'The Rain Is Going To Stop.'
a) Song of Solomon 2:11. Look. The winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
b) Exodus 9:33-34. Rain can possibly stop in answer to effective Prayer.
c) Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 11:17; 2 Samuel 1:21. God can withhold the rain because of the peoples' arrogance.
d) 1 Kings 8:35-36; Joel 2:23; James 5:17-18. Rain is sometimes associated with the forgiveness of people's sin.
e) 1 Kings 18:44. Rain can sometimes delay transport and travel.
f) Job 28:26. God has made rules for the rain.
g) Ezekiel 13:11. God can sometimes make the rain destructive.
h) Amos 4:7. God chooses the places where it rains.
(This QT reveals that The Rain Is Going To Stop and that God really controls the rain)
PRAYER: For the right amount of rain to fall where you live.
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'Faith By Itself.'
James 2:17.
a) So also faith by itself,
b) If it does not have works,
c) Is dead.
(Through this Second one I understand the folly of Faith By Itself)
PRAYER: To have living and active Faith.
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Chris.
When a Nation, or a part of it, has arrogant inhabitants, God may judge those inhabitants with unusual weather patterns. The weather we have comes from God, He controls it and this has very real meaning for various parts of the World, especially those parts that depend on regular rain to grow their crops and to feed their flocks and herds.
A lack of rain usually means that the cost of food rises! (Even to make simple food like in the picture above becomes expensive.) God is really in control!!
One of the reasons that we pray for the weather is that, in many nations rain and prosperity are linked. Long periods without rain can bring chaos. We should not forget to pray about the weather. When we complain about the weather, we need to be sure that we are not complaining about God - because He it is Who sends it.
Praying about the weather is much more effective than complaining about it.
