September 30, 2018

A light more blinding than a million suns
A power stronger than all the earthquakes
or all the seas
or all the rulers of this world
A wisdom deeper than all the minds of all the ages together
A Being that time has no control over
without limitations
without imperfections
The One
True
God--

You alone we can call King
Lord

Let the King of my heart 
Be the mountain where I run 
The fountain I drink from 

Oh, He is my song
Let the King of my heart
Be the shadow where I hide
The ransom for my life
Oh, He is my song

Cuz He is good, good, oh
You are good, good, oh
You are good, good, oh

That the all-powerful would also be the all-loving

The all-just is also the all-merciful

The God of all-comfort would also be the Commander of the Heavenly Armies--

It is too much for us, Lord

Even with all eternity, we will never be able to take You all in

Let the King of my heart
Be the wind inside my sails
The anchor in the waves
Oh, He is my song
Let the King of my heart
Be the fire inside my veins
The echo of my days
Oh, He is my song

Lord we do pray that we will be so in awe of You

so consumed

so overwhelmed--

May the wind in our sails not be to take us where we want to go

The anchor in the waves not merely for our comfort

Don't let us try to use Your power for our agenda

But help us to pour out our lives,

the only befitting sacrifice for such a King

We pray this for ourselves, and for our military

Lord, may our warriors know You

Woo them, and break them

Build them up, but only so they can serve

May they truly understand they are nothing without You

Be the fire in their veins

and may it spread

We pray for Your wind moving in orders, missions, daily work

We pray our warriors will be grounded on Your rock

regardless of the many changes life brings

You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down

Lord we pray for safe flights today

We pray for protection around our ships

Please give our soldiers strength

We pray for our hurting veterans.

May they see You have never let them down.

May their marriages be strengthened. 

Protect them from addictions; help them with the pain.

You are good, good, oh

When the night is holding on to me
God is holding on
When the night is holding on to me
God is holding on
Because You are good, good, oh*

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*King of My Heart

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Written by John Mark McMillan, Sarah McMillan

September 23, 2018

Lord, we want to know You.
We want to see You in the room when we're exhausted and don't think we can continue.
We want to feel Your presence when the tears come.
We want to know Your joy when a new day starts.
We want to hear Your voice when we have to make decisions.

We want to be like You.
We want to act as You would when the kids are crazy.
We want to think like You when someone lashes out at us.
We want to speak like You to the hurting soul.
We want to work like You when the to-do lists never end.

We want to be like our Abba, Daddy.

Lord may we be so overwhelmed by who You are that we respond as You would
to the orders
the deployments
the moves
the good times
the hard times

We want to be so overwhelmed by You that we become unaware of ourselves

We want to forgive like You do
We want to trust like You do
We want to see the perspective You see
We want to love the unlovable the way You do

For You alone are worthy of such admiration
You alone are big enough for such adoration
You alone are good enough to change us, heal us, save us.

Thank You Lord.
Creator of all beauty.
Holder of all power.
Keeper of all wisdom.

We pray for the military wife who has no peace in her marriage. Lord, show the way.
We pray for the exhausted and lonely mom. Lord, may she grow closer to You.
We pray for the new wife fearing her husband's first deployment. Lord, please give her courage.
We pray for the empty nester. Lord, give them new purpose.
We pray for the mom of the children with high needs. Strengthen them Lord.
We pray for our volunteers trying to do so many different things for our communities.

May we be a light to our world, Abba. May we be like You.