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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Pray for Peace

     Reba McIntyre has just come out with a new song, “Pray for Peace.”  This song, to me, is a true out-crying for peace around the world and peace within each heart.  The song asks for prayers for our mothers, fathers, children, brothers, sisters, and for ourselves.  It calls for prayers for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. 
     In the midst of the continuing war and beheading of those who proclaim the name of Jesus in a foreign land, we need a worldly circle of people united in prayer.  In the midst of the falling away of families, the legalization and changing of biblical principles away from marriage of one man and one woman, and the killing of unborn infants we need a worldly circle of people united praying to the One who is all powerful and the One who can intercede for us.  We need leaders with discernment, wisdom, and a heart for the people.  We need a worldly circle of people praying to the Prince of Peace. 
     We, here in the heartland of America and around the world, whether in a mission battle or war need, in addition to prayer, preparation.  How do we prepare?  Paul, who himself, is in prison, writes to the saints in Ephesus and tells us.   We are to put on the full armor of God. 
     Envision that armor for a moment:    *
  1.  To help us stand firm we don the “belt of truth.” 
  2.  We put on the “breastplate of righteousness” and
  3.   “fit our feet with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.” 
  4.  We then take up the “shield of faith which can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”  
  5.  On our head we “take on the helmet of salvation” and
  6.  in our hand we take up “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
     Before and after putting on the armor of God we are to “pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and request.  With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying…”
     By all means join Reba in “Pray for Peace.”  I love this song!

*Ephesians 6 

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