![]() Peter followed him out of the prison, but had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening. Wrap your cloak around you and follow me, the angel told him. Then the angel said to him, put on your clothes and sandals, and Peter did so. Quick, get up, he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. ![]() ![]() The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Acts chapter 12, verses 4 through 11. To be prayed for and to pray for others is no small thing when we serve the great and powerful God. It's possible some may use thoughts and prayers without really meaning it, but our Father knows our thoughts, listens to our prayers, and acts on our behalf according to his perfect will. An angel appeared to Peter in prison, released him from his chains, and led him to safety beyond the prison gates. They had Peter in their thoughts and prayers. But the church was earnestly praying to God for him. God demonstrated the power of prayer in Peter's prison experience in the book of Acts.Īfter the apostle was seized by Herod's men, thrown into prison, and then guarded by four squads of four soldiers each, his prospects looked bleak. Not everyone on her list received the answer to the prayer they wanted, but several testified at her funeral that something God-sized had happened in their life, and they credited it to the earnest prayers of Miss Edna. Early each morning, the aging woman prayed out loud to God. But you never had to wonder when Edna Davis said them.Įveryone in the small, one-stop-light town knew of Miss Edna's yellow legal pad, page after page, lined with name after name. If you hear those words, you might wonder if the person really means it. Our reading, titled Thoughts and Prayers, was written by John Blaise. Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. But our Father knows our thoughts, listens to our prayers, and acts on our behalf according to His perfect will. It’s possible some may use “thoughts and prayers” without really meaning it. What God did is simply miraculous! An angel appeared to Peter in prison, released him from his chains, and led him to safety beyond the prison gates (vv. But “the church was earnestly praying to God for him” (v. After the apostle was seized by Herod’s men, thrown into prison, and then “guarded by four squads of four soldiers each” (Acts 12:4), his prospects looked bleak. God demonstrated the power of prayer in Peter’s prison experience. ![]() Not everyone on her list received the answer to prayer they wanted, but several testified at her funeral that something God-sized had happened in their life, and they credited it to the earnest prayers of Ms. Early each morning the aging woman prayed out loud to God. Edna’s” yellow legal pad-page after page, lined with name after name. Everyone in the small, one stoplight town knew of “Ms. But you never had to wonder when Edna Davis said them. “You’ll be in my thoughts and prayers.” If you hear those words, you might wonder if the person really means it.
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