Friday, September 05, 2008

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO HOPE HOPE OF COMFORT
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In remembrance of those who are mourning today, especially the WE WILL GO ministry family as they grieve concerning the death of Chris and the self-inflicted destruction of Hollywood's life, I share this prayer sent to me by my long-time friend Stacy:
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"Father, tonight we lift up those who have no hope of comfort, no consolation, no warmth, only the crumbs of despair and the hiss of distance. Let the power of your fatherly love break through their isolation and bond them again to your whole family in heaven and on earth. We join our hearts as your heart is joined to the bereaved and for their sake we cry out:
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For the widow and the orphan whom you bind to your very heart
For the parents who will never see their little ones grow up
For brothers and sisters separated by accident, murder, suicide or sickness,
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Lord comfort those who cannot be comforted.
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For families still waiting for their loved ones to come home
For the mothers of the disappeared
For the fathers of the silent bitterness
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Lord comfort those who cannot be comforted.
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For friends who gather at the graves of their fallen comrades
For grandsons and daughters who no longer hear the voice of their elders
For those who wail in grief and for those who have no more tears
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Lord comfort those who cannot be comforted.
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Lord Jesus we pray for the miracle of your risen life to manifest tonight on these, that you would be the resurrection and the life to them; that they would experience the living hope of resurrection and reuniting in the life to come.
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Holy Spirit take this prayer and make it a multiplied seed in the hearts of the grieving. Cause our prayer of hope against all hope to be a part of the world's healing tonight.
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Amen.
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---David Morrison
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