“What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away?” … The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” … Then Abraham spoke up again … “[W]hat if the number of the righteous is five less? … What if only forty? … thirty? … twenty? … ten?” … [God] answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.” – Genesis 18:24-27
A famous story in the Bible — Abraham standing before God praying for a wicked city because his nephew, Lot, lived there.
Abraham got God to agree to save the whole city if there were only ten (10) righteous living there, only ten! Sadly, there weren’t ten. If only Abraham had continued to negotiate! It wasn’t God who quit the countdown, it was Abraham.
Sometimes we quit prayer too soon! Who knows what could happen if we keep praying until God says stop.
— fritz@langgang.com
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