God speaks today Wednesday | August 7, 2024
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
(Psalm 95:6)And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
(Acts 2:42) It is better to pray with others
King Jehoshaphat faced a great crisis and humbled himself before God, seeking wisdom and help. He also proclaimed a fast for all of Judah, involving the entire nation in prayer. This shows the power of prayer in community and the importance of having prayer partners to fight life's battles together. Individual prayer is important, but corporate prayer can give encouragement and strength to keep going. Joining people of faith can help us more effectively undertake the race of faith and build a great bonfire of faith together.
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And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
(Acts 20:7)Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
(Hebrews 10:25)These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
(Acts 1:14)Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
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