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.
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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
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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.
Two Year Gospel Study Week 43
Luke 7:11-17: “Death-Defier”
Jesus is the TRUE Death-Defier, not by doing things that are wild and crazy but by doing things that destroy death, that defy the power of sin and death and decay and the devil.
Today’s story is a death defying story that’s a precursor of what’s to come! It’s a story of Jesus raising a person from the dead. This story is only in the Gospel of Luke.
Here’s the story – as Jesus and His disciples are reaching the town of Nain, there is a funeral procession of mourners carrying a boy to burial, an only son of a widow. And that day in Nain everything changed! When Jesus saw the woman His heart went out to her. Jesus walked up to the coffin and said to the dead boy, “Young man, I say to You, Get up!”
Then the dead boy sat up alive and talked and people praised God!
Interestingly, hundreds of years earlier, this same kind of miracle took place in nearly this same place where Elisha had raised a dead Shulamite woman. This group of mourners now rejoicing would have know that story and are seeing the Scriptures come to life again!
They cry out, “God has come to help His people!” They had no idea at the depth of the truth of their words, for God truly had come – Yes God in Jesus had truly come! And He came to “help His people!”
Let’s take a look at Jesus and funerals. He attended several in many cities:
1. Three recorded in the Gospels: Main, Capernaum and Bethany
2. Jesus spoke directly to the deceased and the dead responded because Jesus’ Word has power
3. All three dead people were resurrected! Romans 4:17 God who gives life to the dead, calls into being things that were not!
Jesus is the Living God come to earth!
This story is a picture of what is to come – it gives us a picture of what is going to happen on a majestic and incredible scale at the end of days. The dead will hear His voice and we will rise!
The story is a harbinger of things to come!
Death-Defying Truths:
1. Jesus’ resurrection is the guarantee to our resurrection (1 Peter 1:3)
2. Our future is not as disembodied spirits. We are going to be bodily raised (1 Corinthians 15:442ff)
3. We will live forever in a New Creation (Isaiah 65:17)
Our destiny is to be raised! And to experience a new and perfect creation. Our future is to know the Living God as never before; face to face.
4. This our constant encouragement (1 Thessalonians 4:13) Jesus will return! Therefore encourage each other with these words!
This is the heart of the Christian message – Jesus is returning and we will be raised to eternal life with Him.
This story was not merely about compassion to a mom, it was about the assurance to all who saw it that day and to those who have read/heard the story in the centuries that have followed. This is the story that shows us the assurance of our resurrection.
If you don’t know Jesus, we invite you to read the Scriptures and discover who He is!
The same Jesus who raised the widow’s son is the same Jesus who went to the cross for each one of us, paid the full price for our sin, and by His resurrection He assures us that by faith in Him we too will be raised in the end of days!
You don’t want to miss this!
The day is coming when the dead will all hear His voice and we will be changed in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet! That’s God’s promise!!! And that’s our future!!
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Prayer Day 1
Heavenly Father, You have given us this good land as our heritage. May we remember Your generosity, and constantly and do Your holy will. Bless our land with industry, truthful education and a godly way of life. Save us from violence and discord, from confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil. May we who came from many nations with many different languages, become one united people. Support us in defending our liberties and give those to whom we have entrusted the authority of government, the spirit of wisdom that there may be justice and peace in our land. When times are prosperous may our hearts be thankful. In troubled times do not let our trust in You fail. We pray this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Gospel According to Matthew – Week 32
This teaching is from Matthew 22:41 – Matthew 23:1-12
In today’s study of Matthew we continue looking at the last week of Jesus’ life before His arrest, crucifixion, death and resurrection. The religious leaders are continuing their pursuit of trapping Jesus into saying something that they could then bring charges against Him for and get rid of Him.
Jesus asks the religious leaders this question: “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is He?” They answer “The son of David,” thinking they had done well in answering! But Jesus replies, “He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”
In this quote (Ps 110:1) who is the first Lord? It is God the Father. Who is “my Lord”? David is saying his Lord, meaning this sentence is The Lord (God the Father, Eternal Creator) said to my Lord (David’s Lord – the Messiah) …
Then Jesus goes on (verses 45-46), If David calls Him “my Lord” how can his Lord be his son? Jesus pushes their answer right back to them. This answer causes the religious leaders to stop asking Jesus questions. The leaders could not comprehend that David was pointing to the Messiah and that Jesus was pointing to Himself as the Messiah.
Jesus is pointing out that the Messiah is far more that just a descendant of David. He is instead the Living God who took a flesh – true Gd and true man and offers Himself as the sacrifice for sin for all people everywhere throughout all time.
Verses 1-12 of Chapter 23 is a
HIPOCRISY ALERT
A hypocrite is someone who doesn’t practice what they preach. In these next verses Jesus encourages the people to listen to what the leaders are teaching from the Torah, BUT No to do what they do because they are hypocrites. They strove to show people that they were better than they were. They were showy. It was all about drawing attention to themselves and how great they were.
Jesus calls us to Him as our Instructor and Teacher. To honor Him, serve Him, follow Him and warns us against raising up people to the level of God. Honor the Heavenly Father and listen to the voice of Jesus, and to heed what the Holy Spirit has to say.
Our Messiah – Jesus – is our Instructor. We want to learn from Him, we want to learn of Him, we want to know Him, follow Him, be immersed in His teaching and want His words to dwell within us in everyday, in every time and in every situation.
Jesus teaches against hypocrisy with a final instruction saying the greatest among us will be a servant. For those who exalt themselves (hypocrites) will be humbles and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Jesus is making it clear of us who know Him that we are called to serve God and others, because that is Jesus’ example. “The Risen Servant”
Jesus speaks the SEVEN WOES in the next verses. They were spoken against the Pharisees and against many of the religious leaders of His day. These are cutting and difficult words spoken in love to these leaders and teachers of God Torah (law) with the purpose being a wake up call to them, a way to show them they are sinners in need of a Savior. Plus these are words that remind us of the importance of taking to heart the very teachings of Jesus: love God above all else and love our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus speaks truth bluntly to these leaders. His heart is to call them back to Himself.
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