Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible by Steven Furtick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book provided a lot to process and ponder as it relates to my personal prayer life and how I interact with God through prayer. I wouldn’t say everything landed with me, but a lot did and for that I’m grateful. Definitely, a book worth reading and allowing yourself to be challenged by. Possibly a book I’ll again return to and reprocess.
I feel as though I should begin with a disclaimer… I try to avoid positioning myself in such a way that I might be judged as being self-promoting or bragging. I take very serious Scripture that talks about avoiding placing ones self in a position to receive the praise of man at the cost of the future praise of heaven.
However, I think this is something that needs shared, if only to help spread the word and ultimately the impact. My aim is to not make this about me, but rather about One Girl.
Have you heard about the One Girl movement by Tiny Hands International? It’s a powerful and simple concept. Rather than fighting sex trafficking through violence, the fight is done on bent knee and with clasped hands, in an attitude of prayer. The idea of One Girl is to daily pray for one girl that has been somehow endangered or victimized by the sex trafficking trade in Nepal. The bracelet you see is a visual representation and reminder to daily pray. The black cord represents the evil darkness of sex trafficking. While the stone represents One Girl and the golden color the hope and light of God into this darkness. The bracelet is handmade by a girl, now living in Princess Home; a safe-house for rescued girls. The cost is $10 (preferably annually), but the impact of daily prayer is priceless.
Would you consider joining me in this fight. It may seem like not much or that $10 won’t make any real difference. But I firmly believe an army of prayer warriors will do more than we could ever hope or imagine; that it will do more than even our money. I’d ask you to pray for the conversion of the traffickers, brothel-owners and those who abuse these innocent children. Pray that their eyes will be able to see God’s truth. Pray for One Girl who is vulnerable to trafficking; one being trafficked at this moment, or one who is currently enslaved in a brothel. Pray for the girl’s family. Pray for rescue.
At the very least, will you give up four-minutes of your time to watch this video?
While it took more than the allotted 60 days, I can say it was time well spent. I mentioned before and will echo it here again. It always seemed timely, when I did pray, whether those prayers were on the “correct” day or not. I found very quickly I’d fail at this if I were to have made it more about religious obligation than about simply praying. No doubt it was an adventurous 60 days. I learned a lot about a lot of place I knew very little, if anything. I feel as though I was stretched and am better for the stretching. My personal prayer, is that I don’t stop here, but that I continue to pray for the nations, and that God continues to move his hand across these places I’ve never heard about. Thank you Lord for allowing me the opportunity to stumble through this adventure with you.
God interrupt the plans of man in Yemen; men who believe the future to be secure and certain. God bring about a real future; one that is built on you and your Word. God do a God-work in this land. Cause your church there to flourish as they proclaim your truth. Strengthen them when they are weak, and keep them humble when they are strong.
Day 60 – Today’s prayer country is Yemen:
Population: 24,255,928
Largest religion: Muslim
Percent Evangelical: 0.0%
For prayer information on Yemen, visit the Operation World website and remember to:
Pray for the specific country needs: Yemens future stability is fragile due to religious and political… READ MORE
Click on the ‘unreached peoples’ of that country and pray
Watch and engage with the prayer video
Find even more fuel for prayer for Yemen on page 889 of the Operation World Book, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or eBook
As Mark 11:17 says: ‘Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? Let’s continue to make the global house of God a house of prayer for all nations.
Father God, may you provide wisdom to your Church, as they work to make the Gospel known to a people full of opposition. May your truth be thee truth that is held on to. May you break into the lives of the people of Vietnam is a real and honest way that puts all the attention on you God.
Day 59 – Today’s prayer country is Vietnam:
Population: 89,028,741
Largest religion: Buddhist
Percent Evangelical: 1.8%
For prayer information on Vietnam, visit the Operation World website and remember to:
Pray for the specific country needs: The deepest spiritual allegiance in Vietnam is not to Communism,… READ MORE
Click on the ‘unreached peoples’ of that country and pray
Watch and engage with the prayer video
Find even more fuel for prayer for Vietnam on page 882 of the Operation World Book, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or eBook
As Mark 11:17 says: ‘Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? Let’s continue to make the global house of God a house of prayer for all nations.
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