Beloved,
Everything about everyone involved
in worship on "Dedication Sunday" honored Jesus and deepened bonds
through and for Him!
Praise the Lord!
There have been several requests for
the prayer following the Litany
of Dedication of Blessings Campaign (attached).
Here's a summary; noting the full
version is available as recorded via www.bnnsradio.com:
Lord, we thank You for
everyone who partnered to expand
this wineskin through prayer,
encouraging commentary,
sacrificial offerings of self and
substance, and unconditional
favor in His Spirit, "As you do
it for others, you do it for Me."
We thank You for Dale, Carl, Pat,
Rick, their predecessors,
everyone listed on the green insert,
our immediate and
extended family of faith, and,
especially, Your Holy Spirit
to overcome the spirits of doubt,
contentment, complacency,
selfishness, irreconcilability, pride,
defiance, and rebellion.
It hasn't always been easy.
Sometimes it's been downright
painful. Feelings have been
strained, energies exhausted,
excuses betrayed, dark
rationalizations exposed, and exits
enabled; yet, thankfully, true
discipleship radiated, fidelities
deepened, and storms stilled.
Of course, we know there's more to be
done. There's still
an omission, hole, that must be
filled; and, right now in
hearing...[and reading]...,You as Holy
Spirit are calling,
compelling, and convicting the able by
Your grace to step
up and materialize.
Now we begin afresh in concert with
You: "Behold, I make
all things new!"
We can no longer settle for business
as usual, the way things
were or maybe were but are no more,
self over service, me over
we, I over Thou, or anything or anyone
distracting us from our
highest goal,
greatest ambition, and most fervent prayer of
saying the things that Jesus would say
and doing the things that
Jesus would do to be a beacon for Him
and safe haven for
all as perfectly patterned by Jesus in
whose Name we pray.
Amen.
Blessings and Love!
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