24th December 2020

Checking into God's Presence... "And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house." Acts 16: 25-32 On this Christmas Eve, we have to realise that God has placed certain conditions on us to receive His help in time of needs. God's desire is to help His people in troubles if the sound of their type prayer can summon Him to act in their hours of needs. And so Paul and Silas too prayed "and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed". We plead in Your name to give us the courage to draw near You not only in prayers, but in thoughts and in deeds. Make us to cry out for Your help from the value of Your grace, protection and with the presence of Your Holy Spirit, and without ascribing other importance to any lesser gods. As we step out to enjoy Your prescribed riches for the Christmas Eve, let every closed door against our blessings open and remain open for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our Saviour. For indeed, every sin committed is always a living proof of the rejection of Your words of God: we therefore, pray against all prison doors brought upon us as a result of generational sins to open and the bands of limitation set to incapacitates us to become loosened on this Christmas Eve in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen Http://testimony-times.blogspot.co.uk Just Checking into His Presence...