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Oct.27.04: Light for the Day - "God does Answer Prayer"
-- James 1:5,6
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
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I have been driven many times to my knees in the overwhelming conviction that I have nowhere else to go. My wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day.
If the Lord did not answer prayer I could not stand it. And if I did not believe in a God who works His will with nations, I should despair of the republic.
-- Abraham Lincoln
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The exact nature of President Lincoln's faith has been often debated. But as a leader of a great nation, he was often sent to his knees when the wisdom of mere men proved insufficient.
Lincoln was right on two counts:
"God does answer prayer" and "God does work His will with nations."
Pray today that our leaders will have the same spirit of prayer and dependency on God as did Abraham Lincoln.
-- N.H.
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When God wants me to do something.
He always finds a way of letting me know about it.
-- Abraham Lincoln
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Please Pray and Vote on November 2 Election
Thanks & God bless!
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-- Jeremiah 33:3
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
-- Jeremiah 29:11-13
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.
-- Matthew 7:7
7 "Ask and it will be given to you;
Seek and you will find;
Knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives;
he who seeks finds;
and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
-- Matthew 21:22
"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
-- Mark 11:22-25
22 "Have faith in God," Jesus answered.
23 "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
-- 1 Timothy 2:8
I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
-- Hebrews 11:6
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him."
-- Psalms 50:15
"And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me."
-- Psalms 145:18
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.
-- Acts 2:21
"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Joel 2:32)
-- Romans 10:12
12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile— the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him,
13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Joel 2:32)
-- Romans 12:8
"If it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully."
-- Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope,
Patient in affliction,
Faithful in Prayer.
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