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Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
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Today God says:
"Your effectual, fervent prayer will avail much".
He promises me:
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much". (James 5:16)
My response to the word:
The power of prayer goes beyond my ability to understand. In spite of this, I know that God wants me to pray, and He promises to hear and answer my prayers when I pray according to His will. Throughout this day I will remember that God, my heavenly Father, is only a prayer away. I will claim His promise, "Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you know not".
My prayer:
Lord, I believe in you and I believe your Word. Thank you for the access you give to me through prayer and that my prayers are powerful and effective. I will pray without ceasing today.
Today's scriptures:
"Call to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you great and mysterious things that you do not know". (Jer. 33:3 GW) "Never stop praying". (1 Thess. 5:17 GW) "We are confident that God listens to us if we ask for anything that has His approval. We know that He listens to our requests. So we know that we already have what we ask Him for". (1 John 5:14,15 GW)
Quote for today:
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another. (William Law)
On this day:
"Scriptures are taken from the King James Bible or those marked (GW) are from the God's Word Translation, used with permission".
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On 18th April 1587, John Foxe died in Cripplegate, London at the age of 71 years. Educated at Oxford and ordained into the Anglican ministry, he had to flee to Europe during the reign of Queen Mary. He is remembered for his account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants. Foxe's Book of Martyrs is still in print today.
On 18th April 1874, in England, the remains of Scottish missionary David Livingstone were interred in London's Westminster Abbey. He had died the previous year in Africa at the age of 60.