Ephesians 6:18 -- With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, (NASU©) Newcastle, WY – 12 AM July 2, 1996 – While many in the little town slept, one woman woke from her sleep with a sudden urgency. She began to pray, to intensely pray for a couple living in Moscow, Russia, ten time zones away. In Moscow, it was 10 AM, a bright beautiful summer morning outside. However, inside an apartment located at 17-2 Grayvoronovskya Ulitsa it was anything but beautiful. Three armed masked-men held hostage two missionaries in a surreal experience that nearly drove them from the mission field. Money, more specifically, “Dollars!” was the booty for that morning’s heist. Dollars and terror. While the bandits work their mischief, the arthritic woman continues to pray for the missionaries by name. The Spirit nudges her, pray. And so, she prays for an entire hour. Her rheumatoid arthritis wracks her body with pain, but she prays. One hour later, the dastardly deed in Moscow is complete. A shattered couple hovers behind a locked door trying to repair a cut phone line, weeping uncontrollably, begging God to help them. But they are alive. Almost a year later, the old woman and the two missionaries share a cup of coffee together. And the story of God’s omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence unfolds. What outcome might have occurred had this woman not listened to the Spirit of the living God? Spiritual Formation Romans 8:26-27 -- In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (NASU©) To the King, George
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