The Essential Guide to Prayer by Dutch Sheets

Author:Dutch Sheets
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Prayer;REL012080;Intercessory prayer—Christianity
ISBN: 9781441231161
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

Did You Understand?

Can you explain the connection between boundaries and intercessory prayer?

How does the concept of strategic time relate to prayer?

What do the ancient cities Masada and Petra exemplify?

Vive la what?!

8

The Power of

Intercession

Hearing Jun Mon’s cries of grief, the neighbors in this slum district outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, knew that her husband, Khev Choen, had died. It came as no surprise, as his health had been steadily deteriorating, and he had been unconscious for the last few days. The witch doctor and herbal medicines—all the family could afford—had not been able to revive him, and now he was gone.

A couple of weeks earlier, a Christian house church group had brought some hope. They had observed Jun Mon’s despair as she sat outside her tumbledown one-room home, and, upon learning that her husband was about to die, Theavy Ser had led them in prayer for her. After hearing the gospel message, Jun Mon and her sister gladly accepted the Lord and were encouraged by the words of the Bible they received.

But now Khev Choen was dead. Late that night, while sitting with Jun Mon and her sister to comfort them, Theavy felt led to pray and to share Scripture passages with them about Christ’s victory over death and the grave. After she left this young believer, Jun Mon continued to read about Jesus’ miracles and then knelt by her husband’s body. For three hours, Jun Mon and her sister wept and pleaded with God to restore life and health to him.

Although they had been praying for this miracle, they were shocked when Khev suddenly sat up in bed and declared that he was alive! And also healthy and hungry! After eating, he shared with them what he had experienced. Evidently at the same time that he stopped breathing, two men in black came and escorted him through darkness to a wide river. On the other side was a man with two books, one containing names of people who had died and the other holding names of people about to die. Khev was questioned but then told to go back home. As he began his journey home, he realized his escorts were gone and that his spirit and steps lightened as he went. Suddenly he came to a fork in the road—darkness on one path and brilliant light on the other. In the background he could hear voices debating which way he would choose. He chose the path of light and, as he stepped onto it, he heard a door slam. The next thing he remembered was suddenly sitting up in his own bed.

When Theavy and others came later to help Jun Mon, they were ecstatic to see Khev alive and walking. Rejoicing at the resurrection power of God, they shared with Khev about Jesus Christ, and he committed himself to the One who had restored his life. Not surprisingly, the home church grew from 4 to 32 in just a few months. Khev, healthy and strong, is a walking testimony to the grace and power of God.

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