tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693510793028844965.post-14596601020291859052008-04-15T19:31:00.004-04:002008-04-16T19:04:21.808-04:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Let Us Continue in Prayer For...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Common Cause Observers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Anglican Province of America (APA)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Anglican Essentials Canada (AEC)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas (FACA)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Special Prayer Petitions</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Let us give thanks and intercede for Continuing Anglicans, who maintain sacred wisdom and traditions amidst great change and hostility.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Holy Scripture</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Psalm 12<br />1 Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2 Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">3 May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. </span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">4 They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”<br />5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.” </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">6 The Lord’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">7 Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">8 even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Psalm 13<br />1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? </span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?<br />3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die. </span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">4 Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!” Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.<br />5 But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">6 I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.</span><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">New Living Translation</span></em></span>TLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.com