Praises & Prayer Requests
1. Pray: When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. For the Lord your God is a merciful God; Deuteronomy 4:30, 31a (NIV)
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2. Pray: Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11 (NIV)
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3. Pray: Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:7 (NIV)
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4. Praise: But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, Ephesians 2:4 (NASB)
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5. Pray: Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 (NASB)
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I find myself singing in worship that great old invitation m=hymn by Charlotte Elliot, "Just As I Am." As we sing the words of this hymn, let's think first of Reality, verse 1:
Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Redemption, Verse2:
Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot;
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Repentance, Verse 3
Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Receiving Him, Verse 5
Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve.
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
