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Heaven’s Perspective on the Death of the Godly

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Heaven’s Perspective on the Death of the Godly

Focus: Protection • Peace • Preservation • Healing

Isaiah 57:1–2 (KJV)
“The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart… that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.”

Monday – Thanksgiving for God’s Protection

Leader: Deacon Anthony Morgan

Scriptures

  • Isaiah 57:1–2 – God protects the righteous from coming evil

  • Psalm 121:7–8 – The Lord preserves our soul and our way

  • Psalm 116:15 – Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints

Prayer Points

  • Thank You, Father, for Your mercy that shields the righteous from unseen evil.

  • Thank You, Lord, for Your divine protection over our lives and our loved ones.

  • We praise You that nothing touches us outside of Your sovereign care.

Tuesday – Living Righteously & Comfort for the Grieving

Leader: Cassandra Cash-Garrett

Scriptures

  • Psalm 37:37 – The end of the upright is peace

  • Revelation 14:13 – Blessed are those who die in the Lord

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 – We grieve with hope, not despair

Prayer Points

Grace to Live Righteously

  • Lord, help us to walk uprightly before You in a way that pleases You.

  • Align our lives with Your will so that our end is marked by peace.

Comfort for the Grieving

  • Comfort all who are mourning the loss of loved ones.

  • Help them understand that You sometimes call the righteous home to spare them from coming evil.

  • Release peace, assurance, and hope to every grieving heart.

Wednesday – Discernment of God’s Timing

Leader: Pastor Brian Cash

Scriptures

  • 2 Timothy 4:7–8 – Finishing the race and receiving the crown

  • Proverbs 14:32 – The righteous have hope in death

Prayer Points

  • Lord, give us wisdom to trust Your timing in every matter of life, death, promotion, and transition.

  • Help us rest in the assurance that You order our days.

  • Strengthen our faith to believe that Your timing is purposeful and perfect.

Thursday – Valuing the Righteous Among Us

Leader: Gene Houston

Scriptures

  • Psalm 12:1 – The godly are disappearing from the earth

  • Proverbs 10:2 – Righteousness delivers from death

Prayer Points

  • Lord, teach us to honor, appreciate, and learn from the righteous You place around us.

  • Help us not to take godly people for granted while they are still with us.

  • Give us hearts that value integrity, holiness, and faithfulness.

Friday – Healing, Strength & Divine Preservation (Healing Friday)

Leader: Elder Carrie

Scriptures

  • Psalm 121:7–8 – The Lord preserves our going out and coming in

  • Proverbs 14:32 – The righteous have hope even in death

  • Jeremiah 30:17 – God restores health and heals wounds

Prayer Points

Healing Friday – Restoration & Wholeness

  • Lord, release healing to every area of our lives—body, mind, and spirit.

  • Heal wounds caused by loss, grief, trauma, and unanswered questions.

  • Restore strength to those who are weary, broken, and heavy-hearted.

Strength to Endure Hard Seasons

  • Strengthen our faith when circumstances do not make sense.

  • Root us deeply in Your truth so we are not shaken by what we see.

Protection from Future Evil

  • Hide us and our families from every evil plan of the enemy.

  • Spare us from harm, tragedy, sickness, and destruction.

  • Surround us with Your divine covering, peace, and preservation.

Closing Declaration

“Lord, whether in life or in death, we trust Your wisdom.
You preserve the righteous, comfort the grieving, heal the broken,
and lead Your people into peace.”

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Protect Your Season

August 18, 2024 - by Rev. Brian A. Cash, Pastor

Exodus 1:6-22

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

8 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. 9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. 10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”

11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”

20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.