“The heathen will not perish because they have not believed in Christ, but because they failed to live up to…the testimony of God in nature and conscience” A.W. Pink (ref#152, p130).
Author: bonniefaurote
MONDAY’S POST
PRELUDE TO PRAISE
Prayer Facts:
“It is not so true that ‘prayer changes things’ as that prayer changes me and I change things….Prayer is not a question of altering things externally, but of working wonders in a man’s disposition” Oswald Chambers (ref#7, Aug 28th).
Reasons for Waiting for GOD:
Because You know everything and nothing is hidden from You (1 John 3:20), I will wait for You.
Because You produced and formed the world and all things in it (Acts 17:24), I will wait for You.
Because You bring to a standstill by severe weather the hand of every man (Job 37:7), I will wait for You.
Read Through the Bible in a Year: Sept 23rd – 29th
Sept 23 Ezek 20-21; James 3
Sept 24 Ezek 22-24; James 4
Sept 25 Ezek 25-28; James 5
Sept 26 Ezek 29-32; Ps 61
Sept 27 2 Kings 25; 2 Chron 36; Jer 40-41; Ps 62
Sept 28 Jer 42-44; 1 Pet 1
Sept 29 Obadiah; Lam 1-2; 1 Pet 2
SUPPLICATION
GENERAL SICKNESS
[The majority of our prayers concern physical health. We all know someone who is dealing with the pain of sickness. Here is an opportunity to pray for them. Fill their name in the blanks.]
THE RIVERS SHALL NOT OVERFLOW
FATHER, since ____ is sick and in sore troubles, You will quicken (him/her) and bring (him/her) up again from the depths of the earth (Ps 71:20-21). You perfect that which concerneth (him/her). Your mercy endureth for ever (Ps 138:8). O LORD, give ____ the strong faith to believe these Your promises.
Even though (he/she) is troubled on every side, yet (he/she) need not be distressed ( 2 Cor 4:8,9). When (he/she) is perplexed, (he/she) need not be driven to despair. When (he/she) passes through the waters, You will be with (him/her). And the rivers they shall not overflow (him/her). When (he/she) walks through fire, (he/she) shall not be burned (Isa 43:2). O LORD, give ____ the strong faith to believe these Your promises.
THANKSGIVING
Chord Progression: (C Am Am/G# Am/G) (Am/F# F Dm G)
IMPERISHABLE
GOD, You are greater than I can understand (Job 36:26).
You are undiscoverable—
You cannot be fully known (ref#110, p1456).
You are beyond the limits of possible experience (ref#110, p1419).
Your kingdom cannot be destroyed (Dan 2:44),
for You are indestructible (ref#110, p677),
yes, immeasurable—
boundless and vast are You (ref#110, p674).
Your unconquerable kingdom will stand forever (Dan 2:44).
It cannot be erased or blotted out
since You are indelible—
permanent and lasting (ref#110, p685).
Your years cannot be counted (Job 36:26),
for You exist apart from the material universe.
You are transcendent (ref#110, p1419),
imperishable and continuing forever (ref#110, p677, 1414).
CONFESSION
REFLECTIONS ON CHRIST
…FATHER, my eyes are on CHRIST for “…my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly]…” (Phil 3:10 AMP).
FATHER, do not let me lose sight of my determined purpose. I gladly review the Glorious CHRIST through Your word.
CHRIST, You are gentle and humble in heart (Matt 11:29) and yet You overcome the world (John 16:33). You reflect the glory of Your FATHER and bear the very stamp of His nature; You uphold the universe by Your word of power (Heb 1:3) and yet You live and make Your home in me (1 John 3:24).
FATHER, in the face of JESUS CHRIST, Your glory is seen (2 Cor 4:6), yet CHRIST bears my grief and carries my sorrows (Isa 53:4). In Him all Your fullness dwells (Col 1:19), yet CHRIST personally rescues me and draws me to Himself, investing me with all the privileges of a new life in Him (1 Thes 1:10).
