Did you know that your prayers will outlast your lifetime and time itself?
That's right!
In John's Gospel and chapter 17 we have our Lord's earnest prayer that has been recorded by the Apostle John as the Holy Spirit moved upon him as he wrote.
He prayed for His disciples that God the Father would keep them. He not only prayed for them, but for you and me. His prayer included all those who would believe because of their testimony that has come down to us through the centuries.
We, too, can have an intimate relationship with God through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Then in the Book of Revelation, also penned by the beloved Apostle John, we learn that the prayers of the saints are in golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints (Revelation 5:8-9, NKJV).
Prayers have staying presence and power in heaven.
Recently, when I learned of the strongest Typhoon that hit Hong Kong, I was able to conceptualize for the first timed that my mother's prayers (Julia Payne Morgan) for China, for Hong Kong and Pakhoi, are being heard in heaven today. Her prayers are present in incense pouring for forth in bowls or vessels of gold. No doubt my mother prayed for God to protect the Chinese in times of typhoons and natural disasters. Although my mother never met Donavan Ng, the field superintendent of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Hong Kong, she has prayed for the leaders and that would include Donavan Ng who served in Hong Kong.
What a great investment. I am encouraged and motivated to pray more and to intercede for others.
God has given me a love for Chinese people that is deep within my DNA. It is present in me all the time. So, my prayers are for the Chinese people in Hong Kong, and in the mainland of China. Chinese people are coming to Jesus in great numbers I am told through my reading. We can be a vital part of what God is doing in China, as well in other countries in our world.
Count me in. I want my life to count for God for time and all eternity.
That's right!
In John's Gospel and chapter 17 we have our Lord's earnest prayer that has been recorded by the Apostle John as the Holy Spirit moved upon him as he wrote.
He prayed for His disciples that God the Father would keep them. He not only prayed for them, but for you and me. His prayer included all those who would believe because of their testimony that has come down to us through the centuries.
We, too, can have an intimate relationship with God through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Then in the Book of Revelation, also penned by the beloved Apostle John, we learn that the prayers of the saints are in golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints (Revelation 5:8-9, NKJV).
Prayers have staying presence and power in heaven.
Recently, when I learned of the strongest Typhoon that hit Hong Kong, I was able to conceptualize for the first timed that my mother's prayers (Julia Payne Morgan) for China, for Hong Kong and Pakhoi, are being heard in heaven today. Her prayers are present in incense pouring for forth in bowls or vessels of gold. No doubt my mother prayed for God to protect the Chinese in times of typhoons and natural disasters. Although my mother never met Donavan Ng, the field superintendent of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Hong Kong, she has prayed for the leaders and that would include Donavan Ng who served in Hong Kong.
What a great investment. I am encouraged and motivated to pray more and to intercede for others.
God has given me a love for Chinese people that is deep within my DNA. It is present in me all the time. So, my prayers are for the Chinese people in Hong Kong, and in the mainland of China. Chinese people are coming to Jesus in great numbers I am told through my reading. We can be a vital part of what God is doing in China, as well in other countries in our world.
Count me in. I want my life to count for God for time and all eternity.