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8th
Year 12-13 Edition 3 – 2nd
Sam.
9
Nov
10 2012 II Sam 9
Dear
Saints,
Today
we prayerfully Feast in the book of 2
Samuel 9. David out of loyalty to Jonathan and his father
Saul, sends for Mephibosheth. And provides for Jonathan's son
Mephibosheth, David vows to take care of him from this time on.
Once again when enemies array themselves against David, God
delivers his enemies into his hands; “15
But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel,
they gathered themselves together. 16 And Hadadezer sent and
brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates. They came
to Helam, with Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at
their head. 17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel
together and crossed the Jordan and came to Helam. The Syrians
arrayed themselves against David and fought with him. 18 And the
Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the
men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded Shobach the
commander of their army, so that he died there. 19 And when all
the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been
defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject
to them. So the Syrians were afraid to save the Ammonites
anymore.”
2 Samuel 8:15-19 English Standard Version (ESV). Like David we as
a nation, should align ourselves with God. Tuning from the sin of
a few who refuse to honor our God. Then our nation offering to
serve His purposes, would be healed, God would once again be our
protector. As a Christian Nation we need to truly “trust in
God”.
Devotional
By Pastor Glen Aycock;
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'DEVOTIONAL
BY PASTOR GLEN AYCOCK- No 41
Scripture:
"Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven."
Dear
People I want to share a letter written by my personal pastor,
Dr. Joe Taylor. I challenge you to live in the spirit of God
and keep praying for revival.
“By
now, the "40 Days of Prayer" emphasis with other
churches across our nation is formally concluded, but our need
to pray has only just begun. Obviously, God has allowed the
people of our country to elect their leaders. And for many
there is a great sadness at the results.
If
the election results tell us anything it is that our country is
divided on values and faith. Traditional Christian values are
in decline. We must do a better job being the salt and light
that God has called us to be. Society has changed its mind on
so many things that God has not.
When
people pray and hope and the outcome is not what we expected,
then we often ask,’ why?" Some conclude that "prayer
didn't work," or that "God didn't hear." We
often get discouraged and even depressed, and although these
emotions are perfectly alright to feel, they also are prone to
make us more vulnerable to temptation or to withdraw to a
closed heart. If these are your thoughts please consider that
God allows all of us to choose to follow him or not. We prove
that every day. Also, let me assure you that your prayers were
heard by God and that God is the one who "works” and
prayer is the vehicle that "carries forth the will of our
God." That is why he taught us to pray "Thy will be
done on Earth as it is in Heaven." I have felt encouraged
at all the prayer across our land and am absolutely convinced
that we are all better because of it. Progress has been made. I
have also been encouraged at all the daily prayer devotions
written by so many in our church. This has shown me how
thoughtful and "God-focused" our membership is.
Our
first task is to stay close to God and to continue to say no to
sin and follow Him daily. Our second task is to share the love
of God and the good news of the gospel to those God gives us
opportunity. We must continue to pray for our leaders that they
too will respond to the call of God. And because the new
appointments (for life) of the U.S. Supreme Court will reflect
the sitting administration, we must pray for the health and
safety for all Supreme Court Justices and their desire to
complete this term.
I
was uplifted by Max Lucado's comments: In a letter published on
his blog, author and pastor Max Lucado comforted believers:
"Let others lose sleep over the election. Let others grow
bitter from party or petty rivalries. Let others cast their
hope with the people of the elephant or the donkey. Not
followers of Jesus. We place our trust in the work of God. ...
How many kings has he seen come and go? How many nations has he
seen stand and fall? He is above them all. And he oversees them
all. So, while others get anxious, we don't. Here is what we
do: we pray."
And
one more thought: no matter who is president, Jesus is still
Lord! And He will always be. Forever and Ever, AMEN!
Please
be in church this Sunday. God has put an important message on
my heart, and your pastor needs your support.”
In
His Love, Joe”
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God
you are our savior, our first love and our leader. We turn from
the false god's like elephants and donkeys, made gods by men, in
Jesus name. We will keep the first thing first ,that is salvation
through our Lord Jesus Christ. “God
thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we
cannot comprehend. For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.”
Job 37:5-6 ESV. Please continue to pray that God's will is done
in our nation, as it is in God's kingdom.
The
Feast
Sat., November 10, 2012,
2nd
Samuel 9, - “David
sends for Mephibosheth. (1-8) And provides for him. (9-13)” –
Matthew Henry Concise
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I
hope I mentioned that our prayer requests are turning to praise
reports, thank Jesus. Please direct your request for prayer to;
mlitew8@gmail.com Join
us in prayer at;
http://www.admenu.com/am/praise.html.
I
am not educated or a theologian so If I am wrong or mistaken
please email me
mlitew8@yahoo.com.
Thank
you for your
prayerful correction and suggestions, if you enjoyed the Feast or
I am mistaken or have misused the Word of God. If you would like
to
correspond
with Pastor Glen here is his email address;
pastorglenaycock@ymail.com.
If the Lord is willing I’ll send and post the Feast again
tomorrow.
God
Bless you,
Brother
Mike
Tags:
jesus, love, hope, care, god, holy, ghost, save, help
““Come
now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are
like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red
like crimson, they shall become like wool.”
Isaiah 1:18 ESV.
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