling. Again we need to ask You to calm the storm. But if You choose not to, we need You to lift our chin, to turn our eyes to You. Help us hit our knees in prayer. Make us find time to sit with You, to crawl up in Your lap and be held.

Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed and You won't start now

Sometimes we wonder how You can ever forgive. Yet You already forgave 2,000 years ago. How can we say thank You? Thank You for grace that never lets go.

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior

Oh God the borders we put on our trust! Help us to trust whether it's America or Afghanistan. Fort Drum or Fort Benning or Fort Polk or Fort Wainwright. Everyday life or unusual challenges or unfulfilled dreams. Speaking out. Sending out our children. Wherever You call us, help us with the faith.

We want to go deeper Lord. We want to be stronger. We want to see You work mighty deeds through us.  We want more faith. We want to be closer to You. We want to know You. For this we pray...

Fill our leaders this week Lord. May the chaplains have the right words. May our commanders have wisdom. May You reign at PWOC. May we lead our homes into deeper faith in You.

For I am Yours, and You are mine!
Amen