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Presidential Prayer Team

Presidential Prayer Team;  J.R. – Lethal Disability

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One of the reasons you are reading this in English rather than in German is because Adolf Hitler did not understand, or accept, the dangers of isolation warned of in Proverbs. There were many elements to the successful 1944 D-Day Invasion that ultimately liberated Europe from the Nazis. But among the most important was this: The Fuhrer didn’t trust his own generals, and he wouldn’t let them make decisions. Thus, as a massive Allied force was landing in France, the German high command was hamstrung, unable to obtain the authority to reposition their forces.

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

Proverbs 18:1

A lethal disability often impacts people of influence. As their power grows, so does their sense that they alone are equipped with the wisdom required to deal with the issues at hand. This is, as Scripture so eloquently says, a “break out against sound judgment.”

The founders of the United States shrewdly designed a system of government that requires cooperation and compromise, but many of America’s leaders are still prone to dictatorial and arrogant actions: it is human nature. Today, pray for unity in Washington – and that it will be a sound unity rooted in God’s truth and a desire to do good for each other.

Recommended Reading: Galatians 6:1-10

Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread — Believing In Advance

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Our Daily Bread

Revelation 22:12-21

Surely I am coming quickly. —Revelation 22:20

In a German prison camp in World War II, undiscovered by the guards, some Americans built a homemade radio. One day news came that the German high command had surrendered, ending the war. Because of a communications breakdown, however, the guards did not yet know this. As word spread among the prisoners, a loud celebration broke out. For 3 days, they sang, waved at guards, and shared jokes over meals. On the fourth day, they awoke to find that all the Germans had fled. Their waiting had come to an end.

A number of Bible stories center on waiting: Abraham waiting for a child (Gen. 12–21). The Israelites waiting for deliverance from Egypt. Prophets waiting for the fulfillment of their own predictions. The disciples waiting for Jesus to act like the powerful Messiah they anticipated. Jesus’ final words at the end of Revelation are “I am coming quickly,” followed by an urgent, echoing prayer, “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!” (22:20). For this, we still wait.

Here’s the question I ask myself: As we wait, why are we so often fearful and anxious? We can, like the Allied prisoners, act on the good news we say we believe. What is faith in God, after all, but believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse? —Philip Yancey

Faith looks beyond the shadow

Of dread and doubt and fear

And finds the Savior waiting

And always standing near. —French

Waiting tries our faith and so we wait in hope.

Bible in a year: Psalms 100-102; 1 Corinthians 1

Insight

After writing of the events that will precede Jesus’ second coming (Rev. 4–22), John assured his readers of the certainty and nearness of Jesus’ return by quoting Him two times: “I am coming quickly” (vv.12,20). John then adds a personal plea, “Even so, come, Lord Jesus!” (v.20).