Stage 8 Pau / Bagnères-de-Luchon

Lord, we pray for the Church here in the Pyrenees.
Lord, you created the Body of Christ to be your Light,
Share your Love and Word.
To live  in your Strength and Truth,
Trust in the Guidance of the Holy Spirit
and to Spread your Gospel Story.

We thank you for the faithfulness of the Body of Christ.

We we pray for Strength of Christ to sustain them,
The Guidance of the Spirit to lead them,
and your Love Father to hold them.  

We pray in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

Stage 11 Pau / Cauterets - Vallee de Saint-Savin

The people will be here crowding around the summits as they wait for the arrival of the riders who will master their bodies and their minds.    We cheer them on as they dig deep to demand more out of each stroke.  Lord, thank you for the joy these stages bring to our lives. 

Lord, we thank you for the people on these mountains.  We thank you for their excitement and their joy as they cheer on their favorites.  Thank you for those strong enough to ride in the tour this year.  We pray that each person will have the opportunity to learn about Jesus and how he endured all for each one of us.  He chose to obey the Father and climb to the top of Calvary and sacrifice everything for each of us.  We thank you, Jesus, for your love and your sacrifice for our salvation.  We stand here today and cheer for your return, so that all will know you as King of King and Lord of Lord.  We pray in the name of Jesus our King.  Amen

Stage 10 Tarbes / La Pierre-Saint-Martin

Today is the first of the Pyrenees, so we will enjoy the climbs and the strategies that come with the slopes and the valleys.  Each team comes with different strengths and weaknesses, but they all have the same goal to make it over the mountains to the finish line in the least amount of time.  The sprinters will pop off the back as the climbers will their bodies to go faster and faster. 

Lord, we watch as they move through your handiwork.  Up hills, around the bends, and down into the valleys below protect them as they go.  Lord, help us all to slow down and enjoy the beauty around us each day.  Thank you for what you have created.  As we see your creation we praise you as our creator.  Father thank you for the beauty we see this stage and the stages to come. 

We pray in the name of Jesus our Creator. 

Amen.   

Étape 13 Pau to Lourdes

Pau sets in the valley looking up at the mountains surrounding her.  Pau is  a city with British influences, first golf corse in France and one of the first rugby teams.  Over 84,000 people make Pau their home.  We will begin the race here and go to Lourdes.  Pray for the two regions that we will be in today, first Aqutaine and then Medi-Pyrénées. 

Assemblée Chrétienne, Église Évangélique Libre,Église Évangélique Tzigane, Église Protestante Évangélique, and Réunions Chrétiennes are all churches in Pau sharing the love of God.

Lord, as we stand in the valley and look to the mountains we are in awe of the madjesty of each one. Father many people live in and around this mountains here Aqutaine and in the MediPyrénées and we ask that as they look at the beauty they will see you as their Creator and Savior. Let the churches in this area help the people know you more. We pray all these things in the name of Jesus. Amen

Étape 17 - Pau Col du Tourmalet

Using their superb natural resources, the Hautes Pyrenees has created a range of wellbeing, relaxation and spa treatments in naturally heated and therapeutic waters.

To choose a spa treatment in the Hautes Pyrenees is to discover the region with the most rivers, lakes and torrents. The air is so pure you can almost taste it.

Come and regenerate and recharge the batteries by enjoying all our mountains have to offer ; sunshine, superb landscapes, traditional villages, a superb local cuisine.With water massages and fresh mountain air you will benefit from all the virtues of our spas and our magnificent mountains. Steam baths, saunas, jacuzzis, mud baths, hot water lagoons, water massages, essential oils, defoliation, chocolate massages, oriental massages, we have everything! You may find your place at one of  the seven spa centres : Aquensis in Bagnères de Bigorre, Balnéa in Loudenvielle - Louron valley, Barèges, Les Bains du Rocher in Cauterets, Edenvik in Capvern les Bains, Luzéa in Luz Saint Sauveur et Sensoria in Saint-Lary-Soulan.

Many people read and see this add and come.  The come to wash away all their cares or find relief to to a stress for life.  The sad part about it all is that it is a short fixes, nothing permanent. 
Jesus said to the women at the well.

John 4:13-14
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Lord, I pray that they will come to you for a drink of water.  Your water produces life for and eternity.  As we come to you for our needs, show us how to live what you have given us.  Let the water spring up in us and for the people of the Pyrenees.  I pray in your holy and precious name. Jesus. Amen

Pau

Today is a rest day in preparation for the mountains tomorrow.  Today as we rest we will pray for the churches in Pau.  The pictures yesterday of Pau from the helicopter were wonderful to see.   Here are the churches in Pau  Pau is a city of 300,287 people with only 4 evangelical churches.  I live in a city of 150,000 and we have over 200 Baptist Churches alone. 

Église Évangélique Libre

Église Évangélique Tzigane

Église Protestante Évangélique

Réunions Chrétiennes

 For more information about each one http://www.eglises.org/france/64/?Langue=en

Lord, provide faithful men of God to come and build new Churches to reach the people of Pau and the surrounding areas.  Thank you for these 4 Churches.  We ask that you add to their households of Faith each and everyday.  Allow many to come to know you as their Lord and Savior.   Father let the Holy Spirit convict people of sin and show them that Jesus paid it all for each one.  We love you Father and we know that you love us.  Let the people of Pau see your love today.  We thank you for all you are doing in Pau.  In the precious name of Jesus we pray.  Amen