Ronald F. Avery
P.S.
I pray therefore that the knowledge of the laws and fundamentals of liberty,
that once filled this land, be labored for once again, and that once
understood, that God grant us the power to restore the same. Is it not
clear that without knowledge we do not have authority to establish liberty.
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>ADDITIONAL LEADERS TO PRAY FOR THIS WEEK:
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>National Security Advisor: Condoleezza Rice
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>Secretary of State: Colin Powell
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>PRESIDENTIAL QUOTE:
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To: ronavery@ev1.net
Date: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:01 PM
Subject: PRAYER FOCUS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25
>This week, we'll be focusing on First Lady Laura Bush and her concern for
>the women and children of Afghanistan and the world. While giving thanks
>last week to God for the blessings He has bestowed upon our nation, let us
>also thank Him for the new freedom that has come to the women and children
>in Afghanistan. Pray with the First Lady that no further brutality will
>be exercised by the Taliban and that the Afghan government will be rebuilt
>to uphold the essential liberties every human should enjoy. Pray for Mrs.
>Bush this week as she fulfills her important roles as the First Lady, the
>mother of her children and the wife of the President.
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>"I have sometimes been ready to think that the passion for Liberty cannot
>be equally strong in the breasts of those who have been accustomed to
>deprive their fellow creatures of theirs. Of this I am certain that it is
>not founded upon that generous and Christian principal of doing to others
>as we would that others should do unto us. I long to hear that you have
>declared an independancy--and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I
>suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would remember
>the ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your
>ancestors."
>--Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, mother of John Quincy Adams
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>--Thomas Jefferson
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>"We must pray literally without ceasing-without ceasing; in every
>occurrence and employment of our lives. You know I mean that prayer of
>the heart which is independent of place or situation, or which is, rather,
>a habit of lifting up the heart to God, as in a constant communication
>with Him."
>--Elizabeth Ann Seton
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>"The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the
>righteous."
>--The Bible, Proverbs 15:29 (NIV).
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>O God, rouse us from our routine slumber. Teach us to number our days. To
>confess our sin and once again recognize our dependence on You. Teach us
>to eschew our complacency and apathy, and to rethink our false sense of
>national security. Teach us to repent of values we have come to confess as
>a nation that violate Your holiness and mock Your gifts of grace. O Lord,
>as we admit our vulnerability this day, be with those whose grief and loss
>is greater than they can say. We pray that You would guide our President
>and leaders, that You would purge our sin and protect our land. Father God,
>please stand by Mother Liberty, so that the torch she holds forth will
>continue to flame with the promise of freedom and hope. May she illuminate
>our feet as we attempt to walk in Your ways to a place where once again
>the phrase on our money actually describes the ways and the means of our
>lives.
>"In God We Trust" Amen.
>--Reverend Greg Asimakoupoulos
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