MIDWEEK PRAYER

One week ago, at 3 am, I released my "Midweek Prayer" to the internet.  I asked everyone to pray for our children starting back to school.  Six hours later, a crazy shot a gun into a church full of school kids before killing him/herself.  Two children were killed, several wounded as well as three senior citizens.  Pray harder this week.

First a note.  The following is taken from the Book of Psalms in the Bible.  Every kind of lesson you could need is in this book.  It is poetic, positive and assuring.  Find a Bible and try some of it.  Not sure why I picked this one.  

Psalm 14  'The Wickedness of Men'

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God!"  They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things: there is no one who does what is right.  The Lord looks down from heaven at mankind to see if there are any who are wise, any who worship him.  But they have all gone wrong; they are all equally bad.  Not one of them does what is right, not a single one.  "Don't they know?" asks the Lord.  "Are all these evildoers ignorant?  They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me."  But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him.  Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble man, but the Lord is his protection.  How I pray that victory will come to Israel from Zion.  How happy the people of Israel will be when the Lord makes them prosperous again!