Greetings Prayer Warriors,
Do you ever feel sorry for yourself? Perhaps you are unhappy
with what’s not going right at work or at home? Tried the pity party but it
felt nothing like a party? We all have
experienced this, but sometimes we have to stop looking inward and look beyond
ourselves. I look for inspiration in the
lives of the saints, mainly because most started a great sinners!
In today’s scripture, I reflected on Peter being imprisoned
by Herod, doubly shackled, thrown in a cell with guards both outside the door and flanking him inside the cell! The
thought of escaping would seem pointless and hopeless. However, my eyes kept returning to a line earlier
in the passage:
Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently
being made to God on his behalf. Acts 12:5 (emphasis mine)
This is what we prayer warriors do weekly,
pray for situations some may look at as hopeless. But are these prayers efficacious? Yes they are!!!!
The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful. James 5:16
So let us gird our weapon of prayer tightly,
keeping it always on our lips. It is a
weapon against evil that is powerfully efficacious. Today, use it for the benefit of families. Begin
with prayer for your own family, and then the families of others. Let us pray for misguided children, teens,
and adults.
Lord, in your great mercy release all of us from the shackles of sin, for we trust in your merciful
love! Keep us faithful to our daily
prayer, for by it, we can crush the despondency and hopelessness in this world.
I have competed well; I have finished the race; I
have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7
May the Lord bless each of you
abundantly!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Prayer is the greatest gift we can give to each other and
the world. It can bring about peace. Pass it on!
