2025 02 22

1 Corinthians 12:1-2 New King James Version
12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.
     Holy Spirit, so few know of the gifts you are eager to bestow on us. Wake up your people to the hope we have in Jesus and you, the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 New King James Version
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
     Jesus, please help us live in the hope of the resurrection. Lord, so many do not even know there is this hope.

Romans 8:1-8 New King James Version
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
     Holy Father, set you people from needless self-condemnation and into the liberty of Christ Jesus.

Romans 4:21 New King James Version
21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
     Jesus, help us live fully convinced lives.

James 4:7-9 New King James Version
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
     LORD, help your people resist the evil one and draw near to Jesus.

A Word Received: Come to me all you who labor and are heavily burdened.

Albany Intercessor

2025 02 21

Come Thou Almighty King (Live from Sing! '21) Keith & Kristyn Getty, Tommy Bailey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT4IvKk8Yko

"All Hail The Power" - Mass Choir - Classic Hymns " Ancient of Days "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vWF_lctSTo

1 Corinthians 16:22-24 New King James Version

22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!
     Maranatha, come Lord Jesus, you church is in peril of losing its soul

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
     Jesus, let your grace be upon us in this time of political correctedness which denies the gospel.

24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
     Jesus, please help us receive your love and live in its power.

A Word Received: I want to be with you, so invite me into your hearts.

Albany Intercessor

2025 02 19

1 John 1:1-9 New International Version

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
     LORD, help us listen to your words.

2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.
     Father, thank you for sending your Son to bring us to eternal life.

3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
     Holy Spirit, thank you for bringing us into fellowship with the saints.

4 We write this to make our joy complete.
     LORD, please help us to be full of you and the knowledge of you.

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
     LORD, help us walk in your light.

6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
     Jesus, there are many trying to have it both ways, the world's and yours, and do not practice the truth.

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
     Jesus, your light bring us into fellowship with one another.

8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
     Lord, save us from self-deception.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
     Holy Spirit, help us confess our sins and be made clean by you.

A Word Received: Let me guide you with my word and Spirit.

Albany Intercessor

2025 02 17

Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" - Finale (Auckland Symphony Orchestra) 1080pSaint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" - Finale (Auckland Symphony Orchestra) 1080p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-7S9fjyfU

Ferde Grofe - The Grand Canyon Suite - Sunrise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUqaylJy4mA

Psalm 1 New King James Version
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
     Holy Spirit, help me reject all false counsel.

Nor stands in the path of sinners,
     Jesus, keep me from walking in the way of sin and the advice of sinners.

Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
     Holy Father, help me avoid those who live to bring scorn on others.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
     LORD, help me delight in your word in Scripture.

And in His law he meditates day and night.
     Holy Spirit, help me think on your word day and night.

3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
     Jesus, you have planted me at various times by rivers of living water and in dry and barren lands. Help me rejoice in you wherever you choose to plant me.

4 The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
     LORD, we are seeing much chaff blown away in our day; and more is going to come.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
     Jean, the ungodly have crept into your church - they have no place there.

6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
     LORD, all judgment is in your hands.

A Word Received: Keep your eyes on me and then you will see clearly of what to do.

Albany Intercessors

2025 02 16

James 5:13-15 New King James Version
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
     In 1971 Jean and I attended a Catholic Charismatic Conferene at Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. I attended a workshop on "Praying in Faith". The speaker said that as he looked at his faith, he found he didn't have the faith to pray for world peace, but he did have the faith to pray for peace in his neighborhood and in his family. He then said he had a mentally retarded son. As he looked at his faith, he realized he didn't have the faith to pray that his retardation would be taken away. But he found he did have the faith to pray that his son would learn to tie his shoes; and he learned to tie his shoes. He then said that piece by piece of his son's retardation were being healed as he prayed at the level of his faith.
     Lord Jesus, help me pray at the level of my faith.

A Word Received: Pray in faith and see what I will do.

Albany Intercessor

2025 02 15

"The Day Thou Gavest Lord, Is Ended"" by 250 Voice Mass Choir for Classic Hymns Album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-ikzUJQJhk

"O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" 250 Voice Mass Choir for Classic Hymns Album " Our God Reigns"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D4MPIW8ptg

"Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory" by 250 Voice Mass Choir for Classic Hymns album " Our God Reigns"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h_-tGQZGJc

"All Hail The Power" - Mass Choir - Classic Hymns " Ancient of Days "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vWF_lctSTo

Revelation 11:17-18 New King James Version
17 “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
The One who is and who was and who is to come,
Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.
18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come,
And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”
     LORD, the day of your judgment is coming.

Revelation 15:3-4 New King James Version
3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints!
4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy.
For all nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested.”
     LORD, your judgments are true and righteous

Revelation 22:17 New King James Version
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
     Jesus, I hear and come.

Revelation 22:18-19 New King James Version
18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
     LORD, they are adding and subtracting from your book and claim new revelation. Have mercy on your children who are being led astray.

Revelation 22:20-21 New King James Version
I Am Coming Quickly
20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
     Come soon, Lord Jesus. We need your grace and peace.

A Word Received: I have revealed my testimony throughout the whole of Scripture. Heed my word to you.

Albany Intercessor

2025 02 14

1 Samuel 18:1-4 New King James Version
18 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father’s house anymore. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.
     Jesus, please give us such friendships and covenant relationships.

1 Sam 20 Read the whole of the chapter to see the depth of the relationship Jonathan and Daavid shared.

11 Samuel 20:41-42 New King James Version
41 As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so. 42 Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants, forever.’ ” So he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
     Jesus, please bless us with such friendships.

Proverbs 18:24b New King James Version
24b But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
     Jesus, you have stuck close to us through all our follies and sins.

John 15:13-15 New King James Version
13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
     Jesus, you have made us friends and have loved us by laying down your life for us. Thank you.

Acts 9:17 New King James Version
17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
     Jesus, thank you for the surprising relationships you give us.

A Word Received: I want you to heed my commands so that you can enter into the love and friendship I have for you.

Albany Intercessor