 LONG BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE GOT UP AND…PRAYED… MARK 1:35 |
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| Let’s finish off this month by looking at the rest of those six different types of prayer:
4) the prayer of intercession. Listen to this: ‘I looked for a man…who would…stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land’ (Ezekiel 22:30 NIV). To intercede means: ‘to stand in the gap’ for someone else. If there’s a hole in that person’s relationship with God due to a particular sin, you have the privilege of placing yourself in that hole to pray for them. ‘The gap’ is the distance between what is – and what can be 5) the prayer of release. Listen: ‘Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you’ (1Peter 5:7 NLT). As long as you keep trying to control everything your stress level will just keep climbing. But when you learn to hand things over to God, you’ll wonder why you spent even a single day worrying 6) the prayer of availability. The apostle Paul encourages us, ‘…offer yourselves to God…’ (Romans 6:13 NIV). That’s like signing your name on a blank cheque. It’s saying, ‘Here I am, I want my life to please you. I hope I like what You choose, but even if I don’t I’ll do it anyway; I’ll live out your plans, not mine.’ Everyday, all over the world, great things happen through the lives at people who have become available to God. Today let God do the work that needs to be done in you, so that He can do the work that He desires to do through you. Join Bless India online prayer campaign to pray for India and be a blessing. |