When CHRIST walked this earth, FATHER, He found that in Your presence, was fullness of joy and at Your right hand were pleasures forevermore (Ps 16:11). I desire fellowship with JESUS so that I may experience His joy of You fulfilled in myself. I want to comprehend CHRIST’s delight complete in me. Oh, that His joy may be perfected in my soul—that I may have His gladness filling my heart (John 17:13)
CHRIST is Your power working, FATHER, thus I have a personal trust springing from faith and leading to faith (Rom 1:16,17). Thank You for CHRIST Who is the Author and Perfecter of faith (Heb 12:2). Thank You for CHRIST Who enables me to move along in this world as He, Himself, did—from faith to faith.
ADORATION
Chord Progression: (Am B7 Dm Am) (Bdim Am Abdim Am)
HYMN OF TRIUMPH IN JESUS
“If God is on our side,
What matters who is against us?
He who spared not His own Son,
But surrendered Him to suffering for us all,
“How can He but, in giving Him,
lavish on us all things—all?
Who shall dare arraign God’s chosen ones?
God saith I am righteous—who dares condemn me to death?
“There is one who has died for me–our Messiah Jesus!
Died?—nay, He has risen from the dead:
He is throned at God’s right hand:
Yea, He is now interceding for me” (ref#38, p129, [Rom 8:31-34])!
MONDAY’S POST
PRELUDE TO PRAYER
Prayer Facts:
“In intercession you bring the person, or the circumstance that impinges on you before God until you are moved by His attitude towards that person or circumstance…Try to put yourself in God’s place….” Oswald Chambers (ref#7, Dec 13th).
Reasons for Waiting for GOD:
Because You love the Son and have given everything into His hand (John 3:35), I will wait for You.
Because JESUS, Himself is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for my sins, and not for mine alone but also for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2), I will wait for You.
Read Through the Bible in a Year: Sept 16th – 22nd
Sept 16 Jer 52; Ps 143-144
Sept 17 Ezek 1-3; Heb 12
Sept 18 Ezek 4-7; Heb 13
Sept 19 Ezek 8-11; James 1
Sept 20 Ezek 12-14; Ps 53
Sept 21 Ezek 15-16; Ps 58
Sept 22 Ezek 17-19; James 2
SUPPLICATION
GENERAL TRIBULATION
[We all can think of a Christian sister or brother experiencing so much affliction they may not be able to pray for themselves. Here’s an opportunity to pray for them. Fill their name in the blanks.]
GOD’S ANSWER TO JOB
FATHER, answer ____’s supplications like You did Job’s. Job knew You directed His life. He had no intention of terminating His relationship with You. His thoughts were like Peter’s when he was given the opportunity to leave Your relationship. He said, “Lord, to whom shall I go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68).
____, too, would never think of leaving You, but, like Job, You have given (him/her) this providence that (he/d/she’d) like, at least, an explanation. We fall naturally into questioning Your purposes. FATHER, if ____ grumbles and (his/her) prayers are introspective show (him/her) Your majesty.
For four chapters, in the book of Job, FATHER, You revealed Your matchless ability to run Your creation. Even after two chapters when Job put his hand over his mouth in humility, You continued making him see Your greatness and his littleness for two more chapters (Job 38-41). More and more You made him realize he was very wrong to question Your providences to him.
GOD, reveal Yourself to ____ in such a way that (he/she) repents in dust and ashes (Job 42:6)—comprehending, that (he/she) speaks to You without knowledge (Job 38:2).
If You speak to ____ like You did Job, (he/she) will not need any verification that You hear (him/her) and You will answer (him/her). (His/Her) faith will become spiritual sight. Instead of anxiously awaiting an answer to (his/her) supplications, (he/she) will be spellbound at Your presence. And in Your presence (he/she) will “know” You answer (his/her) requests in a most perfect way.
Impress Yourself upon (him/her) now like clay under the seal. You laid the foundations of the earth—determined its measurements—contained the sea and prescribed its limits (Job 38:4,5,8,10). FATHER, thank You for this short review of Your greatness. Surely You know best what to do with ____’s difficult situation.
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