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1 Samuel chapter 12, verse 23.

Moreover, as for me, far be it for me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you.

And I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

This is quite a verse when you hear this leader among God's people saying this,

far be it from me that I should sin against God.

It is a sin against God for a leader to cease to pray for those he leads or she leads and it's a sin against God

for he or she not to instruct them in the good and the right way. I want you to think about any

capacity in which you have leadership in others' lives.

It is a sin against God to cease to pray for those you lead and to cease to point them in good

and right ways. And really, there's a sense in which, regardless of

whether or not we're in a leadership position, God has called us to this, right? Like we have been

given the privilege of prayer before God and specifically intercession for others. You and I have an open invitation from the

God of the universe to come to him on behalf of others in need at any time and to pray for them.

And we have been commanded to pray for them to pray without ceasing in all kinds of different

ways we pray, but certainly that includes interceding for others without ceasing, continually

interceding for others. And so think about your life, your leadership, your family, your spheres of influence around you,

the people you know, far be it from us that we should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray

for others and by not pointing others to good and right ways.

So God, we want to obey you right now and to pray for people around us.

God help us to be faithful intercessors, make us faithful intercessors for people around us, for our spouses and our kids. God, help us to be

faithful intercessors for our families, for our parents. Help us to be faithful intercessors. Help us to

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