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Take A Knee In Prayer - Living Near The Altar

10/15/2015

A Few Weeks ago the Lord spoke to me while at a conference. His message was simply, "Return to the altar of your youth." I was reminded of how I would go to the church when no one else was there and go down to the altar and there I would bare my soul to the Lord. I believe it was those trips to the altar that carried me through my teen age years and kept me from going out into the world as many of the young people from our church did.

I shared this word with a group of pastors I have prayer with every Friday and the whole group felt God calling them back to the altar. A local pastor offered to loan me an altar bench, we didn't have one in our mission church. This past Sunday I put the altar at the front of our worship area and preached the message that God had given me to preach.

The message was titled, "Living Near the Altar," and tells the story of Abraham, the altars he built and the problems he had when he moved away from the altar. I concluded by telling my story and then called people to the altar. God did a mighty work in the altar Sunday.

You can hear the entire message by clicking on the audio bar above. My prayer is that God will call you to the altar also.

If you haven't yet accepted the Take A Knee In Prayer 1000 Prayer Warrior Challenge, or if you would like to find out what this challenge is all about JUST CLICK HERE

A Great Awakening

9/9/2015

Are You Ready for another
great awakening in america

In his book, The Seven Mountains of Prophecy, Johnny Enlow identifies seven "mountains," or power and/or authority:

The Mountain of Media
The Mountain of Government
The Mountain of Education
The Mountain of Economy
The Mountain of Religion
The Mountain of Celebration
The Mountain of Family

We must baptize each of these mountains of influence with prayer. We are being called by God at this time to seek his face concerning each of these mountains and to do all that we can to influence them to turn back to God.

We have been calling for 1000 Prayer Warriors who will join with us in praying for these three things:

Awakening and revival in the body of Christ
Another Great Awakening in America
An Awakening in our individual communities

Will you join with us? If you will just give us your name and email address in the form below and click on the "I'm Joining" button.

Take A Knee Challenge

8/19/2015

God, Will you not save a remnant?

As a judgment from God was being carried out against the unfaithful of Israel the destruction was so devastating that Ezekiel the prophet fell face down and cried out in a loud voice, "Ah Sovereign Lord! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?" (Ezekiel 11:13)

Many across our nation and around the world are crying out to God in the same manner. Not only are the wicked becoming more wicked but the church is becoming more tolerant of evil. Many believe that we are about to face the same kind of destruction that caused Ezekiel to fall on face before God and cry out for mercy.

We are calling for prayer warriors to join with us in crying out to God for a great awakening.

First, we are praying for a revival in the church, the body of Christ. Our prayer is that God would awaken us to the time we are in and stir our hearts that we might live faithfully before him and submit to the righteousness of God.
Second, we are seeking God for another great awakening in America. A spiritual awakening among unbelievers will not happen until the church is awakened and hears the call of God to righteousness and is revived.
Third, we are calling men and women across America, and even around the world, to seek God for an awakening in their own communities; among business owners, governmental leaders, our neighbors, friends and acquaintances.

Will you join with us and accept the challenge to become one of the 1000 Prayer Warriors who are going to prayer daily and seeking God for these three areas?

If you haven't yet accepted this Challenge, I encourage you to do that. When you do accept this challenge you will receive immediate access to two books. The first is a 31 day devotional on prayer and the second one is a book of encouragement and inspiration titled, "Tough Times Produce Tough People." All you need to do to accept the 30 Day Challenge is to fill in the form below with your name and email address then click the "I'm Joining" button.

Take A Knee Challenge

8/5/2015

1000 Knees Bending In Prayer Daily

Recently while I was having my daily prayer and devotion time I felt impressed to challenge believers across America and around the world to daily take a knee in prayer. This website is dedicated to calling people to prayer and it was started with the Take A Knee In Prayer 30 Day Challenge.

I continue to call people to accept the challenge to Take A Knee In Prayer for 30 Days, but I am extending the 30 Day Challenge to become a commitment to daily prayer. My goal for this month is to get 1000 people to commit that they will pray every day.

I feel that there is to be a particular focus to our daily prayer.

First: we are to pray for the body of Christ in America. Many are believing for a period of revival before the return of Christ, but there will be no widespread revival as long as the body of Christ languishes in mediocrity.

Whenever Jesus spoke of prayer it was in the context of diligently seeking God and that is what I am calling men and women to today. I appeal to the people of God who are serious about their spiritual journey, and who are concerned about others in the body of Christ being committed to their journey of faith, to join with us in praying for revival to start in the body of Christ.

Second: I am calling for the awakened and revived body of Christ to seek the face of God for another great awakening in America. When the church is fully awakened to who she is and what she is to be in the world today then we are in a position to see God bring a great awakening.

God answered the cry of believers in America in the mid to late 18th century with men like Jonathon Edwards who first called believers to repent then called those outside the church to surrender to God. The result was the first great awakening.

