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Five-a-day before the Lord

I am sure you are familiar with the phrase ‘five-a-day.’ It is a catchy little slogan to ensure we are eating plenty of fruit and vegetables to maintain a healthy diet. But I want to take that phrase in a slightly different direction.

The ENd word Jeremy McQuoid
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George Müller

Think about five people in your sphere of influence who do not yet know Christ and make a commitment that you will pray, consistently, for those five, every day, wherever you are. I read about this simple idea in George Müller’s diaries: ‘In November 1844, I began to pray for the conversion of five individuals. I prayed every day without a single intermission, whether sick or in health, on the land, on the sea, and whatever the pressure of my engagements might be.’