FEBRUARY 26 "JOHN KNOX PRAYERS FEARED"
While very ill, John Knox, the founder of the
Presbyterian Church in Scotland ,
called to his wife and said, "Read me that Scripture where I first cast my
anchor." After he listened to the beautiful prayer of Jesus recorded in
John 17, he seemed to forget his weakness.
He began to pray:
·
Interceding earnestly
for his fellowmen.
·
He prayed for the
ungodly who had thus far rejected the gospel
·
He pleaded in behalf
of people who had been recently converted
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And he requested
protection for the Lord's servants, many of whom were facing persecution.
As Knox prayed, his spirit went Home to be with
the Lord. John Know died praying. This
man John Knox, probably not known to many or any that would be reading this
today, but of whom “The Queen of Scotland, at the time, Queen Mary aka “Bloody
Mary” had said, “I fear his prayers more than I do the armies of my enemies”.
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