8/31 - Brad Brinson

August 31 ( 8 : 31 )

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"If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31

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For Brad Brinson pastor of Two Rivers Church Knoxville, TN born 08/31/1957

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Lord Jesus, I lift up Brad to You as he seeks to pastor a rapidly growing church in East Tennessee. Let him not grow weary of doing what is good, and may he establish boundries that allow him to guard his time with his wife and children, despite the needs of his growing congregation. Let him always be able to delegate and use the gifts of the body to meet both the needs of the church and those outside the walls. Give him clear vision and never let him rest on his laurels for more than a day or two. Allow him, if it is Your will, a glimpse of some of the eternal fruits of his labors. May he always be open to the true movements of Your Spirit, and may he quickly recognize them. Happy 50ths Brad, God is with you, who can be against?

8/30 - Warren Buffett

August 30 ( 8 : 30 )
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"Hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people"
1 Kings 8:30
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For Warren Buffett born 08/30/1930
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Father God, Your word says to whom much is given, much is required and You have given much to Warren. I pray that he will see even beyond the 30 billion he has given away as there is more that you require of him. Speak to his heart, and reveal to him that more than riches, more than sacrifce , you want his heart, his mind, and his soul. I thank You Lord in adavance for the continued great work that you will do through Warren and his redemption.

8/29 - Michael Jackson

August 29 ( 8 : 29 )
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"The One who sent Me is with Me, He has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him"
John 8:29
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For Michael Jackson born 08/29/1958
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Father God, Michael is desperately seeking the childhood he was never allowed to have. He is also longing for the approval of all those around him. He loves to be loved, and it devestates him to think there are those who disapprove of him. Father, I pray that You will speak directly to Michael's heart, give him a deep understanding of Your vast love for him, a love that never fades despite his failings. Help him keep a childlike heart and let him call you Abba Father. But also give him wisdom to create earthly boundries that will keep him from ever again venturing into what would even appear to be unrighteous behaviors.

8/28 - Shania Twain

August 28 ( 8 : 26)
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"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose"
Romans 8:26
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For Shania Twain born 08/28/1965
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Shania, when I read this scripture and prayed for you, the word "purpose" really jumped out at me. I sense that you have been searching for what God's purposes are for your life. He wants you to know that you are just as much in His will and His purposes when you are reading to your child as you are when you are in a church, even more so. Know that He has given you your ability to sing and has given you the opportunity to use His giftings to develop a large sphere of influence. It is His plan that you use that influence to further His Kingdom, one child, one song, one purpose at a time.

8/27 - Paul Reubens

August 27 ( 8 : 27 )


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"And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will"
Romans 8:27
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For Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens born 08/27/1952
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Father God, I pray for Paul, a man with such incredible energy and enthusiasm who was brought low by his public sins. I pray Father, that You send Your Spirit to comfort Paul and to whisper to him his infinate worth to You. I pray he accepts the intercession of Your Spirit and welcomes Your blessings. Man is slow to forgive, but Your mercies are new every day. I pray that You create an opportunity for public redemption for Paul, and that he takes that opportunity and pursues Your righteousness.

8/26 - Macaulay Culkin

August 26 ( 8 : 26 )
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"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express"
Romans 8:26
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For Macaulay Culkin born 08/26/1980
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Macaulay, the Lord knows your innermost longings and the desires of your heart. He also knows your struggles that you keep hidden and wants to bring peace into all those circumstances. He has sent His Spirit to help us even to pray for our needs. Get to know His Spirit, become intimately aware of His charactaristics, for in knowing Him, and inviting Him in, you benefit from all the fruits of the Spirit, including the joy and the peace you have been starving for.

8/25 - Tim Burton

August 25 ( 8 : 25 )
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"Once again Jesus put His hands on the man's eyes Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly"

Mark 8:25

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For Tim Burton born 08/25/1958

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Tim, this scripture tells the second half of the story where Christ partially heals a man's blindness, then fully restores his sight. I feel that you may be in that in between stage, where you have a concept of greater things, but they are coming across as vague images. The Lord wants to bring things into complete focus for you, He wants to reveal great mysteries, show you miraculous signs and wonders. All you have to do is ask Him. Lord I see vaguely now, restore my sight!

8/24 - Cal Ripken Jr.

