Sep 19.97: Light For The Day - "Because You Prayed"

"..... the prayer of the upright is his delight."
- Proverb 15:8 (RSV)
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"Because You Prayed"

Because you prayed --
God touched our weary bodies with His power
And gave us strength for many a trying hour
In which we might have faltered, had not you,
Our intercessors faithful been, and true.

Because you prayed --
God touched our lips with coals from altar fire,
Gave Spirit-fullness, and did so inspire
That, when we spoke, sin-blinded souls did see;
Sins' chains were broken,
Captives were made free.

Because you prayed --
The dwellers in the dark have found the Light;
The glad good-news has banished heathen night;
The message of the Cross, so long delayed,
Has brought them life at last --
Because you prayed. 
- Charles B. Dowser
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There is nothing that makes us love someone as
praying for him/her, and when you can do this sincerely
for anyone, you have fitted your soul for the performance
of everything that is kind and civil toward him/her. 
Be daily on your knees in a solemn, deliberate
performance of this devotion, praying for others in
such form, with such length, importunity and earnestness
as you use for yourself; and you will find all little,
ill-natured passions die away, your heart will grow
great and generous.
- William Law

The prayers of godly men and women can accomplish
more than all the military forces in the world.

"Brothers, pray for us. Greet all the brothers with a
holy kiss. " - 1Thessalonians 5:25-26 (NIV) 

Source book: "Streams In The Desert" (C.E. Cowman)
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Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV): "Call to me and I will answer
you and tell you great and unsearchable things
you do not know."

Matthew 21:22 (RSV): "And whatever you ask in
prayer, you will receive, if you have faith." 

Acts 12:5 (RSV): "So Peter was kept in prison;
but earnest prayer for him was made to God by
the church."

Proverb 15:29 (RSV): "The LORD is far from the
wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous." 

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