We pray Psalm 85:4, “Restore us again, God our Savior.” Lord, in these rebellious times we pray for a mighty move of Your Holy Spirit. Open eyes blinded by the deception of the enemy, revive hearts hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, change minds corrupted by lies and half truths, restore wayward souls to the joy of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior and Deliver, restore us again, God our Savior. We pray this over our nation. We pray this over the body of Christ. We pray this over our nation’s leaders and those in positions of authority and we pray this in Your strong name. Amen.
Month: October 2024
Prayer for America Day 7
Heavenly Father, we come before You in Jesus’ strong name and we pray the words of the old hymn:
God bless our native land;
firm may she ever stand
thro’ storm and night!
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
do thou our country save
by thy great might.
Lord, we pray salvation over this land, a return to godliness, a repentant and godly spirit and a desire to love as we have been first love by You. We pray for wisdom for our nation’s leaders, and we pray that the hearts of many would turn back to You. We ask this in the power of Your Holy Spirit and pray this in Jesus’ strong name. Amen.
The Gospel According to Matthew – Week 33
This teaching is from Matthew 23:29 – 24:8.
Pastor Dodge finishes up looking at the seven woes today with an exploration of the 7th. Jesus continues in this 7th woe to convict the teachers and phrases of being hypocrites. Jesus speaks this woe about acting like they were so much better than previous generations in their treatment of prophets. However Jesus tells them they are not different and that He sees their hypocrisy.
Verses 29-32 are Jesus’ prophetic words of judgement over them. Jesus knows what the next days are going to bring – His betrayal into the hands of the religious establishment, turned over to the Romans, crucified. Their ancestors murdered prophets, but those He is talking to will murder the very Son of God.
Jesus tells them that He will send them teachers and prophets and sages and that some they will kill, others they will crucify, and others they will flog and expel from town. He tells how they are no better than their ancestors and tells the judgement they will face for this.
Jesus tells of His deep anguish in verse 37 as He expresses His deep desire to bring them back to Himself, His longing to draw them under His wing. In verses 38-39 He shares the desolation of the temple.
Moving into chapter 24 we delve into the topics of The Temple and The Last Days. As this chapter opens Jesus is with the disciples and they are looking down from the mount towards the temple and Jesus tells them that not one stone of the temple will be left on another, that the temple will be destroyed.
Today we know the truth of Jesus’ prophetic word about the temple as about 40 years after Jesus spoke these very words the temple was destroyed by the Roman army during the jewish revolt against Rome.
The disciples go on to ask Jesus when the destruction of the temple will happen and what will be the sign of the end of the age.
Jesus answers their two-part question with one answer “Watch out that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name claiming to be the Messiah and will deceive many.” The sign of the destruction of the temple and of the end of time is deception. Deception is one of the clear sign of the end of days.
Jesus goes on telling of wars and rumors of wars and not to be alarmed as these must happen before the end comes. Jesus tells that nation will be against nation, there will be famines, earthquakes and all these are the beginning of birth pains.
So much is contained in the words “birth pains.” Pastor Dodge will pick up with this topic next week! Plan to join us!
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Prayer for America Day 6
Paul wrote to his dear friend and colleague Timothy, “I urged then, first of all, that petitions, prayers and intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people and for those in authority. This is good and pleases God, our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.” Lord, that is the prayer of our heart that there would be a spiritual awakening in the land, people turning back to you, beginning with the family of God. We pray, Lord, that the Holy Spirit would descend in power upon this nation, bringing people to repentance and to the joy of knowing the Living God through faith in Jesus Christ, our Savior, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Prayer Day 5
Proverbs 14:34 says, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” Lord, we pray for righteousness in the land. You are our Heavenly Father and have given us every good and perfect gift. Everything we have comes from You. May we be humble before You, repentant in Your holy presence and desirous of serving You in every way. Give good wisdom to our nation’s leaders, Godly wisdom. Give changed hearts to Your people and to all people who call on Your name that we may honor You in this land and may experience the joy of following You. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
The Living One – Week 29: Warning Words
Today’s message is a continued study of Paul’s farewell words of encouragement and warning to the gathering of church leaders.
Paul shares honestly that he understands his time left on earth is short. He states how he has proclaimed the whole will of God.
What is the Whole Will / Counsel of God?
CREATOR – We and the world are intentionally created by a pure, loving, holy creator who shows us how brilliant a Creator / Designer He is. His design points us right back to Him, our Designer.
CONDITION – Our condition is that – All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. None of us is righteous.
CHRIST – we all need a Savior and that Savior turns our lives around. Christ is the prophesied Messiah:
Deity – God
Death – on the cross for us – paid the price of our sin by taking it on Himself that we might be saved.
Resurrection – His resurrection ensures our victory over death. We will be raised on the last day when He returns.
Returning – He will return and we will have eternal life with Him forever.
Paul encourages the leaders to take care of themselves and the flocks God has given them. They are to be shepherds of the church of God.
Paul warns them of the spiritual war that is all around and to be cautious not to fall prey to the eternal and internal threats against the truth of God’s word.
Paul closes by telling them to be on guard because remaining on guard is a life and death matter. Not just a life and death matter temporally (on this earth). It is a life and death matter eternally! (Our eternal destiny). We must be on guard – in Greek this is one word. That word is AWAKE!
We need to wake up to the truth of what God says in the Bible.
BE AWAKE – be prepared because Jesus is coming back!
He will return, so….
Be awake in prayer
Be awake in faithfulness to God
Do not be deceived!
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Prayer Day 4
Our Lord Jesus taught us to pray these words, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. That is our heartfelt prayer. May You be honored in this nation with godly leaders, with humble people, with obedient followers of Jesus the Messiah. May Your kingdom come in power in each of our lives that we may do Your will on earth even as it is done in heaven. And may this nation experience a spiritual rebirth, a renewal that comes through the Holy Spirit of the Living God. We pray this in the strong name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Prayer Day 3
Three thousand years ago the Psalmist wrote, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He chose for His inheritance.” Psalm 33:12. Lord, You have blessed this land in so many ways. We pray that we may receive those blessings with thanksgiving, with humility and with obedience. Turn hearts back to You, Lord, beginning with our own. Give us a desire to see one nation, under God, blessed by Him. We pray that the body of Christ may be built up, that we may be a bride prepared for our Heavenly Groom. In Jesus name we pray this. Amen.
Pray for America
| — PRAYER — Prayer is an important part of our Awake Us Now Ministry. We invite you to join Pastor Dodge as he leads us in Prayers for America. Two options for joining in these special prayers: 1. Weekday Prayer M-F We invite you to join Pastor live at 8:30am CT (or on demand) for prayer – Mondays through Fridays – on our website, Facebook, APP and Youtube. Starting Friday, October 18th and every weekday through Election Day, Tuesday, November 5th, Pastor will share a One minute Prayer for America. 2. Listen via Radio Pastor’s prayers will be playing on 17 of the 18 stations he broadcasts on across America. The prayers on radio will play every day beginning Thursday, October 24th through Election Day Tuesday, November 5th.For more info on how and when to listen from anywhere in the world, click here. |
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Prayer Day 2
Some 2500 years ago the great Hebrew prophet, Daniel, prayed this prayer of repentance for himself and his nation. He said, “Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled. We have turned away from Your commands and laws.” Lord, we are guilty of the same sins and we know that repentance must begin with the household of God. We ask that you would purify us in the body of Christ that we may serve You with joy, with thanksgiving and with holiness. We do not make request of You because we are righteous, but because of Your great mercy. In Jesus name. Amen.
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