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THE POWER OF THE WORD I
// Read Luke 5:1-11 // 5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into
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THE WORD OF GOD III
// Read Hebrew 11:1-3 // Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made
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THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAYER II
// Read Daniel 9:1-22 // In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes[a] (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the
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THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAYER I
// Read I John 5:14-15 // 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. MEDITATION: God will only
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EXAMPLE OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER III
// Read Acts 12:1-17 // 12 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to
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EXAMPLE OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER II
// Read Daniel 10:1-14 // MEDITATION: Daniel also prayed an effective prayer. He prayed until something happened. He did not loose hope when his answer was delayed by the prince of Persia. He was persistent like the widow in Luke 18. And on the 24th day, the answer came
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EXAMPLE OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER I
// Read I Kings 18:41-46 // 41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between
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HOW ARE YOU PRAYING VIII?
// Read James 5:13-18 // 13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the
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HOW ARE YOU PRAYING VII?
// Read Mark 1:35-42 // 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking
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HOW ARE YOU PRAYING VI?
// Read Luke 6:12-16 // 12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. 13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: 14 Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother