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Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace, that
we may obtain mercy, and find grace to
help in time of need (Hebrews
4:16).
Throughout our threescore and
ten there are crisis times. Trouble
may approach from a number of
directions: health, finances, family,
storms, earthquakes, national crises,
death. in these times of anxiety, it
is good to know that we can come to
the throne of grace to obtain help for
each occasion.
And God knows what we need.
When Adoniram Judson was
dying, news came to him that some Jews
in Turkey had been converted through
reading the account of his suffering
in Burma. "This awes me," said Judson
to his wife. "This is good news. When
I was a young man, I prayed for the
Lord to send me to the Jews in
Jerusalem as a missionary. But He sent
me to Burma to preach and to suffer
the tortures of imprisonment. Now,
because of my sufferings, God has
brought some Jews in Turkey to
repentance."
In our deepest sorrows, God
understands. Walter Brown Knight
shares this helpful thought:
"Sometimes when our souls are
overwhelmed by sorrow, our prayers lie
so deep in our innermost being that we
are powerless to articulate them in
words. How comforting it is to know
that we do not need words to pray
prevailingly." Paul agrees:
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we
should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit [himself] maketh
intercession for us with groanings
which cannot be uttered. And he that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is
the mind of the Spirit, because he
maketh intercession for the saints
according to the will of God
(Romans 8:26,27).
Troubled?
Tell it
to Jesus. He's listening in your time
of need.
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