Dec 3, 2020 … Pray - Pray - Pray!!

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 338 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from singing his very personal song … Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore … poignantly singing of how his daddy, now with the Lord, doesn’t need to pray anymore. 

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Highlight Passage:   1Chronicles 29:19 [ESV] ... 

19 Grant to Solomon, my son, a whole heart that he may keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision.”  

…  David prays - with desperate love - for his son, Solomon, to keep God’s commandments and to be obedient in following the Lord in rebuilding God’s temple.   

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Highlight Passage [Context] : …  1Chronicles 29:10-19  [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… King David, shortly before his death, prays for God to give favor to Solomon, his son who was being charged to rebuild God’s Temple. 

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Reference Passage: … Numbers 6:23-27 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …  

…   God, thru Moses and Aaron gives His benediction prayer of peace to God’s people. 

Reference Passage: … Psalm 20:1-5 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …  

…   King David sings a prayer of favor upon God’s chosen people.  

Reference Passage: … John 17:9 [ESV] … 

9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given me, for they are Yours. 

…  Jesus praying for God’s elect before He went to the cross; and He, thru His Spirit, is still praying for us on God’s throne now (see link for Romans 8:26).  

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, …  

…  In our daily spiritual warfare, Paul reveals our battle strategy to hold the high ground in battle … PRAYER.   

Reference Passage: … 1Timothy 2:1  [ESV] … 

1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, … 

…  Paul, teaching Timothy, that his first responsibility as a Pastor was to pray for his flock, … God’s chosen people … the same responsibility we have with/for other Christians. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Lise M Samra, AT THIS LINK uses the poignant song, by Christ Stapleton [see song link) to illustrate how we must be praying continuously and faithfully for our loved ones until we are in heaven with Jesus. 

And we know, from both the Old and New Testaments (see Scriptures above) that God has - and still does - call on His chosen ones to pray - PRAY - PRAY for those who are lost and for those loved ones - and yes, even for our enemies - praying that God may call them, bless them, and keep them forever. 

So, I’m convicted today to do more to pray, in the Spirit, for all He calls to my mind/heart to pray for. 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving us, as Your disciples, the vehicle of prayer to call down Your grace for all whom You call us to pray.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me today to intercede for any/all whom Your Spirit leads us to pray for today.  … Amen

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