I recently read that
an elderly or older person
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is defined as one
who is 65 or older.
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In that case, I
imagine we all know someone
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who classifies as elderly,
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though we may not
consider them elderly.
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As a significant and
growing percentage of society,
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the elderly population
is vital to our communities,
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and they are a
huge source of wisdom
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due to their life experience.
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If you are blessed
to have grandparents,
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parents or
neighbors who are elderly,
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I encourage you
to celebrate them
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and aim to
better understand them.
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Some elderly people may
have various challenges,
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but God has a
purpose for us all.
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And some wonderful
relationships are waiting
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to be cultivated, if
you'll simply reach out
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and love them.
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And if you think
there's nothing in God's Word
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that enforces
respect for our elders,
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among various laws in
Leviticus 19:32, says,
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"Stand up in the
presence of the aged,
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show respect for the
elderly, and revere your God,
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I am the Lord."
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To those of you
who are 65 and older,
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thank you for the
lessons you teach those of us
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who are quickly
approaching your status.
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Thank you for the
difference that many
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of you have made in my life.
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We were all younger once,
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though you may have
been more active at one time,
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you will never lack purpose
as long as you are alive.
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If you can breathe,
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you can pray,
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you can love,
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you can hope.
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Whatever your capacity,
give it all you've got.
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I challenge you
don't grow weary.
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Finish strong, be hopeful,
and hold on to God's Word.
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reminds us to,
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"Hold firmly to
the word of life,
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then on the day
of Christ's return,
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I will be proud that I
did not run the race in vain,
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that my work was not useless."
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Lord, I come to You
in the name of Jesus,
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asking for Your help
to be a doer of the Word
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and not just a hearer only.
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Help me to be mindful
of the needs of others.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Dear Father in heaven,
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thank You for the examples
of Your love for the elderly,
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the shut-ins,
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and all the
suffering infirmities.
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In Matthew 15, we are told,
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great multitudes came to
You, the lame, the blind,
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the deaf, the dumb,
the leper, the maimed,
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and many others were
laid down at Your feet,
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and You heal them all.
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Such love.
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In 1
Corinthians 15, You tell us,
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"In a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye,
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the dead shall be
raised incorruptible
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and the living
shall also be changed."
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Such love.
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Whether we receive
healing now or then,
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we will all be
restored finally, and forever.
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What a glorious
promise and what glorious love.
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Thank you, Father.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we take this moment
now to bring before you
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a special
community, special people.
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We think about the shut-ins.
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We think about our elderly.
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Lord, You know their
very names who they are,
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You know their
hearts, You know their needs.
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But I know in their
hearts there are a lot
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of praise to You,
for You have been good
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and faithful to them
all in the all their years.
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I pray that you'll comfort them
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and that they will
sense Your presence.
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Thank You, Jesus, for
each and every one of them.
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Thank you for what
they have done to further
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Your preaching of the gospel.
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Thank You for
what they have done
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for the salvation of others.
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And thank You
for their ministry,
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they have done so much
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and they have
been an encouragement.
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Please be with them as
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they are facing their challenges
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and be with them as they
are preparing to meet You
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soon and very soon.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Heavenly Father,
we lift up in prayer
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those who are elderly,
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especially
those in the shut-ins.
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Many without
families, some forgotten.
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Lord, they also need You.
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Help us to see their need,
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and use us to
show them Your love.
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In the harvest field,
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now ripen
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There's a work for all to do
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Harken the voice of God
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Is calling to the harvest
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He's calling you
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Little is much
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When God is in it
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Labor, not for wealth or fame
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There's a crown
and you can win it
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If you go in Jesus' name
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Does the place
you're called to labor
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Seem so small and little known?
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It is great if God is in it
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And He'll not forget His own
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Dear Father in heaven,
Lord, I want to uplift each one
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of the elderly
shut-ins right now.
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Father, You know how
much they've struggled.
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You know the times
that they want to do things
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and You know their
loneliness that they have.
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And You know the emptiness
that they feel sometimes
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of not being wanted of
not being useful to society.
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Father, I want to
uplift them right now to You.
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Take them by Your
hands and comfort them.
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And, Lord, You
promised in Your Word that You
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would never
forsake us or abandon us.
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So, Lord, I know at this moment
You have them in Your hands,
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and I know You're
taking care of them.
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Thank You, Father.
In Jesus' precious name.
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Amen.
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Lord, we know You and trust You.
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We know that in You we
can find rest and comfort.
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During this trying time,
we need You more than ever,
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to know that we are not alone.
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And, Lord, there are some of
us even more alone at this time,
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some who are
even more vulnerable,
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and thus need an
extra hand of protection,
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an extra portion
of love and comfort.
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There are those who
cannot leave their homes,
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whether due to
illness, disability, or age.
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So I pray on
behalf of the elderly,
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and those who cannot
leave their homes at this time.
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I ask that You would
enter into their homes
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and show them the peace
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that I know is
found only in You.
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Lord, I ask that You
would bring comfort to them
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at this time.
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And that You would show
us how we can be vessels
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of Your love to
these precious ones.
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I ask a blessing upon
them in Your precious name.
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Amen.
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When the conflict here has ended
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And our race honors this run.
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He will say if we are faithful
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"Welcome home,
my child, well done"
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Little is much when God is in it
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Labor not for wealth or fame
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There's a crown
and you can win it
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If you go in
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Jesus' name
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Psalm 92:12-15 remind us,
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"The righteous
flourish like the palm tree
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and grow like a
cedar in Lebanon.
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They are planted in
the house of the Lord.
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They flourish in
the courts of our God.
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They still bear
fruit in old age.
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They are ever
full of sap and green.
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To declare that
the Lord is upright,
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He is my rock and there is
no unrighteousness in Him."
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Isn't that good?
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God, I just want
thank You for life.
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Today I pray
especially for those
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who are allowed to
live a long, full life.
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I pray that You
would cause those
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who are defined as elderly.
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Lord, may they bear fruit.
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May they be ever full of sap.
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And may they be green
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during their long days.
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Draw them into deeper
communion with You, Lord,
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deeper than they've ever have
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than they've never
experienced before.
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I pray, dear God,
for their protection.
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Lord, I pray
that they would know,
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they would sense that
Your presence is with them,
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that Your power
is in them, Lord.
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And, God, I pray for the spread
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of the gospel in
the nursing homes.
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Father, for those
who all during their life
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lived without You.
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Father, may this time
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in assisted living in,
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in their elderly years.
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May they realize that
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it's never too
late to turn to You.
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And, God, I pray
for those who are caring
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for the elderly, that
You would use their hands
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as a display of
Your love and protection.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Do you have someone in your life
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that you need to pray for?
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An elderly person,
a neighbor or family,
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family member?
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Let's take a
moment to pray for them.
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Psalm 46:1 says,
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"God is our
refuge and our strength.
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And always ready to
help in times of trouble."
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2 Corinthians 6:18 says that,
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"I will be your Father,
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and you will be my
sons and daughters,
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says the Lord Almighty."
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And finally, 2
Thessalonians 3:16,
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"Now may the Lord of
peace Himself give you
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His peace at all
times and in every situation
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the Lord be with you all."
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Don't stop serving Him.
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Little is much when God is in it
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Labor not for wealth or fame
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There's a crown
and you can win it
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If you'll go in
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Jesus' name
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