God gave us the formula for another great awakening in 2 Chronicles 7:14
"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 will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

I urge you to join with us in seeking God for revival among believers and an awakening among unbelievers.

If you haven't yet taken the 30 Day Challenge, and the extended long term commitment, I encourage you to do that. When you do accept this challenge you will receive immediate access to two books. The first is a 31 day devotional on prayer and the second one is a book of encouragement and inspiration titled, "Tough Times Produce Tough People." All you need to do to accept the 30 Day Challenge is to fill in the form below with your name and email address then click the "I'm Joining" button.

Jesse Duplantis - Learning To Do Well

7/15/2015

Jesse says it's fun doing the impossible

Are You Inspired?

No one inspires us do better than Jesse Duplantis.
I just want to give you a couple of tips on being encouraged to do well.
In my own experience I have noticed that my daily walk is directly connected to my daily prayer.

When I pray well I do well, when I am not consistent in my prayer life I become inconsistent in my faith walk. That is why we at New Hope Ministry Resources developed the Take A Knee In Prayer Challenge.

To get more information on the Take A Knee In Prayer Challenge simply click on the "Home" button on the navigation bar at the top of this post.

Everyone who joins the challenge will receive absolutely free and with no obligation, a copy of the Daily God Walk devotional, "Prayer". This devotional has thirty one days of devotions on prayers with material to help with small group discussions as well as a section for journaling with each devotion.

Don't hesitate - Join the Take A Knee Challenge today. Just fill in the form below with your name and email address then click on the "I'm Joining" button.

Don't wait - do it now and get your free 31 day Prayer devotional.

Time To Pray For Our Nation

5/7/2015

I recently listened to a talk given by Kitty Werthmann an 87 year old survivor of Hitler's regime in Germany and Austria. Her story of how Hitler inspired hope in her fellow countrymen by offering free education for the children, free medicine and healthcare, full employment and a guaranteed income for everyone.

As I listened to this message alarm bells began to go off in my head as I saw similarities between what was happening in Europe then and what is happening here in the USA right now... you will want to listen to this talk by Kitty Werthmann.

Would you commit to Take A Knee In Prayer For Our Nation?

This blog and website is dedicated to calling men and women to prayer. It is time for us to awaken to the attacks of the enemy of our soul and go to battle in the only effective way to defeat him... PRAYER!

If you haven't accepted the Take A Knee In Prayer 30 Day Challenge yet I strongly encourage yo to do so. When you do accept the challenge you will be given access to two books absolutely free.

The first book is a devotional on prayer. This book is a whole month of devotions which explore prayer from many different perspectives and each day includes a short prayer for that day.

The second book is titled Tough Times Produce Tough People. This book is about how we overcame a difficult time in our ministry and what tools we used to overcome.

You will want to have both of these books and you can have them absolutely free just for joining us in the Take A Knee In Prayer 30 Day Challenge.

To join the challenge simply fill in the form below with your name and email address then click on the "I'm Joining" button

A Prayer of Job - Release from unrelenting pain

4/14/2015

Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off! Then I would still have this consolation - my joy in unrelenting pain - that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. - Job 6:8-10

This is a heart breaking prayer. Job is so miserable that he just wants to die. His prayer is that God would finish the job and just crush him. I have never been the victim of chronic pain, but I have known those who were and that kind of constant, unrelenting pain causes a person to seek death rather than to go on suffering.

However, Job wasn't just wanting to end his suffering. He wanted to end his life before he became unable to resist being bitter toward God and denying him. At the heart of his prayer was his devotion to God and his Word.

When our devotion is to God and not to ourselves then God can reveal himself.

Prayer: Lord, help me to not give in to any temptation, especially the temptation to accuse you or to deny the truth of your word. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Have You Accepted The
Take A Knee In Prayer 30 Day Challenge?

For those of us who have made the pledge to Take A Knee In Prayer every day God is equipping to go deeper into our spiritual journey and he is building our faith.

If you haven't accepted the Take A Knee In Prayer for 30 Days Challenge I encourage you to take that step. To learn more about this challenge CLICK HERE

Everyone who accepts the challenge gets two books. The first is a 31 day devotional on prayer and the second book is Tough Times Produce Tough People. You will want to have both of these inspirational books so don't delay, accept the challenge now.

To accept the Take A Knee In Prayer Challenge just fill in the form below with your name and address then click on the "I'm Joining" button then you will given immediate access to these books.

Job Prays: the Lord gives and the lord takes away

4/10/2015

Job 1:20-22 - Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."

Job was in the middle of the greatest trial of his life. In one day's time he lost his sons and daughters, his enemy stole his livestock and killed his servants, fire destroyed his sheep and servants, and finally finally his camels were stolen and those servants put to the sword.

