A Morning of Prayer

shaybrannon ♦ January 15, 2012 ♦ Leave a Comment

*A church-wide invitation..check.

*Saving the date on the calendar..check.

*Early morning, lots of coffee..check.

*A warm church on a cold morning..check.

*An entire 3 1/2 hours to spend alone with the Lord praying and reading His Word..check and check.

Must be Half Day of Prayer at First Bible Church! What a blessing to live in a country where I’m free to go to the church of my choice and spend time with other believers while we talk to God and about God. I just got to do this yesterday and always always God is gracious to speak to me through this time and through His Word. I won’t bore you with all the details but will share a few things.

Often during this prayer time, God seems to focus me on a specific verse that sums up my time with Him. The last Day of Prayer I attended, the verse was Philippians 1:6. This year the verse was 2 Corinthians 5:9. “So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.” (emphasis mine) When that verse was highlighted to me during those 3 1/2 hours, it felt like everything I read or thought about during those hours would come back to this specific point of pleasing God. How simple. My purpose, aim, goal, vision, God’s will for my life, etc., is to please Him. Why do I make it so hard?? Why do I rail against this truth or try to sidestep it by disobedience, ignorance, laziness, or a desire to play God myself? He has provided me the power through the Holy Spirit to please Him. To live in order to please God. (1 Thessalonians 4:1) This should not be a burden. It should be my joy to please Him.

Much of my prayer time was also spent praying for loved ones, my church, the nations, the United States, my marriage, BSF, and a difficult situation I found myself in. What a privilege to have the ability through the completed work of Christ to approach God’s throne of grace to find the power and comfort that I need. (Hebrews 4:16) He is available to me through Christ and my desire is to obey Him and please Him.

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We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our very lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. 1 Thessalonians 2:8

TAKEN FROM THE BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC WEBSITE: www.billygraham.org The central theme of the Bible is God's love for you and for all people. This love was revealed when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came into the world as a human being, lived a sinless life, died on the cross, and rose from the dead. Because Christ died, your sins can be forgiven, and because He conquered death you can have eternal life. You can know for sure what will become of you after you die. You have probably heard the story of God's love referred to as the "Gospel." The word Gospel simply means "Good News." The Gospel is the Good News that, because of what Christ has done, we can be forgiven and can live forever. But this gift of forgiveness and eternal life cannot be yours unless you willingly accept it. God requires an individual response from you. The following verses from the Bible show God's part and yours in this process: God's Love Is Revealed in the Bible "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." —John 3:16 (NIV) God loves you. He wants to bless your life and make it full and complete. And He wants to give you a life which will last forever, even after you experience physical death. We Are Sinful "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." —Romans 3:23 (NIV) You may have heard someone say, "I'm only human—nobody's perfect." This Bible verse says the same thing: We are all sinners. We all do things that we know are wrong. And that's why we feel estranged from God—because God is holy and good, and we are not. Sin Has a Penalty "For the wages of sin is death." —Romans 6:23 (NIV) Just as criminals must pay the penalty for their crimes, sinners must pay the penalty for their sins. If you continue to sin, you will pay the penalty of spiritual death: You will not only die physically; you will also be separated from our holy God for all eternity. The Bible teaches that those who choose to remain separated from God will spend eternity in a place called hell. Christ Has Paid Our Penalty! "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." —Romans 5:8 (NIV) The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ, the sinless Son of God, has paid the penalty for all your sins. You may think you have to lead a good life and do good deeds before God will love you. But the Bible says that Christ loved you enough to die for you, even when you were rebelling against Him. Salvation Is a Free Gift "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." —Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV) The word grace means "undeserved favor." It means God is offering you something you could never provide for yourself: forgiveness of sins and eternal life, God's gift to you is free. You do not have to work for a gift. All you have to do is joyfully receive it, Believe with all your heart that Jesus Christ died for you! Christ Is at Your Heart's Door "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." —Revelation 3:20 (NIV) Jesus Christ wants to have a personal relationship with you. Picture, if you will, Jesus Christ standing at the door of your heart (the door of your emotions, intellect and will). Invite Him in; He is waiting for you to receive Him into your heart and life. You Must Receive Him "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." —John 1:12 (NIV) When you receive Christ into your heart you become a child of God, and have the privilege of talking to Him in prayer at any time about anything. The Christian life is a personal relationship to God through Jesus Christ. And best of all, it is a relationship that will last for all eternity.

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