Daily Prayer 12/18/07

The human brain weighs about 4 pounds. It holds motor functions, memories, sights, sounds, smells, information....It also processes information and data from the world around us and the world inside our bodies. It operates with about 20 watts of electricity. It can hold 100 billion bits of information. That's over 500 full sets of encyclopedias! The more you exercise a part of you brain, it grows larger. Conversely areas that do not get exercised shrink. Just like a muscle really.

In May 1974 a Burmese man recited 16,000 pages from a Buddhist religious text! Wow! What do you fill your brain with? Psalm 16:7 I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. Prov 15:14 The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on folly. Prov 22:17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; Prov 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Father- What an amazing creation You have placed in our heads! Yet we can not even begin to know You until our eyes have been opened by Your Holy Spirit. You must teach us according to Your Word. Our knowledge of the Holy will bring great fear into our hearts when we see Your holiness and the light exposes the depth of our sin! Yes, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom! I pray we fill our minds with Your Word and I pray You give us knowledge of the Word and wisdom and discernment.

For baby Thaddeus we pray...heal him Lord for Your glory. Don't ever let any of us think he has gotten better because of things we have done or prayed, but only because You have done it according to Your pleasure, for Your glory.

For Jill's health and her baby.

For Pastor Samuel. He is Your brave warrior along with the others in India who are in the spiritual battle and fight fearlessly. Your Word is their sword and it slays men and women as they count themselves dead to the world and alive to Christ by faith in His death for our sins. Protect them and may their efforts bear much fruit. For the church and school there....May they be blessed.

Lord I pray You would come quickly! End this world full of sin as we know it and bring in Your new Kingdom that is perfect and forever remaining without sin. I look forward to a place better than the garden of Eden that will never see sin and decay and death and sickness. Bring Your Kingdom soon Lord Jesus! In Your Name we ask the Father for these things, amen.