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Living a Great-Full Life: How Great Is Answered Prayer
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Living a Great-Full Life: How Great Is Answered Prayer
We have all found ourselves standing outside the door (literal or figurative) of a person from whom we need help. Our hand is raised to knock but remains frozen in the air. Why? Perhaps we don’t feel worthy or fear getting “No” for an answer. If we fear asking a fellow human for help, how much more likely are we to fear asking God?
And yet we are encouraged to ask with boldness. How is it possible that we, in spite of our unworthiness, are encouraged to enter God’s presence in prayer? It is only because of Christ whose blood has cleansed us from our sin and made us worthy to stand in God’s presence. To fear asking God for help is to diminish the greatness of what Christ has done for us. Consider how an earthly parent would feel if his or her child feared asking for help. How much more does God welcome us to lay our needs before Him!
Avail yourself today of the privilege of prayer. It is surely the greatest of our earthly blessings.
Anxiety and prayer are more opposed to each other than fire and water.
J. A. Bengel
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Some 2,600 years ago, God gave King Nebuchadnezzar a dream. In this dream, the king saw a five–part statue made of five different metals (see Daniel 2). Each section represented an empire, beginning with Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon. Four of these empires have already risen and fallen in history—a clear fulfillment of Daniel's prophetic interpretation. The fifth and final empire indicates a future Europe—a ten nation coalition that will unite under the Antichrist's rule.
You can read about the King's dream and Daniel's interpretation in Daniel 2, but let's take a quick visual look at what you will find:
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King Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Daniel's words to the king are clear. "You are this head of gold" (Daniel 2:37–38).
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Medo–Persian Empire
The Medo–Persian Empire conquered Babylon in 539 BC and remained in power for approximately two hundred years (Daniel 5:28).
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Grecian Empire
Greece's Empire succeeded the Medo–Persians (Daniel 8:21).
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Roman Empire
When the Grecian empire was conquered by Rome, all the lands and peoples of the previous kingdoms were assimilated into the Roman Empire through the strengths of the "iron legions of Rome" (Daniel 2:40).
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Future European Coalition
This empire has not yet risen. Daniel foretells a time when the Roman Empire—Europe—will consist of ten kingdoms or leaders. The future Roman Empire will be present on the earth when God sets up His earthly kingdom (Daniel 2:44).