Luke
19 v 12-25 (KJV)
"He said therefore, A
certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and
to return. And he called his ten
servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated
him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign
over us. And it came to pass, that
when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these
servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might
know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first,
saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him,
Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have
thou authority over ten cities. And the second came,
saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to
him, Be thou also over five cities. And another came, saying,
Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: For I feared thee, because
thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest
that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out
of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I
was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not
sow: Wherefore then gavest not
thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own
with usury? And he said unto them that
stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him,
Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That
unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that
he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies,
which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them
before me."
Dictionary meaning of occupy
Occupy verb
reside or have one's place of
business in (a building).
synonyms:
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inhabited, lived-in, tenanted, settled More
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fill or take up (a space or
time).
synonyms:
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in
use, full, engaged, taken, unavailable More
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Prayer Points
- The Lord has asked and trusts us to occupy till He returns! Lord as You have trusted me to occupy and fill in for You, can You give me Your heart for the nations.
- Lord, with regards to occupying till You return can you make me profitable for You.
- Father can you please ensure that Your investment of Your word, {the full gospel} and the Holy Spirit are not squandered or wasted in my life.
- Dear Lord Jesus can you help me not to hide what you have given me or misuse it.
- Help me to be trustworthy and faithful in the “very little” You have assigned to me O Lord.
- Lord, please do something to my heart that I won’t be found wanting in Your service.
Psalm 2 v 8
(Aramaic Bible in Plain English)
“Ask of me and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and
the ends of the Earth as your Empire.”
- Today Lord, we ask for the nation of young people and children, who are still impressionable, please give them to us.
- Father we pray that their hearts will be turned to You today, in the name of Jesus.
Luke 1 v 17 (KJV)
“And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of
the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
- Father, touch the hearts of our children and youth, O Lord.
- We prophesy into the lives of our children that they shall be filled with the Spirit of the Lord first for their own lives and then as channels for other lives.
- Father let the disobedient heart in them be replaced with the wisdom of God that they may run after God.
- Most of our nations are quite decisive in their choices, we pray that the Lord will overturn every wrong choices and decisions they make and have made in the past.
- Father, please prepare this nation for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Father we ask for the cyber world, as most of them are glued to it, since You said you will give us the ends of the earth as our empire, we lay claim to the cyber world today as a means of channelling Your gospel.
Genesis 1 v 9-13
The
Third Day: Dry Ground
“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered
together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of
the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it
was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb
yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after
his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was
so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and
the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw
that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
Day 3 was
the day of divine fruitfulness and multiplication.
What kind
of fruits/seeds must our nation bear?
Fruit
of repentance
Fruit
of righteousness
Fruit
of the Spirit
- Father, make our youth and children a day 3 nation, O Lord.
- Lord, please let them come to the knowledge of Christ through the complete gospel as they go out through different means particularly the prayer bulletins on the internet.
- Father, we plead with You for our nations, O Lord, that they will receive the complete gospel and begin to repent and turn to You.
- As they turn to you in their hundreds of thousands, Father, please let them begin to bear fruits of righteousness.
- Endow them, Master Jesus, with Your heart and mind that they will seek to obey the Father.
- Father, please remove the seed of rebellion from the hearts of our nation.
- Father, let their day of multiplication and fruitfulness commence now.
- Let our nations become carriers and givers of Jesus (seed bearing and fruit bearing trees).
