Welcome to day nine
of, Ten Days of Prayer;
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a prayer strategy from
the Revival and Reformation
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initiative of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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We're nearing the end of
this series, but I feel God has
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His greatest
blessings for us who persevere
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until the very end.
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Not giving up, not
letting distractions
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pull us from
spending time with Him.
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No matter which day you started
this time of prayer with me,
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I believe God wants to reward
you for your faithfulness.
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I can't say that He will answer
your prayer by the tenth day,
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but I can say that He
has heard your prayers.
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And if you have left
your burden with the Lord,
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then it's in His hands.
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And He now has to handle it.
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I pray that you'll trust
Him to do that very thing;
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to handle your needs
according to the way that
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He sees fit.
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His ways are perfect.
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The outline from
tendaysofprayer.org
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day nine tells of a
couple who faced the agony
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of multiple miscarriages.
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The roller coaster of
ups and downs of emotions of
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joyous hope, of hope banished,
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of trust
restored, of faith crushed.
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The writer asks, "What
happens when a Christian
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puts all of his faith
in the promises of God
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only to be disappointed?
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Where is the good
spoken of in Romans 8:28?"
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Clouds of doubt move in,
and we wonder, "Why, God?
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Why did You let me down?"
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Perhaps you've been there when
the devil jabs at you mockingly,
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"Is this how God rewards those
who place their trust in Him?
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Is this how He shows His love?"
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Well the writer of
this devotion goes on,
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"But God had not left me.
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I was impressed to repeat
the following words aloud,
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'God loves me.'
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I repeated the
same phrase three times,
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each time
emphasizing a different word.
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'GOD loves me.'
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'God LOVES me.'
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'God loves ME.'
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With the third declaration,
the darkness left me."
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Later, when a dark
cloud reminded her of the loss
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of her pregnancy, she covered
her head with your blanket
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and said aloud, "God loves
me! I know whom I have believed!
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I have given my life to Christ,
and what He decides to do
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with me is okay, because
my life is hidden in Christ."
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Again, those clouds lifted.
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But listen to the
words this sister writes.
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"These words that
Jesus spoke to Peter brought
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comfort to my heart
later, 'What I am doing
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you do not understand now,
but you will know after this.'"
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That's from John 13:7.
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"I wrestled with
God over my loss.
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I couldn't
understand why it had happened,
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especially when I
had exercised faith.
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It would be ten
years before I understood
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that God wanted me to
experience that faith must
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reach beyond the
clouds to what is unseen,
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that His grace is made
perfect in our weakness.
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I prayed for a miracle,
and God had given me one.
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But I learned that the real
miracle was that God's strength
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was greater than my
doubt, and that He could
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keep me through any difficulty.
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Like Job, I can
say, 'Though He slay me,
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yet I will trust Him.'
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'He knows the way that I take;
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when He has tested me, I
shall come forth as gold.'"
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Do you have that
same kind of faith?
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Trusting in Him?
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Do you believe that?
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I know not why
God's wondrous grace
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to me He hath made known,
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nor why,
unworthy, Christ in love
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redeemed me for His own.
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But I know Whom I have believed,
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and am persuaded that He is able
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to keep that
which I've committed
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unto Him against that day.
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I know not how this saving faith
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to me He did impart,
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nor how believing in His Word
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wrought peace within my heart.
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But I know Whom I have believed,
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and am persuaded that He is able
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to keep that
which I've committed
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unto Him against that day.
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I know not how the Spirit moves,
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convincing men of sin,
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revealing Jesus
through the Word,
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creating faith in Him.
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I know not when
my Lord may come,
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at night or noonday fair,
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nor if I walk the vale with Him,
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or meet Him in the air.
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But I know Whom I have believed,
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and am persuaded that He is able
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to keep that
which I've committed
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unto Him against that day.
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Let's take time to
praise the Lord now.
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Dear Lord, we
praise You that You are the
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Father of all compassion,
and the Lord of all comfort.
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We praise You for
healing our broken hearts
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and for binding up our wounds.
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We praise You, God.
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We praise You, Lord, for letting
us lay our burdens on You.
