Embracing Kingdom Hope for a Broken World
Let the Prayers Flow
I am sitting here in the airport, waiting for my (first) flight to the gulf coast… and am just hit by the sudden realization that the prayer journey has now begun. I hate to say that I’m excited because so much tragedy lies ahead. And yet, I am expectant to see what the Lord will be doing this next week.
As I write untold gallons of oil are flowing out of that busted well every hour. Now, I do not know God’s will or His timing. But I do know that His kingdom includes a restored creation. And I know that His kingdom was inaugurated with Jesus’ coming. So, God is going to fix this and we can pray confidently towards that end. Again, I don’t know about His timing, but I do know that He will not abandon us. Our Lord is with us even in the midst of this disaster. He is listening. May our prayers flow at a rate even greater than that of the oil.
Please follow along this week as we pray with people, encourage them, hear their stories, report on the tragic situation before, and relay those glimpses of hope that are presented to us. We will try and report back as often as we can. My flight is now boarding. Time to go. TIME TO PRAY.
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100 Days Later
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about 2 months ago - 3 comments
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about 2 months ago - 4 comments
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about 2 months ago - 3 comments
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about 2 months ago - 5 comments
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about 2 months ago - 6 comments
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Tradeoffs
about 2 months ago - 6 comments
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Daer father in heaven please help your critter’s you made in the sea,and the birds they are so beautiful to see swimming and flying,help someone or anybody to help your critters live the life the way you wanted them to…And please lord put your arm’s around all the people being hurt by this oil spill and please lord stop this horrable spill,help the people from fighting who did what and put all angry in stopping the oil spill,,,Happy fathers day my lord,,,I love you ,,AMEN