Join us in today’s devotion and prayer-
Read Amos 2 in your favorite version or in the following KJV and then join us in praying below:
Amos 2
2 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
4 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord. (KJV)
Our Father,
In times past, through the prophet Amos, you pronounced judgment upon the ancient nation of Moab which is now part of the modern country of Jordan. The people of that region still live in poverty and few know the truth about your Son Jesus and his Gospel of peace and healing.
Let the Good News be preached among that people in this generation and let your Spirit bring truth and salvation, healings and miracles, and signs and wonders to that modern nation.
In Times past, through the prophet Amos, you pronounced judgment upon the ancient nations of Judah and Israel.
Send your Spirit to bless the people: Christians, Jews, and Muslims, living in that territory in this generation. Sow peace, love, and unity among that diverse people in the name of Jesus Christ and replace the hatred, division, and strife. Let your Kingdom be demonstrated through signs and wonders in the midst of that land and let the poor rejoice and healing begin among that people.
We are looking and hoping for the ‘Good News’ of your Kingdom and your Son Jesus to be preached in every nation and among every people in this generation.
In Jesus Name, Amen.