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Thank You that Your
shoulders are broad enough
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and Your heart is big enough
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to care for us and
to take our burdens.
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And Jesus, we praise
You that You will sustain us
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in our hour of grief, for
You have experienced grief.
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See, we don't
have a High Priest who
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has no idea what we're
talking about when we bring our
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pains and our cares to Him.
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No, we have
someone who is moved.
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He's moved with compassion to
hear our prayer and to meet us.
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Aren't you grateful for that?
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We praise You God for that.
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We praise You, Lord.
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So now we come before You,
God, in a time of confession,
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a time of claiming
victory over our sin.
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Holy Spirit, I pray
that You would point out
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any sin that is
separating me from God.
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For those who are
watching, Holy Spirit, convict.
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We want nothing
between us and the Savior.
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Forgive us, Father,
when our doubts overwhelm
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our ability to trust in You.
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God, we've all been there...
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...when we doubted You.
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Even though Your
Word is full of promises
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that remind us what a great
God You are, we doubted You.
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So God, forgive us
when our doubts overwhelm
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our ability to trust in You.
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Thank You for the forgiveness,
oh Father God, that You so
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wonderfully offer.
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Just take a moment to ask the
Holy Spirit to soften your heart
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and to just speak to you. Okay?
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There's a song that talks about
taking our burdens to the Lord
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and leaving them there.
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If the world from you withholds
of its silver and its gold,
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and you have to get
along with meager fare,
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just remember in His Word
how He feeds the little bird;
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take your burden to the
Lord and leave it there.
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Leave it there, leave it there;
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take your burden to the
Lord and leave it there.
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If you trust and never doubt,
He will surely bring you out.
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Just take your burden to
the Lord and leave it there.
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If your body suffers pain and
your health you can't regain,
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and your soul is
almost sinking in despair,
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Jesus knows the pain you feel,
He can save and He can heal;
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so take your burden to the
Lord and just leave it there.
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Leave it there, leave it there;
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take your burden to the
Lord and leave it there.
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If you trust Him
through your doubt,
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He will surely bring you out.
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Take your burden to the
Lord and leave it there.
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Did you notice that line
that says, "If you trust,"
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the first time I sang
it, "and never doubt,"
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but in that second course
it says, "If you trust Him
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through your doubt."
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You know, I
think it's okay that...
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God is not
surprised that we would doubt.
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And it shouldn't be our
way to just initially doubt,
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but sometimes we have to
trust Him through our doubt.
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So as we go into a time of
supplication and intercession,
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if you are having a hard
time grasping that God cares
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or that He can
answer this prayer,
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just trust Him
through your doubt
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until that doubt
diminishes. Alright?
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So now we pray, oh
Lord, for wisdom and grace
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to accept our disappointments,
knowing that You love us.
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And Lord, Your Word says You
will work all things for good,
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though we may not
understand it now.
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We ask, oh God, that our
faith will be strengthened
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as we face doubt and fear.
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Please cause our
families to reveal Your love
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in our homes and communities.
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We ask You to
bring harmony into homes.
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We ask You to heal broken
relationships in our homes.
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God, we ask that
You would protect
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the vulnerable from abuse.
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And Lord, that You would
reveal Your sanctifying power
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in seemingly
hopeless situations.
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Oh God, those are big prayers
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for those who have been
going through those situations
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for a long times.
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God, I know You
can turn them around.
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Father, may our members,
our pastors, and our leaders
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around the world feed
on Your Word every day.
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Lord, may we also seek You
daily in a personal prayer life.
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Lord, remind us that without You
we can do absolutely nothing.
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Father, we ask You to
raise up nurses and doctors
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to plant new churches
among the 1,978 people groups
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in the 22 countries in
West-Central Africa Division.
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Lord, as I read those prayer
requests that have to do with
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the multiple people
groups, I'm reminded that
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these are God-sized prayers.
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These are prayers, Lord,
that only You can answer,
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because You created this world.
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You know how big it is and
You know how great the need is.
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And you know how
to meet that need.
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And You know who to
meet that need through.
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So Father, we pray,
raise up nurses and doctors
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to plant new churches
among those people group.
