June 22, 2015

Chris Tomlin's Unfailing Love:

You have my heart
And I am yours forever
You are my strength
God of grace and power

And everything You hold in your hand still you make time for me I cant understand 

Praise you God of earth and sky how beautiful is Your unfailing love unfailing love unfailing love
And you never change God you remain the holy one and my unfailing love unfailing love

You are my rock the one I hold on to
You are my song and I sing for you

And everything You hold in your hand
Still you make time for me, I cant understand
Praise you, God of earth and sky
How beautiful is Your unfailing love (unfailing, love unfailing love)
And you never change, God
You remain the Holy One and my unfailing love (unfailing love)

Thank You Lord for being a father to the fatherless. For being the ultimate example. And as we can't rely on our fathers for everything, thank You for being our Father. With unlimited time. Unlimited love. The rock we can hold to. 

And You hold us. You hold the deployments. You hold the rough work. You hold the willful child. You hold the domino schedule. You hold the drowning laundry and dishes. You hold the finances. You hold us through the illnesses. You hold us.

Thank You for daddies. Thank You for the young private doing his best for his new baby. Thank You for the Lt. Colonel with great kids as hopeful examples. Thank You for grandpas with words of wisdom.

And we pray for our military fathers. Help them to balance the extra demands that are placed on them. Heal the childrens' hearts over the losses brought on by deployment and training. Bolster our military families' courage for all the challenges. 

We pray for the fathers who have illness in the family. Give them patience and strength.

Lord we pray that the military father will be the spiritual leader of their homes. Lord, please start a revival through the dads. How awesome that would be! Please turn their hearts toward home. May they be gentle with the weak. Patient with the imperfect. May they be more like You.

We pray for Pastor Saeed--wanting to be home with his family.

We pray for the families in South Carolina, hurting from the tragedy.

We pray for safety for our deployed.

We pray for our veterans. Save them from giving in to depression, from believing the lie that they are not loved.

We pray for the Chief of Chaplain's office, and their leading.

Thank You Heavenly Father for sitting with us today.