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Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose for me. He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me; SelahGod sends his love and his faithfulness. (Psalm 57:1-3)

John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. John 1:15,16

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness. For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. (Psalm 89:13-17)

I thought I'd start a daily thread as a reminder for us all to keep Gov Sarah Palin and her family in their prayers. After all she is looking like the answer to all of ours. The onslaught that has begun against Gov Palin and her family by the democrats and their willing accomplices in the MSM will be ruthless, relentless, and totally undeserving. I believe Mrs Palin is a girl of grit and can hold her own yet I pray that her family can sustain the spotlight, scrutiny, and bruises that are to come. I found it unbelievable today...

Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; Romans 15:30

Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 35:23-28 Rise Up, O Lord my God; Vindicate me. Take up my Case, my God and my Lord. Judge me, O Lord, According to Your Righteousness. Don't let my Enemies Rejoice over me. Don't let them Say, "Aha! Our Dearest Wish Against him will Soon be Fulfilled! At Last we have him!" May those who Rejoice at my Troubles be Humiliated and Disgraced. May those who Magnify themselves over me be Covered with Shame and Dishonor. But Give Great Joy to those who Favor my Vindication. Let them Shout with Delight, "Great is the Lord, Who Enjoys Helping...

Dear FReepers, I received the following e-mail from my Uncle Frank, regarding his grandaughter (my cousin) Fiamma. * * * This e-mail is very serious! I am hoping for a Prayer Ladder. We need a Miracle. My granddaughter had a cancer removed from the colon 2 years ago. She is now 22 years old and has been informed that the cancer has spread and she must have another operation and more chemotherapy. Fiamma is scheduled for surgery Tuesday August 26th at 12:00 noon, Omaha time. I’m asking all of you who can to pray for Fiamma, especially at that time,...

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. Psalm 54.4

Luke 12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Psalm 37:1-6 Don’t Worry about the Wicked or Envy those who Do Wrong. For Like Grass, they Soon Fade Away. Like Spring Flowers, they Soon Wither. Trust in the Lord and Do Good. Then you will Live Safely in the Land and Prosper. Take Delight in the Lord, And He will Give you your Heart’s Desires. Commit Everything you Do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will Help you. He will Make your Righteousness Radiate Like the Dawn, And the Justice of your Cause will Shine Like the Noonday Sun.

This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:23-24)

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 1 Thessalonians 5:8

II Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

Psalm 139:1-5 O Lord, You have Examined my Heart and Know Everything about me. You Know when I Sit or Stand; when Far Away, You Know my Every Thought. You Chart the Path Ahead of me, and Tell me when to Stop and Rest. Every Moment, You Know where I am. You Know what I am Going to Say before I Even Say it. You Both Precede and Follow me, And Place Your Hand of Blessing on my Head.

It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me. Who is he that will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up. Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. (Isaiah 50:9-10)

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. James 4:11

Daniel 12: 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king. (Daniel 2:20b-23)

Please Pray for my husband Dom.He is 50 and had a stroke on Sunday.I have been a freeper for awhile and find enjoyment and great information from my fellow freepers. My husband worked all his life, seven days a week,but we can not afford health insurance and a mortgage.I am so worried about my husband ,he has no vision or hearing in his left side and cannot walk.He also has vertigo,all from the stroke.I was told by the hospital they can take my house and all we saved if I don't make payment.I have been hearing this since Sunday.I have...

But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. Psalm 66:19-20

Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Psalm 73:23-26 You Love me, Lord; You are Holding my Right Hand. You will Keep on Guiding me All my Life with Your Wisdom and Counsel, And Afterwards Receive me into the Glories of Heaven. Whom have I in Heaven but You? And I Desire No One on Earth as Much as You. My Health Fails; my Spirits Droop, Yet God Remains. He is the Strength of my Heart; He is mine Forever.

Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory." And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." ... Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love...

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6

Revelation 1: 11a; 18a I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last . . .I am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore.

Psalm 108:1 O Lord, my Heart is Ready to Praise You. I will Sing and Rejoice Before You!

Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings. you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. (Psalm 36:5-10)

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. James 5:17,18

Romans 8: 38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 90:17 Let the Beauty of the Lord our God be Upon us, And Direct Thou the Work of our Hands Upon us, Even Direct the Work of our Hands.

O you who hear prayer, to you all men will come. When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and...

…let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Hebrews 12:1-3

Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Satanist puts faith in system His ex-wife wants judge to force him to take daughters to Christian church By Manya A. Brachear | Chicago Tribune reporter July 9, 2008 ROCHESTER, Ind.—The T in Satan's name inked on Jamie Meyer's left leg is drawn to look like an upside-down cross. The crucifix suspended above his bed hangs upside down too. Meyer's ex-wives say he also has turned their children's lives upside down since he joined the Church of Satan—an organization that eschews spirituality and celebrates man's selfish desires. One of Meyer's ex-wives is citing his religious affiliation as the main reason...

Psalm 84:12 O Lord of Hosts, Blessed is the Man that Trusteth in Thee

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust. Feet trample it down—...

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body. Philippians 1:19,20

Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 119:111 Thy Testimonies have I Taken as an Heritage Forever: For they are the Joy of mine Heart.

Therefore, "they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." (Revelation 7:15-17)

But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. Psalm 66:19,20

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on the presidential election finds John McCain and Barack Obama exactly tied at 45% among registered voters nationwide.

Psalm 100: 4b, 5 Be thankful unto Him, and bless His Name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm 18:31-35 Who is God Except our Lord? Who but He is a Rock? He Fills me with Strength and Protects me wherever I Go. He Gives me the Surefootedness of a Mountain Goat Upon the Crags. He Leads me Safely Along the Top of the Cliffs. He Prepares me for Battle and Gives me Strength to Draw an Iron Bow. You have Given me Your Salvation as my Shield. Your Right Hand, O Lord, Supports me; Your Gentleness has Made me Great.

The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. (Isaiah 58:11)

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 2 Thessalonians 2:13