August 24 ( 8 : 24 )
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"For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no longer hope at all
Romans 8:24
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For Cal Ripken Jr. born 08/24/1961
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Cal, your career has been a model of one who is reliable and trustworthy, a model of consistency. Know that your Father God is even more trustworthy, more reliable. His ways are higher than our ways and we can put our hope in Him, though we have not seen Him. And in this hope we are saved, In this hope our salvation is made real.

8/23 - Kobe Bryant

August 23 ( 8 : 23 )
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"Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed"
Psalm 82:3
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For Kobe Bryant born 08/23/1978
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Kobe, the Lord has been calling you, whispering to you in the secret places. He is calling you out to a greater purpose. You have felt uncomfortable everytime you ignore Him and know the time is coming for you submit yourself fully to the plans and purposes of your Creator. He is calling you to live out this scripture through the power of His Holy Spirit. In your service to Him, you will truly be free.

8/22 - BIll McCartney

August 22 ( 8 : 22 )
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"The Lord brought me forth as the first of His works, before His deeds of old"
Proverbs 8:22
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For Promise Keepers founder Bill McCartney born 08/22/1940
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Bill, the Lord had your days and your paths laid out long before He spoke light over the universe. May you rest in the promise that He has made over you that He wants the work of your hand to prosper. The Lord has placed in you a passion for men returning to their families, the hearts of fathers returning to their children and wives. May the Lord allow you to avoid the slings and arrows of the enemy who would like nothing better than to disrupt any movement that keeps families strong and focused on the Lord. Be blessed and keep your promises.

8/21 - Sergey Brin

August 21 ( 8 : 21 )
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"For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men"
2 Corinthians 8:21
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For Google cofounder Sergey Brin born 08/21/1973
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Father, You have blessed Sergey with a great mathmatical mind that allowed him to acquire an immense fortune in a relatively short period of time. To whom You give much, You require much from. I know You have allowed Sergey this wealth for Your purposes. I pray Father, that through Your Holy Spirit, he will seek to honor You and to do what is right in Your eyes and in doing so will do what is right in the eyes of men, by feeding the least of Your children. Allow him to use his newly found influence to make straight the paths for You Lord.

8/20 - Fred Durst

August 20 ( 8 : 20 )
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"I walk in the ways of rightesouness, along the paths of justice"
Proverbs 8:20
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For Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst born 08/20/1970
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Fred, the Lord is calling you to a life that is more than self indulgence. Your fruitless searches for peace and satisfaction can only truly be satisfied in Him. The paths of justice, and the ways of righteousness are calling. I pray that you will allow yourself to be touched by the hand of God, to allow the feelings of emptiness and sorrow to be washed away in the waves of His mercy. Give in to His Spirit.

8/19 - Bill Clinton

August 19 ( 8 : 19 )
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"The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed"
Romans 8:19
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For William Jefferson Clinton born 08/19/1946

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Father God, I pray for Bill as he still seeks the approval of man, and to solidify his legacy. Father I pray that eyes of his heart will be opened by the power of Your Spirit, so he may see things through Your eternal perspective. May he begin to seek a new legacy, that which You have called him to. A legacy that brings the sons of God out of the wilderness, speaks hope into this world, not based on the works of man, but by Your mighty hand, and through Your lovingkindnesses.

8/18 - Bob Woodruff

August 18 ( 8 : 18 )
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"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us"
Romans 8:18
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For Bob Woodruff born 08/18/1961
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Bob, you have known suffering, both physical and spiritual. Your phyiscal suffering has come very publicly with your injuries sustained in Iraq that left you in a medically induced coma for weeks. You have also stuggled with feeling abandoned by God and suffered through a spiritual coma for some time. But just as you are recovering physically, you have had an awakening spiritually as well. The Lord wants to fully restore you in both arenas, He wants to bless your house and cover you with His love.

8/17 - Sean Penn

August 17 ( 8 :17 )


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"then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it"

Ecclesiastes 8:17

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For Sean Penn born 08/17/1960

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Sean, you are a man who is passionate about the issues of the day. You sometimes struggle to understand why things happen the way they do. Like many of us, you seek to find someone to blame for it all, when in fact, it is just the perils and ramifications for living in an imperfect world filled with humans who all have personal agendas. I pray that many of these mysteries be revealed to you by His Spirit. I pray that you will be filled with not only understanding, but compassion for those, not only who you feel are being wronged, but also compassion for those who you would want to hold responsible. I pray for His Spirit to pour upon you patience, peace, and love in incredible portions and that the living water of His Truth shall flow freely from your life.

