Sept 10, 2025 … Never Prayerless …

Sept 10, 2025  … Never Prayerless   …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Matthew West singing… Don’t Stop Praying,  … Calls on Christians to rely on prayer in times of powerlessness.

Highlight Passage: … 2Chronicles 20:12  … [NLT] … 

12 O our God, won’t you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.”

…King Jehoshaphat of Judah calls God’s people to pray as they were being besieged by powerful armies. 

Highlight Passage (in context): …  2Chronicles 20:1-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s word relates the history of King Jehoshaphat and God’s people being under siege by armies from three nations and calling on God’s people in Judah to fast and pray to God for deliverance. 

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 145:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of God being close to those who call on Him.

Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:5-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… Solomon teaches truth … that trusting in God is the only way to know which way to go in life.

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, promises His strength when we, as believers in The Lord, feel weak.

Reference Passage: … Luke 22:39-44 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  When confronted by HIs imminent death, Jesus went to the Mount of Olives and prayed.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to take their worries  to God in prayer.

Reference Passage: …  1Thessalonians 5:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul again stresses the need of prayer in all situations.     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, ARTHUR JACKSON  … AT THIS LINK     … tells about a friend, named Anita, who had prayed for he son, Jalen, for years as he went thru drug problems and prison, … finally learning thru social media that a friend has spotted Jalen at her church with his young family, looking healthy and happy.

And this up-to-date personal story of God answering prayer meshes  with the Highlight passage today  in God’s word,  cited by 2Chronicles 20 about King Jehoshaphat bringing God’s   people in Judah together when they were powerless against several mighty armies to fast and pray to God for His power and deliverance.

Personally, …  it’s gratifying to KNOW - and I do KNOW  from God’s word shared above -  that the power of prayer is available to me, just like it was for Jehoshaphat in those OT days; or for King David,  or for The ApostlePaul, or even for Jesus up on the Mount of Olives when He was about to go the cross.   And we learn from God’s word that all of these Bible luminaries used the power of prayer when they felt powerless.  And that’s good enough for me!   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … Lord … for being there for me when I pray to Youu. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … Lord. …for being there to hear our prayers when we feel powerless. … Amen

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