Through Every Prayer

1 Cor.1:18

For the [a]message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,

but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

In the past few weeks I am learning anew

the most beautiful and powerful words in the world

'I am praying for you'

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Through every trial of this life where Reason’s reach confounds

God’s goodness and mercy run rife; His providence abounds

How dearer then hope undergirds; His promises are true

How nearer He draws through these words ‘I am praying for you’

Through every up and down we bear we are never alone

God’s power flows through every prayer to comfort sorrow’s groan

For surely, He has borne love’s grief and suffered seeming loss

The price that purchased our peace, He paid upon a cross

Through every valley we pass through we follow where He trod

We trace the blood and tear-stained woo that draws us back to God

He, ever rich in mercy knows each heartache that we bear

He awes/helps us as His power flows through us, through every prayer

Through every test that trouble brings He keeps us in His care

Enfolding us beneath His wings through every earnest prayer

For nothing is too hard for He by Whom all things were made

Through every faith-anointed plea His power is displayed 

© Janet Martin

Isa.53:4

Surely He has borne our griefs 

 carried our sorrows;

 Yet we esteemed Him stricken, 

Smitten by God, 

and afflicted...

Ps.91:4

He will cover you with his feathers, 

and under his wings you will find refuge; 

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

Don't Wait (until it is too late)

 

His basket of peppers spilled over and over...

but he wanted to carry it,

so we picked them up, over and over

 and finally, with exhausted triumph

we made it to the goal!!!

SO, whatever our load happens to be today, peppers or otherwise, keep on!

Don't give up in despair...

Love 's care is worth every tear, every prayer

Someday (it could be as soon as today!)

We too with exhausted triumph will reach the goal! 

Our community has suffered a number of reminders

this year of the uncertainty of what a day may hold!

Don't wait to want what today still offers!!

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Don’t wait to do the best you can

To love God first, then fellowman

To give thanks to the One who grants

His grace in every circumstance

Don’t wait to make the most of life

But, bury the hatchet of strife

Before we meet The Righteous Judge

Don’t nurse the wounds of bitter grudge

Don’t harbor anger in your heart

But with each breath, let’s do our part

Before today is history

To make a treasured memory

Don’t wait until it is too late

To linger at the soldered gate

Of a thousand longings untold

Thy lips still smile, thy arms still hold

Life is a gift, its curtain close

Only the Giver of it knows

Then do not wait to love, to pray

To wish for what God grants today

Take up love’s yoke of joy and grief

Plead God to turn blind unbelief

To faith, then trust love's nail-scarred Hand

With all we do not understand

Then live as if today could be

The gateway to eternity

Love God and fellowman, don't wait

Till it is forever too late

© Janet Martin

2 Cor.6:1-2

As God’s fellow workers,a then, 

we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

  2For He says:

“In the time of favor I heard you,

and in the day of salvation I helped you.”b

Behold, now is the time of favor;

 now is the day of salvation!

Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley...A Prayer

 

I received the postcard below in the mail last week,

Painted by my friend 

this was yesterday's devotion...

Every day I am comforted by visits, messages, phone calls, 

scripture, cards, meals, food-gifts, flowers, songs and prayers

Thank-you all so very much!

As, through each kindness I learn

God's faithfulness at every turn

On Sunday, as I gazed at this view at my friend's home...

...I felt the presence of this verse...

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: 

he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Ps.23:2

Dear Lord, supply my need today

To trust Your will, Your Word, Your Way

To love Your law then, to obey

In Jesus precious Name, I pray

Your rod and staff, they comfort Me

Your armour thwarts the enemy

Though dark the passage through death’s vale

The Light of Your Word will not fail

Dear Lord, in Thee I put my trust

Until my frame returns to dust

Help me to be faithful and true

Until my soul returns to You

I love you Lord, let nothing mar

My confidence in who You are

Through every gasp of grief and pain

Your perfect purpose will sustain

Your goodness and mercy abide

Save me from doubt's rebellious pride

Your thoughts reach far beyond my ken

In Jesus' name I pray, Amen

© Janet Martin

Psalm 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply all your needs

 according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Sharing the link to  two stunning

and new for me songs sent to me this morning...

What a Broken Heart Can Do-Brian Free & Assurance 

Cares Chorus-Kelly Willard 

I can almost here Lucy exclaiming over the songs!!