(November 5, 2010)
Prayer House News!
The Passport to Compassion starts tonight at 4:45pm. This is going to be a powerful experience. It's the kick-off to our Missions Convention. We will end it on Sunday morning with Troy Darrin, missionary to Moldova.
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Please Pray: for David Short and the surgery he had on his back.
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Devotional
Psalms 119:122 Ensure your servant’s well-being;
let not the arrogant oppress me.
This must have been a time in David’s life when he was insecure in his relationship with God. He is challenging God to prove himself. “Ensure my well-being,” he cries. The Hebrew meaning of “ensure” is to give a pledge or token in times of trouble. The verse could also read, “Be bail for your servant,” or “Pledge yourself for me, so I can know that You will pronounce me safe on the Judgment Day.”
Have you ever come to the place in your relationship with God where you have said, “God, if I’m going to make it, it will be because of You and not me”? In this verse, as well as the previous one, David is feeling oppressed. He seems to be expressing dismay over how the arrogant are oppressing him. His heart is crying, “Prove to me again that You can keep me, and that You have pledged yourself to me. Be my bail.” When the oppressor comes on strong there are times when we sit back and wonder if we really know God.
If you are on a path “into” God, the common thing will be to experience oppression. Whenever God is calling us inward, it seems our world falls apart. Our “world” tends to be something we have created. We have worked hard. We have gained many things. We have a status and a reputation. We know our limits, and we tend to be happy with our world as we have designed it. Then God calls us “into” Him. In order to enter into His world, ours must fall apart. We must see that there is absolutely nothing we can do to gain Him through our design. Our plans, our goals, and our objectives must all die so we can take on His plans, His goals, and His objectives. During that time of death, we fully realize the only reason we are going to make it is because He has become a surety for us.
Prayer House News!
The Passport to Compassion starts tonight at 4:45pm. This is going to be a powerful experience. It's the kick-off to our Missions Convention. We will end it on Sunday morning with Troy Darrin, missionary to Moldova.
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Please Pray: for David Short and the surgery he had on his back.
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Devotional
Psalms 119:122 Ensure your servant’s well-being;
let not the arrogant oppress me.
This must have been a time in David’s life when he was insecure in his relationship with God. He is challenging God to prove himself. “Ensure my well-being,” he cries. The Hebrew meaning of “ensure” is to give a pledge or token in times of trouble. The verse could also read, “Be bail for your servant,” or “Pledge yourself for me, so I can know that You will pronounce me safe on the Judgment Day.”
Have you ever come to the place in your relationship with God where you have said, “God, if I’m going to make it, it will be because of You and not me”? In this verse, as well as the previous one, David is feeling oppressed. He seems to be expressing dismay over how the arrogant are oppressing him. His heart is crying, “Prove to me again that You can keep me, and that You have pledged yourself to me. Be my bail.” When the oppressor comes on strong there are times when we sit back and wonder if we really know God.
If you are on a path “into” God, the common thing will be to experience oppression. Whenever God is calling us inward, it seems our world falls apart. Our “world” tends to be something we have created. We have worked hard. We have gained many things. We have a status and a reputation. We know our limits, and we tend to be happy with our world as we have designed it. Then God calls us “into” Him. In order to enter into His world, ours must fall apart. We must see that there is absolutely nothing we can do to gain Him through our design. Our plans, our goals, and our objectives must all die so we can take on His plans, His goals, and His objectives. During that time of death, we fully realize the only reason we are going to make it is because He has become a surety for us.
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Medication: A Merry Heart
Medication: A Merry Heart
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