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Jeremiah chapter 47 verse six.

Ah, sword of the Lord, how long till you are quiet. Put yourself into your

scabbard, rest and be still. Whoa, what a verse.

This chapter is talking about God's judgment upon the Philistines.

And when you get to verse six as judgments being poured out upon

sinfulness among the Philistines you see this plea for the sword of the

Lord to rest and be still, this plea for mercy upon the Philistines

that is such a powerful picture of intercession

that we see all throughout the Bible.

I think about Moses in Exodus chapter 32 when God's judgment is coming down upon God's people for the golden

calf and Moses stands in the gap and he pleads for God to relent his holy

wrath and show holy mercy and in response to that prayer that's exactly what God does.

God relents, God doesn't pour out all the judgment they deserve and instead shows mercy in response to Moses's prayer do you realize

you and I have that kind of opportunity in prayer to intercede on behalf of people who are

under the judgment of God for them to receive the mercy of God and God has sovereignly ordained our prayers to be

the means by which his mercy is poured out on them. We cannot be a prayerless people. If this doesn't drive us to prayer,

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