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Exodus chapter 8, verse 13.

And the Lord did, according to the word of Moses.

That is a potent verse.

They read it again. Exodus 813, the Lord did according to the word of Moses.

This is so interesting because at numerous points in Exodus we see that Moses did according to the word of the Lord. So God said, do this and Moses did it. But here it's reversed.

And the Lord did according to the word of Moses. What's that talking about? This is talking about

prayer. Moses prayed, was pleading, interceding before God, for God's provision in his life, for God's provision in the Israelites,

for God's work in Egypt, and God did according to what Moses asked.

What a testimony of the power and the place of prayer in the will of god this is what

jesus says in the new testament too and you ask according to my word i will do it when we pray

like this matters oh may we never pray like it's just religious routine or we're just kind of

talking into thin air. That's not what

prayer is. Prayer is communication with the God of the universe, the Lord Yahweh. And when we speak,

he hears us and he answers. He responds to our prayer. Now, sure, you might think, well, I've asked

for things and God hasn't answered in the way I

I was asking. And if that's the case, then pause and praise God that he who is all wise is

ultimately calling the shots. He who is all good and totally righteous and never makes a mistake and is working all things together

for our good that he is ultimately calling the shots we always have a limited perspective in our

praying so even as we ask God for things we ask God with a yielding to his perspective and his knowledge and his wisdom. But we ask with confidence,

knowing he hears us and he answers. That he answers. We see this in so many different ways all

throughout Scripture. And it's a mystery how it works. In God's sovereignty, he's in control of all

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