READING:
One-year plan: Isaiah 56-62
Two-year plan: Isaiah 42:10-43:28, Colossians 3:1-11
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Every time I read Isaiah 56:7, I’m reminded of memories I’ve written about before on this site:
- Standing with Eastern European men and women in a prayer circle, their leading us in a prayer that lasted more than two hours
- Kneeling on a well-worn, tear-stained prayer mat among Chinese believers
- Praying aloud with Africans who had nothing, but they rejoiced in the Lord
- Listening humbly to Hispanic pastors praying for each other as they sought revival in their city
- Prayerwalking quietly with believers who were risking their lives to identify as Christ-followers
- Kneeling in an Amsterdam conference room where more than 10,000 Christ followers from more than 200 countries gathered
There’s something uniquely beautiful about crying out to heaven arm-in-arm with believers of other nationalities. God gives us brothers and sisters in Christ, and we join our hands and hearts in prayer.
PERSONAL REFLECTION: Is your church a house of prayer?
PRAYER: “God, make me a person of prayer in a church of prayer.”
TOMORROW’S READING:
One-year plan: Isaiah 63-66, Jeremiah 1-2
Two-year plan: Isaiah 44:1-45:13, Colossians 3:12-4:1
MEMORIZATION VERSE (August 1-15)
“Trust in the Lord forever, because in the Lord, the Lord himself, is an everlasting rock!” (Isa 26:4)
