OUR DUTY TO PRAY!

OUR DUTY TO PRAY!

1 Sam 12:22-24

22 For the Lord  will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord  to make you his people.

23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord  in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

24 Only fear the Lord , and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

          I received a note from an old friend, and getting older. He is having some health issues and he asked me to pray for him. He did not specify what was wrong but he said he had been referred to a specialist for further evaluation. I was immediately smitten with guilt because I had not been praying for him as I knew I should. Life gets busy, and he lives on the east coast, so he has been out of sight and out of mind.

          In the above Bible portion, Samuel made it clear that part of his duty as a prophet and shepherd would be faithfully praying for the people and teaching them the Word of God. Samuel's heart was broken, but as a faithful servant of the Lord, he interceded for the people and sought to lead them in the right way. For God's people not to pray is to sin against the Lord, yet if there's one thing lacking in our churches today, it is prayer, particularly prayer for those in authority (1 Tim 2:1-4). -- Warren W. Wiersbe.

WHISPERED PRAYERS

SOULS IN DANGER.. BODIES BROKEN..
TROUBLE HERE AND.. EVERY WHERE..
ARMS THAT CAN'T REACH..
WHERE THEY WANT TO.. SOME HOW MAKE IT..
THROUGH WHISPERED PRAYERS.

CHORUS:
WHISPERED PRAYER.. RIDE THE WINGS OF..
HOLY ANGELS.. FROM HERE TO THERE..
GOD IS LISTENING.. WHEN WE SPEAK THEM..
THERE IS POWER.. IN WHISPERED PRAYERS.

Dear Lord, I know my prayers need not be long, loud or flowery but let me not sin against my friends in not praying. Hear me Lord when my whispered prayers brush your ears. AMEN