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Tracy 9/13/2025 3:09:17 PM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON JESUS said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34 In praying for His enemies not only did Christ set before us a perfect example of how we should treat those who wrong and hate us, but He also taught us never to regard any as beyond the reach of prayer. If Christ prayed for His murderers, then surely, we have encouragement to pray now for the very chief of sinners! Christian reader, never lose hope. Does it seem a waste of time for you to continue praying for that man, that woman, that wayward child of yours? Does their case seem to become more hopeless every day? Does it look as though they had gotten beyond the reach of Divine mercy? Perhaps that one you have prayed for so long has been ensnared by one of the Satanic cults of the day, or he may now be an avowed and blatant infidel, in a word, an open enemy of Christ. Remember then the Cross. Christ prayed for His enemies. Learn then not to look on any as beyond the reach of prayer. (Arthur Pink) PRAY ABOUT IT: I don't know a single Christian who doesn't have some "hard case" for whom he's praying. Sometimes it's a grown child who shows no interest in Christ. Maybe it's an aged parent approaching death. Or an unbelieving spouse. Or perhaps a neighbor for whom we have compassion and would like to see come to Christ. It may even be an enemy, such as the enemies of Christ who put Him to death. And yet Christ prayed for them. He wouldn't have done so if He thought there was no hope for them. I'd like to believe that some of the disciples we read about in the book of Acts, gathered in the Upper Room, were those very ones Christ had prayed for. Who is your hard case? Who is your enemy? Don't lose heart. Keep praying. Though it may take years, keep praying. More than a century ago George Mueller, that prince of intercessors, began to pray for five personal friends. After five years one of them came to Christ. In ten years two more were born again. Mueller prayed on for 25 years and the fourth man was saved. For the fifth, Mueller prayed until the time of his death, and this friend came also to Christ a few months afterward. For the latter friend, Mueller had prayed for almost 52 years. (James McConkey) | |||
Tracy 9/7/2025 7:20:11 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON May the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. PSALM 68:3 He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. (William Law) PRAY ABOUT IT: With all our current material prosperity, there are still people with serious problems and no solution in sight. It won't take long today until you pass someone who has been robbed of happiness by the troubles they face. Maybe you're such a person. And yet, is there really such a thing as an unhappy prayer warrior? Prayer, rightfully defined, brings victory. Happiness is built into prayer, and a by-product of personal holiness, but it's elusive to those who are caught up in the pursuit of riches or who try to solve their problems with worldly wisdom. Today, share the secret of happiness through prayer with someone who needs to know. Some people near you today are seeking the very answer you possess. This is a secret that is best unkept. How much needless care would we save ourselves if we but believed in prayer as the means of relieving those cares, and would learn the happy art of casting all our cares in prayer upon God. (E.M. Bounds) | |||
Tracy 8/31/2025 7:02:27 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON You ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." James 4:15 Be slow to take new steps in the Lord's service, or in your business, or in your families. Weigh everything well; all in the light of the Holy Scriptures, and in the fear of God. Seek to have no will of your own, in order ascertain the mind of God, regarding any steps you propose to take, so that you can honestly say, you are willing to do the will of God, if He will only please to instruct you. But when you have found out what the will of God is, seek for His help, and seek it earnestly, perseveringly, patiently, believingly, and expectingly: and you will surely, in His own time and way, obtain it. (George Mueller) PRAY ABOUT IT: Today is a day for taking inventory. What is our work? Is it God's choice for us, or our own choosing? Has it been fruitful? Is it time to move on? Or are we indeed exactly where God wants us? Far too often we don't move forward because we don't take time to reflect on our lives. Then when we are old we wonder how we missed God's call to something better. And make no mistake, if God's calling you to move on, it's to something better. But don't move hastily --- that's as big a mistake as staying too long. Simply pray and ask God to reveal His will. He will make it plain. The saint who advances on his knees never retreats. (Jim Elliot) | |||
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