Mon, Dec 17th - 2:23PM
Hezekiah's Prayer
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'"
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, and said, "Remember now, O Lord, I beseech Thee, how I have walked before Thee in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Thy sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,
"Go and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add 15 years to your life.
"And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city."
"And this shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing He has spoken:
"Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back 10 steps." So the sun's shadow went back 10 steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
Isaiah 38:1-8
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What impressed me here is Hezekiah's reaction to the word from a proven "man of God"...Isaiah had a truly accurate word from the Lord...Hezekiah was going to die.
Yet the king goes personally to God in prayer...he pours out his heart to Him..."himself". It is always good to go to the Lord personally...for ourselves in prayer, even in the face of trustworthy words from "good" ministries, or good doctors or any other kind of authorities in this world. We just never know what the Lord might do for us and thru our time of travail in prayer before Him.
In this case Isaiah is used again to tell Hezekiah his life will be extended 15 years. But God does even more...the whole city is to be delivered from the Assyrians...this goes way beyond the King's personal prayer...the blessing reached out to many...so it might be in our case, we never know.
And God desired to display even more of His power...by giving the sign with the shadow of the sun going back 10 steps.
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Lord I pray we will all be encouraged to press in to Your throne of grace...no matter what we have heard spoken to us...You are a very personal God and Your Ways are past finding out...help us our God to trust You in all things; to know that You will choose the right and wise thing to do for us and thru us.
Thank You Lord for being the kind of God who can do more than we can ask or think. Lord I also pray today for those who do not have the strength to pray anymore, for those weary from their personal battles...Lord let Your grace a mercy be poured out to them according to their need, even providing a sign to some according to Your power and will, thank You Lord...thank You for the encouragement we find in the scriptures.
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Thu, Dec 6th - 2:15PM
Answered Prayers
I want to thank all who may have prayed for me and my eye problem...I had a good check up yesterday. The inner eye health of both eyes is still good...and I am very thankful. We are not certain why I have these symptoms...my guess it is part of my overall health condition. Thank You Lord for Your mercies to me, thank You for the internet church.
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