Malachi 4 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Malachi 4.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/mal/4/1/s_929001

Meditate on verse 2.

 

But for you who fear My name, the sun

of righteousness will rise with healing

 in its wings, and you will go forth

and skip about like calves from the stall.

 

God’s final recorded words in the Old Testament are the closing verses of Malachi, describing the coming day of the LORD (vs. 1, 5).  It is a day of health, youthful vitality, and restoration for those who fear God’s name (vs. 2, 6).  But for the arrogant and wicked, it is a day of consuming fire (v. 1).

 

What does the day hold for you and those you love?

 

Pray God’s final Old Testament message from Malachi 4:1-6 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, do not let ________ and me be arrogant evildoers

 for whom the day is coming burning like a furnace.  

Please save us from the chaff; do not set us ablaze!  

Do not leave us without root or branch!  

Let us fear Your name, so the sun of righteousness

will rise on us with healing in its wings. 

Let us go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. 

Save ________ from being the wicked who will be ashes

under the soles of our feet on the day which

 You are preparing, LORD of hosts.  

Let us remember Your law of Moses, Your

servant, even the statutes and ordinances which

You commanded.  Thank You for sending Elijah

 the prophet before the coming of Your

great and terrible day, LORD. 

Restore the hearts of the fathers to their

children and the hearts of the children to

their fathers, so that You will not come

and smite the land with a curse.

In Your name, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell