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THANKSGIVING

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

VIGILANT

FATHER, You are a rock and fortress (2 Sam 22:2)—

my sanctuary.

You are a preserve—

my hiding place (ref#110, p275-276).

 

You are LORD, the deliverer (2 Sam 22:2).

You provide for me,

You make available (ref#110, p1083),

for You are my vanguard (ref#110, p1475).

 

You are a shield and horn of salvation (2 Sam 22:3).

You are my protector—

a guardian and defender (ref#110, p1081)—

and for me, alert and vigilant (ref#110, p1508).

 

You are a stronghold and refuge—my Savior (2 Sam 22:3).

You are a solace—

You comfort—You ease,

You relieve and console me (ref#110, p1275).

ADORATION

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Chord Progression: (C G7 C7 Dm) (C Dm G7 C)

GREAT IS THE LORD AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED

I reach out for Your presence, O LORD,

Part the heavens and come down.

I lift my heart to meet You in the air—

I lift my heart…

 

How lovely is Your dwelling place,

O LORD of hosts.

My soul longs for Your courts,

I sing for joy to the living GOD… (Ps 84:1-2).

 

My strength is in You, LORD,

my heart longing for the highways to Zion (Ps 84:5).

I shall go from strength to strength;

Until I appear before You (Ps 84:7).

 

I come to Mount Zion and

To the city of the living GOD,

The heavenly Jerusalem,

To innumerable angels in festal gathering (Heb 12:22).

 

And to JESUS,

The mediator of a new covenant,

And to the sprinkled blood

That speaks a better word than the blood of Abel (Heb 12:24).

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.]

SICKNESS – MEANS TO REMOVE COMPLACENCY

FATHER, You have set eternity in my heart and I resist the death of anything (Eccl 3:11). It is natural to pray for healing. Therefore, I can often fall into thinking the objective of my healing prayers is to gain back for someone a degree of health.

CHRIST’s reason for healing was not to get rid of the sickness only. Healing was not just an isolated incident where He proved His power. He came to create a brand new people.

Refresh my memory, FATHER, that Your Son raised His friend Lazarus from the dead not to heal him, but so others would have eyes to lay hold of Your Son—the eternal Resurrection (John 11:25).

Cause me to remember that healing is not just You giving back health, but healing is a part of the Gospel—not just a result of it. Healing is CHRIST giving Himself as the eternal Resurrection (John 11:15).

Healing is a helper to the advancement of the Gospel because it causes the unbelievers and the believers to be separated. The crowd’s response was one of glorifying GOD with awe when CHRIST healed the paralytic in Matt 9:8. But when He healed the man with the withered hand in Luke 6:11, some were filled with fury. Healing fetches out a true heart response to those observing the healing. It advances Your kingdom by shaking people out of their stagnation and forcing them to commit to being for or against You.

As You prompt my mind to dwell on these things, I pray for ____. I pray for (his/her) healing not only because my human desires want to see her well, but I want to see You bringing Your heavenly kingdom to earth by shaking Your creation out of their complacency and verifying CHRIST to be the eternal resurrection.

THANKSGIVING

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Chord Progression:  (C  Ebm  C  Ebm)  (C  Bb  F  C)

OMNISCIENT

…FATHER, how manifold are Your works (Ps 104:24).

You are omniscient—

knowing all things and

having infinite knowledge (ref#110, p946).

 

In wisdom You have made Your works (Ps 104:24).

You have the “power of judging rightly and

following the soundest course of action.”

You are the all-wise GOD (ref#110, p1533).

 

Great are You, LORD (Ps 147:5).

You are the “source of enlightenment;”

You illuminate and inspire (ref#110, p1411).

You are filled with light (ref#110, p804).

 

Your understanding is infinite (Ps 147:5);

You are the all-knowing GOD—

deliberate and intentional—

And aware of everything (ref#110, p748).

CONFESSION

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COMPATABILISM

…FATHER, theologians have coined the word, “compatabilism” to address the doctrines of divine sovereignty and human responsibility. These are two doctrines that are difficult to be reconciled together in the human mind. However, the “writers of the Bible are not embarrassed to put side by side teachings that do not fit our logic. For example, Peter charges his hears on the day of Pentecost with wickedness in killing Christ yet admits it was all in God’s plan (Acts 2:23). Jesus says, ‘No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.’ And He also says, ‘Whoever comes to me I will never drive away’(John 6:37,44)” Will Metzger (ref#79, p108).

“God has, from the beginning, chosen a people unto salvation; but that does not mean there is no need for evangelists to preach the Gospel, or for sinners to believe it; it is by such means that His eternal counsels are effectuated” Arthur W. Pink (ref#152, p131).

FATHER, Your sovereignty does not release me from being responsible for my actions. And my human responsibility does not permit me to do anything without Your help. FATHER, I don’t want to be slothful. I want to do what I know I should.

THANKSGIVING

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Chord Progression  (Cmaj  Fsus  F  Fm/C)  (C  Csus  F/A  Fm/Ab)

IMPECCABLE

To You, O LORD, belongs righteousness (Dan 9:7).

You act “in a just, upright manner” (ref#110, p1156)—

“making no mistakes.”

You are inerrant (ref#110, p690).

FATHER, You are upright (Ps 92:15)

and, FATHER, You are innocent.

You are sinless (ref#110, p1253)—

“without defect or error” (ref#110, p676).

 

There is no unrighteousness in You (Ps 92:15).

You are incapable of failing,

and One absolutely infallible

for You are “dependable, reliable, sure” (ref#110, p691).

 

You are “without conditions or reservations;”

You are absolute—

Unconditional (ref#110, p1452)

and “incapable of wrong doing” (ref#110, p676).

ADORATION

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Chord Progression: (Am G Fmaj Em) (Dm Em Fmaj G) (resolve to C)

THE EARTH IS FULL OF GOD’S STEADFAST LOVE

“Forever…your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.

Your faithfulness endures to all generations;

you have established the earth,

and it stands fast” (Ps 119:89-90 ESV).

 

“The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;…” (Ps 119:64 ESV).

“…there is no God like you,

in heaven above or on earth beneath,

keeping covenant and showing steadfast love…” (1 Kings 8:23 ESV).

 

“O Lord, how many and varied are Your works!

In wisdom have You made them all;

the earth is full of Your riches…” (Ps 104:24 AMP).

“Blessed be the Lord forever!…” (Ps 89:52 ESV).

 

“How lovely is your dwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

For a day in your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere…” (Ps 84:1,10 ESV).