2025 08 15

Based on “Praying Hands” by Albrect Dürer.

Matthew 21:22 New King James Version
22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
     Holy Spirit, let our prayers be seasoned with belief.

Luke 1:13 New King James Version
13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
     Jesus, Zacharias had prayed for a long time with no apparent results, yet you did answer him. Please help us persist in prayer as he did.

Acts 1:14 New King James Version
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
     Holy Spirit, help our parish pray in one accord as the disciples did.

Hebrews 5:6-7 New King James Version
6 As He also says in another place:
     “You are a priest forever
     According to the order of Melchizedek”;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
     Father, help us have such a godly fear as we offer up prayers.

James 5:15-16 New King James Version
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. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
     Jesus, please help us pray with righteousness.

1 Peter 3:11-12 New King James Version
11 Let him turn away from evil and do good;
Let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their prayers;
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
     Father, please set us free from evil so that we may seek peace and you hear our prayers.

1 Peter 4:7 New King James Version
7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
     Jesus, please help me be watchful and prayerful.

Revelation 8:3 New King James Version
3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
     LORD, let our prayers ascend to you like incense.

A Word Received: I value your prayers.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 14

A Hymn from the Night Office.

Hymn - Te Lucis Ante - To Thee Before the Close of Day - with word/score - Daniel Roberts | Organist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL1Fwq2SBm8&list=RDrL1Fwq2SBm8&start_radio=1

Job 35:9-13 New King James Version

9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs in the night,
11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’
12 There they cry out, but He does not answer,
Because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not listen to empty talk,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
     LORD, you give me songs in the night and hope for the future. Thank you.

Psalm 77:4-6 New King James Version
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old,
The years of ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night;
I meditate within my heart,
And my spirit makes diligent search.
     Jesus, I sing of my joy in your enduring kindness. Thank you for loving me.

A Word Received: I sang when I created the stars of heaven, and I sing with joy at your love for me.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 13

Deuteronomy 8:3 New King James Version
3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
     LORD, please humble us so that we depend on you and your word to us.

Matthew 4:4 New King James Version
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
     Jesus, please feed us daily with your word.

A Word Received: Look to me with hope when all other hope fails.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 12

Isaiah 49:16 New King James Version
16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
     Jesus, thank you for what you endured for me on the cross.

A Word Received: My pains were for you.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 10

Our God Reigns - 250 Voice Mass Choir for Classic Hymns album titled " Our God Reigns"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y7z3dRrtiU

I Danced In The Morning (Dance Then Wherever)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf93gp-HafA&list=RDBf93gp-HafA&start_radio=1

Matthew 11:16-19 New King James Version

16 “But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, 17 and saying:
     ‘We played the flute for you,
     And you did not dance;
     We mourned to you,
     And you did not lament.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

     Lord Jesus, much of your church has come to expect you to dance to their tune. They have become judges of your word instead of letting your word judge them. Have Mercy on us and lead us out of the valley of death.

A Word Received: Pray for changed hearts and mind in my church.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 09

Jim Reeves - This World is not my home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ndMZqT6i4I&list=RD4ndMZqT6i4I&start_radio=1

Lean on Me Sing-a-long (from 1989 Lean on Me Movie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VmRNr9QbxQ&list=RD8VmRNr9QbxQ&start_radio=1

Proverbs 18:24 New King James Version
24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
     Jesus, thank you for being my friend, for allowing me to be a companion to you.

A Word Received: Come into my presence and worship me.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 06

ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY: Worthy is the Lamb & Amen Chorus from Handel's Messiah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCcGqMHndxo&list=RDvCcGqMHndxo&start_radio=1

Revelation 5:11-14 New King James Version

11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:

“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and ever!”

14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.

     Jesus, you are worthy, for you have carried my sins to the cross. Thank you.

A Word Received: Give me every sin; I can carry them all.

Albany Intercessor