Praying Through the Word

This morning walk to work was a sweet time to read over verses I had put in my 3x5 card index and listen to a great song by Andrew Peterson. He has this great song called, "Labor of Love" and "After the Last Tear Falls". They were great worship songs as I was reading over some verses.

Anyway, my church has always encouraged us to go through the membership directory and pray for other members of the church. A good way of doing this is to pray through scripture for them. So, for instance, if you are reading through Psalm 139 then pray that the Lord would "search them and know them" (vs. 1) Today I was able to do this and let me tell you, it changed my prayer life. It was great to pray for someone else that way, but even for yourself, you are memorizing the verse!

Yesterday, I sat next to an intern who has been coming to our Intern Bible Study. I'm kinda an observant person, so I was watching her out of the corner of my eye to see if she was enjoying the message. She seemed really figidity and was constantly looking at her watch and doodling. (don't get me wrong, I doodle sometimes and it actually helps me pay attention) After the service was over, I asked her what she thought of the message. I thought it was really great! (Wow, I think that's the fourth time I've used the word "great" so far. I'm in a great mood, I guess) I wanted to hear what she had thought of the message. She is a student at Liberty and was telling me that she was studying theology so she has kinda been hearing about God a lot lately and nothing that she was hearing was anything really new to her. I was kind of taken back by that. I'm a religion student too, but I don't want to ever get tired of hearing about the character of God. And I don't want my education and degree in religion to be a head knowledge of God. I want it to be a heart wisdom.

So this morning when I was going through my card index, I came to the verse Isaiah 40:26,28. These verses have always been a fav of mine, but I prayed them for that gir today. Here are the verses:
26. Lift up your eyes on high and see, who created theses? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.
28. Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God. The Creator of the ends of the earth; He does faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Maybe today, you could pray this for someone. Pray that they would life up their eyes on high to see the One who created and is sovereign over them calling them by name so not one is missing. Pray they would know that he is strong in power. Pray that they would know and hear (over and over) that the Lord is THE everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Pray that they would be reminded that he is never tired of them and his understanding is unsearchable.

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