Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus 
Christ. It is a privilege once again to welcome you to this blog site. Thank you for taking the time to come a share and read these blogs. I am elated to see your comments and see your reposting’s of them. It means so much to know that this servants attempt to add to your day is relevant. Please continue to post comments, reposts on your sites, and let me know that these posts have been a blessing to you. I want to take this time to invite you to be my guest at church this week. We will be meeting for our midweek Prayer and bible study on Wednesday at 7:00 PM and of our Sunday afternoon worship services at 4 PM on Sundays. The address to the church is 154 Lexington Avenue @ 30th Street. We are meeting at the First Moravian Church.
Today is day number four (4) on our fast 2013. This years fast is different in that the LORD has called us this year to a ten (10) day fast. The LORD has been gracious to us and I have already been hearing testimonies of how great our God is. Please keep them coming and please share your testimonies with others. Today Beloved, I would like to encourage you to pray for each other. We need to pray for our loved ones, our friends, our family even our enemies. Let’s look at our text:
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John 2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
This is undoubtedly an obscure verse to decide on when talking about intercessory prayer, but it is fitting nonetheless. This text is a familiar one. Just about anyone who has been in Christendom for about a week knows about the wedding at Cana, where Jesus turn water into wine. Because it is so well known let me not rehash well known themes. However, allow me to draw your attention to this verse for a moment. Jesus, his mother and his disciples at the time were invited to this wedding and somehow we are told from the text that Jesus’s mother was aware of the fact that there was no wine. This was a problem on many fronts, but let’s cut to the chase. The text tells us that Jesus’s mother was aware and spoke to Jesus on the groom’s/family’s behalf. While she spoke on their behalf, there is no proof from the text that she spoke at their behest. There is no proof that the groom, bride or anyone in the wedding party for that matter was made aware of this dilemma, yet she spoke to Jesus. This is what intercessory prayer is. Mary was speaking to Jesus Christ for someone other than herself. You can effect someone else’s life just by praying for them.
Here is another exciting bit of information. There is no proof that the groom had any knowledge of what was going on between Mary and Jesus. If this is the case, the notion that someone must be in alinement with the will of God, or that they need to be in agreement with your prayer, is at best problematic. From this text one could draw the conclusion that you can pray for someone who has no idea that you are praying and yet God will change their situation. God can turn your son around, even if he does not agree, or even if he doesn’t know you are praying. God can deliver your daughter, while she is doing what she ought not. We need to pray for one another, knowing that God is the rewarder of them that diligently seeks him. He can change your family’s situation, your friends marriage, your parents health, whatsoever you asks for. Just pray. Believe and have no doubt. Remember the word of God.
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Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Pray for each other and believe that God will do just what he said. There is a plan for today. Here is the plan, just do one more day. The best way to do a fast is to do it one day at a time. Don’t worry about the rest of the days and how you are going to make it. Just do today. Drink all the water you can drink. At the very least you should be drinking ten (10) glasses of water. Pray from your prayer lists and pray for one another.
Live Life on Purpose and not By Mistake,
Yours Because I am His,
Leo Colon
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