Within the past few weeks, my prayer life is being renewed and revitalized...
I pray every day. But for a couple of months, however, it has been hard to pray. The depth of my prayers has been shallow, and heaven’s "Throne of Grace" seemed inaccessible.
Now, for whatever reason, a new season of devotion is awakening within me. I have become more energized, and I’ve been able to arise before dawn most mornings to seek the Lord in the privacy of my prison cell, whispering prayers to Him, confessing my sins, asking for help with my shortcomings, and gladly interceding for those who are in varying degrees of need and distress, as well as for different situations in churches and in nations.
The Lord Jesus helps and encourages me to pray. And for reasons I cannot explain, my heart has been heavy for the orphans in Romania. Tens of thousands of these little ones, and many who are now in their teenage years, are destitute, lonely, and hungry. They do not know Christ. They’re living in despair.
Among my prayer list are hundreds of people in crisis. There is Carolyn M. (Norfolk, Virginia); Robert M. (in prison in Virginia); Molly (who was recently left paralyzed from the chest down after a horseback riding accident); David W. (who has a wasting disease and lives in constant pain); Michael M. (who is in New York City hospital and is dying from AIDS); Tim (a man in his 40s who suffers from paralysis and is confined to a nursing home in Indiana), and there is Margaret who is in deep depression.
There is also "Pastor Kelly," a youth pastor in Lexington, South Carolina, who has a serious medical condition. And I just learned this afternoon via a letter that my dear friend and brother in Christ, Lars, has been diagnosed with a cancer called, "Myeloma." He is in intense pain too.
The list goes on, and there are enough needs and problems to keep me on my knees for a long time. Thus, I hope that other Christians will join me in prayer for these individuals. Amen!
D.B.
Now, for whatever reason, a new season of devotion is awakening within me. I have become more energized, and I’ve been able to arise before dawn most mornings to seek the Lord in the privacy of my prison cell, whispering prayers to Him, confessing my sins, asking for help with my shortcomings, and gladly interceding for those who are in varying degrees of need and distress, as well as for different situations in churches and in nations.
The Lord Jesus helps and encourages me to pray. And for reasons I cannot explain, my heart has been heavy for the orphans in Romania. Tens of thousands of these little ones, and many who are now in their teenage years, are destitute, lonely, and hungry. They do not know Christ. They’re living in despair.
Among my prayer list are hundreds of people in crisis. There is Carolyn M. (Norfolk, Virginia); Robert M. (in prison in Virginia); Molly (who was recently left paralyzed from the chest down after a horseback riding accident); David W. (who has a wasting disease and lives in constant pain); Michael M. (who is in New York City hospital and is dying from AIDS); Tim (a man in his 40s who suffers from paralysis and is confined to a nursing home in Indiana), and there is Margaret who is in deep depression.
There is also "Pastor Kelly," a youth pastor in Lexington, South Carolina, who has a serious medical condition. And I just learned this afternoon via a letter that my dear friend and brother in Christ, Lars, has been diagnosed with a cancer called, "Myeloma." He is in intense pain too.
The list goes on, and there are enough needs and problems to keep me on my knees for a long time. Thus, I hope that other Christians will join me in prayer for these individuals. Amen!
D.B.
