<H3 class="post-title entry-title">The Saga Continues...Let Us Pray! </H3>By Nevin Jefferson

Lord,

Make me instrumental of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is discord, union;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.

Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen

"World Day of Prayer to End Homophobia" is on Sunday, May 29, 2005. Let's make it a part of our daily prayer with all of our prayers coming together nationwide on this day. Break out the rosaries, light candles, then get down on your knees then pray for our enemies and those who wish us harm; and for all whom we have injured or offended. Join in prayer with Faith groups around the globe who'll be praying in observation on "World Day of Prayer to End Homophobia." Organized by Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), the world's largest faith group with a primary, affirming ministry to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender (GLBT) persons.

"Too often homophobia has been rooted in religious intolerance. Discrimination against any of God's children is wrong. Homophobia distorts the spiritual message of God's love for all people. Even with all of our progress over the past three decades, the reality is that millions of people around the globe are harmed by this type of discrimination. Homophobia contributes to higher rates of suicide in GLBT teens, higher rates of GLBT homelessness, lower wages for lesbians, and employment and housing difficulties for GLBT people. It still divides families, and results in hate crimes against GLBT people. Whatever one's spiritual views, we can all agree that discrimination is wrong and that all people are deserving of respect and equality," Reverend Dr. Troy D. Perry, Moderator of the MCC denomination. A past delegate to the White House Conferences on Hate Crimes and AIDS. A good example of this is "Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch Satanic gathering where Man's word is misconstrued as God's words. Ken Hutcherson is the latest member of the Un-Religious Wrong who judge, oppress, and condemn those who aren't like them.

Prayer is powerful and no prayer goes unanswered by God who does indeed answer all prayers.Onward Christian Soldiers! When you armor yourself with prayer, you conquer all of your battles that attack you in your spiritual journey. When you have God for you, nothing and nobody can be against you. There is nothing that man can do to you with God on your side.

Note to the "Doubting Thomas's" ; There is never a reason to doubt God. God is as instant as you are to trust Him. Our mistrust is based on our belief that we are separate and apart from God. We are one with God regardless of any appearance to the contrary. When we remove doubt we are stable in all our undertakings. We walk by faith and not by sight. We do things in divine order when we follow God's will for us, which is always good. This allows us to express all of the goodness God created for us and be blessings to others. Faith in God removes all doubt. We train our faith faculty to see only God; it refuses to allow anything into our minds that we do not want to express in our lives. We will discover our mountain-moving power and we can walk into any situation, knowing that God will see us through it because we are more than conquerors, through our faith in the Christ within. No doubt about it we can depend on God! "But let him ask in faith, with no doubting