Prayer Point from Mark 9

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. Mark 9:50

Echinacea. It’s also known as coneflower. It’s GOD’s Swiss-army knife of herbal healing.

Jesus said we are the salt of the Earth. He could easily say we are the echinacea of the EARTH. For in Him, we can offer ourselves as a healing balm to all GOD’s creature.

There is a prerequisite for our use: our prayer life. As we reflect on Mark chapter 9, may we be inspired to live lives of faith, humility, and service, ever mindful of the glory and power of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here are some takeaways from this chapter:

Praise God for His Glory;

Thank God for revealing His glory through Jesus and for the hope we have in Him;

Ask for Increased Faith;

Pray for a deeper, unwavering faith that trusts in God’s power and promises;

Seek Humility and Service;

Request a heart that seeks to serve others and reflects Christ’s humility;

Protection from Sin

LORD Bless, Keep, Shine. . .

Note: Prayer points based on Berean Bible Commentary, Mark 9.

Days of Noah

Open Bible displaying Genesis Chapter 6 text and illustrations of Noah's Ark and people building the ark

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. (Luke 17: 26,27)

The Berean Bible commentary lists four points of prayer based on Genesis Six. Jesus said The Last Days would be like the Days of Noah. Whether or not these day are those days, the prayer points are applicable.

Pray for Personal Righteousness
Ask God to help you live a life that is pleasing to Him, following the example of Noah.

Seek Forgiveness and Repentance
Confess any areas of sin in your life and seek God’s forgiveness and strength to overcome them.

Intercede for the World
Pray for the world to turn from wickedness and seek God’s mercy and grace.

Thank God for His Faithfulness
Praise God for His unwavering faithfulness and the promises He has made to His people

LORD Bless, Keep, Shine. .

EDC

Small backpack first aid kit with Star of Life symbol and buckle

A Miktam of David.
Preserve me, O GOD, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.

The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.|
Psalm 16:1-4

Every Day Carry. The circumstances may vary, but I carry a few basics with me each day, things I consider essential. A small first aid kit is one. Everyone’s kit is different, personalized.

King David, in Psalm 16, gives us another form of EDC, his miktam, for carrying with him each day. It’s more important than physical first aid kit; it’s a spiritual first aid kit. It’s a preventative dose of essential spiritual vitamins.

Item #1 Trust. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” (James 1:17)

Item #2 Holy Fellowship. “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” (Acts 2:42)

Item #3 Idolatry’s Emptiness. “You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3)

The King’s list goes on.

We can pray Psalm 16. We can add its good things to our miktam, our EDC.

In his book Diary of Personal Prayer, John Baillie begins day 17 with “Almighty GOD, Who art ever present in the world without me, and in the unseen world above me, let me carry with me through this day’s life a most real sense of The power and Thy glory.”

What a wonderful way to begin our day with our LORD, and to carry throughout all our days.

LORD Bless, Keep, Shine. . .

A Short Prayer List

O LORD
Enable Us To

Rejoice always
Pray without ceasing
Give thanks in all circumstances
Not quench the Spirit
Not despise prophecies
Test everything
Hold fast to the good
Abstain from every form of evil

O GOD Of Peace
Sanctify Us Completely

May our whole spirit and soul
and body be kept blameless
at the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ
He calls us and is faithful;
He will surely do it.

[Based on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24]