The Church - A Call to Repentance

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2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)

14 if my people, who are called by my name,

will humble themselves and pray and seek my face

 and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,

 and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Joel 2:1-17, Revelations 2 and 3

When the Lord calls for repentance, it’s because there is forgiveness. God is always looking for a way to forgive!

When the Lord’s call to repentance is ignored, there are consequences.

Jesus Himself called the church to repentance on several accounts

Rev 2:5 - The church of Ephesus: carrying on without their first love

•  Lord, in Your mercy bring Your church to true repentance. Open the eyes of the church to her lack of love for You and the danger of carrying on with activities, services and other labour without Your love burning in the heart.
• Lord, baptise the church with the spirit of repentance – let her have sight of her sins so that repentance can be deep and genuine.
• Lord, help the church to see where she has fallen from, so that there will be sorrow and mourning and true repentance.

Rev 2:16 – The church of Pergamos: the compromising church, adopting and making allowances / excuses for doctrines of demons. Strange practices arising inside the house of God.

•  Lord, have mercy on Your church for every compromise. Pour out Your Spirit to convict the church of compromise with strange doctrines, non-biblical doctrines, immorality. Lord, have mercy!
• Lord, cause there to be repentance that results in a turning from every wickedness in the church.
• Lord, let there be repentance with mourning for every evil perpetuated in church leadership that has led many people astray.

Rev 2: 21- The church of Thyatira:  corrupted by false prophets and prophetesses.

•  Lord, have mercy on the church for every evil that has brought corruption, pollution and contamination. Have mercy on the church for allowing strange spirits to perform miracles in Your name.
• Lord, bring the church to repentance for allowing the spirit of Jezebel to parade itself as Your prophet. Lord, have mercy!

Rev 3:3 – The church of Sardis: the dead church that is carrying on as if it’s alive.

•  Lord, have mercy on the church for carrying on with dead works, works tarnished by the flesh and the world. Have mercy on the church for forsaking the complete gospel, the gospel of the cross that deals with the old nature and its dead works.
• Bring the church to repentance for embracing a gospel that celebrates dead works.

Rev 3:19 – The church of the Laodiceans: the lukewarm church, blind to its real condition and its need of the Lord- the breeding ground for much evil.

• Lord, have mercy on the church for its lukewarmness – not cold, not hot, not here, not there!
• Have mercy on the church for its self-sufficiency and lack of insight to the real condition.
• Lord, bring the church to the point of genuine repentance for every sin, every evil work and wickedness that has been breeding because of lukewarmness.

Revive Thy Work O Lord

Revive Thy work, O Lord,

Thy mighty arm make bare;

Speak with the voice that wakes the dead,

And make Thy people hear.

Revive Thy work, O Lord,

Disturb this sleep of death;

Quicken the smold’ring embers now

By Thine almighty breath.

Revive Thy work, O Lord,

Create soul-thirst for Thee;

And hungering for the bread of life

O may our spirits be.

Revive Thy work, O Lord,

Exalt Thy precious name;

And, by the Holy Ghost, our love

For Thee and Thine inflame.

Revive Thy work, O Lord,

Give Pentecostal showers;

The glory shall be all Thine own,

The blessing, Lord, be ours.

Albert Midlane

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Children, Teenagers and Young People - Stephen

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“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.” (Acts 6:3)

“...Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost…” (Acts 6:5)

“And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.” (Acts 6:8)

“And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.” (Acts 6:10)

“And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.”(Acts 6: 15)

“But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.” (Acts 7:55-56)

“And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” (Acts 7: 59-60)

The Dimension of the Holy Ghost

“But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;(Joel 2:28-29)

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”  (Acts 2:16-18)

“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” (Acts 2:38-39)

Empty Versus Full

“Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full” (2 Kings 4:3)

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Corinthians 4:7)

•         The Holy Ghost will only fill empty vessels.

•         Men who are full, content, occupied, satisfied with their state will not cry out for the Lord or for the Holy Ghost.

•         Such men don’t see the need, or the reason why they should be crying and begging God to be filled.

•         If you present the Holy Ghost to them, they will shrug Him off because they do not realise they are in need of Him.

•         Even if we pray for them now and continue to cry as long as they are completely full of self, full of the world’s expectation of them, full of their own aspirations and ambitions outside of God, there will be no space for the Lord to pour into.

Prayer Points

•         Empty our young men and our young women of everything that has filled them up instead of You.

•         Open the tap of their lives and empty them of all ambitions, aspirations, plans, desires that are not in line with God’s purpose for their lives.

•         Our young adults, teenagers, children are completely filled and satisfied with what the world has to offer. Lord, make them begin to have a distaste for what the world and its systems offers them.

