The Battle Ready Prayer

Mark Twain" The war prayer" and Williams dean Howell "Editha" both compare their stories to war; they were impelling the characters into something that can cause death. Twain and Howell both contradicted they stories off war that really didn’t take places. The stories were both romanticism. Howells was very much opposed to war and especially the Spanish-American War, which he considered imperialistic. The story impales Editha, who embodies all the nonsense about the heroic romanticism of war and whose false sense of values drives her unfortunate fiancé to a premature death in a questionable war. Howell made it story based off currently everyday situation of manipulative. Twain “War Prayer was devastating indictment of war, and particularly

Father God, I come to you in thankfulness of all you have provided to me. I come to you thankful of your love and wisdom. I ask that you hear my cry and comfort me. Show him how much you love him and direct his steps. Give him a listening ear to hear your voice. I lift Elijah up to you Lord. Help him. I trust in you Lord with my whole heart. I love you so much and I am so thankful for your grace.

Christina let us appreciate, thank, and praise the lord for his kind care over our relatives. Who have gone forth, and sacrificed their lives, for the conservation of our country. I cannot believe the murderous people that have rose up to destroy the best government in this world.

Sameul L. Clemmons,also known as Mark Twain wrote a short story titled, "The War Prayer." In which he talked about a battle soon to be faught, presumably the Spanish/American War. I really liked this essay because of how it relates to today's world and the battles that are faced daily. This short story had a very strong syntax but it was understandable if I payed attention when I read. The imagery was so strong that I could imagine everything that there was a movie playing in my mind. There is such a strong message to be taken from this essay that it is almost too hard to find the words to describe how it affected me. From this essay I have gathered that even though I pray for the self-gain I feel I should be blessed with I am also taking

Thank you all for sharing a part of your lives with me and helping me to grow as a student and minister of the gospel. I wish you all a wonderful and safe happy holiday season to you and your families, love , peace, and joy from my family to all of you as advance forward in your education, careers, and all of your endeavors.

"Each second that you get a chance to breath, communicate, make music, create, help, Love, and do good work for God is a Thankful Moment in time, which is to your credit of for Worship, honor, and Truth in your Faith Walk." ~ Jon Barnes

Thank you for awarding me a scholarship to further my education at Radford University. In addition I appreciate the graduation gifts, cards and words of encouragement as I celebrated graduation from high school. I promise to work hard and use all gifts wisely. And, most importantly I can’t thank you enough for your prayers, opportunities and support given me growing up in Loudon Avenue Christian Church. Love you, Joseph Sparrow

The person that I am most grateful for is my beautiful mother, Yvette Visconte. She is very important to me and I love her with all my heart. I am going to show my mom my gratitude by reading her this letter.

"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen." - 1 Peter 5:8-11

I want to thank you for the opportunity for the invitation to preach this past Sunday at Christ Memorial. I was a true honor and a privilege to be able to have the chance to preach at the church where my entire foundation in Christ started. I wanted to let you know how much of an impact you have been in my life when you may have least expected it. Even though I may have been young and been around several pastors and mentors, I have always appreciated the pastor that you were to me in my life. I appreciate that you embraced me at such a young age and it helped me create so many memories that have and will last a lifetime.

Opening prayer: Eternal Father, we thank you for another opportunity for us to sit together and to fellowship in one accord with you. Father, we thank you for choosing us for this day, and for making us a part of this gathering. As we go into your word, we ask that You reveal onto each one of us, individually, the deep interpretations of Your word. We believe that Your word is yea and amen; therefore, we ask that Your word comes alive in our individual lives more than ever today, for we have prayed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

You are such a sacred treasure to me, and there is such an abundance of gratitude that flows from my heart to God’s throne on high for the beautiful and most beloved woman He has given me to be my future wife and life’s companion. I have spent 46 years of my life, married twice, but never quite able to fill the emptiness of having a woman that would complete me in every way, and one who could understand me on such a deep level, and still love me with all of my faults and imperfections. How do I tell you in words what you have come to mean to me? … How do I express the longing of my heart to be with you always and the deepest desire that I have to spend every day, every breath that I breathe, every heartbeat that my heart beats…to spend it with

For this project I was expected to make an oral that analyzed a war poem, in which, I chose to examine the poem “A War Prayer,” by Mark Twain. In my oral analysis of the poem I made the mistake of my oral only three minutes and twenty-five seconds when it should have been above four minutes, and less than five minutes. I am reflecting on how I need to pay more attention to the expectations that I am supposed to achieve. In this case looking over or mistaking this time limit expectation resulted in me receiving a non-scorable. The visual I created shows a clock running with papers or “homework”, to represent something that I did last minute, then I overlooked a requirement. Also the time aspect has to do with managing time, and the time of my

“If the devil were doing this to delude me and drag me down to hell, he would make use of means which so completely defeated their own ends by taking away my vices…making me virtuous and strong; for it was quite clear to me that these experiences had immediately made me a different person,” (St. Teresa 43).

There are those who have a difficult time expressing themselves with words. It is as though there is a communication barrier between people even if they are speaking the same language. The struggle for successful communication can be even harder if different languages are spoken. Even if there are no words spoken, communication between two people still occurs. Yiyun Li’s short story “A Thousand Years of Good Prayer” offers an excellent study in communication. This study includes examples of communication barriers and the successful aspects of communication revealing the ultimate theme: communication does not need to be verbalized to have a relationship