Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Keep "First Love" The First Love
We have left "First Love" when spending time with that Love is no longer a priority; when we presume its presence and grace; when we no longer talk about that Love with others; when other things occupy spaces in our heart, mind and conversation that was once reserved for that Love. (Rev 2:4)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Start A "Pray For Faith Awakening" Group
Anyone can start a prayer group for national awakening. A group can be as few as two or as many as will attend. Groups can be meeting all over the city...county...state. Groups can connect via the internet, Facebook groups, or just reading this blog together.
If you plan to meet in a physical location there are are some things to keep in mind:
1) Get your location and plan your schedule of meeting days and times;
Promote the time and place.
2) Keep the prayer time to one hour.
3) Really pray for your country, your city, your church, your neighborhood, your family.
This is not a time for Bible study or discussion groups. This is a TIME TO PRAY!
4) Have a prayer agenda ready to go. Take no longer than 5 to 10 minutes to get requests but stay focused on the subject at hand. You're not there to pray for people in the hospital, or discomforted friends and relatives. This is about AWAKENING IN OUR NATION AND IN OUR CHURCHES.
4) Use material from this blog and others to populate your prayer time with requests.
Corporate prayer for the leaders of our cities our nation and churches:
Pray that our leaders seek the Lord; recognize accountability to Him; seek moral clarity; that they be influenced by a Christian witness close to them.
President Barack Obama
US Senators (Texas - John Cornyn & Kay Bailey Hutchison)
US Representative (My district Rep. Michael Burgess)
Cabinet: Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates
State Governor (Texas - Rick Perry)
City Mayor (Fort Worth - Mike Moncrief; North Richland Hills - Oscar Trevino)
If you plan to meet in a physical location there are are some things to keep in mind:
1) Get your location and plan your schedule of meeting days and times;
In your home (neighborhood; apartment complex)
At your place of business (honor your employer)
Meet before work or at lunch (do not pray on company time)
Where else can you think of to meet?Promote the time and place.
2) Keep the prayer time to one hour.
3) Really pray for your country, your city, your church, your neighborhood, your family.
This is not a time for Bible study or discussion groups. This is a TIME TO PRAY!
4) Have a prayer agenda ready to go. Take no longer than 5 to 10 minutes to get requests but stay focused on the subject at hand. You're not there to pray for people in the hospital, or discomforted friends and relatives. This is about AWAKENING IN OUR NATION AND IN OUR CHURCHES.
4) Use material from this blog and others to populate your prayer time with requests.
LETS GET STARTED!!
Scripture reading: Plea for personal purity - Daniel 9:3-19; 2 Chronicles 14:7 (Use "Find that Scripture" at Bible Gateway - above right)
Can it be that the land is no longer ours because we did not seek the Lord, and because we did not seek Him, He is no longer with us? We have forgotten how urgent it is to seek Him.
Personal prayer & confession (1John 1:9): Come before God in personal contrition and brokenness.
Corporate prayer for the leaders of our cities our nation and churches:
Pray that our leaders seek the Lord; recognize accountability to Him; seek moral clarity; that they be influenced by a Christian witness close to them.
President Barack Obama
US Senators (Texas - John Cornyn & Kay Bailey Hutchison)
US Representative (My district Rep. Michael Burgess)
Cabinet: Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates
State Governor (Texas - Rick Perry)
City Mayor (Fort Worth - Mike Moncrief; North Richland Hills - Oscar Trevino)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
PRAYING WITH A PURE HEART FOR KEY LEADERS
Scripture Reading: Plea for personal purity from (Read Psm 50:15-23):
Time for Personal Prayer & Confession using Psm 51 (below)
Come before God in personal contrition & brokenness
Psalm 51 Points To Repentance
V 3 I recognize my shameful deeds
V 6 I desire honesty from the heart
V 7 I ask for purity and cleansing
V 8 I ask for my joy back
V10 I ask, “Create in me a clean heart, renew a right spirit in me.”
V11 I ask neither to be banished from His presence nor that the Holy Spirit be taken from me.”
