Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in images, song and lyrics from Alisa Turner singing … My Prayer For You … poignantly singing of how our prayers are heard by God have have His power to change the world.
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Highlight Passage : … 2Corinthians 1:11 [ESV] ... 11 You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
… Paul reaches out to fellow believers in Christ, showing his confidence in the the power of prayer.
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Highlight Passage [Context] : … 2Corinthians 1:3-11 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul shows his confidence in the power of prayer to help in times of trouble or suffering.
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Reference Passage : … Mark 11:24 [ESV] … 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
… Jesus teaches His disciples on the power of faithful and fervent Prayer in His Name.
Reference Passage : … Ephesians 6:18 [ESV] … 18 … praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
… Paul exhorting Christians in the throws of spiritual warfare to pray for one another.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 4:6-7 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches on the power of prayer in times of anxiety.
Reference Passage : … 1John 5:14-15 [ESV] … 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.
… God’s word and promises on hearing our prayers … when we come to Him in humble surrender to His will.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, James Banks, AT THIS LINK relates the recent story of an American Pastor who was unjustly imprisoned for 2 years in Turkey (see photo); and his frequent inquiry of his wife who could only visit him occasionally was, … “Are people still praying for me?”
That story has personal meaning for me because the Pastor’s uncle was a fellow Elder in my church; and we were in prayer for him daily for over two years until the Pastor was finally released from the Turkish prison. And in those times, our hopes, as fellow Christians, were in all the truths we believed in from God’s word, and especially from Jesus himself (see Scriptures above) … that God hears our prayer and cares for the needs of His children in times of trial and suffering.
Perhaps you know of someone who personally needs God’s answer to your faithful prayers to help your loved one. Perhaps that someone is YOU, who is praying for God to be there to help you in these trying times. Well, … as Alisa Turner sings in the linked song, … we need to keep praying … because God does hear; and if it is in His will and certainly if our prayers are in accord with His Name, He will answer our prayers. So, let’s keep praying !!
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for hearing me today.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to keep praying when we need God to hear us. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.</ span>
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