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Take A Knee In Prayer

1/29/2015

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Precious Prayers of the Saints

Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain… He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom of priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” 
– Revelation 5:6-10

 As is the case of many places in the Revelation a beautiful picture is being painted. In the first verses of this chapter there is one sitting on the throne holding a scroll with seven seals and there is an angel crying with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” And no one came forward.

John, the revelator “wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.’ “

When John looked for the Lion of Judah he saw a lamb that had been slain. The Lamb was worthy to take the scroll. Jesus the Christ, the Lamb of God, the one who was slain for the sins of all mankind was the only one worthy to take the scroll.

As the heavenly host bowed before the Lamb they were holding bowls of incense. What was this pleasant fragrance being held precious in heaven? It was the prayers of the saints. It was the prayers of those who had been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. O, how precious are the prayers of those who have been washed in the blood of the Lamb!

Every prayer we pray is rising to heaven as a pleasant fragrance to God. Every tear shed in communion with God is precious to him. Keep sending a sweet incense to heaven.

 Prayer: Thank you Lord for receiving my prayers as a pleasant fragrance. Amen.


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Take A Knee In Prayer

1/25/2015

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My Take a Knee prayer This Morning:

Holy Spirit Aids In Prayer

There are times when our need is so great that it cannot be adequately expressed in words. In those times Holy Spirit is ready to pray through us. That is often called deep intercessory prayer.

Paul writes in the next verse of Romans 8, “He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will” (v27). This passage seems to be saying that Holy Spirit searches our hearts and knows our needs. Knowing our needs he prays through us making intercession for us.

Over 100 years ago a man by the name of John Hyde went to the Punjab region of India to serve as a missionary. He was so moved with a burden for the people of India that he devoted his live to praying for the salvation of that people. He formed a prayer union with other ministry workers who committed to praying ½ hour per day for revival.

In one meeting he felt Holy Spirit had guided him to pray to win 1 soul a day to Christ for a whole year. At the end of the year he had won 400 people to Christ. The next year he felt to pray for 2 souls a day and won over 800 souls to Christ. The next year he prayed for 4 souls a day and any day he did not win 4 people to Christ he would spend the night in agonizing prayer until he felt Holy Spirit confirm that he would win 4 the next day.

We are in a desperate and difficult time. If we are to be effective as witness of the truth of Christ we must learn to pray that way. God seems to be calling us to pray until Holy Spirit is praying through us. We must pray until we no longer have words to express our desire and we must depend upon Holy Spirit praying through us to intercede for souls.

Prayer: Come Holy Spirit. Give me a consciousness of the world condition around me and give me a burden to intercede for the souls of men and women in my community. Holy Spirit, pray through me making intercession for the lost. In Jesus name. Amen


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Take A Knee In Prayer

1/24/2015

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Have you accepted the challenge yet? It's not complicated. Just commit to "Take A Knee In Prayer" each day for 30 days. The prayers don't need to be long and drawn out, just a simple prayer. If you are not accustomed to kneeling in prayer it may feel a little strange at first, but try it you'll like it.


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The Original Sinners Prayer

Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: “God, I thank you that I am not life other men – robbers, evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.” But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, “God have mercy on me, a sinner.” – Luke 18:10-13

This is a parable of two men who were both sinners; one who didn’t think he was and another who knew he was.

The first, a Pharisee, was thought to be righteous because of his position in the religious community, and thus he had a reputation to uphold. He felt that it was important to list his acts of righteousness in a loud voice so others would know what a holy man he was. At another time Jesus told the people, “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees you will have no part in the kingdom of heaven.”

The second man, a tax collector, one despised by the rest of the community because of how he made his living, knew as everyone else in the community knew, he was a sinner. This man did not come tooting his own horn. He did not stand in the center of the house to gain the attention of all who were there, neither did he cry in a loud voice. No, he humbly stood back, perhaps in a corner, and quietly cried out to God, “Have mercy on me, a sinner.”

Jesus went on to say, “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

God is not too interested in prayers recited from memory but he is greatly impressed by the impassioned plea of the heart. When we cry out to him from a heart made humble by the realization of our need for his mercy, he will hear us.

Prayer: Lord, I am a sinner and like the tax collector I can only appeal to your mercy. May your grace ever rest on me. Amen.

 

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Take A Knee In Prayer

1/23/2015

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God's House Is To Be A House Of Prayer

These I will bring to my Holy Mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. – Isaiah 56:6-7

 You may remember when Jesus cleared the temple of money changers that he declared, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer” (Matthew 21:13). He was quoting this passage.

God’s house is to be a house of prayer, but I am afraid some have lost that focus. Oh yes, prayers are recited in every place that is called a house of God, but many of those prayers are just a ritual recited for the purpose of fulfilling the duty of religion.

One of the best examples of prayer which should be in the house of God is the prayer of Hannah when she was petitioning God for a son. Read the account of her prayer:

In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord. And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life.”

As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli [the priest] observed her mouth. Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk” (1 Samuel 1).

When we are as committed to prayer as Hannah we will see the results Hannah saw. It was her intercession in the house of God which prompted God to give her a son, Samuel. Her son became a great prophet, judge and priest of Israel.

God is calling men and women today to devote themselves to prayer and to come into his house making supplication, offering up petitions and making intercessory prayers for others. It is time once again for God’s house to be known as a house of prayer where men, women and children can connect with the great God who answers prayers joyfully.

Prayer: Lord, grant me the grace to hear you calling me to pray and the commitment to answer that call. In Jesus name. Amen

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Take A Knee In Prayer 30 Day Challenge

1/22/2015

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A message of hope to inspire you to faithfulness to your commitment to the Take A Knee Challenge and to give you strength on your journey of faith 

Men Begin To Call On The Lord

Adam lay with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the Lord. – Genesis 4:25-26

 It appears that the family of Adam and Eve were about 300 years outside the Garden of Eden when “men began to call on the name of the Lord.” What happened during that time? We don’t really know. All we are given in Scripture is that one lived so many years and had a son and the son lived so many years and had a son, etc., etc. all the way to the time of Noah.

During that time man was learning about how to raise food to eat, how to fashion clothes to cover themselves and how to function in relationship with others. Their life must have been pretty primitive because they were just cast into life without any experience of history to fall back upon.

It was during this time that mankind was just trying to find their way in life that they began to realize their need for God and at that time they began to call on the name of the Lord.

How did they know to call upon the name of the Lord? Adam and Eve must have told them stories around the evening fires of the times when they would walk with God in the cool of the day. Or it could be that while they were working in the fields one would turn to the other talking about how hard life was and in their conversation they began to remember the stories that Adam and Eve told.

However it happened there came a time when man began to realize his need for a power outside of himself to survive in the world. It has been a long time since then, we’re not even sure how long it’s been, but our need for God is just as real today as it was then among our fathers in their primitive world.

If we are to flourish in our time we must learn to call upon the name of the Lord. When we call he will answer.


Prayer: Lord, I need you just as much today as men did in the time of Enosh. Give me grace to endure in my faith. Amen.

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