2024 08 24

BE STILL-BE STILL, FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
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Acts 4:21-31 New King James Version
21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done. 22 For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.
     Lord Jesus, help what we do to bring you glory. Let it be a witness to your transforming power.

23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
     Jesus, help us take back to the fellowship all that we have seen and experienced.

24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, 25 who by the mouth of Your servant David have said:
     ‘Why did the nations rage,
     And the people plot vain things?
     26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
     And the rulers were gathered together
     Against the Lord and against His Christ.’
     LORD, thank you for the witness of your servant David.

27 “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
     Father, thank you that we are in your hands.

29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
     Lorde, stretch out your hand to heal and do signs and wonders in our day.

31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
     Father, as we praise and worship you, manifest your presence among us. Give us boldness in speaking of your and your ways.

Isaiah 37:15-20 New King James Version
15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17 Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 18 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord, You alone.”
     A prayer for a time when the faithful are under attack by today’s pagans.

A Word Received: Look to me for my present work among you.

Albany Intercessor