SOMETHING TO PRAY ABOUT

 

Sunday, July 16, 2023

 

SOMETHING TO PRAY ABOUT

 

Acts 12:1-5

12 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers [sixteen, or four companies of four men each]to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

 

          I have a friend who messaged me to say that God had laid me heavily upon his heart! He could not have known the things that were happening in my life, but the Holy Spirit knew and stirred him to pray.

 

          I am thankful to have friends who are so connected to the Lord that God can trust them to be enlisted as prayer warriors. Believers benefit from adoption into a global family of the redeemed. The “everywhere at once” Holy Spirit keeps us connected in a way that is unbelievable to the unbelieving.

 

          Are you enduring trials? Know that God is very much aware of your situation. Are you troubled about a friend or acquaintance? Know that God has enlisted you as a prayer warrior. Do not neglect that troubling Spirit because it is the Holy Spirit. Pray! Pray without knowing what you should pray for. Just pray!

 

Rom 8:26

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

 

Blessed art Thou, O Lord, King of the Universe, for you keep your family close to your heart and stand ready to deliver them. AMEN