8/16 - Madonna

August 16 ( 8 : 16 )
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"The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children"

Romans 8:16

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For Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie born 08/16/1958

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Father, most of us have the benefit of being able to seek you in private, without fanfare or judgment. Madonna has not been afforded this privilege by the media. I pray, though, that You speak to her in the quiet. I pray she finds You in unexpected places, hearing Your voice, and seeing Your plan in action. May Your voice be known to all who dwell in her house, and the Spirit may testify that they belong to You

8/15 - Ben Affleck

August 15 ( 8 : 15 )

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"For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry Abba Father"
Romans 8:15
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For Ben Affleck born 08/15/1972
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Ben, the Lord has a great adventure in store for you if you are willing to cast aside any fears or trepidation that would hold you back. The Spirit wants to guide you in this endevour and speak His truths to the depths of your heart. His word shall so permeate your being, that you will not be able to seperate your thoughts from God's. And when you are in this place, amazing things will take place that will further God's kingdom in far greater ways that acting could ever do.

8/14 - Steve Martin

August 14 ( 8 : 14 )
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"because those led by the Spirit of God, are sons of God"
Romans 8:14
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For Steve Martin born 08/14/1945
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Father, I pray that You would pour Your Spirit over Steve today. May the fruits of Your Spirit be manifested in his life. May You pour a double portion of kindness upon his heart, not that he isn't kind now, but he would see situations that would call for divine kindness and bring hope to the hopeless. I pray that through these kindnesses, people will see the face of God. I pray Steve will be known as a son of the living God.

8/13 - Fidel Castro

August 13 ( 8 : 13 )
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"The Lord Almighty is the One you are to regard as holy, He is the One you are to fear, He is the One you are to dread"
Isaiah 8:13
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For Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz born 08/13/1926
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Fidel, you have spent your life worshipping at the alter of Communism and the greatness of man. But as your health begins to fail, the Lord is speaking to you in a still small voice, beckoning you to a life that is not temporal, but eternal. He is calling you to recognize the frail and weak nature of man, and confess the Holy and awesome nature of the Lord Almighty. Come home to Him, He deeply desires your company.

8/12 - Matthew Thiessen

August 12 ( 8 : 12 )
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"When Jesus spoke again to the people he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life"
John 8:12
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For Reliant K frontman Matthew Arnold Thiessen born 08/12/1980
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Father God, I pray for Matthew as he uses the talents You have given him to try to draw people closer to the light of the world. Let no man cause him to stumble in his calling with words of doubt, criticism, or even excessive praise. Keep him centered on You, and firmlyrooted in You Word, so that Your calling on his life can be lived out to it's fullest. May he forever follow You and never be in darkness.

8/11 - Hulk Hogan

August 11 ( 8 : 11 )
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"And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you."
Romans 8:11
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For Terrence Gene Bollea a.k.a. Hulk Hogan born 08/11/1953
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Terrence, Your Father God knows of how you were treated as a child, the heartache and pain caused by the abuse have toughened your exterior. You want to be the great protector for your children that you never had. I pray that you will find your efforts to bear much fruit in the lives of your children. I pray that you, yourself will learn to trust your Creator, know that His heart broke as yours did and He felt the suffering as well. He is your Healer, He wants to set you free from the pain if you will trust Him.

8/10 - Antonio Banderas

August 10 ( 8 : 10 )

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"This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength"

Nehemiah 8:10

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For José Antonio Domínguez Banderas born 08/10/1960
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Antonio, the Lord is calling you back to the faith of your fathers. But He does not wish for you to just return out of duty or tradition. He is wooing you back to breathe new life into your family's spiritual life, to fan into flame the embers your ancestors fought to keep alive. He wants you to return with a vigor and a fresh wind of His Spirit.

8/9 - JaMarcus Russell

August 9 ( 8 : 9 )
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"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."
2 Corinthians 8:9
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For JaMarcus Russell born 08/09/1985
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Father God, I thank You for JaMarcus and the way You have blessed him. Your word says it is You who gives us the ability to produce wealth, and You have gifted him in a way to produce great wealth. I pray Father, that he will be faithful in bestowing upon You all the honor due, and that You will place before him great opportunity to further Your kingdom through his blessings. Place in his life, Father God, those who will lead him in paths of wisdom and help him to avoid the snares of fame and wealth that have captured so many before him. Bless him Father far beyond his wildest expectations.

