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Tracy 3/8/2026 9:29:50 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:12) When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, "he trembles" as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end. (R.A. Torrey) PRAY ABOUT IT: Why have so many churches grown cold? Why are so many of our communities spiritually desolate? In some cities you can sense a cloud of evil or materialism that quenches righteousness. The enemy has gained a stronghold in these communities and until churches and individual Christians stand in the gap for these areas, Satan will continue to destroy lives. But his influence can be reversed. A band of believing Christians who covenant to pray for their community can bring dramatic results in a short time. How is it in your town? Are you aware of what's happening spiritually? Does righteousness prevail? Are the schools and streets safe? Does drug use, pornography, crime, violence, and abortion have a foothold? Or perhaps your community is plagued by materialism, greed, broken family relationships, alcoholism, and "white-collar" sin. Christians have the power to halt sin in their localities through vigorous, sustained prayer. Today, think about your community, identify the major problems, and begin to pray against the work of the enemy. Pray for the churches. Pray for renewal among the Christians. Pray for the children. Wherever the church is aroused and the world's wickedness arrested, somebody has been praying. (A.T. Pierson) | |||
Tracy 2/28/2026 5:14:58 AM MST |
STREAMS IN THE DESERT by L.B. COWMAN Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him. Psalm 37:7 Have you prayed and prayed, and waited and waited, and still you see no evidence of an answer? Are you tired of seeing no movement? Are you at the point of giving up? Then perhaps you have not waited in the right way, which removes you from the right place --- the place where the Lord can meet you. "Wait for it patiently" (Rom. 8:25). Patience eliminates worry. The Lord said He would come, and His promise is equal to His presence. Patience eliminates weeping. Why feel sad and discouraged? He knows your needs better than you do, and His purpose in waiting is to receive more glory through it. Patience eliminates self-works. "The work of God is this: to believe" (John 6:29), and once you believe, you may know all is well. Patience eliminates all weakness. Instead of thinking of waiting as being wasted time, realize that God is preparing His resources and strengthening you as well. Patience eliminates all wobbling. "He touched me and raised me to my feet" (Dan. 8:18). God's foundations are steady, and when we have His patience within, we are steady while we wait. Patience yields worship. Sometimes the best part of praiseful waiting is experiencing "great endurance and patience . . . joyfully" (Col. 1:11). While you wait, "let [all these aspects of] patience have her perfect work" (James 1:4 KJV), and you will be greatly enriched. (C.H.P.) Hold steady when the fires burn, When inner lessons come to learn, And from this path there seems no turn ---- "Let patience have her perfect work." (L.S.P.) | |||
Tracy 2/21/2026 10:34:40 PM MST |
STREAMS IN THE DESERT by L.B. COWMAN NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU. MATTHEW 17:20 IT IS POSSIBLE for believers who are completely willing to trust the power of the Lord for their safekeeping and victory to lead a life of readily taking His promises exactly as they are and finding them to be true. IT IS POSSIBLE to daily "cast all your care on Him" (1 Peter 5:7) and experience deep peace in the process. IT IS POSSIBLE to have our thoughts and the desires of our hearts purified in the deepest sense of the Word. IT IS POSSIBLE to see God's will in every circumstance and to accept it with singing instead of complaining. IT IS POSSIBLE to become strong through and through by completely taking refuge in the power of God and by realizing that our greatest weakness and the things that upset our determination to be patient, pure, or humble provide an opportunity to make sin powerless over us. This opportunity comes through Him who loves us and who works to bring us into agreement with His will, and there- by supplies a blessed sense of His presence and His power. All these are DIVINE POSSIBILITIES. Because they are His work, actually experiencing them will always humble us, causing us to bow at His feet and teaching us to hunger and thirst for more. We will never be satisfied with anything less - - - each day, each hour, or each moment in Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit - - - than WALKING WITH GOD! (H.C.G. Moule) We are able to have as much of God as we want. Christ puts the key to His treasure chest in our hands and invites us to take all we desire. If someone is allowed into a bank vault, told to help himself to the money, and leaves without one cent, whose fault is it that Christians usually have such meager portions of the free riches of God? (Alexander McClaren) (It is truly my pleasure to share these devotions with each of you!! I had posted this one in 2020 but I felt it is worth posting again. A great reminder, "FOR WITH GOD NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE" Luke 1:37 I pray the peace of God fill each of you today in a mighty way, in Jesus name!! With hope, Tracy) | |||
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