Exodus 17 & 18, Mark 1: 1-28, Psalm 30: 1-7
Exodus 17: 11-13 (ESV)
“Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and
whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands grew weary, so
they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur
held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his
hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua overwhelmed
Amalek and his people with the sword.”
Verses 11 through 13 from Exodus 17 shows us the value of
having other people helping us with prayer. Moses was praying for Israel to
prevail against the Amalekites by holding up his hand, but when he grew weary
and lowered his hand the Amalekites started winning again. Aaron and Hur helped
Moses to pray until Joshua and his men defeated the people of Amalek. If I am praying
for something and it hasn’t happened yet, I often reach out to get other people
to help pray with me and get their intercessory help with my prayers. Having other
people pray with me or do intercessory prayer on my behalf has always helped me
to get my prayers answered. Intercessory prayer isn’t always a guarantee that
my prayers will be answered, but I think most of the time it does help. When I
pray with other people, I am always awestruck by how other people pray. Their
way of praying is so different than mine, and I am in awe of their faith and
trust in Jesus Christ. I love praying with other people because just listening
to other people helps to strengthen my own faith.
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