Adopting a Child

Prayer for a Couple Adopting a Child
We have waited for so long
for this child of choice.
Bless us
with an abundance of your love
that we may be good parents,
that we may create a home of blessing,
that we may encourage this child
to the fullness of his/her potential.
Bless our child, O God.
Give her security in our family,
the joy of laughter in our home,
and the courage to face
the challenges ahead.
Let our child know the love
we feel so deeply for her,
and let this love be a strength
to confront the opportunities of life.
Amen.

A prayer for all

Glorious and Dear Father... thank you for this day This is Your Day Lord.. as is everyday... we shall rejoice and be glad in it...and in you. Lord, be with each member of this group and their families also lead, guide, and direct us all in Your pathways Father.. Thank you for your guidance.. without You we are nothing Lord God..
Also Dear Father bless and help those who are in trouble, and in need.Fatehr heal those are sick .. thank you God Father for You and You alone are the great healer and provider of everything. Amen and Amen

Prayer for Chronic pain

Gracious God,
I feel, at times, as if the ache in my body will never go away. I try to keep a positive attitude even in the midst of this chronic pain, but there are times when I am so weary that my spirit begins to feel as troubled as my body.

A wave of darkness settles over me and I wonder if there will ever be any relief, any light emerging on the horizon. I do not know why I am confronted with this thorn in my flesh, and I wish for nothing more than to be released from it. I pray that your healing will wash over me and bring peace to the frayed pockets of my body that know no peace. I pray also that your great grace will gather like gentle wind and restore my soul to joy and hope. I ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.

St Patrick

The Prayer of St. Patrick


I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.

Christ shield me today
Against wounding
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today
Through the mighty strength
Of the Lord of creation.

Forgive us, Lord

O LORD God Almighty, forgive us and help us change our ways. I confess
that the church today is all too often worried about placating those
who are already saved and are fussy about how they want things in their
church.Let us see Lord the sick are outside the Church walls. While we stay
in the ones who needs us the most are in the Highways and in the streets. Pour
out your Holy Spirit in a special way among your people,gripping us with a
deep concern about those who do not know Jesus and have no hope in his grace. Let
us commit to each one reach one. Just think Lord if we all reached one the
whole world would come to your saving knowledge. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. And Amen

Prayer for Forgiveness

Forgive me my sins, O Lord; forgive me the sins of my youth and the sins of mine age, the sins of my soul and the sins of my body, my secret and my whispering sins, the sins I have done to please myself and the sins I have done to please others. Forgive those sins which I know, and the sins which I know not; forgive them, O Lord, forgive them all of Thy great goodness. Amen

Reports

<"I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me." --Psalm 3:5
Systematic prayer for all nations
Population:
22.4 million
Religion:
Christian 63%
Muslim 16%
Indigenous beliefs 21%
Government:
Constitutional Democracy
President:
John Agyekum Kufuor

In 1957, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in Africa to gain its independence. After the ban on political parties and the third constitution in 1981, a new constitution and a new form of multiparty politics surfaced in 1992. Since that time, the country operated as a constitutional democracy. Major crops and industries that account for income range from cocoa, rice and coffee to lumbering, mining and small commercial ship building. In 2006, Ghana received a Millennium Challenge Corporation grant that will assist in increasing the agricultural export sector. Pray for wisdom over the individuals that will oversee the MCC grant money and project management, and the ongoing stability of Ghana's democracy system.

Ghana has a low life expectancy rate due to AIDS. Pray that the government will find ways to combat and prevent this disease from taking more lives. Ghana's tropical environment also houses major infectious diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and meningitis. Please pray that appropriate healthcare would be available to those individuals that are native to the country and those that may travel there. Call for united prayer
Jakarta, Indonesia - An intense earthquake hit Jakarta this past Tuesday. Seventy people have been reported dead from the 6.3 quake. Aftershocks could be felt in Sumatra island; an island hundreds of miles away from Singapore. Please pray for comfort for those that lost family members. Pray for direction over the hospital staff that they may operate in a quick and efficient manner.

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Praise reports from the team
Pain in the stomach for 8 months. no relief with medicines. Lord please in your mercy heal me. Thank you Jesus.
My pain has decreased tremendously though occasionally I still get. Thank you Jesus for hearing our prayer and for the mercy on me. Bless those who prayed for me.
- T -- India
Prayer to cover my husband and I as we travel this evening to go for my sons court in the morning. God would give us strength, patience with one another, have a unity like never before. Give us peace, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, discernment.
The presence of the Lord was with us. We had favor every where we went. We had one of the best times of ever being together. Thank you so much for prayer, please keep us lifted as we come through the deliverance of our children.
- G -- TX, United States of America
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Some thots

Make a personal reflection about this. Very interesting, read until the
end...

It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): "Be not deceived; God is not
mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

Here are some men and women who mocked God:

JOHN LENNON: During his interview with an American
Magazine, he said: "Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have
to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too
simple. Today we are more famous than Him" (1966). Lennon, after saying
that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.

TANCREDO NEVES (President of Brazil): During the Presidential campaign, he
said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him
from Presidency. He got the votes, but he got sick a day before
being made President, then he died.

CAZUZA (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet): During a show in
Caneco ( Rio de Janeiro ), whilst smoking his cigarette, he puffed out
some smoke into the air and said: "God, that's for you." He died at the age
of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.

THE MAN WHO BUILT TITANIC: After the construction of Titanic, a reporter
asked him how safe the Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said: "Not
even God can sink it." The result: I think you all know what happened to
the Titanic.

MARILYN MONROE: She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a
show. He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. After
hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said: "I don't need your Jesus".
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.

BON SCOTT: The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang:
"Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell". On
the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead. He had been choked
by his own vomit.

CAMPINAS/SP IN 2005: In Campinas, Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to
pick up a friend. The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried
about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the
daughter-holding her hand, who was already seated in the car: "MY DAUGHTER,
GO WITH GOD AND MAY HE PROTECT YOU." She responded: "ONLY IF HE (GOD)
TRAVELS IN THE TRUNK, CAUSE INSIDE HERE IT'S ALREADY FULL." Hours later,
news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had
died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but
surprisingly, the trunk
was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained
intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs. None were
broken.

Christine Hewitt: a Jamaican Journalist and entertainer, said the Bible
(Word of God) was the worst book ever written. In June 2006 she was found
burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle.

Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that
was given so much authority as the name of Jesus. Many have died, but only
Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive.

P.S: If this had been a joke, you would have sent it to everyone. So are
you going to have courage to send this?. Jesus said, "If you are
embarrassed of me, then I too, shall be embarrassed of you before my
father."

What benefit does it have, if a man gains the whole world but loses his
soul? What can man give in exchange of his soul? (Matthew 16:26)