MY PRAYER ON FRIDAY 4 JUNE 2017
Lord, I pray for Christian Heritage, that we as a church will be on fire for you. Please help us to be:
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
GOD’S PROMISE TO CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
Ezekiel 36:26-30(ESV) And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
29 And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.
30 I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.
Ezekiel 36:33-36(ESV) “Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.
37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock. 38 Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Mark Uren spoke this scripture over our church
Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.
Let us arise! Let us be full of the Holy Spirit's fire and may the Lord's glory rest upon us wherever we go. May we take this light into the world. Every place on which our foot shall tread the Lord has given to us!
Lord, I pray for Christian Heritage, that we as a church will be on fire for you. Please help us to be:
- A house of healing!
- A house of restoration!
- A house of hope!
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
- Moses covered the FADING glory.
- Under the new covenant, the glory does not fade, thus there is no need for a veil!
- We need to hunger and thirst for the continued glory & anointing and that we will go from glory to glory.
GOD’S PROMISE TO CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
Ezekiel 36:26-30(ESV) And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
- This is ALL about relationship – “I” and “you”!
29 And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.
- God’s provision – He will feed our spiritual hunger and physical hunger!
30 I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.
- The fruit of this ministry – We will become more fruitful!
Ezekiel 36:33-36(ESV) “Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.
- This speaks of revival & restoration!
- First revival – new heart, new spirit, cleansing from sin, heart of stone removed!
- God will put His Spirit in us!
- We will be His people!
- Then restoration/renewal – cities inhabited, waste places rebuilt - our church will be filled.
- Plenty grain and fruit! A harvest is on the way!
- We will be like a garden of Eden!
- People who once knew this as a good and effective church will see it happen again – God is rebuilding, but the latter glory shall be greater than the former.
37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock. 38 Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
- God is going to increase our people like a flock…
- But we must ask Him to do it for us! This way, no man will take credit!
Mark Uren spoke this scripture over our church
Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.
Let us arise! Let us be full of the Holy Spirit's fire and may the Lord's glory rest upon us wherever we go. May we take this light into the world. Every place on which our foot shall tread the Lord has given to us!