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THE TITLE OF TODAY’S EPISODE “LITTLE PRAYER EQUALS LITTLE POWER”

Thursday, May 2, 2024, is the National Day of Prayer. This year’s theme is “Lift Up The World, Light Up The World.”

The theme verses are 2 Sam. 22:29-31 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

It is based on the idea that God’s word is a lamp and lights up the darkness and provides guidance and strength to those who take refuge in Him.

The information about the National Day of Prayer can be found at www.nationaldayofprayer.org

I love the theme they chose; our world needs to be lifted up and lit up. Only by letting our light shine can we reach the lost.

I want to encourage you to make plans on Thursday to carve out a little extra time with God on the National Day of Prayer. Our country is in more need of prayer than ever before in our history since the civil war that ripped this country apart. We are in a different kind of war this time, not being fought with guns and cannons but with prayer. We are in a battle for the very soul of our nation.

Our country is divided not by north and south this time, but by good versus evil. Right verses wrong. Love verses hate. There are a lot of evil forces trying to tear this country apart. We have to unite it with God’s love. The only way this will happen is through prayer.

Prayer is a powerful tool in our arsenal against the enemy. Satan has taken over a lot of people and there is total darkness in them. This is why we need to let our light shine now more than ever.

God will give us light in this dark world. It is time we moved beyond saying a prayer to actually praying a prayer. What is the difference? Saying a prayer is a bunch of words directed to God.  Praying a prayer is when we make a heart connection to God while we are petitioning him for our needs and those of others.

Then you have intercessors. God has given these people a gift to be able to connect to the throne room. It is their calling to be prayer warriors.  They get down to the business of spiritual warfare on behalf of others. We all need to pray at whatever level we are at, as long as we are sincere and make a heart connection to God, He will hear us.

2 Chr 7:14 – 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

This verse is the key to how we can get our land healed. We need to humble ourselves and pray. It says we need to seek his face and turn from our wicked ways.

It is time we search our lives to make sure there is nothing between us and God. Little things can creep in sometimes unaware. If we find that all is well, then we can reach out on behalf of our country and all the lost souls. People are hungry for God, but don’t know what they are wanting. It is up to us to show them what they need. It all starts with prayer.

Prov 15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

God will always hear our prayers.  He will always answer, but we need to pray according to His will. There are times we ask God for something, and it may seem like a good thing to us. But God knows what we have need of even before we ask. Sometimes he answers no, in order to give us a bigger and better yes.

Acts 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

If we are dedicated children of God, we will pray and study the word of God. As followers of Christ, we are supposed to go out and make disciples. How can we do that if we don’t pray and don’t know the word of God?

Matt 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

God is wanting us to pray in the secret place. The Pharisees were big on praying for man’s attention. They would stand on the street and use big fancy words and eloquent speech in order to impress mankind. I have nothing against public prayer. I believe we do not do it enough. But if we pray in public it has to be with the right attitude and for the right reason.

God wants us to get in a quiet place where we can hear him speak to us too. We need to pray in a quiet, private place in order to enter into the secret place of communication with God.

I want to encourage you to make plans for Thursday to set aside extra time to pray for our country. America will be saved from the enemy if we humble ourselves and pray. God is the only one that can turn it around. He will if we do not give up, even if things appear worse for a while, God has us in the palm of his hand.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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