Psalms from the 2007 Prayer Summit

A Psalm summarizing God’s thought to me

by Mark Claudson

I have a good king

     what he has and does is enough for me

     what I have and do is enough for him

It does no good to compare myself to men

     for all men both young and old are desperate – feeling insecure and unvalued

 

My goal for this season was direction for the next, but no direction was given because worship and prayer are not a means to serving Christ, they are my connection with Christ.

 

Oh wretched man that I am who will save me from my idol of accomplishment?

     God – for he is equally concerned with his worker as with his work.

 

Do you hear his voice, or is mine to loud?

     What do you his servants expect? Are you not a servant?

     What do you his children expect? You are his children.

     What Qualities do you possess? What is your character?

     You’re going to take some hits – You’re going to be wounded.

          But he who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.

 

So remember – God is a good king – He is enough for me, and I am enough for him.

 

My Psalm

by Denny Holbert

O Lord, you are majestic, good and loving

You are my Prophet, my High Priest and my King

I praise you for loving me, protecting me and leading me

 

Your sheep hear your voice and they follow you

Your voice, O Lord, is more powerful than the rush of many waters

Your voice do I seek in the morning

Your voice will I seek all day long

 

I will abide under the counsel of your voice

In your ways will I walk all the days of my life

 

The Warrior’s Hymn

by Brad

I look around at ordinary men,

Warriors of the Lord Most High,

Champions of His love and grace

 

These extraordinary men

Are warriors of light against the darkness,

Champions on the front lines against a terrible foe,

 

They lead a host of ordinary people

Rescued by the ultimate Warrior

Who leads in victory, though the battle is fierce

 

These great men risk life and limb,

On the battlefield they risk all to save some

They go forth in force, they are scattered across the

Fields advancing on the darkness

 

The battle is fierce, the enemy has no mercy

He targets the commanders to make them fall

For he knows they will gladly fall for the One they serve,

He knows there is no holding ground on warriors of light.

 

I see servants of the Most High God

In much afflictions, endurance, hardship and distresses

Some are afflicted but not crushed,

         Perplexed but not despairing,

         Struck down but not destroyed,

 

Because out of the mud and mire of the battlefield

The Ultimate Warrior is the lifter of their heads

And out of the ashes of apparent defeat

Warrior after warrior rises again,

A warrior and champion of light because of the power of His might

 

I listen to these champions of grace sing to

Their champion with power and gratitude

And I watch amazed at these soldiers of light

Who give hope to all who see their might.

 

These men are like watching a host of witnesses

Around the throne of their King,

Laying down their crowns, offering their tribute, to the King of Kings

 

These warriors are a cloud of witnesses before their time

Of whom those who follow will speak of their might

Years from now, when the battle shifts and flows

Stories will be told of these warriors I behold.