March 25

Prayer

Whom will I Serve?

“Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve ... but as for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 (NASB)

She’s having a baby!
There was no better news to my ears than to hear that a woman in
one of my Bible study groups was pregnant. It was such exciting news
that I cried. The women and I had been praying for this for a very long
time. The news also just “happened” to reinforce our study points for
that session: the power of God, how God answers prayers and how we
need to choose whom we are going to serve each day.

In the past, this woman and another woman were both desperate
to become pregnant after years and years of trying. They went to the
witch doctor seeking some drugs or amulets to bring fertility to their
wombs. Babies are signs of blessing on their households, as well as insurance
that they will be taken care of when they are old. Children are
very important in Africa.

After hearing about Jesus, both women decided to stop taking the
medicine from the witch doctor and to trust in God. We spent hours
and hours praying for the two to become pregnant. Now both women
have been blessed with a pregnancy—showing the power of God and
showing that He answers prayers. These women chose to serve God
instead of the witch doctor, and the entire village knew their choice.
Each day, we are faced with the same question of whom we will serve.
Choosing to serve the living God is the better way.

—Suzie, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa

Father, I choose to serve You today. I pray that missionaries will choose to
serve You today also and not follow human agendas. Break strongholds that
the traditional witch doctors have over people in Africa. May people groups
trust You instead. Amen.

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