Pray for Ralph Rutledge
We need to pray for Ralph Rutledge. We need to craft that prayer with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We need to pray the Word of God for Ralph Rutledge.
We will remember that God chose Nathan - a prophet - to confront David when he was in sexual sin and deadly cover-up games. God's love for David lead to confrontation.
We also remember that Jesus brought issues out in the open. Pharisees avoided open debate and retreat to violence - "Kill him." Jesus loved with tough love.
God loves Ralph Rutledge enough to confront him, to expose his sin, to discipline him. May God the Father discipline the son He loves as it says in Hebrews 12:5 and following.
God is always ready to restore. He is the God of the fresh start. A broken and a contrite heart he will not despise. So let us lovingly pray that God will do whatever it takes to bring an open, humble and contrite heart.
I will suggest three different prayers. You choose one that is appropriate to you based on your knowledge and experience of Ralph and the discernment of the Holy Spirit.
Together let us pray:
1. "God, our loving Father, Holy One, please let your love, your fire, a spirit of godly repentance fall on Ralph so that he may enter your presence with holy hands and a clean heart."
2. "Father God, do whatever it takes to break through to Ralph. Do whatever it takes to make him willing to break open in confession and contrition. Speak love and truth by your Spirit to his inner being. May healing come to his heart and spirit and the strongholds of evil and sin be broken, so that there is rejoicing in Zion and the captives may be set free."
3. "Father, deliver us from evil. Stop this man from messing with the Bride of Christ. Do whatever you have to do to deliver us from this man's abuse. Do whatever you have to do to stop these offenses against your little ones, your little children. Let there be a peace bond from heaven. Intervene now and deliver us from evil."
Related Posts: The Ralph Rutledge Queensway Scandal and Demons in the Sanctuary - a novel.
Labels: crafted prayer, Rev. Ralph Rutledge, Rutledge scandal
posted by George C. Hartwell @ Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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5 Comments:
Incredible.
My question is why now and why in a public forum?
(We were at Queensway from 1982 to 2002)
regards
Rev
Why don't we clarify what has happened over the years. Once that is on the table then it should be clear 'why now'.
One source says that there is a "string of devastated young men all across the country."
If that is so, then now is the time to confront and expose the abuser and also to bring healing to the wounded.
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