Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches!
Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Lamentations 2:19 ESV


Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Evil Rising, But…

We can't look at a media today and not recognize that evil is rising. What to do? Tremble in anxiety?

Jesus taught the disciples "that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up)." But several verses later, He asked, "When the Son of Man comes, will He find [persistence in] faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:1, AMP)

I thank the Lord for the ministry of Moms in Prayer which disciples women in being like the woman in Jesus' story of Luke 18. Our Lord desires us to be faithful, patient and persistent prayer warriors seeking His help for our children and for their schools.

One praying mom recently wrote to me, "Our prayers are essential to our schools! No locks, rules, or safety measures are going to stop the "Satan who prowls the earth like a roaring lion seeking whom to devour". But we serve the One who holds all power and we have a direct line of prayer to his throne." Profoundly true!

This is similar to the encouragement Jesus spoke to His disciples just prior to the cross—

In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
John 16:33 (AMP)

Keep praying. The One we serve is the Name above every name who has the power to subdue and subject all things to Himself. (Philippians 3:21)


 

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