[Faith-talk] FW: [ChristianChit-Chat] Praying In A Crisis

[Eric Calhoun]

Wow!  This is powerful, saints!


Original Message: 
From: "Tina Krause" <TinasCollections at comcast.net>
To: "Christian Chit Chat" <ChristianChit-Chat at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [ChristianChit-Chat] Praying In A Crisis
Date: 
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:34:39 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Numbers 21:6-8 

When was the last time you got on your knees and cried out to God about
something other than personal issues? We?re often so involved in our own
busy lives that we fail to see the crises others are facing. I?m talking
about situations that don?t affect our immediate family at all, rather
than,
say, the deployment of a soldier we know or a terrorist attack on our
land.
But whether circumstances touch total strangers or hit ?close to home,?
doesn?t it often feel as if such matters are just too big for one person?s
prayer to make a difference? 

 

This is a lie straight from Satan. He wants us to assume that cataclysmic
or
tragic problems are too vast for our petition to have any effect.
Scripture
disagrees: James 5:16 assures us that ?the effective prayer of a
righteous
man can accomplish much.? And verse 17 provides a powerful example:
?Elijah
was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would
not
rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.? 

 

Almighty God is able to heal, bring peace, and change circumstances. And
He
has chosen to let His children participate in the process through prayer.
He
instructs us to talk with Him about everything (Phil. 4:6) and promises
to
hear when sin does not obstruct our communication (Ps. 66:18). 

 

The next time you hear of a tragedy or problem?regardless of whether it
affects people you know or perfect strangers?resist the temptation to
distance yourself from it. You can have an impact on the lives of others
when you intercede on their behalf. So let news of a crisis become a
catalyst for prayer