•         Change their taste, O Lord! We plead with You in the name of Jesus; let them begin to hate, reject, discard, turn their backs on everything and anything that has occupied the space that God ought to occupy in their hearts, minds and imaginations.

•         Create a hunger and a thirst for You, Your purpose and Your kingdom, instead wanting to build my own kingdom; let their desire be "Thy Kingdom come, O Lord in me, by me and through me."

•         Baptise our young men, our young women, our teenagers, our children with the Holy Ghost and with power.

•         Father, pour Your Holy Spirit upon them in bodily form in a way they have never experienced before.

•          Lord, You promised in Joel and it happened in Acts; we are standing upon Your promises. Please baptise them with fire from on high.

•         We are actually waiting for You. Your promise was for every member of the family, young, old, male or female. Lord, we present our children before you this day. Please dear Lord, do not withhold from us. Pour upon Your heritage; fill them up to overflowing with the Holy Ghost and power.

•         Holy Spirit, we welcome You afresh on behalf of our young ones; O Lord, please hear us we pray in the name of Jesus.

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The Sick and Infirm

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1 Corinthians 11: 23-32. “Anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Master irreverently is like part of the crowd that jeered and spit on him at his death. Is that the kind of “remembrance” you want to be part of? Examine your motives, test your heart, come to this meal in holy awe. If you give no thought (or worse, don’t care) about the broken body of the Master when you eat and drink, you’re running the risk of serious consequences. That’s why so many of you even now are listless and sick, and others have gone to an early grave. If we get this straight now, we won’t have to be straightened out later on. Better to be confronted by the Master now than to face a fiery confrontation later.” (MSG)

James 5; 14-15. “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”

Repentance: For not discerning the Lord and His suffering and death.

Faith: To pray for sick brethren for miraculous healing.

• Lord, we come in repentance for all your people who are afflicted with one form of sickness or the other, especially in their bodies or minds. Whichever way the enemy gained an upper hand due to carelessness or their weak connection with You, please Lord forgive and have mercy. Restore their hearts to You. Take away condemnation of the enemy and replace it with genuine repentance, confession and forsaking of sins to obtain mercy and receive strength in the inner and outer man. LORD HAVE MERCY.

• Lord we come by faith to pray and receive healing for Your afflicted people. According to Your promise of James 5:15. “And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.” Please save and heal them from all their afflictions and oppression. Forgive their sins and cleanse them spirit, soul, and body. Give them a vengeful heart against the wicked one (devil) that took advantage in the time of their weakness. Amen.

Philippians 2:25-30. “Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.”

• Lord, have mercy on Your servants who are sick because of the much labour on their hands. Like You mercifully healed Epaphroditus, please heal them so they can carry on in selfless labour towards You and Your saints. Amen.

• Lord, we also pray for our loved ones who have not yet received the Gospel and are ill in their bodies. For Your mercy's sake, please touch their bodies and preserve their lives from death so they can receive the Gospel to save their souls.

• We pray for our loved ones that are on their death bed. Please Lord, reveal Yourself to them in this weak period of their lives. Prevail over the enemy and touch their hearts unto salvation so they can be with You in heaven when they pass on. Amen.

• Mention the names of the sick around you and plead for them in whichever category they may fall in their sickness. Let the mercy of God prevail and let them receive a miracle of healing; spirit, soul, and body. Pray for them by faith to receive from the Lord who went about doing good. Amen.

Thank YOU Lord JESUS, Our Great Physician. We give You praise for all You do to help Your people and to restore us back to health when we are sick. May we always love and serve You while we are in this body, and may we live with You forever in heaven when we leave this mortal body. THANK YOU LORD!

Matthew 4:24. “And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them."

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Children and Youth

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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:		inhabited, lived-in, tenanted, settled More

fill or take up (a space or time).

synonyms:

in use, full, engaged, taken, unavailable More

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).

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Prisoners

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God seeks to set prisoners free, not only from their physical prison, but certainly from their imprisonment by sin, ignorance, rebellion and foolish choices. Jesus identified Himself as the source of this freedom.

The Causes of Crime:

• Genesis 3 - The fall of man (The replacement of the life of God with the sin nature).
• Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
• John 10:10 – “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

PRAYER FOR PRISONERS

Luke 19:10

“For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

Father we thank you for the provision of salvation through the cross - the death of Jesus on the cross and the provision of His shed blood.

Father, we pray Your love and mercy for those who are in prison, that Your love might reach them through whatever means You choose to use.  We can’t imagine the dark, sorrowful, desperate paths that they have led up to this period of their lives, yet we know that even darkness is not dark to You (Psalm 139:12).

