Power of Prayer 

Synopsis     Deuteronomy 9:20-10:2          2/7/2018

Moses remembered how God was angry with the children of Israel – and even with Aaron. He recounted the many other times in the wilderness when the Israelites had provoked the Lord to anger. And he reminded the Israelites how he had remained in prayer for forty days and forty nights in order to save them from God’s wrath. After this, God inscribed a second set of stone tablets. He instructed Moses to make an ark out of wood to carry the new tablets.

The Righteous Intercessor

The power of intercessory prayer.

It is written, “The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.” James 5:16 

Moses’ prayer saved an entire people from destruction. Fasting and prayer. Prostrate before the Lord. 40 days and 40 nights.

Prayer. The admonishment to pray isn’t a burden to lay on another. Not a judgement on the spiritual health of a brother or sister. Not a guilt trip you use to get yourself to do something you don’t really want to do.

It’s a possibility. It’s a manifestation. It’s a picture of love. Moses, on the ground, on his face, pleading and beseeching. Not for his own sake.

Fast and Pray

It’s easy to read the words: Fast and pray for forty days and forty nights.

To really intercede is work. It’s real and sometimes it’s hard. But like all hard work, it brings a profit.

“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17