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1 Samuel 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 of happening here in 1 Kings 11, people who had risen up in rebellion,

and in the verse right before this, in 1 Samuel 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 in prayer according to. For today, the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.

Now there was a specific context here in 1 Samuel 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, co-workers, 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

unreach 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, co-workers, neighbors, people you know, people in your sphere of influence,

like picture their names and their faces right now who don't know Jesus.

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