Today is Tuesday, August 26th, 2014; Karen's Korner #2887

The first week in July, Anne Graham Lotz organized '7-7-7: An Urgent Call to Pray'; seven days from July 1 through July 7:  for our nation and for our world as we celebrated our country's birthday on July 4. The seventh day was the 'longest day', encouraging participants to seven hours of prayers. Lotz had outlined some helps and Bible verses.

Here is what she included for 'Hour Four' (it's a little longer than some Karen's Korners, but good. So what if it is the wrong day!):

"We hear the hiss of that Old Serpent, the devil...

In the lies, blasphemies, and profanities that bombard our ears. In the denial of Your existence as the Creator and Supreme Lord of the Universe. In the refusal to acknowledge and thank You for the blessings we have received, and instead give credit to our own ingenuity, knowledge, technology, and might. In the rejection of Your commandments, Your Word, Your Gospel, and Your people.

"We see the Old Serpent's movements...

as the innocent are slaughtered, as bullies seize power and people, terrorizing the weak, as nations rise against nations, as treaties and covenants are shattered, as children are abused and exploited, as drugs and alcohol stupefy bright minds and enslave lives, as women are debased, as men cower, as generational hatred and prejudices are kept smoldering.

"We succumb to the Old Serpent's tactics by being...

Too busy to pray, too sophisticated to read our Bibles, too proud to acknowledge, confess, and repent of our sin, too tolerant to share the Gospel. And therefore, too deceived to discern the Truth. That the devil is real. He is a roaring lion who can appear as an angel of light, seeking to deceive us, weaken us, distract us, divide us, devour us, and ultimately, destroy us."

"But no more. Not today. We worship You. We confess our sin. So on this day, as Your mighty army, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lion of Judah, the Captain of the Lord's Host, we come against the devil, his demons, and all those he is using for his evil purposes. We command the evil and unloving spirits to be bound, confused, and powerless. We command that the evil strategies and plans against Your people that the enemy is plotting would be thwarted, and that all the enemy intends for us will fall back on himself. We lift high the Cross as our battle standard.

"Protect and deliver us from evil, we earnestly pray. Give us the confidence that more are they that are with us, than they that are with them. That greater are You within us than any evil one who is in our world. Use us to rescue those who are in the enemy's grip to snatch them from the fire.

"Most Holy Father, we ask that Your kingdom come, Your will be done here on earth as it is done there, in Heaven. Shine Your Light into the deep recesses of our world where the enemy seems to rule:  the gulags, killing fields, prisons, religious institutions. covens, brothels, and places too terrible to name. Reveal to us how to resist and overcome evil. Help us to strengthen others to stand with us, shoulder to shoulder against evil.

"We ask all this things in Jesus' Name. Amen."




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