Dear Ones,
Hope you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend! Today I plan to bake and clean and walk on the Paul Bunyan Trail. So wonderful to have our A.C. working now and we don’t take it for granted. 
Devotions from Judy’s heart
We live in turbulent and uncertain times, and it is often hard to know how to pray. So much confusion and conflict in our world and we find ourselves seeking the peace of the Lord to navigate through it all. He is in charge. Sometimes prayers are written online to help us pray with faith and in unison with others. Recently I read on Crooswalk.com prayers by Cally Logan who is an author and teacher, and I chose a couple short prayers she wrote for the church and on for our country to share with you.

  “Lord God,
     We pray for the Church during this time. Lord, the Church is not just a building to be visited on Sundays, it is the Body of Believers You came to this earth to save. We pray for the Church to come together and work together in unison to be a vessel of Your Light in this dark World. May we be driven to come before You humbly for direction, guidance, and wisdom in how to navigate these times, but also how we may be the difference during this time. May we be used to encourage, uplift, and bless those around us and may we ever be pointing others to You. As You said, “As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world.”  May the difference in who we are be You, Lord. Please pour out Your Spirit among Your children and lead us in how to be in the world, but not of it.

In Jesus Name, Amen.”

 Let us also pray for our nation and its leaders.
 “Lord God,
     Our leaders in this nation need our prayers. Whether we voted for them or not, and whether we agree with them on every issue or not, they are still Your creation and they have been given a seat in leadership for a reason. Father, we pray for their souls individually. May they be transformed by the working of the Holy Spirit and Lord may they use their positions for Your glory. We pray for wisdom for each of them as they navigate from day to day, we pray for discernment of what is right and what is wrong, and Lord we pray that their hearts would come to know You so intimately that they are like David, men and women after Your own heart. Lord, we pray for them in this age, and we pray for the leaders to come. We know no matter who sits in Oval Offices, Congress, or Governor’s Chairs, ultimately You Lord are Sovereign, and Father we pray those in such seats will seek Your face today and in the days to come.

          In Jesus Name, Amen.”

Challenge for today:  Pray in faith and humility for the Church and our nation!
Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy