Wednesday June 21
Bible Reading: Gen. 18: 16 - 28
Topic: Learning To Intercede For Others
Burdens and ideas are
usually shared with friends and loved ones.
As a friend of God,
Abraham was informed of what God was about to do in Sodom (v. 17)
God will not do a thing
without first revealing it to His Prophets and People.
Abraham interceded with
God on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Note the remark in verse
23 that God will not sweep away both the righteous and the wicked people. If
only for ten righteous people, God was prepared to spare Sodom and Gomorrah (v.
32)
The petitions of Abraham
from verses 24- 32 were very challenging. This can measure with the
intercessions of Moses and Samuel (Ex. 32: 9; 1 Sam 7: 5 - 10)
We are challenged to pray
and intercede over issues that concern our families, the Church, the Nation
e.t.c. It is only God that has the answers to our problems. Ours is to persist
in prayer until God answers us.
PUSH - Pray Until Something
Happens
"Men ought always to
pray and not lose heart" (Lk. 18: 1b)
Prayer
Lord. make me an
intercessor in my own time and generation, Amen.
Memory Verse Gen. 18: 19
"For I know him, that
he will command his children and his household after him and they shall keep
the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment: that the Lord may bring upon Abraham
that which He hath spoken of him."
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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