Dear Friends,
This week I have been given a unique opportunity to present the opening prayer for the Army promotion ceremony for our son-in-law. He will soon be deployed to the Middle East. We are proud of him and our daughter for their team spirit to work together to make a successful Army career good for their family. We do ask for your prayers for our daughter and two grandsons who will be missing their dad very much while he is gone.
I am impressed with the gifts of the Spirit listed in Isaiah 11:2-3. These are important resources for any person given leadership responsibility. Therefore my prayer of blessing will be something like this.
Divine Giver of all good gifts. We ask you bestow the leadership gifts of your Spirit.
With a promotion comes greater duty and more complex service. As Scott carries out important work may he experience the presence of the Spirit bestowing upon him:
Understanding to grasp the best path to take when tough choices must be made.
Right Judgement to have clarity of moral awareness of right and wrong when temptations come.
Courage to face fear with firmness of mind and unwavering resolve.
Knowledge of what is needed to get the job done when stress and pressure bear upon him.
Wisdom to know what duty requires and how to fulfill that mission with thoughtful decision.
Reverent reliance upon the Almighty God to give him strength greater than his own.
Gratitude for God's guidance affording him this time to serve in noble tasks with a constant desire to honor God's great favor of increased service opportunity.
We honor Scott and Lynn for their example to us all of great team work to achieve this outstanding level of accomplishment in a military career. We pray for them to be continue to enhance each other as their partnership blesses the Army and all the lives they encounter.
In the name of the Eternal and Mighty Father Who Empowers His Servants we pray,
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