The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Acts 12:5, “So Peter was kept in the prison,

but prayer for him was being made fervently

by the church to God.”

Herod had imprisoned Peter, fastened him with

chains and guarded him with 16 soldiers. The

probability factor of his escape was beyond

belief. What was he to do? He slept. Think you

could have under such conditions? I don’t. But

Peter rested in confidence. He had seen the

LORD work before; and besides, his friends in

the Church would surely be praying. Prayer was

the only way to deal with Herod. It’s the only way

to deal with a host of things, yet we resort to protests,

to communication with governmental officials –

we do everything except pray! Peter’s church

prayed fervently! Theirs was no now-I-lay-me-

down-to-sleep prayer. It was intense! And it

prevailed!

Did you ever feel like you were in prison? Things

that captivated your mind were wrong, but you

could not seem to shake them? What do you do?

Yes, it is true that the LORD does not always

answer our prayers as quickly as we would like.

We have to leave the timing to Him. Yet, it is

also true that we don’t pray as intently as we

ought. He knows just how serious we are with

wanting to be free. Do we not know the inevitable

consequences of sin? “LORD, teach us to pray.”

For His promise is: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect

peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he

trusts in Thee” (Isa. 26:3).

Our prayers of love ascend for each you daily,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”