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September 7, 2020 8:00 pm
“Are people still praying for me?”
That was one of the first questions a missionary asked his wife whenever she was allowed to visit him in prison. He had been falsely accused and incarcerated for his faith for two years. His life was frequently in danger because of the conditions and hostility in the prison, and Christians around the world were earnestly praying for him. He wanted to be assured they wouldn’t stop, because he believed God was using their prayers in a powerful way.
Our prayers for others—especially those who are persecuted for their faith—are a vital gift. Paul made this clear when he wrote the believers in Corinth about hardships he faced during his missionary journey. He “was under great pressure,” so much that he “despaired of life itself” (2 Corinthians 1:8). But then he told them God had delivered him and described the tool He’d used to do it: “We have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers” (vv. 10–11, emphasis added).
God moves through our prayers to accomplish great good in the lives of His people. One of the best ways to love others is to pray for them, because through our prayers we open the door to the help only God can provide. When we pray for others, we love them in His strength. There is none greater or more loving than He.
Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. The writer for today is James Banks and the devotional is entitled loving others with our prayers are people still praying for me.
That was one of the first questions a missionary asked his wife whatever she was allowed to visit him in prison. He had been falsely accused and incarcerated for his faith. For two years. His life was frequently in danger because of the conditions and hostility in the prison and believers around the world were earnestly praying for him. He wanted to be assured they wouldn't stop because he believed God was using their prayers in a powerful way our prayers for others, especially for those who are persecuted for their faith are of vital gift. Paul made this clear when he wrote the believers in Corinth about hardships he faced during his missionary journey. He was under great pressure so much that he despaired of life itself, but then in second Corinthians 1. He told them.
God had delivered him and describe the tool he'd used to do it. We have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, he said, as you help us by your prayers.
God moves through our prayers to accomplish great good in the lives of his people. One of the best ways to love others is to pray for them because through our prayers. We open the door to the help. Only God can provide. When we pray for others. We love them in his strength. There is none greater or more loving than he, today's Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading comes to us from second Corinthians chapter 1 verses eight through 11.
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure far beyond our ability to endure so that we despaired of life itself.
Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death, but this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again on him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us as you help us by your prayers, then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us an answer to the prayers of many. Now let's pray together. Almighty God, we thank you for the amazing gift of prayer and the encouragement, hope and peace, we receive as we meet you in it.
Thank you also for the privilege we have in lifting up others to you.
We ask that you would lay someone on our heart who is struggling right now and need some encouragement and show us how we can reach out to them in a special way as well.
Thank you, Lord. It's in Jesus name that we pray. Amen on today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries
