It's the National Day of Prayer and I'm getting ready for a night of prayer and worship in Minneapolis, MN with thousands of believers from all generations! Filled with expectation of all that God is going to do in our hearts tonight. He is definitely on the move! Praying that we are open to hear what He has to say to us and the work He wants to do in us. God I pray that we would not leave the same! That each day we are being conformed more and more to Your likeness (2 Cor. 3:18) and drawing ever closer to You. I have had it pressing upon me for the past couple of weeks the urgency of the times we live in and just really sensing the call on our generation to step out and step up in seeking the Lord and ushering in His kingdom! Particularly that we all have a unique role to play and how important it is that we are seeking Him for wisdom and direction, both as individuals and as the body of Christ. Lord we stand united! As we come together to pray and worship You tonight in these critical times (and oh that we may understand just how critical they are), let it not be just another time of singing songs, but let us truly press in to have a life-changing encounter with the living God. Shake us out of our complacency, Lord, and our love for the things of the world over the things of You. Come and take Your place at the center of our hearts! Consume every part of us! Let us hunger and thirst after Your righteousness. As we lift up Your Name above all else, touch our hearts and the deepest places within us that we may see You more clearly and have a clearer understanding of Your will for our lives. Holy Spirit, empower each person to live out the unique calling on his or her life and anoint them to do the works You have prepared in advance for them to do! I am absolutely amazed by You and how You work in and through each of us and how all things work together according to Your purpose. I just pray that we would all be entirely surrendered to You so that Your will may be done above all else, that we may truly lay hold of Your advancing kindgom (Matt. 11:12) and boldly preach in Your Name! (Acts 28:31).
Jesus, You are alive and You are coming soon. Your kingdom is near. And we have a mission to complete, that You have set before us. Let nothing hinder or distract us from the only thing that really matters, now and for eternity. Give us Your heart for all the world. Increase in us as we decrease. Let us not become weary in doing good, but may we always give ourselves fully to You. We stand firmly rooted and built up in You, holding out the confidence we had at first until the very end, eagerly awaiting and anticipating Your return. May the cry of our hearts and our deepest desire always be for Your glory.
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. - 1 Peter 4:7
For in just a very short while, He who is coming will come and will not delay. - Hebrews 10:37
Stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. - 1 Corinthians 15:58
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I will see him with my own eyes - I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! - Job 19:25-27
Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge Him. As surely as the sun rises He will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth. - Hosea 6:3
Come, Lord. This is the song of our every day!
Chains be broken
Lives be healed
Eyes be opened
Christ is revealed!
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