In the morning he was among the greatest men in the region, by afternoon all that he had accomplished in his life was destroyed.

Filled with loss and grief he cries out, "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised." Job was a true man of faith.

I don't have nearly as much to lose as Job, but my prayer is that should I lose it all I would be able to trust God and realize that it is all in his hands.

Prayer: Lord, I may not have a lot, but what I do have has been a blessing from you. Help me to always be thankful and to realize that all I have is only on loan from you and you can call it back at any time. Grant me the grace that whatever happens in life I can say "The Lord be praised." Amen.

Have You Accepted The Take A Knee In Prayer
30 Day Challenge?

For those of us who have made the pledge to Take A Knee In Prayer every day God is equipping to go deeper into our spiritual journey and he is building our faith.

If you haven't accepted the Take A Knee In Prayer for 30 Days Challenge I encourage you to take that step. To learn more about this challenge CLICK HERE

Everyone who accepts the challenge gets two books. The first is a 31 day devotional on prayer and the second book is Tough Times Produce Tough People. You will want to have both of these inspirational books so don't delay, accept the challenge now.

To accept the Take A Knee In Prayer Challenge just fill in the form below with your name and address then click on the "I'm Joining" button then you will given immediate access to these books.

A Devotional on Prayer

4/8/2015

People have been telling me how the devotional on prayer has been helping them to carry out their commitment to the Take A Knee In Prayer 30 Day Challenge.

Every day this devotional has another message on prayer and a short prayer to help us get through the day.

Here is the devotion on prayer for today:

Always Pray and Don’t Give Up

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He Said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘grant me justice against my adversary.’

“For some time he refused, but finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming.’”

And the Lord said, “listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” – Luke 18:1-8

There are so many good thoughts and questions in this passage that it is hard to focus on just one. But we will just focus on the purpose for which Jesus told this parable: We should always pray and not give up.

Have you noticed how often Jesus speaks of effective praying in terms of persistent praying? In Matthew 7 he says, “Ask… Seek… Knock," which indicates persistence. In Luke 11 he tells of a neighbor who persistently knocks and calls out to his friend to open the door and give him food for a traveler. Then there is this example of this widow woman who was persistent in her plea.

I don’t know the why, but I do know the how. Why do we need to passionately and persistently pray for something that is important to us? I don’t know, but I do know that Jesus spent a lot of time teaching us to pray in that way. I also know it works. In my own life there have been many times when I cried out to God with great passion over many days, and even months, then the answer came in a glorious way.

Jesus ends this parable with the question: When the Son of Man comes will he find faith? In this parable and the question, Jesus was calling believers to passionate, persistent praying.

Prayer: Lord, Grant me a gift of faith and the heart to be persistently praying. In Jesus name. Amen.

Have You Accepted the take a knee in prayer 30 day challenge?

For those of us who have made the pledge to Take A Knee In Prayer every day God is equipping to go deeper into our spiritual journey and he is building our faith.

If you haven't accepted the Take A Knee In Prayer for 30 Days Challenge I encourage you to take that step. To learn more about this challenge CLICK HERE

Everyone who accepts the challenge gets two books. The first is a 31 day devotional on prayer and the second book is Tough Times Produce Tough People. You will want to have both of these inspirational books so don't delay, accept the challenge now.

To accept the Take A Knee In Prayer Challenge just fill in the form below with your name and address then click on the "I'm Joining" button then you will given immediate access to these books.

A Prayer and A Vow

3/31/2015

Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, had sinned grievously against his family and had fled the country. Genesis 28 tells of God visiting him in a dream.

When night came he was alone in a wilderness with only a stone for a pillow. He fell asleep and had a dream. In this dream God spoke this to him: "I am the Lord, the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring."

When Jacob awoke he set the rock he had used as a pillow as a monument, poured oil on it and called that place Bethel, or the place where God dwells, the House of God.

"Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will watch over me on the journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father's house, then the Lord will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."

This story of Jacob and his vow to honor the God who would guide him and protect him is an example to us today. God has given us the promise of provision and protection (Matthew 6:25-32). He has promised to care and provide for us like like he does the birds of the air, and he only asks one thing of us.

"The pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough troubles of its own" - Mathew 6:32-34

For those of us who have made the pledge to Take A Knee In Prayer every day God is equipping to go deeper into our spiritual journey and he is building our faith.

If you haven't accepted the Take A Knee In Prayer for 30 Days Challenge I encourage you to take that step. To learn more about this challenge CLICK HERE

Everyone who accepts the challenge gets two books. The first is a 31 day devotional on prayer and the second book is Tough Times Produce Tough People. You will want to have both of these inspirational books so don't delay, accept the challenge now.

To accept the Take A Knee In Prayer Challenge just fill in the form below with your name and address then click on the "I'm Joining" button then you will given immediate access to these books.

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