<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;}
p.bodybold, li.bodybold, div.bodybold
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
p.body, li.body, div.body
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=bodybold style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Prayers of
Others<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Several years ago,
Lloyd John Ogilvie, the then newly appointed U.S. Senate Chaplain, wrote that
the previous year had been the most difficult one of his life. His wife had
undergone five major surgeries, radiation treatment and chemotherapy. Several
key staff teammates moved on to other assignments, which added pressure and
uncertainty to Ogilvie’s work. Problems which he could have tackled with
gusto under normal circumstances seemed to loom in all directions.
Discouragement lurked around every corner. Prayer was no longer a contemplative
luxury, but the only way to survive. He adds:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:27.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>“My
own intercessions were multiplied by the prayers of others. Friendships were
deepened as I was forced to allow people to assure me with words I had preached
for years. No day went by without a conversation, letter or phone call giving
me love and hope. The greatest discovery is that I can have joy when I
don’t feel like it.” (Quoted in David Walls, <span
class=underlinetext>Finding God in the Dark </span>[Victor Books, 1993])</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.proclaimsermons.com/illustration.asp">http://www.proclaimsermons.com/illustration.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>