A Prayer So Big That it Stopped The Sun and The Moon in Their Tracks!

Joshua 9; Joshua 10; Joshua 11; 1 Corinthians 6
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Scripture

Joshua 10

12 On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel:
"O sun, stand still over Gibeon,
O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."
13 So the sun stood still,
and the moon stopped,
till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,
as it is written in the Book of Jashar.
The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a man. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!

Observation

I believe that it was Elijah that prayed that it wouldn’t rain for 3 years and God answered his prayer, but how about a prayer for the sun and moon to stand still! What a huge prayer! Can you imagine what the enemy thought as the day kept going and going and going! I am sure that they began praying to their gods for darkness to come so they could hide, but our God answered Joshua’s prayer. The Lord was fighting for Israel and He gave them all the daylight that they needed to defeat the enemy.


Application

Are we praying any sun and moon stopping prayers today? What is something big that you are praying for?



Prayer

Heavenly Father, give me the faith to pray like Joshua. Help me to take everything to you in prayer. In chapter 9 of Joshua the Israelites were tricked by a small nation because they did not go to you in prayer and ask you what to do. Help me have the heart to take everything to you in prayer!



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