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Key Bible Verse: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord (Psalm 130:1).
Bonus Reading:Psalm 138

In the fall of 1892, evangelist D. L. Moody boarded a ship in Southampton bound for New York. Three days into the journey, Moody, lying on his bunk, was startled by a loud noise, and the vessel began to shudder. The large shaft that drove the propeller had broken and smashed through the side of the ship. Water began pouring in and it was soon apparent that the ship would sink.

Moody was no stranger to dangerous situations. He'd been shot at in the Civil War. In Chicago, during the great cholera epidemic, he fearlessly visited the sick and dying. "But on the sinking ship," Moody wrote in his memoirs, "it was different. It was the darkest hour of my life. I had thought myself superior to the fear of death," but that illusion quickly vanished. "I could not endure it."

Moody went to his cabin and on his knees poured out his heart to God. What happened? Moody said, "God heard my cry, and enabled me to say, 'Thy will be done!'" He went to bed and fell asleep. He wrote, "I never slept any more soundly in all my life."

At three in the morning, Moody's son awakened him with good news: a steamer had heard their distress signals. Seven days later, they were towed into safe harbor.

—Harold J. Sala in Heroes

Respond:

Are you in your darkest hours? Pray "Thy will be done!"

Thought to Apply:

Only he who can say "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"

—Alexander Maclaren (Scottish preacher, 19th century) Adapted from: Heroes (Promise, 1998).

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Prayer for the Week

You watch over me, Father. Help me let go of my desire for control and rest in Your goodness.

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