Today, I wanna
pray for our leaders
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and the quality
of good leadership.
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The Bible lists many leaders,
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including Moses, Miriam, Joshua,
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David, Debra,
Peter, Paul, Phoebe,
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many who shared the good
godly qualities in common.
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But, of course, our
greatest model of leadership is
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Jesus Christ,
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which brings us
to today's scripture
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taken from John 13:3-5 and 14.
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"Jesus knew that the
Father had put all things
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under His power
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and that He had come from
God and was returning to God.
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So He got up from the meal,
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took off His outer clothing
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and wrapped a
towel around His waist.
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After that He
poured water into a basin
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and began to wash
His disciples' feet,
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drying them with the towel
that was wrapped around Him."
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Verse 14, Jesus
gives us this instruction.
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"And now that I,
your Lord and teacher
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have washed your feet,
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you also should
wash one another's feet."
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Jesus demonstrated
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that leadership is not an
attempt to control others,
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but rather a
willingness to lower yourself
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to serve the needs of others.
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Godly leaders are disciplined
and willing to deny self.
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The hallmark of godly leadership
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is humility,
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which can be defined as
total dependence upon God.
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Godly leadership is
based on much prayer.
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Leaders in business
ministry, or the home
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should be motivated to serve
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the greater good of their group.
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Good leaders will not
take the glory to themselves,
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but will rather share the glory
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ultimately
giving the glory to God.
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And good leaders follow.
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I will follow Thee, my Savior
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Wheresoe'er my lot may be
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Where Thou goest I will follow
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Yes, my Lord, I'll follow Thee
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I will follow Thee, my Savior
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Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
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And though all men
should forsake Thee
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By Thy grace
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I'll follow Thee
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Heavenly Father,
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thank You for being a mighty God
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and savior of this world.
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We need you more
than ever before.
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And thank You that
we can call upon You
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In every circumstance.
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We pray in a special
way for our leadership
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around the world,
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around each country,
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around each state,
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within our conference,
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within our church,
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within each school
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and even family.
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Please help them to
know how to guide your people
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for your soon return
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and that there is hope in you
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and that you are in
control of everything.
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So please be with our leadership
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in a special way
during this time.
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And in Jesus we pray, amen.
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Lord, at this moment
we lift up our leaders,
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the leaders that
You've placed in our families,
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our local
churches, our workplaces,
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our communities, our states,
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our countries in
our world church.
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We ask that You would
give them uncommon wisdom
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as they navigate
through difficult decisions.
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We thank You for their
service and their dedication
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as some of these
leaders are not paid.
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And we just ask
that You would bless them
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and that they
would be encouraged
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to know that
they're working for You.
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Thank You for their service
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Though the road
be rough and thorny
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Trackless as the foaming sea
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Thou hast trod
this way before me
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And I gladly
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Follow Thee
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Though I meet with tribulation
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Sorely tempted though I be
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I remember Thou wast tempted
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And I rejoice to follow Thee
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I will follow Thee, my Savior
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Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
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And though all men
should forsake Thee
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By Thy grace
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I'll follow Thee
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Father in heaven,
Lord, we thank You
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that You are our leader.
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Thank You that we can follow You
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wherever You take us.
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That Lord right
now, I just pray that
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all of us are leaders.
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Lord, if it's at work,
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in our family, church, school,
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Lord, we all have a
sphere of influence.
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And I just pray today
that we would be the leaders
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that You have called us to be
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that we would stand firm
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as the needle is to the pole
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and, Lord, that
we wouldn't be swayed
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one way or the other,
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but that we would
follow You as our leader.
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Thank You oh, Lord,
for being our guide,
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our father and our provider,
in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Oh, Most High God,
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we just lift up
our leaders before You
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and ask You to
please give them wisdom
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and direction and guidance.
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We know that if we
depend upon ourselves
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and don't reach out to You,
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then we are
making a huge mistake
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because You are the
omnipotent, omniscient God.
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And so we need to tap into
You and get direction from You.
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So, Lord, we just ask
for that for our leaders
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and ask You to
continue to be with them,
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to guide them and direct them.
