Amazing God of all days, bless and protect the life and needs of this dear reader; in Christ Jesus I pray, amen.
Here is our text from 1 Timothy 2: 1 The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. 2 Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. 3 This is the way our Savior God wants us to live. 4 He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we've learned: 5 that there's one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us - Jesus, 6 who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. 7 This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth. (The Message version)
The message is simple but powerful; prayer works if we work at prayer. Forget trying to come up with an excuse for not knowing how or not having time - PRAY! Men and women of faith know how the power found in prayer and so they pray. In this modern version of The Bible instead of saying "supplications, intercessions, thanksgiving, etc.", it says "Pray everyw ay you know how." Just open your mind and/or mouth and talk to God! Pray for everyone you know. And the great thing is that we know when folks are praying for us. Pray for those in charge of governments, yes, all over the world including those we consider our enemies, and ask for God's will to be done.
I love the part that says, "Eventually the news is going to get out (about Jesus)," and won't that be a great day? What are you doing in the meantime to get that to happen?
PRAYER: Awesome God, I thank You for prayer. Like a parent that just loves to hear from their children, so do You just want to hear from us. I pray that prayer would bless all who need Your blessing and bring about the solutions to those things we are encountering. I ask this in Christ Jesus' precious and powerful name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord.
Eradio Valverde
