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Names: Prince, Joseph, author.
Title: The prayer of protection : living fearlessly in dangerous times / Joseph Prince.
Description: First edition. | New York : FaithWords, [2016]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016025609 | ISBN 9781455569120 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781455542376 (large print) | ISBN 9781478912972 (audio download) | ISBN 9781478912965 (audio book) | ISBN 9781455569113 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Psalms, XCICriticism, interpretation, etc.
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We live in dangerous times. A time in which a person could be attacked by terrorists while watching a concert. A time when a bomb could go off as someone sips on a latte in his favorite caf. A time during which an epidemic from one country could spread to another through a single traveler. A time when earthquakes, floods, and other calamities seem to be happening all too often. A time of violence, conflict, and wars.
We can hardly get away from the constant bombardment of such negative news. It comes in through our newsfeeds. It turns up on social media. It screams at us from newspaper headlines and flashes across our screens as news outlets update us live on the senseless violence that wrecks so many lives.
My heart goes out to those whose lives have been devastated by hate-fueled attacks, as well as to those whose realities have been shaken in disasters beyond their control.
Unfortunately, we already know that the world is going to get even darker.
Isaiah 60:2 tells us this:
Darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people.
But I have good news for you, my friend. Good news of the promises in Gods Word that will fortify you and equip you during these times. Good news of His protection and His favor upon you. Good news that declares that you are in this world, but not of this world!
Isaiah 60:2 does not end with deep darkness. It goes on to declare this:
But the L ORD will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.
The darker the world becomes, the brighter YOU will shine. As gloom and despair cover the earth, your light will become increasingly radiant. You will be His beacon of grace and glory in the midst of deep darkness. The world will see you walking in the fullness of the Lords blessings and favor, and wonder how you and your household could be protected from the destruction and chaos all around.
You may be familiar with the Old Testament story of Daniels friends, who were thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to the golden idol of King Nebuchadnezzar. The king, his governors, and his counselors all witnessed for themselves how the fire had no power over the three Hebrew boys. Not a single strand of their hair was singed nor were their garments scorched. In fact, they walked away from the furnace without so much as the smell of smoke or fire on them!
Beloved, I want you to picture Daniels friends walking out of that fiery furnace, completely unharmed. Thats a picture of you and me today.
In Christ, we are in this world, but we are not of this world. Even when thrown into the most extreme and challenging circumstances, we can walk out unharmed.
The same Lord Jesus who stood with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace stands with you today!
The darkness is real. The fire is real. The dangers in this world are certainly real, but His promise that you can live protected and untouched can be an even greater reality in your life.
That is why I wrote this book.
The Word of God tells us that fear involves torment. Our Father in heaven doesnt want any of His beloved children tormented by fear. His Word tells us, There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear (1 John 4:18). I particularly like how the Amplified Bible says it: