Tuesday Writing by Diane Sutton......11/29/16

Good Morning,

Today's Writing, "When God’s People Pray, God Moves," was composed by Diane Sutton and speaks of the effect of prayer for needs when God's people pray to Him. Prayer is very powerful and makes a difference. Diane wrote, "We must believe that God can move to bring about changes in our lives and our country if we earnestly pray and not stop until God moves!"

May Tuesday bring you new reasons to go to God in prayer, and please continue to pray for our country.

God bless,

Corinne & Diane  

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Tuesday Devotional 

When God’s People Pray, God Moves

Recently I listened to a pastor from Egypt speak about the events in his country which led to the 2013 overthrow of a harsh Muslim government. The pastor spoke about how the government forced hundreds of young girls into sexual slavery or be married to Muslim men. He said hundreds of Egyptian business owners were arrested and imprisoned because they dared to protest against taxes unjustly imposed upon them.   

In response to what was happening in their country Christians gathered together to pray for their country and government. This pastor stated when he invited his church to prayer meetings, over 700 members faithfully showed up each week for several months to pray for God’s intervention which resulted in a historical event.

On June 30, 2013, approximately 14 million protesters poured into the streets across Egypt to demonstrate against the Islamic government which eventually led to the end of the Muslim government in Egypt. This demonstration was reportedly one of the biggest protests in world history.

  

I believe this is a great example of what can happen when God’s people come together in prayer. When God’s people come together and pray, God moves. We need to keep praying earnestly until God moves.  Luke 22:44 says that Jesus being in anguish, prayed so earnestly that his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

There is nothing in this world more powerful than God’s people praying in unity for God to move. Too many times when it seems nothing is happening, we give up instead of persevering and waiting for God’s answer. 1 Thessalonians 3:10 says that Paul, Silas and Timothy prayed night and day earnestly for the Thessalonians. In Acts 12:5 the church earnestly prayed to God for Peter who was kept in prison. In James 5:17 Elijah prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

 

When we pray earnestly as God’s people, we must believe that God will move! Remember the biblical story of how God used Moses and divine miracles to delivery his people from Egyptian slavery after hearing the earnest cries of the Jewish people.

We must believe that God can move to bring about changes in our lives and our country if we earnestly pray and not stop until God moves! 

Written by
Diane Sutton

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