Day 8

^{Acts 12:5
5}So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

Thank God for the church! People may knock it, they may criticize it but when it works there is nothing more powerful. In this verse the church never petitioned to have Peter released, they didn't write to the government, they prayed. All of us need to find our knees for others. Prayer isn't something done by the person up the front but its lived out by all of us its lived out by the church. Whats sad is that it often takes a crisis like imprisonment to arouse people to pray and yet everyday there are people imprisoned spiritually all over the world.
You will never keep yourself happy by trying to keep your "self" happy. Live generously and find your knees for others.