V14 I ask for forgiveness
V17 I recognize that it is only a sacrifice of a broken repentant heart that God wants
Scripture Reading: Plea for the return of God’s people—Isaiah 1:1-6,10-15, 16-20
Corporate prayer for your church, your cities and your nation
Focus: To know Christ and/or be strengthened in faith; recognize inadequacies of the flesh; seek
the will of God not man
Your Pastor
President Barack Obama
Speaker Of The House John Boehner
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Cabinet: Sec of Housing—Shaun Donavan
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
Separation—Abandonment of all know sin.
Belief—Faith in the complete veracity of God’s character. He is and is the “rewarder” of those who diligently seek Him.
Motive—Ask according to His will; for our good and His glory.
Perseverance—Patient waiting on Him.
Where the conditions are not met God’s answer would both dishonor His character and damage the suppliant (petitioner).
“UNHOLY ALLIANCES”
Apathy toward a lost world; stubbornness;
self-righteousness (holier than thou);
disbelieving heart; pride;
unhealthy sexual appetites;
judgmental attitude; seditious and
factious spirit; complacent;
moody; irritable; fearful; angry,
un-forgiveness; jealousy;
impatience; sarcastic
Time for Personal Prayer & Confession using Psm 51 (below)
Come before God in personal contrition & brokenness
Psalm 51 Points To Repentance
V 3 I recognize my shameful deeds
V 6 I desire honesty from the heart
V 7 I ask for purity and cleansing
V 8 I ask for my joy back
V10 I ask, “Create in me a clean heart, renew a right spirit in me.”
V11 I ask neither to be banished from His presence nor that the Holy Spirit be taken from me.”
V14 I ask for forgiveness
V17 I recognize that it is only a sacrifice of a broken repentant heart that God wants
Scripture Reading: Plea for the return of God’s people—Isaiah 1:1-6,10-15, 16-20
Corporate prayer for your church, your cities and your nation
Focus: To know Christ and/or be strengthened in faith; recognize inadequacies of the flesh; seek
the will of God not man
Your Pastor
President Barack Obama
Speaker Of The House John Boehner
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Cabinet: Sec of Housing—Shaun Donavan
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
CONDITIONS OF PREVAILING PRAYER
(from the autobiography of George Muller)
Dependence—Absolute trust in the merits of Christ as our grounds for blessing and our oneness with Him.Separation—Abandonment of all know sin.
Belief—Faith in the complete veracity of God’s character. He is and is the “rewarder” of those who diligently seek Him.
Motive—Ask according to His will; for our good and His glory.
Perseverance—Patient waiting on Him.
Where the conditions are not met God’s answer would both dishonor His character and damage the suppliant (petitioner).
(RESPOND TO WHAT GOD SAYS TO YOU TODAY - SEE BOTTOM OF POST)
TAKE AWAY – PERSONAL REFLECTION
(Contemplate God’s Word to you)
What was the most significant thought you received from this session?
Why do you think God implanted this upon your heart?
What do you think God wants you to do as result of what you have heard?
Is there anything that might keep you from receiving/doing/obeying what you heard?
Ask His help in achieving what He spoke to you.
Thank God for what you have heard; remember and apply it to your life.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
...AND GOD WAS TROUBLED TOO
In all their troubles [affliction, suffering, pain],
he was troubled [afflicted, suffered], too.
He didn't send someone else to help them.
He did it himself, in person.
Out of his own love and pity
he redeemed them.
He rescued them and carried them along
for a long, long time.
(Isaiah 63:9 The Message BIBLE)
Tragedy in Tucson brings us as a nation to the brink of human emotion. It begs the question, "Does God feel our hurt and suffering?" Oh, yes He does. Isaiah 63:9 tells us that God is capable of feeling what we feel. He was afflicted by that which afflicted Israel. God is troubled, afflicted when we are troubled and afflicted.Not only did He feel the suffering of Israel He came personally to assist them. He will come personally to our aid as a nation in our time of tragedy and trouble. He will come personally to those families in Tucson who have suffered the unspeakable. He will come Himself to minister to those who are suffering due to a senseless shooting that has scarred the national landscape.
God, out of His own love and compassion will redeem those who suffer. He Himself will rescue them and carry them along for a very long time. He will still be there long after the public focus has shifted to other things. He will be there ministering to the pain and sense of loss.
Pray for all those families in Tucson whose lives will bear the scars of the unspeakable tragedy in Tucson. Pray that they will truly know and sense the presence and comfort of God.
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