August 8, 2016

Father God,

the Olympics!

One place where we can see the people of the world come together.

The beautiful skin tones

the creativity in dress

the languages and cultures

all from Your hand, Lord!

all with Your breath of life

a tiny taste of the glory of heaven when we all can come together to worship You!

What a God of creativity You are

and You are the God of love 

and unity

and we so quickly fight against that.

Forgive us Lord for our self-centered quarrels.

Forgive us for our elitism

for trying to make all like us, in our image

for not seeing You in our brothers and sisters

Lord, we pray for unity in Your bride

As we draw closer to You, we want to draw closer to each other

may we get messy and real and committed to the body

because we need it so--

Lord, we pray for each other

the military wife can be pretty lonely with our best friends and mothers and even our husbands miles away

give us the strength and the courage to keep trying, keep investing in new relationships.

We pray for our many roles. Lord, use us and work through us in our jobs, our volunteer positions, our chapels and Sunday Schools and PWOCs. May we be willing to sacrifice ourselves as You did over and over and over.

Lord help us in our mothering. May we lead them always to You, even when that means farther away from us. 

Please be with our sisters who are physically hurting. Lord may they be able to glory in their weakness because they see Your strength. 

We pray for our teachers and homeschooling moms--may they have wisdom and optimism for the year.

We pray for those who want to be moms--Lord, fill their arms with a ministry from You.

We pray for the moms whose husbands are deployed. Please keep their families safe. May they see You.

We pray for the deployed moms and dads. Lord please surround them with Your hedge of protection. Guard their hearts. Help them complete their missions. And may those missions be part of Your will. Lord, be real to them as they have never seen before.

We pray for our hurting veteran sisters and brothers. Lord may they find You. Please thwart the demon of suicide.

And we pray for our leaders. Lord, You can move the hearts of kings. We pray You will move amongst those making decisions, from the White House to the Pentagon to the Chief of Chaplain's office to the platoon sergeant.  May Your will be done. May there be unity amongst Your people.

All of this from Your hand, from Your power, from Your vision--

the One true God!

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One voice in the dark,
A song that lights up the stars
One breath that gives life
One sovereign in power
Who speaks with thunder and fire
One Lord One King
There is no other that can compare to You

You are The one alone in greatness
The one who never changes
Jesus You are!
The One who rose in power
The One who reigns forever
Jesus the one true God!

One man on a cross
And One light of the world
One Name One word
One way to be saved
And one lamb that was slain
One love above all
There is no other that can compare to You!

And we have seen His Glory of
The One and only Son of God
The One and only Son of God
The One and only Son of God
The One and only Son of God
And You are!

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