@Danbrilliant 18 July 2020 more from that month

What Prayers Can Do

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 1 Peter 4:7 BIBLE READING IS JOSHUA 10:12-14 12. Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.

One of the greatest blessings God has given to mankind is the gift of prayer. Prayer can change a hopeless situation into one filled with hope. In 1 Chronicles 4:10, Jabez who had been named sorrow cried unto God and asked God to change his situation. When he called out to God, his hope was restored and his life changed. Another thing prayer does is that it can terminate a problem and birth a solution at the same time. In Joshua 10:12-14 , while Joshua was fighting the Amorites, their victory was already giving way to defeat until Joshua commanded the sun to stand still till they were victorious. Similarly, after a period of drought for over three years, Elijah prayed and rain came. There was an instant end to the drought. Have things been so bad for you that you have lost hope? Prayer can turn your situation around and bring you fresh, bright hope. Were you having good grades before but now have bad grades instead? Prayer can bring back that good thing you had or even create a better one for you. There is absolutely nothing prayer cannot do.

KEY POINT Make prayer you lifestyle, and there will be nothing you cannot achieve. EXTRA BIBLE READINGS: Job 10:1-22 , Job 11:1-20 , Job 12:1-25 , Acts 8:1-40