Stage 16 Moirans-en-Montagne / Berne

DIEU Tout-Puissant,
toute pensée de vérité et de paix procède de toi: nous te prions d’allumer dans les coeurs de tous les hommes le véritable amour de la paix et de guider de ta sagesse pure et paisible ceux qui délibèrent du sort des nations de la terre; puisse ton royaume avancer dans la tranquillité jusqu’à ce que la terre soit remplie de la connaissance de ton amour;
par Jésus-Christ notre Seigneur.    Amen.


GOD Almighty,
all thoughts of truth and peace proceeds from you: we pray to kindle in the hearts of all men the true love of peace and guide of your pure and peaceable wisdom those who deliberate the fate of nations of the earth; may your kingdom advance in peace until the earth is full of the knowledge of your love;
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Le Recueil des Prières 
The 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer in French

Étage 8 Station des Rousses > Morzine-Avoriaz

Saturday's race was very exciting, and I look forward to the race up the mountains today.  The Frenchman, Sylvain Chavanel, poured out his heart yesterday as he flew up the hills.  He has had to great stage wins and I am sure the country is very proud of him.

 Lord, bless Sylvain today.  May he see your blessing on his life and stop to praise your name.  We thank you for his life and we know that you love him.  Be with all the riders as they grind their way up the mountains.  We praise you and thank you for all the blessings in our lives.  We humbly pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

These next few days in the alps are wonderful.  The crowds are enthusiastic and so fun to watch.  I hurt for every riders as the push through the pain to defeat the mountains and each other, and pray as they fly through the descent. Today will be the first of the category 1 climbs.  I hope you enjoy seeing God's extraordinary handiwork as we go up into the mountain tops.

Along today's route we will be passing just south of Institut Biblique de Genève in Genène and just north of Bonneville, France where Jon and Agnès Hegner are serving as missionaries for Team France.  Please keep them in your prayers today. 

Jura France (39)

Dole France is in the department of Jura, region of Franche-Comté.  Dole is the birth place of Louis Pasteur and here in Jura is the famous Royal Salt Works.  This week we have been doing VBS and our theme was God's word, and both of these things helped with preserving.  Pasteur figured out a way to pasteurize milk, and to keep the bacteria from spoiling the wine and beer.  The Royal Salt Works manufactured salt for the French to use in preserving their foods in the 1700's.  God's word preserves us.  God says to hide his word in our heart so that we might not sin against him.  He also called us the salt of the earth because his spirit is in us.  I pray we keep his word in our hearts so that we will be effective salt in this world.  Can we preserve the good in this world?

Lord, at one time France was the salt of the world and we pray that soon it will be so again.  Lord, your word is so important to us individually and corporately, I pray that we remember to hide it in our hearts so that we will not sin against thee.  Keep us preserve our usefulness to you.  Let us be the salt of the earth and preserve our effective saltiness to all around us.  I pray for this department of Jura to remember how at one time they too were salt. Let them be  effective salt once more.

 I pray in the name of Jesus.
 Amen.