Jehoshaphat – 2 Chronicles 18:31 – ‘So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.’
As you read the story of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, it’s fascinating to see the direction that his life took – we’ll pick him up as he prays the prayer above in a bit, but first it has to be mentioned that Jehoshaphat was a good king. Read More »
Jehoahaz – 2 Kings 13:4 -‘ So Jehoahaz pleaded with the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.’
This is quite a crazy prayer to have to write about – there seems to be hardly anything to pull out of the prayer except some massive questions. The situation basically goes like this – Read More »
March 26, 2010 – 12:37 pm
Jacob – Genesis 32:24-26 - ‘Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”’
What an incredible scene we have before us in these few verses – God Himself comes to wrestle with Jacob, and rather than God beating Jacob straight away as you might think, they are wrestling together all night! Read More »
Jabez – 1 Chronicles 4:10 – ‘Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.’ (NIV)
The prayer recorded for us in this verse is likely to bring far more questions out than it gives truth – we know next to nothing about Jabez himself, where he has come from, what he does, and in what context he is praying this prayer. Read More »
March 10, 2010 – 10:47 am
The Israelites – Exodus 2:23-25 - ‘Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.’
The answer to this prayer has to be one of the most famous events in the whole Bible, and it takes place in response to a corporate prayer from the people of Israel – and not some nice organised prayer meeting type of prayer but simply from the cries and the groans of the people because of the bondage they were in at the hands of the Egyptians. Read More »
