Daily Devotional for Monday, 26 NOVEMBER 2018in Nashville, Tennessee, United States "Answered Prayer" by Eunice Arão Kakueka (Luanda, Angola)
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. (Psalm 50:15 (NRSV))A few years ago, one of my sons, Bongue, and I left home early one morning to participate in a training seminar for pastors in Luanda. It was still dark. A few minutes later we were approached by three thieves who demanded our wallets. When we resisted, they threatened us with a firearm and beat us. They took our wallets, belongings, and money.
For several weeks, I felt hatred, remorse, and fear, but prayed constantly for God to touch the hearts of the people who hurt us and, if possible, to see that my wallet was returned. Six months later, three people appeared at the church where my other son, Abraham, was pastor and handed him my wallet, repenting of their evil acts and asking Abraham to pray for them and receive them into the church.
God had worked a miracle! God hears our prayers and answers them. We must never forget Jesus’ promise: “I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
TODAY'S PRAYER: Thank you, God, for your love and protection in difficult times. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:9-13, NIV). Amen.
TODAY'S READING: 1 John 5:11-15
1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son. 12 The one who has the Son has life. The one who doesn’t have God’s Son does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of God’s Son so that you can know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, he listens to us. 15 If we know that he listens to whatever we ask, we know that we have received what we asked from him. (Common English Bible).1 John 5:11 And this is the witness: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Those who have the Son have the life; those who do not have the Son of God do not have the life. 13 I have written you these things so that you may know that you have eternal life — you who keep trusting in the person and power of the Son of God.
14 This is the confidence we have in his presence: if we ask anything that accords with his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us — whatever we ask — then we know that we have what we have asked from him. (Complete Jewish Bible).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44).
PRAYER FOCUS: Someone waiting for an
answer to prayer
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