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Praying God’s Word Wednesday #42: John 13:7

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<a class=John 13:7" width="300" height="300" />This month we celebrated National Read Across America Day (and also Texas Independence Day, but most of you probably don’t care about that.  We Texans are a little too proud of our state.) What better way to celebrate reading than by reading John 13:7 and praying the words?

 

“Jesus replied, ‘You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.'”  John 13:7 NIV

 

My sister gave me a book called Prayers to Share:  100 Pass-Along Notes for Believing Bigger by Marshawn Evans Daniels.  The very first page seemed like the perfect petition to our all-powerful God on my husband’s behalf.  So I prayed over him and then passed the note along to him, as the book intends.  Now I’m praying over you.

 

From the book:

 

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Replace the pronouns with the appropriate ones for the person (or yourself) that you are praying for.

 

Praying for you in this.  And don’t forget to share on social media or with a friend who could benefit.  It would mean so much to me.  And if you don’t want to miss a Praying God’s Word Wednesday, subscribe over on the right hand side of this page.

Lauren

P.S.  I was so stoked to find an entire collection of pass-along prayer books on Amazon!  If you click on the link above you can see them all.  If you love to make supplication on behalf of others or would like to add a little something extra to your prayer life, I highly recommend these books!  I will definitely be getting some more.

 

 

Praying God’s Word Wednesday #41: Isaiah 52:6

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<a class=Isaiah 52:6" width="300" height="300" />In the book of Isaiah, chapter 52, Isaiah prophesies of hope in Christ the Redeemer and the glory of His coming kingdom.  Israel, God’s chosen people, had been enslaved, abused and mistreated.  With their eyes on their circumstances, they questioned God, disappointed Him and oftentimes turned their backs on Him.  But in Isaiah 52:6, a time is foretold when the slaves will be redeemed and clothed as kings.

 

“Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.'”  Isaiah 52:6 NASB

 

Our God has many names.  He is called Father, The Beginning and the End, The God Most High, The God Who Sees, God Almighty, The Creator, The Self-Existent One, The Lord our Provider, The Lord our Healer, and on and on.

 

Upon reading this verse, the simple words formed a very profound prayer for me. 

When praying for someone to know His name(s), we in essence ask for God to reveal every aspect of His nature to our loved one.

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And for that person to understand Him as such.  Let the enormity of that sink in for a moment.

 

In using the second part of the verse, when we ask for God to speak “Here I am”, we are also actually asking for the object of our intercession to know God well enough to recognize His voice in a sea of others.  And we also ask for God to draw near.  So much spiritual depth in one sentence of scripture.  So let’s pray.

 

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Replace the name and pronouns with the appropriate ones for the person (or yourself) that you are praying for.

 

Praying for you in this.  And don’t forget to share on social media or with a friend who could benefit.  It would mean so much to me.  And if you don’t want to miss a Praying God’s Word Wednesday, subscribe over on the right hand side of this page.

Lauren

 

 

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