Furnace prayers: Fighting for freedom, taking the victory

Father, Lord and Holy Spirit,

You created this earth and it is Yours! You created us to have relationship with You! You are the Author of true freedom and somehow, in each person that You create, there is the desire, the demand for freedom!

We are sitting in the shadows…light is scarce. This is not where You want us. It is not Your will. You not only made us to be free, You provided the path to true freedom. It is Your desire that all men are free. You even call us to liberty! …and You call us to STAND fast! And You tell us why and how.

Galatians 5:1, 13
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

You are a great God. You want us all to be free. Thank You.

Many are in the dark…in the shadow
Father, many are in the shadows, not the shadow of Your protection, but some are in fear and afraid to come forth. Fear has gripped their hearts and it has stolen their resolve to desire You and Your desire for us. Rather, many are so afraid, that they have become petrified. They cannot move. They cannot speak. They cannot stand.

Some have fallen asleep. Many have given up. BUT YOU have called us to stand

Your Word:

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Indeed You have called us to be “doers”:

James 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

The cost and consequence of freedom
Yes, there is a price to pay for being a “doer.” There is a cost to freedom and there are consequences to paying that price. But You have equipped us for this work so we can stand.

Ephesians 6: 11-13
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

The price has been paid… it is time to take our freedom.
Jesus! You are the Christ! and You have paid the price that all men may be free.

John 8:36
Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Requests:

• Warmth those who are in the cold, frightened and in fear. Grant them resolve.
• Grant us an anger that Your enemy Satan, taken freedom from this nation.
• Fill us with a resolve to defend our freedom and pay the cost.
• For those who sleep…sound the alarm. LOUDLY.
• Awaken and enliven Your army to put on the full armor You have given us and report for duty.
• Make us all carriers of Your Light - into the darkness! …that evil is exposed.
• Eliminate the shadows of the enemy that we may all see our true enemy and repent.
• Bring a revival to this nation…that we may all be free indeed.

I do not ask on my own merits, but for the Kingdom of Christ!
O God, my Father, glorify Your Son. He died to set us free. May it not have been in vain.

Maranatha.

A Memorial Day Tribute

***A Memorial Day Tribute

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

You are the God of the living. You are the Creator of Life. You are the One True and Living God, who knew we would need salvation from our sin and You provided. Through Your Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, we too can have life. Thank You.

Father, You know the pain of losing a son and You have sent the Comforter. Thank You.

I bring many before You today who need comfort.

So many soldiers have lost their lives preserving my freedoms —the freedoms that I don't take for granted, like going to church, the freedom to earn a living, the freedom to pursue a future.

And Father, there are so many freedoms that do take for granted. I have had them so long, that I assume they came without cost.

Father, many people have died so that I could live in a nation with the freedoms that we have here in the U.S.

I pray for those who survive them. The fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, and especially the wives and husbands, and the children who live their lives without their loved one.

You who sent the Comforter, comfort them; especially this day, when our attention picks at the open wound of their loss. May we remember with depth.

May we remember with honor and humility. May we be sensitive to the pain that continues because of the sacrifice of so many.

Father, please remember...

• Fathers and mother, brothers and sisters who live their lives with their family, incomplete, because of that one who is no longer here. Comfort them.
  
  ...even when others take their freedom for granted and dismiss the cost that so many must pay.


• Spouses, and especially those who are raising children on their own. Provide for them. May they feel Your presence in their grief.
  
  Soften the deep vacancy that silently screams at them...and will continue to do so. Protect them from resentment and may their hearts not grow hard.
  
  ...especially during sleepless nights, and times of heartache with children, with the living of their life without their spouse.


• Children. Those who live their lives without a parent...especially at those important life celebrations: their first date, their birthdays, holidays...and every day they see a complete family and wonder what it would be like to have one.
  
  Protect them from anger. May it not take hold and cripple them further. Reveal Yourself to them and comfort them.
  
  ...especially during those moments when they need a parent and space is empty. Bring others around to comfort them and bring the wisdom they need.


• Comrades...those soldiers who have survived and live in sorrow. Fellow soldiers, who today, remember those with whom they served...the ones who are still living, and those who died.
  
  Comfort them when the flood of hard memories push at their hearts and minds. Have mercy and pour out Your grace. Move in their spirit and uphold them, that the memories not be too much for them.
  
  Carry them Father. Deep within them, may they know their sacrifice was worthy and noble.
  
  And as they see the cookouts, the parades, the celebrations...celebrations without reverence, without the observation and memory of the horrific price that has been paid, may they not be resentful.
  
  May their hearts not be hardened. May they, in the stillness of their being, find You there with them.


• Myself and others...so many millions of others, who have suffered the tearing apart of their family, when those who served returned to them...different. Father, they came back changed for the remainder of their lives and ours.
  
  We shall never know or comprehend the fullness of what they saw, what they had to do, or the choices they had to make. Forgive us when we judge.
  
  Comfort us in the loss of the family we hoped we would have. Comfort us. The pain is great.
  
  
• Father, I ask a special blessing on those who remember; those who honor the sacrifice and keep the memory alive that our freedom has come at a profound price. Bless them deeply.

Your Word:

John 6:14 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 8:32
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Father, I hurt.

Let us know and understand the cost of our freedom. Help us to remember and honor those who paid it on our behalf.

Please help us to proclaim the freedom in Jesus Christ and bring our hurt, our sorrow, our profound emptiness before You...and find grace to help in time of need.

...that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In the Name of Jesus Christ,

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