2024 10 17

Missa Luba 1965: Kyrie (B1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToNb-02n3KY

Missa Luba 1965: Gloria (B2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4jeTWheAxA

Missa Luba 1965: Credo (B3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_rC9O6BYeI

Missa Luba 1965: Sanctus (B4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIxEPYkXkU8

Missa Luba 1965: Benedictus (B5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHiAC915HwM

Missa Luba 1965: Agnus Dei (B6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKT2ZOA5NY

1 Samuel 12:23 New King James Version
23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way.
     Holy Spirit, however the election turns out, help us continue to pray for our leaders and for this nation.
     Please bless the prayer table today.

1 Samuel 13:8-14 New King James Version
8 Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 So Saul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering. 10 Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. 11 And Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash, 12 then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord.’ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.” 13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
     Jesus, please raise up for us a ruler who will wait on you and inquire of your what to do. Keep our rulers from the impetuous choice of Saul that led to disaster.

1 Peter 2:17 New King James Version
17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
     Father, however this election turns out, help us honor the one elected President.

A Word Received: Look to me for guidance in how you vote.

Albany Intercessor

2024 10 16

LONDONDERRY AIR-I CANNOT TELL WHY HE, WHOM ANGELS WORSHIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62wk5KvI7-w

Nearer, My God, to Thee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwLl5nY5WPI

In Christ Alone (Official Lyric Video) - Keith & Kristyn Getty, Alison Krauss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16KYvfIc2bE

Blessed Assurance THIRD DAY with lyric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IUMTJoH-PQ

Milton's Sonnet on His Blindness
When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest he returning chide,
"Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts: who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed
And post o'er land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait."
     Jesus, please help me be faithful in using the light you have given me. Help me reflect on how I am using the light you give me. Help me pray as you call me to. Help me accept the times of waiting on you and cease from restlessness.

A Word Received: I Am the light of the world. Look for my light.

Albany Intercessor

2024 10 15

Antonio Vivaldi - Winter (Full) - The Four Seasons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZCfydWF48c
     "Now is the winter of our discontent." (Richard III, Wm. Shakespeare) LORD, this is a time of discontent that we are facing where people are unwilling to accept the results of democratic voting. Have mercy on us and bring peace to our land.

How easy it is
for me to live with you, Lord.
How easy it is to believe in you
when my mind reels from not understanding,
or when my mind weakens--
when the most intelligent people cannot think
beyond the evening and do not know
what must be done tomorrow.
You convey to me the
lucid assurance that you exist,
that you will see to it that not all paths
toward good will be closed.
At the peak of earthly renown
I look back with amazement at
that road which by no stretch of the imagination
I could have devised--
A remarkable road through despair
which has led me here
where I too have been able
to send mankind
reflections of your rays--
As for what I
won't have time or ability for--
This means that you have
reserved it for others.
     Prayer
     Alexander Solzhenitsyn

A Word Received: Look to me for peace. I give peace, not as the world gives, but as I give. Accept my peace into your hearts.

Albany Intercessor

2024 10 14

CityAlight - There is One Gospel (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmBcTrDu4O4

Psalm 46:10 New King James Version
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
     Jesus, help me be still in my heart and mind before you.

Numbers 6:25-26 New King James Version
25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.” ’
     Lord, you have your eye upon me; thank you.

John 14:27 New King James Version
27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
     Jesus, help me daily enter into and abide in your peace.

Jude 3 New King James Version
3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
     Holy Spirit, help me daily contend earnestly for the faith that was delivered to us at the beginning.

A Word Received: Listen to me; I Am speaking to your heart. I will guide you day by day.

Albany Intercessor

2024 10 13

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus (Tune: Hyfrydol - 4vv) [with lyrics for congregations]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJDWFYIkBns

I Am The Bread of Life | Suzanne Toolan with Lyrics | Catholic Hymn Song | Sunday 7pm Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvD0XJzOWQ4

"Praise To The Lord, The Almighty" -150 Voice Mass Choir for Classic Hymns album "Ancient of Days"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpyfbqR5Os

Eye Has Not Seen - Marty Haugen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRyOS0nZr7s

Amos 5:6-7 New King James Version
6 Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
7 You who turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
     Holy Spirit, help us seek the LORD in this time of political turmoil, lest He break out and consume us.

Psalm 90:1-2 New King James Version
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
     LORD, you are from everlasting; come and aid us in this time of confusion.

Hebrews 3:4 New King James Version
4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.
     Father, build us up so that we might be your fruitful people.

Mark 10:17-22 New King James Version
17 Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” 18 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ” 20 And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” 21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” 22 But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
     Jesus, please help us give up what we cannot keep in order to gain you and the kingdom of heaven.

A Word Received: Look to me for safety in the storm.

Albany Intercessor

2024 10 12

Harry & Hermione Dance to Forget Their Worries | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsfZiZwhw68
     When we are overwhelmed and distraught, help us bring comfort to one another.

Jesus, remember me | Taizé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjLZKRa3c98
     Jesus, remember me.

For All the Saints - LSB 677 (Te Deum Conference - 2015 MI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwE6HGXKxzg
     "Therefore with angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven," let me join in the chorus of praise to our God.

Scotland the Brave & Amazing Grace (André Rieu live in Bahrain)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oUZF8p20pk
     Jesus, thank you for finding me when I was lost.

Acts 7:2-7 New King James Version
2 And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7 ‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’
     Father, you formed and shaped your people by those years in Egypt and by the Exodus. Your ways are best, even if they take a long time. I trust you are bringing about a new Exodus foryour people from slavery to political correctness. As Pippin in "The Fellowship of the Ring" said, "Short cuts make long delays."

A Word Received: Accept the path I have marked out for you.

Albany Intercessor

2024 10 11

Genesis 12:1-9 New King James Version
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. 9 So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
     I must step out in faith and trust before the LORD will show me where I am going.

Psalm 37:3-6 New King James Version
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.
     Jesus, faith and trust are a gift from you; help me exercise them daily.

From Peter Shoew, Intercessor:
Abba, "for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God":
So very grateful that "You have called us and we are Yours."

From Dave McLaughlin, Intercessor:
We are blessed by the love of our Father

A Word Received: I Am a Father to the fatherless and a hope to the weary.

Albany Intercessor