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Posted by Edwin Joseph in God's Message Today on 10 25th, 2009 | Comments

It was so nice to attend the first congregational Dawn Watch held in our church. Honestly, it’s not normal for the youth to join prayer gatherings but I do believe that God called every believer to pray and intercede, even the youth. To my surprise, a lot of youth accepted the challenge to be part of the Dawn Watch which aims to pray for the restoration of our country (Philippines). We’ve been struggling for so many years mainly because of stubbornness, pride and idolatry.

I realized that for a very long time, most of the youth are deceived by the devil. The enemy keeps trying to put lies in our minds just for out to keep away from praying. Me for example, do not join prayer gatherings merely because I thought that it was for intercessors and skillful prayer warriors. I may sound weird but it’s true! And most of our youth have the same thing in mind. I constantly feed my mind with the thought that prayer is for matured intercessors.

However, God’s is moving us into a very different situation. God is breaking the chain of deception in our lives.

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1 Samuel 16:7 (English Standard Version)

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance,but the LORD looks on the heart.”
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The bible tells us clearly that whenever God anoints, He never look at the outward appearance that a man sees. He doesn’t even look at a man’s age. He looks at the HEART!

Daily Devotion Conclusion:

You are who you are. No matter how young or how old you are, God is calling you for service, especially in prayer. How He longs to hear you cry out for your country’s restoration. He wants you to plead for your love’s ones salvation. He wants to see you interceding for the lost souls.You don’t need to use wide vocabularies to make your prayer special. Always remember that God don’t play favorites. He hears all our prayers whether it’s long or short.

What God wants to hear is the prayer that comes from our hearts, not from our mouths!

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Great stuff. I haven't done a dawn watch yet but by reading your post, I can imagine how great the experience would be.

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