Stage 10 Escaldes-Engordany / Revel

Father today we pray for the city of Revel, located in in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. 
Lord, we pray for the eyes and ears of the people of Revel will be open.  Open their eyes so they may see our need for a loving Savior.  Open their ears, so that they may hear the voice of the Lord so that they will obey your word.  Open their hearts to so they will invite you as Lord.  Lord, open up their lives so that others will see you as the joy that floods their souls.  Lord, stand as the door and knock, so that we will open up our lives to you.  You are Lord, reign in our hearts and in the hearts of Revel France.   We pray in the name of Jesus. 
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.   

Mountain of the Cross

Lord, I think of the hill of Mount Calvary, where you carried my cross for me.  The place you hung on my cross and died for me.  Lord I pray for each of these racers as they give of themselves for the victory for others.  Lord I pray these men will see a glimps of you for you have died for them.  You have payed their debt and they only need believe and confess their sins and accept your free gift of salvation.  Lord let them see your cross on the Mount of Calvary.  We pray in the name of Jesus our Lord.  Amen