Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Thank you for standing with us in the ministry of prayer! What a wonder! What a JOY to come before the throne of grace and find help from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth! May we never loose the wonder of being drawn nearer and nearer to our Lord! David said, "I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!" (Ps.122:1) It is not a drudgery, it is a JOY! In His presence is fullness of joy and times of refreshing! (Ps.16:11, Acts 3:19) The Lord desires to draw us into the house of prayer and satisfy us with His Holy presence. Those who join themselves to the LORD to serve Him, and love the name of the LORD,..."even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer," says the LORD. "For My house shall be called a house of prayer!" (Isa.56:7) All through the book of Acts, we see church moving forward by prayer! This is to be NORMAL for the church! Prayer for the believer is as normal as breathing! Corrie Ten Boom, who went through great persecution during the Holocost, asked this question to the church..."Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" What about prayer meeting? I always remember Pastor Jim Cymbala saying, "Don't miss the most important meeting of the church this week, our Tuesday night prayer meeting!" Amen!! In Acts chapter 2 it says that the church met daily with one accord. (Acts 2:41-47) Oh church may we return to the First Love! May we put first things first! Jesus said, "I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last...Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come, the Almighty!" (Rev.1:8) Oh! May we "Not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching!" (Heb.10:25)
"Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ." (1.Peter.2:4-5) We are the temple of the Living God! (2.Cor.6:16) We have been bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's." (1.Cor.6:19-20)
PRAY that Christ Jesus will be glorified in His church! (Eph.3:14-21)
PRAY the Light of Christ will shine through His church! (Matt.5:14-16)
PRAY for open doors for the Word of God this week! (Eph.6:18-19)
PRAY that the word of God would bring fruits of repentance and faith! (2.Thess.3:1, 1.Thess.1:5-10)
PRAY that the Lord would add to the church those being saved! (1.Cor.1:5-7, Acts 2:47)
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be their forever..." (2.Chron.7:14-16) Jesus will build His church and the gates of hell will not prevail!
WATCH & PRAY
Stay on Fire 4 JESUS!
'Til We see His face!
Brother Jeff
Jude 20-25
