The Wings Of Prayer

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Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope.

~Psalm 119:45, NLT

Prayer without the promises {God’s word} is like a bird without wings.

~Edmund Calamy

I pray, you pray, we all pray but sometimes I question the effectiveness of my praying. When I read Calamy’s quote it put my mind to thinking: are my prayers wingless. I read the quote two or three times thinking that Calamy surely meant to say faith. It seems like the wings of prayer would be faith and hope but the more I read the more impressed I was that he could be right. I will say this: I pray God’s word back to Him every day. This is one of the main reasons I stay in Psalms all the time. David had an unusual gift of praisings God. I use his psalms when I am praying.

This morning I prayed Romans chapter six which was our SS lesson a couple of weeks ago. Basically, I asked the LORD to not allow sin to lord over me. I do not want to be a slave to sin. I want to be dead to sin and self and alive to Christ. When temptation knocks, I want to respond like a dead man {who of course does not respond at all} and when Jesus knocks, I want to answer “Here am I LORD, what would You have me do.” I may pray Romans seven later today. When we pray the word back to God, we know that we are in his will. If you have never done this; I highly recommend that you give it a try.

  • PRAISE THE LORD from whom all blessing flow. When I got to Bill’s room yesterday morning, he was sitting up in bed eating breakfast. I think it is the first time he has eaten in over a week. Carol got released and is at home.
  • Mens Breakfast October 10 at 8:00 am @ Libby’s in Priceville
  • Tonight, A CALL TO REVERENCE [1 Peter 1:17-21]. This Sunday John 19 THE KING CRUCIFIED [John 19:17-24]
  • October 26…Grace Point will host the ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MORGAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION and will be serving lunch at 11:30. This will double as our 49er meeting for October.
  • November 1, 5:00 pm, Jambalaya supper at the POINT.
  • November 4, Mid-week morning services begin at 10:30 am

Have a Wonderful Wednesday and thanks for reading the blog!!!!

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