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And God, we pray for
the 49 million people
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in the 19 least reached cities
of Trans-European Division.
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49 million people.
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Each one of them is dear to You.
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Jesus, we know
that You gave Your life
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for each one of them.
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For them to have a
personal relationship with You.
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So we pray for
those people, God.
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And God, I know that
there are those who are watching
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that You have laid
souls upon their heart.
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Unsaved loved
ones, unsaved neighbors,
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Lord, remember what
You said in Jeremiah 24:7
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"Then I will give
them a heart to know Me,
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that I am the LORD; and
they shall be My people,
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and I will be their God,
for they shall return to Me
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with their whole heart."
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Oh God, I ask that
You will give these lost,
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these lost souls, give
them a heart to know You,
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that they will turn to
You and find salvation.
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And for the many requests,
Lord, that have come in
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for prayer, oh
God, meet the needs,
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according to
Your riches and glory.
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Thank You, Father,
for hearing our prayer.
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When peace like a river
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attendeth my way,
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when sorrows
like sea billows roll;
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whatever my lot,
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Thou hast taught me to say,
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"It is well, it is well,
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with my soul."
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It is well with my soul.
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It is well, it is
well, with my soul.
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Though Satan should buffet,
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though trials should come,
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let this blest assurance control
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that Christ has
regarded my helpless estate,
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and has shed His
own blood for my soul.
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It is well with my soul.
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It is well, it is
well, with my soul.
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My sin, oh the bliss
of this glorious thought,
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my sin, not in
part but the whole,
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is nailed to the
cross and I bear it no more.
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Praise the Lord,
praise the Lord, oh my soul.
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And Lord haste the day
when my faith shall be sight,
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the clouds be
rolled back as a scroll.
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The trump shall resound,
and the Lord shall descend.
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Even so, it is
well with my soul.
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It is well, it is well,
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with my soul.
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Father, we thank You
that because Christ is
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interceding for us, we
have a hope and a future.
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And we can
genuinely say, it is well.
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Imagine having
Christ interceding for you.
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Thank You, God, for that.
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Thank You,
Father, for comforting us
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in all of our troubles so
that we may comfort others.
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Lord, help us to do that.
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Thank you, God, that
Your strength is made perfect
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in our weakness.
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Thank You, Lord Jesus.
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Just take a moment and
thank Him for His goodness.
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Remember those words from,
Testimonies, v4, pages 116-117.
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"God gives us lessons of trust.
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He would teach us
where to look for help
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and strength in time of need.
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Thus we obtain practical
knowledge of His divine will,
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which we so much need
in our life experience.
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Faith grows strong in earnest
conflict with doubt and fear."
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And also from, The
Ministry of Healing, page 474.
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"In the future life,
the mysteries that here have
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annoyed and disappointed
us will be made plain.
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We shall see that our
seemingly unanswered prayers
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and disappointed hopes have been
among our greatest blessings."
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Isaiah 41:10, "Fear
not, for I am with you;
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be not dismayed,
for I am your God.
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I will strengthen
you, yes, I will help you;
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I will uphold you with
My righteous right hand."
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That's the God you serve.
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That's why I encourage
you not to give up hope.
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That's why I encourage you
to trust Him through your doubt.
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Psalm 55:22 says, "Cast
your burden on the Lord,
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and He shall sustain you;
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He shall never permit
the righteous to be moved."
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Thank You, Lord,
for those promises.
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Thank You, Father, that we
can cast our burden on You.
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You will sustain us and
never permit us to be moved.
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What a precious promise.
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I encourage you to
join us tomorrow evening
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for our tenth day
of, Ten Days of Prayer.
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But that's not the end.
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Join us on January
19th, this coming Sabbath,
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as we take time to praise
God for His wonderful deeds
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and for hearing
our prayer during these
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past ten days of prayer.
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We'll also be discussing
the outreach challenge
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as outlined on...
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...where you're encouraged
to reach out to others
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in your community after these
ten days of prayer are through.
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So join us again tomorrow night.
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And just think about His love,
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as we close these
last few seconds of prayer.
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Thank you for watching
us and for praying along.
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