Lord, You are able to save to the uttermost. Deliver them from this uttermost pit and bring them to sit with the righteous.

Father, we know that deep healing needs to take place in their lives for the scars they bear from:

A life that wasn’t kind or fair;

A mental disease that wasn’t manageable or treated properly;

A temper that never knew the bounds of discipline;

An addiction that never let go before it consumed them;

A group of friends who were willing companions on the path to destruction. (Proverbs1:10-19);

A loved one who was abusive and violent and filled with hatred;

A life situation that led to desperation to acquire wealth;

A heart so callous that it could no longer see others with respect;

And the innocent who was in the wrong place at the wrong time;

All these are the products of the flesh.

When we look at the history of people in prison, we sometimes feel overwhelmed by their challenges and the barriers to their inner freedom. Yet, You are the one who says, “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” (John 8:32.)

So, we boldly pray that Jesus who is the Way, the Truth and the Life will be given access to their imprisoned heart, soul and mind. (John 14:6).

Lord, we pray for the prisoners that Your word will gain entrance into their lives. We commit to You, the vessels You use to minister to them that they will preach the complete gospel that is able to set them free.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost ⁴ In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

Father, open the eyes of their understanding that they may know the truth that will set them free from the sin nature (rebellious nature).

Isaiah 42:3

“A bent reed he will not break off.” 

O Lord, You did not come to condemn those who already feel rightly condemned, but rather you came that they might have life and have it more abundantly.  (John 3:17, John 10). You are our loving Saviour, who on the cross and in mortal pain yourself, said to the dying thief being executed justly for his many sins, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43). 

All the thief had to do was to look with pained eyes toward you, the suffering saviour, and ask with faith that defied the utterly impossible circumstances: “Jesus, remember me when you come into Your kingdom.”  (Luke 23:42).

Lord, we pray for the prisoners, that the mercy that found this thief will locate them as well.

 Psalm 107:10-16

“Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.  So he subjected them to bitter labour; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.  He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.  Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for me, for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.” 

These prisoners are literally behind bars of iron, but they are also behind bars of inner bondage to the things that have brought them to commit crimes against others.  We pray concerning the forces of evil that seek to continue to hold and eventually destroy them be destroyed:

Lord, release them from the prison of Satan and make them the prisoners of Christ. (Ephesians 3:1). We break the stronghold of darkness over their lives in the name of Jesus.

PRAYER FOR PRISON MINISTRIES

Prison Ministries are the ones that come into contact with prisoners to tell them about Jesus. Examples are:

NEW LIFE MINISTRY

KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY

CPR MINISTRY

PRISON FELLOWSHIP

DAYLIGHT CHRISTIAN PRISON TRUST

ALPHA FOR PRISON

Lord, make them also partakers of the true gospel of Christ.

Give them the boldness to preach the complete gospel.

Lord, please cause an open door for discipleship in the prisons in UK.

Raise disciples from among them and cause them to multiply.

All the resources required, Lord, please provide to further these ministries.

Holy Spirit, breath upon these ministries in Jesus’ name – Amen.

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Parents: Mothers, Fathers, Lone Parents and Step-Parents

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Romans 14:12 - (NLT) - Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 (KJV) - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: ⁷ And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. ⁸ And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. ⁹ And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Genesis 18:19 (ESV) - For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

ELI the priest, as a parent to look at: 1 Sam. 2: 12-17; 22-25; 27.

• Honoured his sons more than GOD, thereby despising GOD – Chapter 2:29.
• Given the death sentence of his sons and nothing was done? – v 34.
• Threw the words of GOD’s reproof back to His face – Chapter 3:15-18.
• Brought doom to his household, which extended to his grandchild who became motherless – Chapter 4:10-18.

PRAYERS: Use yourself as a point of contact to all Christian parents out there:

