Prayers

Father God I send my prayers out to those that need prayer. That would be everyone.  Lord this is a prayer for equipping. Equip us with the right protection, the ability to become shrewd when necessary and assertive when we need to be.  God you are our fighting coach. Whatever battle we are in, lead us in equipped so that we are able to come out victorious. I thank God that I have everything that I need to help overcome enemies and obstacles along the way.

Psalm 18:25-50 (The Message)

 ^25-27 The good people taste your goodness,
   The whole people taste your health,
   The true people taste your truth,
   The bad ones can't figure you out.
   You take the side of the down-and-out,
   But the stuck-up you take down a peg.

 ^28-29 Suddenly, God, you floodlight my life;
      I'm blazing with glory, God's glory!
   I smash the bands of marauders,
      I vault the highest fences.

 ³⁰ What a God! His road
      stretches straight and smooth.
   Every God-direction is road-tested.
      Everyone who runs toward him
   Makes it.

 ^31-42 Is there any god like God?
      Are we not at bedrock?
   Is not this the God who armed me,
      then aimed me in the right direction?
   Now I run like a deer;
      I'm king of the mountain.
   He shows me how to fight;
      I can bend a bronze bow!
   You protect me with salvation-armor;
      you hold me up with a firm hand,
      caress me with your gentle ways.
   You cleared the ground under me
      so my footing was firm.
   When I chased my enemies I caught them;
      I didn't let go till they were dead men.
   I nailed them; they were down for good;
      then I walked all over them.
   You armed me well for this fight,
      you smashed the upstarts.
   You made my enemies turn tail,
      and I wiped out the haters.
   They cried "uncle"
      but Uncle didn't come;
   They yelled for God
      and got no for an answer.
   I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind.
      I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter.

 ^43-45 You rescued me from a squabbling people;
      you made me a leader of nations.
   People I'd never heard of served me;
      the moment they got wind of me they listened.
   The foreign devils gave up; they came
      on their bellies, crawling from their hideouts.

 ^46-48 Live, God! Blessings from my Rock,
      my free and freeing God, towering!
   This God set things right for me
      and shut up the people who talked back.
   He rescued me from enemy anger,
      he pulled me from the grip of upstarts,
   He saved me from the bullies.

 ^49-50 That's why I'm thanking you, God,
      all over the world.
   That's why I'm singing songs
      that rhyme your name.
   God's king takes the trophy;
      God's chosen is beloved.
   I mean David and all his children—
      always.

Psalm 18:25-50 (New International Version)

 ²⁵ To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
       to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
 ²⁶ to the pure you show yourself pure,
       but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
 ²⁷ You save the humble
       but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
 ²⁸ You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning;
       my God turns my darkness into light.
 ²⁹ With your help I can advance against a troop ^[a] ;
       with my God I can scale a wall.
 ³⁰ As for God, his way is perfect;
       the word of the LORD is flawless.
       He is a shield
       for all who take refuge in him.
 ³¹ For who is God besides the LORD ?
       And who is the Rock except our God?
 ³² It is God who arms me with strength
       and makes my way perfect.
 ³³ He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
       he enables me to stand on the heights.
 ³⁴ He trains my hands for battle;
       my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
 ³⁵ You give me your shield of victory,
       and your right hand sustains me;
       you stoop down to make me great.
 ³⁶ You broaden the path beneath me,
       so that my ankles do not turn.
 ³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
       I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
 ³⁸ I crushed them so that they could not rise;
       they fell beneath my feet.
 ³⁹ You armed me with strength for battle;
       you made my adversaries bow at my feet.
 ⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
       and I destroyed my foes.
 ⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
       to the LORD, but he did not answer.
 ⁴² I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind;
       I poured them out like mud in the streets.
 ⁴³ You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
       you have made me the head of nations;
       people I did not know are subject to me.
 ⁴⁴ As soon as they hear me, they obey me;
       foreigners cringe before me.
 ⁴⁵ They all lose heart;
       they come trembling from their strongholds.
 ⁴⁶ The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!
       Exalted be God my Savior!
 ⁴⁷ He is the God who avenges me,
       who subdues nations under me,
 ⁴⁸ who saves me from my enemies.
       You exalted me above my foes;
       from violent men you rescued me.
 ⁴⁹ Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD;
       I will sing praises to your name.
 ⁵⁰ He gives his king great victories;
       he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
       to David and his descendants forever.

I trust God to  equip me with the strength I need to make it. I know my dad is going to be fine. He's in the hospital now and that's where he needs to be. I am encouraged that he is getting the help he needs.