Then you will understand why Nehemiah wept, why Isaiah, Jeremiah, Paul, and a host of others wept.
Then you will understand why Jesus wept. Ask the Spirit to let your heart feel earth's pain as the heart of God feels it. Then you will weep. Your heart will weep, and if you prevail long enough, your eyes may also fill with tears. (Google image, Prayer )
Next, plead the Spirit's help. Your strongest praying without the Spirit's empowering is impotent. Your feeblest words, empowered by the Spirit, can move Omnipotence.
It is not for you to see how much you can do for God. It is for you to see how much more of God you can get into your praying. It is God the Spirit who makes the difference.
Be filled with the Spirit. If you have never received the Spirit's fullness, receive it today. Clear away any controversy, any veil, between your soul and God. Obey God in every step you know to take.
Present yourself totally, utterly, eternally to God in absolute surrender, asking the Spirit to fill you. Don't hurry. Be thorough; make sure your surrender is real and total.
Then in simple faith appropriate what God has promised;
"If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Luke 11:13).
Now keep filled. Purity can be preserved by the Spirit's help, but power must be renewed. If you wait on God, your strength will be renewed (Is. 40:31). In Acts the believers were filled and refilled with the Holy Spirit.
As you drive your car, you do not need to get your car repaired every hundred miles or so. But you do need to refill it with the fuel that gives you power.
A holy soul often senses spiritual depletion right in the midst of loving service to God and others. We live in a world whose environment depletes us. We war a spiritual warfare that depletes us.
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Used by permission of the author and Duewel Literature Trust, Inc., Greenwood, Indiana. Creative reading style by Jean.
Mighty Prevailing Prayer
#148 First, Get the Vision
by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
(pp. 311-313) Zondervan
Prayer-
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Father, we ask that You let us see the world's people and their need with Your loving eyes.
Help us understand why Jesus wept, as well as all those mentioned above. Let us feel the pain you feel in Your heart for the world.
Remind us that it is not in how much we can do for You, but how much more we allow Your Spirit to enable us in our praying, so we will begin to see a difference in what is accomplished with His help.
May we present ourselves totally, utterly, eternally to You in absolute surrender, asking You to fill us.
Make us aware of any controversy, any veil that's between us and You, and help us take every step we know of to remove them.
I ask this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.
Today's Bible verses-
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (v. 17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."John 3:16,17 (KJV)
“We have complete victory through him who loved us! For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39 (NET Bible).
Larry Lea- "Too many people have decided to have what I call a "cruise-matic" Christian walk—laid back and on cruise control. But that won't work. The devil won't quit messing with you. He'll throw detours and roadblocks in your way. Your offensive weapon to cut through the barricades that Satan has erected is the Word of God. Wield it!" [p. 105 in his book, The Weapons of Your Warfare].
Andrea Merrell: “Lord, I just don’t understand.' I’ve found myself making this statement a lot lately. I don’t understand this crazy weather or the ridiculous dreams that invade my sleep.
Today's questions-
Why do some people miss out on the benefit of Christians meeting in small groups? What would be said that may encourage our walk with the Lord?
We are challenged to "slow down" and get some fresh thoughts on subjects that interest and concern us. Folks may share from their experiences and insights, and that will be an encouragement to us. We'll need to press through our fears, our busyness, our lack of interest and our thinking that it will be boring, and give it a try. It gives us a great opportunity to get acquainted with others from our local church too.
Sanctification
7th- Saturday's post by Jean Oathout
#149 Go Alone With God
10th- Tuesday's post by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
#150 Will You Join Me in this Prayer?
12th- Thursday's post by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
The Beauty of Brokenness
14th- Saturday's post by Jane Ault
#149 Go Alone With God
10th- Tuesday's post by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
#150 Will You Join Me in this Prayer?
12th- Thursday's post by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
The Beauty of Brokenness
14th- Saturday's post by Jane Ault
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