• Thank You Jesus for all that You accomplished and completed on the Cross at Calvary which brought us into reconciliation with our Heavenly Father, thereby giving us the grace to come and present ourselves and others – as parents – before You, in order for Your divine will to be accomplished.
• Let all Christian parents be in right standing with GOD, so that they will retain GOD in their knowledge and be able to do that which is pleasing unto Him. – Rm 1:28
• Let my acts/deeds as a parent not bring reproach to the name of the LORD. – Num 15:30
• Help me to obey your instructions Holy Spirit, so that the anger of the LORD is not kindled upon/against me in the responsibility or duty that He has committed unto my hands.
• Let the Cross cross-out every deafness in me to Your statues, so that the works of the flesh that needs to be decluttered, be decluttered so that I do not derail my children into perdition.
• In Your chastisement concerning my parental disobedience to Your statues, let Your mercy prevail so that I am repenting of my deeds and not blaspheming.
• “And she named the child Ichabod….” With my uncared-attitude, let me not destroy the glory of the latter days of my children and generations to come.
• O LORD, show me Your vision and Your purpose for my children’s life so that I am not truncating Your divine will for them. In the revelation of Your purpose for their life to me as a parent, help me to accept it, to continue in it and not to tamper with Your plan for their life.
• O LORD, let my heart be opened unto You to receive that which You are giving or have given to me concerning the children You are committing into my hands.
• Ps 78:5-7 – Help me, Holy Spirit, to pass Your commandments/deeds/truths about GOD unto my children, so that they in turn could pass it on to theirs, in obedience to Your instructions.
• Mk 10:14 - LORD Jesus, give unto us the mind and the heart You had for children. Help us to love them and spend time with them as You did.
• Are you familiar with this phrase when disobedience comes in – “The devil made me do it?” Help me Jesus, as a parent to create an awareness of the tactics of the devil in my children, and for them to learn and to know how to use the armour of GOD. Help me as a parent to imbibe in my children that the power of Jesus who lives in them, is incomparably greater – 1 Jn 4:4.
• Jn 15:1 - LORD Jesus, You are the true Vine. As a parent, let me daily find nourishment inside of You and be able to influence my children with this, so that they may abide in You and bear good fruits.
• Holy Spirit, teach us as parent to live every single day by the guidance of the Word of GOD, and let the light of Your Word propel us in bringing up our children in the way to go and to follow.
• LORD Jesus, since You are the Way, the Truth and the Life that is inside of me, direct me to teach and bring up my children according to the discipline and the instruction of GOD, so that the life of Christ is formed in them and so that they may imitate You – Eph 6:4.
• Josh 1:8 – Holy Spirit, help me as a parent to encourage and equip my children to build stronger relationship with the LORD by our daily fellowship [family fellowship, bible study, personal quiet time], as this will help them to encounter GOD on their own through the reading, meditating and application of the Word of GOD into their lives.
• LORD Jesus, You prayed “They are in this world but they are not of the world” – Jn 17. Holy Spirit, help me to daily bring them to the feet of the Cross, so that the exposition and the cares of the world does not prevail and overcome them.
• The rod and reproof gives wisdom – Prov 29:15. Help me as a parent to apply the rod at the right time and reproof at the right time.
• Prov 14:12 says “There’s a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is destruction” – O LORD, help me to succumb only to the will that You have for my children, and not my will or the will of others in the name of Jesus.

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Ezekiel 33:10-11

Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?”’ ¹¹ Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ (NKJV)

The Lord spoke to me. “Mortal man,”he said, “repeat to the Israelites what they are saying: ‘We are burdened with our sins and the wrongs we have done. We are wasting away. How can we live?’ ¹¹ Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die? (GNT)

  

• What men outside of Christ consider ‘high life’ or ‘the life’, heaven has concluded that it is only ephemeral, artificial and vain.
• Sin makes people outside of Christ to pine away and waste away whether they know this or not.
• There is a burden on every man outside of Christ that makes them waste away. Jesus is the only burden destroyer.
• They are unable to experience true rest until they see the Jesus on Calvary's cross destroying the 'man of sin' on their behalf.
• Our contacts will, at some point, ask the question -‘How can we then live?’ and may take drastic decisions to terminate their life if they do not know that Jesus is the Way and that Jesus is the only One able to help them answer the question and also navigate their lives into a glorious purpose.
• God has no delight, joy, pleasure or satisfaction in seeing sinners die.
• His desire is to see men rid of the 'man of sin' and the sinful habits he produces in men.
• Christ wants all men to live.

Prayer

• Lord, help our lives such that the touchable, tangible, loving and victorious Jesus is readily seen in us.
• Lay on us a genuine, irreversible and perpetual burden for the souls of men.
• Help us to be effectual in communicating of our faith. Philemon 1:6.
• Holy Spirit, please convict our contacts of sin; judgement and righteousness. John 16:8.
• Let our contacts collide with Jesus- the Way, the Truth, and the Life. John 14:6.
• Help our contacts SEE and BELIEVE God’s verdict about them- sin is a burden that makes men waste and pine away.
• Pray that the message of the cross will start to flood our pulpits, schools, and airwaves.
• Please preserve our contacts from death until they step into their rest (Christ).
• Let the question ‘How can we live’ bring our contacts to seek out CHRIST.
• Lord, do not let any of our contacts walk into error or fall into the hands of the enemies of Christ in their quest to find TRUTH.
• As they come inside Christ, Lord, please raise labourers that will accommodate the growing harvest.

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