Pray

"Pray" a song by Kendall Payne

I will pray for you now for you have been my faithful friends
While the road we walk is difficult indeed
I could not ask for more than what you’ve already been
Only that you would say these prayers for me

May your heart break enough that compassion enters in
May your strength all be spent upon the weak
All the castles and crowns you build and place upon your head
May they all fall come crashing down around your feet

May you find every step to be harder than the last
So your character grows greater each stride
May your company be of humble insignificance
May your weakness be your only source of pride

What you do unto others may it all be done to you
May you meet the one who made us
And see him smile when life is through

May your blessings be many but not what you hoped they’d be
And when you look upon the broken
May mercy show you what you could not see

May you never be sure of any plans you desire
But you’d learn to trust the plan he has for you
May your passions be tried and tested in the holy fire
May you fight with all your life for what is true

I have prayed for you now all of my dear and faithful friends
But what I wish is more than I could ever speak
As the way wanders on I’ll long to see you once again
Until then, would you pray these prayers for me?
Oh that you would pray for me.

a prayer

Lord, help me find Peace and Wholeness in you. Put me back together. Mend my broken heart. Thank you so much for Your Peace and Love and Mercy that cover and wash over me. Help me to give all my troubles and worries and stresses to You so I may live wholly for what really matters.


"I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." - Isaiah 49: 15 & 16

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." - Psalm 147:3

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." - Psalm 34:18



"To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul,
in you I trust, O my God.
Show me your ways, O Lord,
teach me your paths;
guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long."
-Psalm 25:5

THINK.GO.LIVE.BE.

"But you wil receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses . . . "
- Acts 1:8

We are too weak
We are too young
We are too selfish
We are not enough

He is strong
He is beyond time
He gave everything
He is all we need

"All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth."
- Colossians 1:6

51 people a minute come to know Christ
3,000 people an hour
74,000 people a day
27 million people a year!

There are:
16,000 people groups- a total of 6 1/2 Billion people
6,800 of which are unreached- a total of 2 1/2 Billion people

There are:
443,000 missionaries
12,000 of which are working among the unreached nations
That is 3 out of every 100
And out of all the money given to foreign missions yearly 1% goes towards unreached nations

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to ALL nations, and then the end will come."
- Matthew 24:14

So, what are we doing to proclaim the news of Jesus and let the world know who HE is?
- Building a Freedom Center for the Kurds in northern Iraq
- Translating the New Testament for 2 unreached nations (which the students at Passion have sponsored in the past 4 days)
- Sending 5,000 New Testaments to China with prayers for each individual receiving them
- Providing 38 wells in Africa and 1 specifically in Sudan (that one cost about $10,000)
- Sending 14 students from Compassion to college
. . . and this was just done in the past 4 days by people age 18-25, or more percisely this was done by and for GOD!

"All the nations you have made
will come and worship before you,
O Lord;
they will bring glory to your name.
For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you alone are God."
- Pslam 86:9-10

"My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God."
-Psalm 84:2

We will reach the nations for our Lord. We will spread the news of Jesus Christ and His unfailing grace and mercy. We will let go to get a better grip. We will make connections and relationships that honor God. We will work for the glory of God. And we will do all of this because we LOVE him. He has given us everything, the least I can do is give Him my life- it is afterall His anyways.

"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ- to the glory and praise of God."
-Philippians 1:9-11