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The following
prayer was penned
by Ray Comfort:
Father, I have a
problem, It's weighing heavy on me. It's all I can think about,
night and day.
Before I bring it to you in prayer. I suppose I should pray for
those who are less fortunate than me--
Those in this world who have hardly enough food for this day, and for
those who don't have a roof over their heads at night.
I also pray for families who have lost loved ones in sudden death, for
parents whose children have leukemia, for the many people who are dying
of brain tumors, for the hundreds of thousands who are laid waste with
other terrible cancers, for people whose bodies have been suddenly
shattered in car wrecks, for those who are lying in the hospital with
agonizing burns over their bodies,
whose faces have been burned beyond recognition.
I pray for people with emphysema, whose eyes fill with terror as they
struggle for every breath merely to live, for those who are tormented
beyond words by irrational fears, for the elderly who are wracked with
the pains of aging, whose only "escape" is death.
I pray for people who are watching their loved ones fade before their
eyes through the grief of Alzheimer's disease, for the many thousands
who are suffering the agony of AIDS, for those who are in such despair
they are about to commit suicide, for people who are tormented by the
demons of alcoholism and drug addiction.
I pray for children who have been abandoned by their parents, for those
who are sexually abused,
for wives held in quiet despair, beaten and abused by cruel and drunken
husbands, for people whose minds have been destroyed by mental
disorders, for those who have lost everything in floods, tornadoes,
hurricanes, and earthquakes.
I pray for the blind, who never see the faces of the ones they love, or
the beauty of a sunrise, for those whose bodies are horribly deformed by
painful arthritis, for the many whose lives will be taken from them
today by murderers, for those wasting away on their death beds.
Most of all, I cry out for the millions who don't know the forgiveness
that is in Jesus Christ...
for those who in a moment of time will be swept into Hell by the cold
hand of death, and find to their utter horror the unspeakable vengeance
of eternal fire. They will be eternally damned to everlasting
punishment.
Oh God, I pray for them.
Strange ... I can't seem to remember what my problem was ... In
Jesus' name I pray, Amen!
"Therefore I
exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
giving of thanks be made for all men."
(I Timothy 2:1)
Intercession means
to go to God in prayer on behalf of someone else. What a blessing
to know that not only do Jesus Christ (Heb. 7:25) and the Holy Spirit
(Rom. 8:26-27) intercede on our behalf, but we also have the privilege
of being able to intercede for one another.
Why not take a moment to pray for others you know who are in need this
day.
Have a
great week!
In Jesus'
name, Amen.

 
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prayers of intercession from our prayer chain
on our Prayer Request page. 

This weeks
thought and comments comes from Thought-for-the-day, a daily devotional
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It is
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Boone Church of Christ,
Boone, NC

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