The Upper Room Daily Devotional "A New Way" Tuesday, 11 March 2014 - Read Isaiah 43:18 “Don’t remember the former things,
and don’t consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing.
It springs out now.
Don’t you know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
20 The animals of the field shall honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches;
because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people which I formed for myself,
that they might declare my praise.
The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned he will be forgiven.--James 5:15 (NIV)
When our small intercessory prayer group had to stop meeting in person, I felt completely discouraged. The five of us had met every Thursday evening in our church and spent an hour or more in prayer together. But despite my discouragement, through technology our prayer group grew and became even more effective for us. So many people now possess mobile phones, allowing prayer requests to be circulated instantaneously to all of us. We even receive prayer requests from people of other faiths. Our prayer chain has many more links than the five original members, and our prayer time is no longer confined to an hour on Thursdays. We can now lift our requests to God on any day and at any time. We can always trust God, our loving Father, to be at work creating new opportunities to serve and new and different ways for us to accomplish God’s purpose.
--The Author: Delores Rodrigues (West Bengal, India)
Thought for the Day: We can be in touch with God at any time.
Prayer: Dear loving God, as we pray for those who seek prayer, we also pray for ourselves, knowing that you will receive and answer even the humblest prayer. Thank you for helping us to be a part of your kingdom’s work by serving those in need. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Prayer focus: Intercessory prayer groups
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