Bless my children

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Lord bless my children and keep them safe both night and day.  Send your angels before them to prepare the way, because life is fraught with dangers of all kinds.  Therefore watch over them and keep them from the evil that is in the world.  May your word be established in their hearts, cause them to remember your teachings in their times of troubles.  Bring remembrance to their hearts of all the goodness you have in store for them.

May they be filled with your Spirit, as this will cause them to be an overcomer in all things.  May their hearts be filled with goodness and mercy.  Give them the words to say when they need your wisdom, so that they may be ready to give an answer when need be.  May they speak with wisdom because there is good counsel in your words.  May they overflow with love and mercy to those in need.  May they be instruments of your righteousness.  Help them return good for evil, because vegeanance belongs only to you Lord.  

Lord may they forever be singing your praises and glorifying your name.  You bring freedom to them through the song that flows from their hearts.  May their hearts have a sense of security because you are their God.  Keep them safe under the shadow of your wings.  Fill them with the confidence that they can do anything they set their minds.  Help them to understand that as long as they seek you that you will cause them to prosper.  Only you will cause them to be abundantly satisfied, because only you can fill the longing they have.

May their souls be filled with the oil of gladness, and cause sorrow to be far from them.  May their hearts be filled with the love that forgives and binds up wounds.  Let them be filled with the desire to pray and intercede for a lost and dying world.  May they be used by you Lord to minister to the lost and the saved.  Use them to glorify your name because they are your servants, servants of the most high God.

May they find solitude in your word because you are a safe haven from a world filled with wickedness.  Give them restful sleep and keep their enemies from troubling them during this time of rest.  Guide their paths in all things, so that their feet do not stumble.  Let those who might seek their destruction be crushed.  May they always see the miracle of life that you have given them through Jesus Christ. 

This is my prayer and my plea that I send up before you Lord.  Watch over them as I will not be able to do so forever.  My time here with them is short, but you will watch over them after I am gone.  Take care of my children father. 

Psalm 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Copyright Joseph L. Parker

My heart will not be troubled

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My heart will not be troubled because of evil and the toilers of iniquity.  There are times when my eyes behold how they laugh and mock me.  My eyes behold how they succeed in life while this man continues to struggle and suffer.  They are in need of many things and the end of their days are made known through your word. My prayer is that you will change this man's heart towards them.  Jesus said to love those who spitefully use me and to love my enemies.  Give me the strength to do what you require of me Lord.  Real riches are only found in you Lord.

Lord your understanding has opened these eye so that I may cease from anger and wrath.  My prayers will go before you on their behalf because they trust in earthly riches that will fade.  My heart knows what awaits them.  My desire is to show them your love and mercy because these are things you have revealed to me.  Let this man be a witness that burns in the darkness.  Let me be a vessel that is fit for your use father.

Set my heart be set ablaze with compassion for the unrighteous.  Let my hands be upon the plow, reaping the great harvest for your kingdom.  With the passing of each hour your returns draws ever closer. When you return to take us home may you find me ministering for your glory.  You will find these lips of clay speaking truth to the world.  When the trumpet of glory sounds the hands of these treasures I will take and bring them with me.

I claim the real riches of souls as my inheritance, these are the treasures that will be stored up in heaven.  My heart will rest in the knowledge that you are ever faithful.  You bring comfort to my heart. In the days of famine you will provide for me.  You will hide me in the shadow of your wings and give me rest from the heat of the day.  Therefore my heart will not faint when the battle seems to go against me. I will stand strong when the storms of life beat against me.  There is wisdom to be found in your word and I will rely upon what you have said in it.

Though at one time I was as a filthy rag in your sight, but you redeemed me and now this man can stand clean in your eyes.  My heart is fixed upon you. You have revealed the way for me to go by shining your light in the darkness.  You always turn your ear to my prayers, and will give me what I ask for in faith.  Let my words be as a sweet savor that rises before you.  Hear my words and attend to my cries Lord.

My delight is in you and all your ways.  My heart trusts in your word and you will give this man the desires of his heart.  My desire is for those who are don’t know you to be with me in glory forever.  This will be done according to the faith you have put in my heart.  Those you love and desire to be with you are all that matters in the end.  When at last your face I will see to my knees I will fall, in gratitude of what you have done for me.  My thanks will be in the glory that I will forever be giving you in all eternity.

Copyright Joseph L. Parker

Renew the fire

Lord send your rain because our nation has become dry and barren. We have abandoned the principles our country was founded upon. We have left you and chased after other things. You have been removed from places where you rightfully belong. My heart desires to see your hand of salvation working in America.

Let the fire of holy desire burn within our spirits. Make us a people that's willing to stand in the gap for those in need. We humbly submit ourselves to the purging of sin from our lives. We repent of our wickedness so please come and heal our land like you promised.

Our nation is in desperate need of your healing touch father. That's something we can only get from seeking after you. Give us the strength because in our weakness we have failed you. Cause us to rise up with boldness to take back this land for you Lord. Reach down from heaven and restore the love our hearts used to have for you.

Restore us to the place from where we have fallen. Renew the fire of our first love, which was you. We seek the promise of revival fires to reignite the passion we once held for you. Send your rain and cleanse us so we may stand upright before you once more.

You have called the righteous to be the salt of the earth, but we have lost our savor. Forgive us for letting the cares of this world crowd you out. Great and mighty Lord transform our hearts, that have become cold and hardened, into ones that are filled with compassion. Do not cast us off and leave us to our own devices. Cause our hearts to remember how we chased after you while we were in times of sorrow.

We have forgotten what you have done on our behalf, and the result has been a very high price that we have paid. We can not continue denying you because doing so will ultimately destroy us. All our efforts are vanity because without you all we accomplish is fruitless. Turn from your fierce wrath and in your anger do not forever drive us from your sight. Do not turn a deaf ear when we cry out to you.

O Lord send revival, send down your rain and water our hearts. Forgive our nation for the innocent blood that we have spilled. In our greed we turned from your ways. We have become arrogant and haughty and the world mocks us because we have deceived ourselves. We have replaced love with hate, peace with war, we murder our brother for our own gain. We have become a covetous people seeking our own pleasure. We gladly trade our integrity and character for fleeting moments of pleasure.

Remember the covenant you swore to our fathers and do not forsake us. Revive us and let the fire of your word rain down on us and make us clean. Only you have what we need and have been searching for in other things. Breathe your breath of life upon the dying embers of our hearts. Have mercy on us Lord, for we have become a rebellious nation and have strayed far from you.

Copyright Joseph L. Parker