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We ask in the
worthy name of Jesus,
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our savior, amen.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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We come before
You in Jesus' name
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to pray for the
leaders of the homes,
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the churches, the conferences,
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the unions, the divisions,
the general conference,
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and even the
leaders of this country.
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Lord, help them to understand
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that it is a God
given responsibility
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and that Satan
will go to destroy them,
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help them to understand
that daily they need Jesus.
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So they can be godly leaders,
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loving leaders
and faithful leaders
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through Jesus
Christ, in Jesus' name, amen.
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Psalms 32:8 says,
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"I will instruct you
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and teach you in
the way you should go.
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I will counsel you
with my loving eye on you."
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Father, I thank You
that You are our counselor.
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And so many times,
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in fact, all the
time, we need to pray to You
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for counsel and for guidance.
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But I thank You for
being there for us too.
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Be our example,
and to instruct us
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in the times that are...
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We have no human capacity
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or ability to
do the right thing.
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God, be our
strength, be our counsel,
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be our wisdom, be
our leadership, oh God,
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that we would follow
hard after You, Lord.
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And, Father, we want
to be leaders of integrity
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as Psalm 78:72 said,
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"David shepherded them
with integrity of heart,
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with skillful
hands he led them."
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So, Father, I thank You
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that You are giving
our leaders integrity.
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In our government, oh,
God, I ask in Jesus' name
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that You would fill our leaders
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with a desire
to be pure in heart
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and pure in mind
and pure in deed.
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Father, that there
would be no selfish motive
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in their leadership.
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God, as we look around we see
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corruption in leadership
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and our hearts just
cry out in frustration
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at the unfairness of that.
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So, God, I just ask
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that You would reach deep
into the heart of our leaders,
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give them a desire
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to be men and
women of integrity.
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Lord, I pray for our viewers
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who are
struggling in their marriages
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and with family issues.
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One viewer says,
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"I need God to bring godly men
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in my friends
and cousins' lives.
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Many of them are unmarried
and it's worrisome," they say.
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Lord, we know the importance
of healthy relationships,
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friendships.
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We know that we can
be easily led astray
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by the wrong people,
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by the wrong friends.
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So I pray, oh God,
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that You would
help us to be mindful
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of who we let into our lives.
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Be mindful of knowing
that they are godly people
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and, Lord, that
we would be godly
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to attract godly people.
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Someone else requests
prayer for God to open doors
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for a godly husband and
good, friendly girlfriends.
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Another requests
prayer for healing of cancer
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and for guidance,
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whether or not to
take chemotherapy.
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Lord, we know that sometimes
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the medicines
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and the supposed cures,
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the things that we
have to go through to fix
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and remedy our sicknesses
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are sometimes worse than
the sicknesses themselves.
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Give us wisdom I pray
to take care of our bodies.
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And when we're
forced to make a decision
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in situations like chemotherapy,
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Lord, may we just know
that you are our healer
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and that you do use various ways
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and means to heal us.
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We would all love for Your touch
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to be on our life
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that we would be
totally healed by Your hand.
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Lord, that's
not always the case.
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It's just not.
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So, help us to
resolve, to trust in You.
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And to know that
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if our heart is right with You,
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then that's the important thing.
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One person writes in and says,
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"I'm a homeless man.
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I'm searching for
the Lord Jesus Christ,
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however smoking cigarettes
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keeps me or keeps
getting in the way.
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I wanna serve Jesus,
but every time I smoke,
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I feel dirty and
drawn away from Jesus.
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Please pray that God
gives me the strength to quit.
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So I could be
of service to Him."
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Just know that
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smoking doesn't get in your way.
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I've heard people think that
smoking will send you to hell.
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It may make you smell like it,
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but God's power
is bigger than that.
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He wants your heart.
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He wants you
delivered from any addiction
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that you might serve
Him with your whole heart.
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So, Father, I just
pray for our viewers
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who just need
closer walk with you,
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Lord, we all need a
closer walk with you.
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You are our strength.
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You are our power.
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You are the divine wisdom
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and source of
wisdom and leadership.
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Father, God, we just
commit our lives to You.
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And we ask in Jesus'
name Your kingdom come,
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Your will be done.
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