https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/27/hes-listening
The life story illustration in today’s ODB is Chuck Norris, the famous martial artist Hollywoood actor and world karate champion, who had worked with Bruce Lee, when the latter was at the peak of his career.
Chuck attributed his faith to the prayers of his mother, who constantly prayed for him. I also attribute my faith to the prayer of my late mother and later my late father, who both prayed for me and my family, especially those times when I used to travel abroad for work when my children were still young. I’ll say that the constant prayers of my late mum during those times kept me safe during all my travels. During those times, my parents also helped us take care of our boys while we were both busy with our jobs as we used to travel more than 100km daily from our home to the city to work.
As my children now have grown up with my elder one having already graduated from university and working, and my younger one halfway through his studies, I believe it is now the time for us to do what my parents used to do for my family – that is to pray for my children, particularly for my elder child who is working abroad. We need to constantly keep them in prayers as the prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective (James 5:16).
Keep our righteousness before God, fulfil His percepts and laws in our hearts, maintain our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ until the day of Christ that we may all be blameless before His throne of grace; in the meantime, pray for our loved ones and those who need our prayers. Our prayers will be powerful and effective as we are righteous before God. The Lord will hear us out and fulfil our prayers in His time. Always pray and don’t give up. Pray for our children that they will keep the faith and remember God in all that they do. Pray for our loved ones that they will know God one day and will be saved.
Ronnie's Thoughts 