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Prayer Email archive: (03/20/2000) Dealing with counter-attacks |
hello prayer warriors
1. prayer note: dealing with counter-attacks [2 Kings 4:3] And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. This is the cry of the Shunammite woman to Elisha. What has happened? This Shunammite woman has shown Elisha hospitality. In return, Elisha asked her what she wanted. God spoke to Elisha and told her that she will have a son. The woman couldn't believe it. It was through Elisha's faith and God's grace that she conceived a son. What happened next? [2 Kings 4:18-20] 18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. What was the woman's reaction? What will be our reaction if God has promised us something and we received with joy and then it seemed that the thing that was given to us was taken away? I have a friend who has experienced this too. I was reading the bible one day, [Mark 16:18] they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover ... and I felt so convicted that God had asked me to pray for a friend who had a certain sickness. I went over to his house and true enough, he was on the ground suffering from great pain. He told me he couldn't move. I laid hands on him and prayed over him. Almost immediately, the pain left him and the next minute, he was jumping up and down for joy. He did not have this problem anymore. After a few months, the symptoms surfaced again and this time, each attack seemed to be more painful and would last longer. And this time, no matter how much I prayed, the situation did not improve. I told him that these are just symptoms and not the illness, but he told me, surely, he knows that it is. Now, back to the story of the Shunammite woman, what did she do? She did not bury her child, and say that surely God has taken His blessing away. She knew that what God has given her, He will not take away and she stood on His promises and not the circumstances. She exercised her faith. Before this, it was Elisha that exercised his faith when the first miracle happened. Now, in this counter-attack of the enemy, she exercised her own faith, sought out Elisha and held on to God's promises. My friend has started exercising his own faith recently too and now everytime the symptoms seem to surface, he would command the symptoms to go away and stand on God's healing and believe that he has been permanently healed. Almost immediately, the problem would disappear. So, if you feel you are experiencing a counter-attack, exercise your own faith and seek God and believe. Stand on His Words and not the circumstances. 2. New prayer request i. urgent prayer request -- SkyAngel50 Pray for Claire Park who has been re-diagnosed with cancer and is going back into chemo. Her family is looking into alternative medicine. Claire is very strong and positive and a fighter and with all of our thoughts, prayers, and her courage we can help her beat this and win in a big way. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=118&table=prayer&reptable=replies ii. pray for right job -- genav617 I am praying that my daughter find that right job that she is looking for. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=120&table=prayer&reptable=replies iii. pray for QK -- genav617 pray for my manager, QK, the corporation is going through a merger and she has always protected her people to the fault that some of them have taken advantage of her. she needs support to keep her job and the strength to do the right things. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=119&table=prayer&reptable=replies iv. A falling attitude & prosperity -- Pauline Dear prayer warriors... The last few months I've become depressed -- disillusioned with the happiness around me, and unsure of my security, and suffering panic attacks. With all the excitement of a new casual job, I've only had 2 days work. I need to work. With my approaching marriage ever closer, I feel I'm not contributing my share financially. With all the difficulties I've been tested with in the last two years, I'm finding it really hard to keep my chin up and stay cheery, my positive attitude is falling by the wayside... my fiance tells me everything is and will be alright, but it doesn't console me. Please pray for me.... I need the strength of the Lord that my brothers and sisters in Christ can provide... (I'd be happy to hear from anyone who mails me too...) http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=121&table=prayer&reptable=replies 3. Prayer update i. update on little jack -- wazza Hi, some sad news reached me today, little Jack passed away this morning and went home to be with the Lord Jesus. His parents are very sad, as can be expected. They are not christians so we need to pray that they will not harden their hearts to the gospel. Thanks for your prayers, Wazza. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=122&table=prayer&reptable=replies 4. Number of prayer warriors: 88 Please pray everyone. in Christ, waihun |
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Monday, March 20, 2000 8:21:07 AM waihun | |