Tracy
9/14/2024
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MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by L.B. COWMAN
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He hath
anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent
Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set liberty
those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." Luke 4:18-19
A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty. (Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
PRAY ABOUT IT: Today, let God have a list of your needs and necessities. Open your secret wounds to Him for cleansing and binding up. Surrender your hidden poverty for His riches. When Jesus read from Isaiah in the synagogue,
all eyes were on Him. As He sat down, He said to those present, "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."
On that basis, we can ask Him to heal us, to deliver us,
to set us at liberty.
The best prayer comes from a strong inward need of necessity. When our lives are serene and placid, our prayers are apt to be dull and listless. When we reach a crisis, a moment of danger, a serious illness, or a heavy bereavement, then our prayers are fervent and vital. Someone has wisely said, "The arrow that is to enter heaven must be launched from a bow fully bent." A sense of urgency, of helplessness, of conscious need is the womb from which the best prayers are born. (William MacDonald)
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