When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Revelation 5:8 (NASB)
The thought that the prayers of saints are kept in golden bowls and have the aroma of incense is too wonderful for my limited imagination to comprehend--but it's an encouragement to keep praying.
HT: Ed Major
Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Your salvation does not depend on the fact that
you believe Christ to be the Savior of the godly, but that he is a Savior
to you and has become your own. 11. Such a faith will work in you love for
Christ and joy in him, and good works will naturally follow. If they do
not, faith is surely not present; for where faith is, there the Holy Ghost
is and must work love and good works. 12. This faith is condemned by
apostate and rebellious Christians, the pope, bishops, priests, monks, and
the universities. They call it arrogance to desire to be like the saints.
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*Matthew 21:1-9. Christ Enters Jerusalem: or Faith; Good Works; and the
Spiritual Meaning of This Gospel*
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