Prayer: Stand Down – take time to Refresh & Renew (R&R). #R&R #StandDown
https://bible.com/bible/114/luk.5.16.NKJV
MORNING WATCH NOTES:
The Lord is calling me to temporarily step away from my post as a prayer sentry.
For many years I have come daily to my Morning Watch post, to read God’s word, to consider His ways and his message. Then to write, to journal my thoughts and to pray in earnest for the many souls in my books of prayer.
“My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” – Psalms 45:1 NKJV
Although I struggle to set aside the duty of my post, the Lord reminds me that he himself had to take times away from the crowds to find refreshment. “But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.”–Luke 5:15-16 . This is not the first time the Lord has led me in such a way.
When I served in Vietnam it was required that every soldier take a time of respite. So a short leave from the rigors of battle was not just granted but required. The purpose was to refresh and renew.
So for the next month or so I will take this sabbatical time to seek the Father, to refresh my soul in Him who loves me and to find renewal for my sometimes weary heart.
I will not quit praying for my family, my friends and my country. I’m just temporarily stepping away from the regimens I normally follow.
The Prayer Sentry 
***A Sweet Friendship Refreshes the Soul ********************************************************************************************* I sent an email to the email address I have for Dianne and I hope Dianne and you both receive it. It is an ema
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******************Isaiah 40:28-31
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary… but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Bro Roger and Dianne, The Lord bless you and watch over you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you and give you peace and rest. Jesus, our Good Shepherd is right there beside you and He promises always to lead and guide you and He gives you rest. We all need times of rest; to just Under His wings we are safely abiding, resting in Jesus and waiting for Him, O what sweet communion to come away with our Lord.
You have so many of us praying for you, lifting you up to Heavenly Father. We love you!
Praying for you, Deanne
*Mark 1:35-37 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for Him, and when they found Him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for You!” *Mark 6:45-46 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd. After leaving them, He went up on a mountainside to pray. *Luke 5:15-16 Yet the news about Jesus spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. *Luke 6:12 One of those days Jesus went out into the hills to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
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I truly understand, Roger, but please know that you will be missed on here! I will be praying for your renewal, as well…
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Thanks Sandy
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Thanks Sandy.
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