SUPPLICATION

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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.]

GOD’S WATCHFUL EYE

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-2-43-41-pmFATHER, You do not forget the cry of ____ who is presently afflicted (Ps 9:12). Not only do You not forget but You set the boundaries of (his/her) tribulation. (He/She) will not “suffer too much or be relieved too late” Charles Spurgeon (ref#34, Aug 17th PM).

“The knife of the heavenly Surgeon never cuts deeper than is absolutely necessary. ‘He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men’” Charles Spurgeon (Lam 3:33) (ref#34, Aug 17th PM).

FATHER, deliver strength to ____ as (he/she) is tried and give (him/her) more power since (he/she) is weak (Isa 40:29).   Wise is (he/she) in the day of trouble who knows (his/her) “true source of strength and who fails not to pray” E.M. Bounds (ref#64, p47). “…God will supply every need…according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:19 ESV).

THANKSGIVING

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Chord Progression:  (C  C+  Am  Bb)  (C  Ab  Gm  C)

INAPPREHENSIBLE

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-2-32-16-pm…FATHER, because You are from everlasting (Ps 103:17),

You are inapprehensible to me.

You cannot be fathomed, grasped—

assimilated or comprehended (ref#110, p680).

 

Because You inhabit eternity (Isa 57:15),

You are eternally ageless (ref#110, p24),

immutable—

never changing or varying (ref#110, p675).

 

Because You are high and lifted up (Isa 57:15),

You are inapproachable (ref#110, p681)—

beyond bounds—

unrestrained and excessive (ref#110, p482).

 

Because You dwell in a holy place

and also with him who is contrite (Isa 57:15),

You are undescribable (ref#110, p1456);

Your steadfast love is forever (Ps 103:17).

CONFESSION

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I CANNOT DO WHAT YOU DO BUT YOU WILL NOT DO WHAT I CAN DO

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-2-26-03-pm…FATHER, I am a member of Your household, through CHRIST.   I am no longer a stranger and an alien but a citizen of Your kingdom (Eph 2:18-19).

You have drawn me to Yourself, I am unable to draw myself to You. I cannot do what You do, but You will not do what I can do. You, FATHER, save and sanctify, but You will not give me good habits or make me walk aright. I, by faith, must work out the salvation You worked in (ref#7, May 10th). I am responsible; You will judge me according to Your justice.

You have given me the power to make personal decisions, yet You control the actions I choose. You have conferred responsibility on me for my thoughts, words, and deeds (ref#56, p1221, “God Reigns: Divine Sovereignty”) yet You are continually sovereign.

“Numerous biblical passages integrate the sovereignty of God and the moral responsibility of human beings without allowing the predeterminate will of God to be used as an excuse for moral evil (Esth 4:13-14; Joel 2:32; Matt 26:24-25; Acts 2:23)” The Reformation Study Bible (ref#56, p1159, [Ezek 14:9]).

FATHER, compel me not to think that because You have chosen me that I have no responsibility.

ADORATION

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Chord Progression: (C B C Gdim) (G7 Dm G7 C)

 

BE ATTENTIVE TO MY PRAYER

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-2-21-14-pm“Your right hand, O Lord,

glorious in power,

your right hand, O Lord,

shatters the enemy” (Ex 15:6 ESV).

 

“The sum of your word is truth,

and…your righteous rules endures forever” (Ps 119:160 ESV).

“Wondrously show your steadfast love,…” (Ps 17:7 ESV).

“…You who save those who trust in You…” (Ps 17:7 NKJV).

 

“O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth” (Ps 8:9 ESV).

“Now, O my God, let your eyes be open

and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place” (2 Chron 6:40 ESV).

PRELUDE TO PRAYER

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Prayer Facts:

“In prayer all things here below vanish, and nothing seems important but holiness of heart and the salvation of others” The Valley of Vision (ref#76, p146).

Reasons for Waiting for GOD:

Because You chose me, actually picked me out for Yourself as Your own in CHRIST before the foundations of the world (Eph 1:4), I will wait for You

Because You are to me a GOD of deliverance and salvation, setting me free (Ps 68:20), I will wait for You.

Because You bear my burdens and carry me day by day (Ps 68:19), I will wait for You.

Because You abide (live and remain) in me and Your love is brought to completion in me (1 John 4:12), I will wait for You.

Read Through the Bible in a Year: April 1st – 7th

Apr 1  Jud 13-16; Ps 21

Apr 2  Jud 17-18; Gal 3

Apr 3  Jud 19-21; Gal 4

Apr 4  Ruth 1-2; Gal 5

Apr 5  Ruth 3-4; Gal 6

Apr 6  1 Sam 1-2; 1 Cor 1

Apr 7  1 Sam 3-5; Ps 22

SUPPLICATION

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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.]