8/8 - Dustin Hoffman

August 8 ( 8 : 8 )
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I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God."
Zechariah 8:8
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For Dustin Hoffman born 08/08/1937
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Dustin, happy 70th birthday! The Lord has great things planned for you in the twilight of your life. Keep yourself strong, both in body and in mind as the tasks He has for you will require both the strength of youth and the wisdom of age. Be alert! For His Spirit wants to whisper to you the things the Creator has planned. Learn His voice so you may follow His calling!

8/7 - Garrison Keillor

August 7 ( 8 : 7 )

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“Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away”
Song of Solomon 8:7
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For Garrison Keillor born 08/07/1942

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Father, I lift up Garrison to You, as man long in the tooth of faith. I pray his walk with You becomes closer and more cherished each day. Reveal Yourself to him in challenging ways, in ways even outside of his deeply -rooted faith. I pray that You will speak words of love to him, and he will eagerly anticipate them and cherish each like a precious pearl

8/6 - M. Night Shyamalan

August 6 ( 8 : 6 )

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“If you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place”

Job 8:6
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For Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan Born 08/06/1970

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Manoj, just as Christ, in His day, spoke in parables so the masses could understand the kingdom of God, your films are filled with allegories that speak to the heart of eternal truths. I thank you for walking faithfully in the gifting God has bestowed upon you. I pray that through His Spirit, you may enter into His inner-chamber and know more deeply His love for you. I pray that you may open the eyes of many hearts to that same love through your

8/5 - Neil Armstrong

August 5 ( 8 : 5 )

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“You have made man a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor”
Psalm 8:5
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For Neil Armstrong born 08/05/1930

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As a man who has been in the heavens, you have seen the glorious work of God’s hand. I pray that the wonder and awe you felt will always be with you. Neil, you have received glory and honor from men for your adventures, but you have seen just a glimpse of His greatness and received a mere taste of the glory and honor He will bestow on you

8/4 - Barack Obama

August 4 ( 8 : 4 )

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"What is man that You are mindful of him? the son of man that You care for him?"

Psalm 8:4

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For Senator Barack Obama born 08/04/1961

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Father, You are mindful of man, despite our status, wealth, or even political philosphies. I pray that Barack, regardless of the results of his presidential candicacy, will also continue to be mindful of men, whether pauper or well-born men. I pray that he will continue to seek justice. But I also pray that he will not just see the church as a tool for social transformations, but as a body of believers who can help him draw into a loving relationship with You. Send Your Spirit upon him, to guide him in ways of righteousness, speak to him and teach him how to speak to You. May he listen and follow Your ways regardless of any political implications.

8/3 - Martha Stewart

August 3 ( 8 : 3 )

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"But the man who loves God is known by God"

1 Corinthians8:3

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For Martha Stewart born 08/03/1941

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Father, You have blessed Martha with a talent for creating beauty and she has parlayed that talent into a successful career. I pray Father that You would continue to bless her in new ways. I pray that there will be new people in her life that will draw her closer to You, that will reveal new aspects of Your love and Your grace to her. You are the God of creation and the Creator of all things beautiful. You long to know Martha better, I pray she takes this opportunity.

8/2 - Dennis Prager

August 2 ( 8 : 2 )

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"Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty year, to humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands"

Deuteronomy 8:2

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For radio talk show host Dennis Prager born 08/02/1948

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Dennis, the Lord would say to you that enduring hardships and keeping your moral bearings in times where taking certain stands can get you ostracized is a testing of whether you will truly keep His commands or just pay lip service to them. I pray Dennis that you would help lead those who would teeter on the brink of selling out their values for political acceptance to stand firm in their convictions, and I pray also that if we can not hold these convictions and still have love and compassion for the least of His children, that we should reevaluate whether these values are based on His commands or a politcal agenda. I pray the peace of Christ to dwell within you.

8/1 - Chuck D

August 1 ( 8 : 1 )
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"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus"
Romans 8:1
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For Carlton Douglas Ridenhour a.ka. Chuck D born 08/01/1960

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Chuck, there is so much work to be done to empower a generation of African American men and you are seeking to use your influence to accomplish that. I pray that your eyes will be opened to see what is truly racism and that which is just an easy excuse for mediocrity. I pray the Lord gives you the wisdom to guide men to excellence and you will soon find that a nation of millions will not be holding you back, but cheering you on. I pray any unresolved anger or pain caused by racism will be healed in the name of our Redeemer Christ Jesus.