We are so very grateful (understatement) for the many fervent prayers that have been prayed for our daughter and family. I sometimes wonder how different the outcome would have been had there not been so many people interceding for her. Strenuously interceding, as The Message bible puts it.
All the time that Peter was under heavy guard in the jailhouse, the church prayed for him most strenuously. Acts 12:5 The Message
It these times we see the church operating without walls. We see the church as a body of believers in Jesus Christ, coming together in unity, in prayer. All differences forgotten, but rather joined in the common purpose of seeing His kingdom come on earth. That is one of the blessings that come from challenging circumstances. As painful as it can be, it is exactly as this scripture in 2 Corinthians says,
We
felt like we'd been sent to death row, that is was all over for us. As
it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened.
Instead
of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were
forced to trust God totally - not a bad idea since he's the God who
raises the dead! And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he'll
do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing.
You
and your prayers are part of that rescue operation - I don't want you
in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in
praise for God's deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers
played such a crucial part. 2 Corinthians 1:9-11 The Message
Often a call will come for prayer for someone or some situation, let's not be too busy to pray, but rather rise up and press in and pray in unity, standing on His word, in the authority given to us in Jesus Christ. Be encouraged, God hears our prayers.
And suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared [standing beside him], and a light shone in the place where he was. And the angel gently smote Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, Get up quickly! And the chains fell off his hands.
Acts 12: 7 AMP
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