Prayer For Our Troops

Father God
We are Your people.

By Your gracious gift
We are called by Your Name.

Help us to humble ourselves.
Teach us to pray,
To seek Your face,
And to turn from our wicked ways.

Deliver us
In Jesus' Name
That Your fullest Blessing --
Forgiveness and Healing may rest
Upon us and upon our nation.

Heal our land
And use us to bring healing
To our world.

We chose to dwell in Your shelter,
The shelter of the Most High.
By Your Gift, we rest
In the shadow of the Almighty!

Together we say
"You, O Lord, are my Refuge,
My Place of Safety, my God.
I am trusting in You.
Trusting only in You."

You rescue me from every trap.
You protect me from the fatal plague.

I rest safe
For the Blood of Jesus
Hides me.
Protects me
From all that is evil

You shield me with Your Wings.
You shelter me
Softly, safely
In Your Feathers!

Your faithful
Never failing Promises
Are my armor and protection.

I am not afraid of the terrors of night.
I do not fear the dangers of the day.

The plague that stalks in darkness
Holds no power over me.
The disaster that strikes in the daytime
Cannot harm me.

Though a thousand fall at my side --
Though ten-thousand are dying around me --
These evils will not touch me
And I will see with my eyes
How the wicked are punished.

You, O Lord, are my Refuge.
I take shelter in the Most High.
No evil will conquer me.
No plague will come near my dwelling.
For You give Your Angels orders
To protect me wherever I go!
They hold me up in Angel hands
So I won't even strike my feet on a stone.

I will trample on lions and poinsonous snakes.
I will crush fierce lions and serpents
Under my feet!

For You have said,
"I will rescue those who love Me.
I will protect those who trust in My Name.
When they call on me, I will answer.
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue them and honor them.
I will satisfy them with long life --
Forever and ever life
And give them My Salvation!"

These promises we claim in that Name
Which holds all Power
And has all Authority
In heaven and on earth
Having defeated death and the grave
On our behalf!
We claim the Blood of Jesus
Over our troops,
Over our nation,
Over Kwuait,
And over our world,
In Jesus' Name
Let it be so
Amen

Kwuait has been called a Holy War. All of life is a Holy War -- a battle in spiritual places between Love and Light and the powers of darkness. The victory has already been declared through the sacrifice of Jesus. We who have chosen to stand with Him have been given orders to occupy until He returns. It is up to us to enforce, to bring into action, the victory which He has won.

There is great power in our joining together to pray the Word of God. Power to bring spiritual light and healing to those who dwell in the darkness. Power to change their hearts and bring them to a saving knowledge of Jesus. And where there is an enemy who choses to cling to the darkness, there is power to confuse so that he brings distruction upon himself.

Father has many children in Kwuait - children who have been told lies about the free gift of salvation He offers. While war is never Father's best will for us, we agree with Him now that this war will bring spiritual freedom - freedom in this world and in the next - to the Kwuaiti people.

Claiming the promises of Psalm 91 and II Chronicles 7:14.

3/24/2003