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1 Samuel chapter 11, verse 13.

But Saul said, not a man shall be put to death this day.

For today, the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.

So there's a lot happening here in 1 Kings chapter 11, people who had risen up in

rebellion. And in the verse right before this, in 1 Samuel chapter 11, verse 12, the people are saying

to Samuel, we need to put some people to death for this rebellion. But Saul speaks up. He says,

Not a man shall be put to death

this day. And this is the phrase that I want to encourage us to think about and pray according to,

for today the Lord has worked salvation in Israel. Now there was a specific context here in

1st Samuel chapter 11 in which the Lord had worked salvation. But that phrase

is a phrase we see all over the Bible. The Lord alone has the power to work salvation.

Salvation is his work. It's what he does. And when he does, we have much reason to celebrate.

And so in light of this phrase, the Lord has worked salvation. I want to lead us to pray that the Lord would do that work in individual

lives around us, in specific lives around us. I want to lead us to pray right now, and obviously

you're going to have to fill in the blank with the people around you. When you think about family members, friends, coworkers, neighbors,

who you know need salvation from the Lord. They need God to work this salvation. I want to lead us to intercede

specifically for them right now. And then, much like we often do on this podcast for us to

intercede for the Lord to work salvation among unreached people, specifically Gujarati

Hindus in India and spread out in other countries around the world. So let's pause right now and

just think about people in your family, friends of yours, coworkers, neighbors, people you know,

people in your sphere of influence, like picture their names and their faces right now who

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