Sept.13: Light For The Day - "Teach Us To Pray"

"September 11, 2001 will be remembered as the most 
devastating attack ever on America soil. 
PLEASE REMEMBER TO TAKE TIME TO PRAY TODAY.
Pray for the victims that are still alive and trapped under 
tons of rubble. Pray for the families that lost fathers, 
mothers,sons and daughters. Pray that justice be brought 
on those that caused this disaster and maybe most importantly 
of all,pray for the salvation of those behind this attack.(botcw)"
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Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of 
prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and 
always keep on praying for all the saints."
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O Saviour of the world, teach us how to pray for those 
who are lost in desolations of darkness without the 
knowledge of the mercy that is Yourself. We remember 
the innocent victims of war and all the agony they suffer, 
those who are sunk in the wretchedness of sin and can 
find no deliverance, those in despair, those beset by 
temptation, those who are greatly afraid, those who have 
been overwhelmed by torment of mind or body.
Save us from the cowardice that would turn away from
the thought of these things, from the indifference 
that would pass them by. Give us penitence for the 
evil in ourselves which has added to the darkness of 
the world, and if there be any small thing we can do to 
lighten any misery, show us what it is and help us to 
do it. 

Teach us how to pray with the compassion which is not 
afraid to suffer with those who suffer and, if need be, 
to enter into darkness with them.

O Everlasting Mercy, who once in time came from the 
height of heaven down to the depth of our need, 
come again in power to forgive us and renew us and set 
us on fire, that through the labours and prayers of 
broken-hearted sinners your mercy banish the darkness 
and bring new life upon the earth.

-- Gregory Of Nazianzus

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-- Luke 21 (NIV)
"33 Heaven and earth will pass away, 
but my words will never pass away.
34 "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down 
with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, 
and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.
35 For it will come upon all those who live on the face 
of the whole earth.
36 Be always on the WATCH, and PRAY that you may
be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you 
may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

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Read more on Bible-Tribulation:
Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, 1Thessalonians 5, .....