God has told us to call on HIM and he will show us great and mighty things (Jeremiah 33:3).
As Moses prayed with his hands raised to heaven, Joshua’s army was victorious. Prayer worked! (Exodus 17:8-13)
Sickly King Hezekiah lay on his death bed. He cried out to God in prayer. God gave the king fifteen years (II Kings 20:5).
The author’s daddy, Dr. Robert E. Smith (a pastor) laid at death’s door in a Tyler, Texas Hospital. The medical team advised the family to make his funeral arrangements. In answer to prayer, God raised him up and gave him four and a half more years.
God has created all things for his pleasure. Everything is about the kingdom.
Jesus Christ is the rightful ruler of a spiritual Kingdom, and on day, all men will bow before HIM (Philippians 2:9-10).
What do we know about any king? He’s born into his position. He rules those in his kingdom with absolute authority.
Those who are chosen by the king to serve as his ambassadors do everything to symbolize the kingdom. Scripture calls us “Christ’s ambassadors” (II Corinthians 5:20).
The author shares in his book that New Science Magazine reported a world values survey that analyzed the levels of happiness in more than sixty-five countries. Of the nations surveyed, the United States ranked sixteen on the list, even though the standard of living in the U.S. far exceeds that of the fifteen happiest nations.
Joshua 6—Praise preceded the fall of Jericho walls.
II Chronicles 20:14-21—Praise preceded Jehoshaphat’s victory.
Mark 6:30-44—Praise preceded the feeding of the 5,000
Acts 16:20-34 -- Praise preceded the earthquake and jailbreak in Philippi
“It is said of Leonardo da Vinci, the great artist, that he would sit practically motionless for days at a time, meditating and getting the inspiration for his masterpieces.”
Celebrate the Small Stuff!
We are to celebrate God’s smallest responses to our prayers. The psalmist David said, “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify HIM with thanksgiving” (Psalm 69:30). Jesus said in John 14:13, “I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.”
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