A Vision of Prayer

This has been a huge burden for me lately. Just another reminder that our prayers do availeth much. If your interested in reading an amazing book on prayer my husband highly recommends "A Praying Life" by Paul E. Miller.

"But the Lord said to me, 'Do not say, "I am only a child." You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,' declares the Lord. Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'Now, I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.'"
-Jeremiah 1:7-10

What a grand-scale vision is today's reading! Uprooting nations and kingdoms? Destroying and overturning realms? Building and planting in remote corners of the earth? Little wonder we quiver and whine, "That's not for me, I am only a child."

But God is with you as you grab hold of this magnificent vision. That's right, God has appointed you over nations and kingdoms. He has appointed you to uproot and tear down... through prayer! God will touch your mouth and give you the words to intercede for the nations of the world. If you can't actually serve on the foreign mission field, you can travel there through prayer.

The world is starving for your prayers. And the Devil is terrified of them. So don't let Satan shrivel and shrink your vision down to a size which he finds more manageable. If your heart needs to get pumped up, read Jeremiah 1:7-10 one more time and rejoice over God's vision for you to reach the world through prayer!

Dig out an old National Geographic map and thumbtack it opposite your desk to remind you of God's grand-scale-vision to reach the world with His love. Ask Him to fill your mouth with intercessions and then start building and planting through your prayers.

Enlarge my heart, Lord, to pray the way You would have me to pray for the world!

Taken from Diamonds in the Dust. Copyright © 1993 by Joni Eareckson Tada. Used by permission. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

Blessings,


Joni and Friends
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