COMFORT OF THE SPIRIT IN AFFLICTION

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-2-11-17-pm…FATHER, as ____ goes through life the consolations of Your HOLY SPIRIT are useful and necessary to (him/her). The SPIRIT comforts (his/her) in afflictions. These afflictions are a provision that You have made for (him/her) (Heb 12:5,6) (ref#35, p405).

____’s natural spirit will struggle with afflictions. (He/She) will try to relieve (himself/herself) by any means. In a display of pride (he/she) will despise the chastising affliction or in dejectedness of spirit, (he/she) will sink under the weight of (his/her) troubles (ref#35, p406).

How easily ____ will look for second causes (causes other than You, FATHER) in (his/her) affliction. (He/She) will try to fix it (himself/herself). Keep (him/her) FATHER, from this for (he/she) will lose all the benefits and advantages of this affliction that You have bestowed upon (him/her) (ref#35, p406).

FATHER, keep (him/her) also from sinking under the trial. If You do not teach (him/her) to consider deeply Your chastisements and dealings with (him/her), (he/she) will find the season of afflictions many as (he/she) goes through life (ref#35, p406).

Only the SPIRIT can manage (his/her) soul in affliction so that You, FATHER, have the glory of it and (he/she) be benefited. Affliction gives (him/her) a chance to glory in (his/her) tribulations (Rom 5:3). Send the SPIRIT, FATHER, to ____.

“…there is no management nor improvement of any affliction, but merely and solely by the consolations of the Holy Ghost” John Owen (ref#35, p407).

THANKSGIVING

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Chord Progression: (Am  G  Fmaj  Em)  (Dm  Em  Fmaj  Am)

UNSWERVING

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-2-04-03-pmGOD, You are GOD—the Faithful (Deut 7:9).

You guide and control,

check and restrain (ref#110, p1174).

You, GOD, are constant (ref#110, p298).

 

Free from variation and change,

You are firm in purpose (ref#110, p298).

You are earnest and busy,

diligent and systematic (ref#110, p690).

 

FATHER, You keep covenant (Deut 7:9).

Your steadfast love never ceases (Lam 3:22).

You are steady, unflappable, and unshaken—

Undeflectable and unswerving (ref#110, p1464).

 

Your mercies never come to an end (Lam 3:22).

You are self-revealing—

expressing Your innermost thoughts and emotions (ref#110, p1218).

You are GOD.

CONFESSION

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WORKING OUT MY OWN SALVATION

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-1-58-12-pm…FATHER, move me to work out my own salvation—but not on my own. Keep me always accepting what You give. I wish to let You set me apart.

“The one marvelous secret of a holy life lies not in imitating Jesus, but in letting the perfections of Jesus manifest themselves in my mortal flesh” Oswald Chambers (ref#7, July 23rd).

FATHER, Your mystery of sanctification is JESUS. All His sinless perfection You pour into me. And as You pour, I continually change slowly and surely into holiness (2 Cor 13:4).

If there is any effort on my part to be exerted it is to seek to know CHRIST better—“in His divine nature, in His human relationship, in His finished work, in His death, in His resurrection, in His present glorious intercession, and in His future royal advent” Charles Spurgeon (ref#34, Jan 4th AM). The reason You have made me one with JESUS is so His disposition will rule my disposition (ref#7, Feb 8th).

This “working out my own salvation” is to let You, FATHER, more quickly change me. Allow me to experience the closeness of JESUS, FATHER, so that His presence pushes anxious thoughts away that I may see clearly Your direction before me.

ADORATION

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Chord Progression: (C A7 Dm G7) (C Dm/G G7 C)

 

TO THE KING ETERNAL

screen-shot-2017-02-21-at-1-54-24-pmYou are LORD, the everlasting GOD,

the Creator of the ends of the earth,

You do not faint or grow weary;

Your understanding is unsearchable (Isa 40:28).

 

You give power to the faint,

energizing the weary,

and when I lack might,

You increase my strength (Isa 40:29).

 

When I wait,

You renew my strength;

I shall mount up with wings like eagles,

spreading my wings and soaring (Isa 40:31).

 

I shall run and not be weary—

never getting tired.

I shall walk and not faint—

never lagging behind (Isa 40:31).

 

To the King of ages,

immortal, invisible,

the only God, be honor

and glory forever and ever. Amen (1 Tim 1:17).