We are at a place in history that we have seen record amounts of judgment upon our nation. Without a sincere, direct approach unto the Lord bathed in humility, confession, repentance, God will continue to allow and cause more wrath to be poured out upon us. The question is, 'How far are we willing to go with these judgments before we act?'
Isaiah 22:5, '12 - 14; 'For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and or perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.. . .IN that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die. And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
Isaiah 47:8 - 11, 'Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, tha tdwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, niether shall I know the loss of children. But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. For thou hast tursted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, NOne seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine hear, I am and none else beside me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off; and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.'
Does these two passages of Scripture not seem like He is talking of our present day condition in the United States? And what is the final result? DEath and destruction.
A Call to Prayer is to answer the wrath and anger of God toward us. We, as the Church, know that God is merciful and is able to turn away from His fierce anger if there is a people that will seek His face. A set day for a set purpose of being before the Lord that in 'wrath remember mercy'.
What will the next judgment be liek? MOre natural disasters? economic collapse? or the loss of countless souls as the above verse declares - 'Ye shall die' 'You will be widows and childless'. Are we willing to pay such a price? No, I don't believe we are; but the situation calls for an urgent plea to be presented to the people that they understand how far we've gone in provoking the Lord to wrath. There needs to be an explanation of what it will take for the Lord to turn away from His wrath.
If we are one heart and one mind to these truths, then we must with unision declare that now is the time to pray and seek His face. Now is the time to confess and repent of the sins of our fathers and our own doing. We must pray or prepare for the next judgment.
1. The explanation of the judgments must be put before the people. They must be shown that our nation is under judgment. Natural disasters are one part of it; surely that would be enough for even the unbeliever. But not in this generation of blind and deaf. We must make the message clear that God has allowed for our nation to begin to fall in all our way of living. Family, the sound structure is rapidly disintegrating with laws, courts and evil practices of divorce, adultery, fornication. This younger generation is being raised in the midst of a broken home catastrophe. We see it all around us and we are reaping the great price of abused, neglected and unloved children. We must show them that our economy is not about wall street, but what God allows and permits. He is able to make us or break us. The favor of the Lord is granted to the nation that walks in oneness with HIm. But a curse is poured out on those that seek their own selfish desires to satisfy lusts, vanity and pride.
2. Upon declaring these things of judgment upon us. The remedy must be presented of our response. What shall we do? The declaration of people before the Lord that confesses 'we have sinned against You, O Lord and blasphemed Your Holy Name'. A listing of the sins and recognition of where we have fallend from should be presented at this time.
And upon confession and repentance we should seek Him for His Own characteristics of - lovingkindness, mercy, grace, goodness, Divine love and compassion upon us. NOt that we deserve one ounce of it, but that He must remain true to His Own nature. For we know that we have provoked HIm to anger and wrath and that He is just in all His ways, but we seek His help and deliverance from sin and the ways of the world.
Other things to have printed, presented and available:
--a declaration of a prayer that outlines these things;
--a listing of the sins that should and need to be recognized and confessed;
--an acknolwedgement that we are under the judgment of God and perhpas the next judgment would be more than any of would imagine;
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
LET US WAIT FOR THE LORD
Let us wait before the Lord
II Samuel 13, verse 8 - 14, 'And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. And Saul said, Bring hither a burn offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, The philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after His Own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee."
Psalm 27:14, "Wait on the Lord. . .wait, I say, on the Lord."
What can we do without the Lord? Absolutely nothing. All the works of men are but vanity. OH, how desperate is this day for the Lord to come in fullness upon us to work. Yet, with sin abounding and evil spreading on all facets of our society I still have not heard anyone asks the question, 'Is the Lord among us or not?' Is that not important to know, whether the Lord be with us, among us or for us? Surely it is the root and essence of all that we are. 'With Christ I can do all things', without Him I can do nothing.
We answer the church, with such assurances, 'The Lord will never leave thee nor forsake thee.' 'Lo, I am always with you, even unto the end of the age.' We explain that upon salvation Christ, the Holy Spirit enter our heart and soul and live with us forever until we are carried home. Yet, we know the reality of this is found in not if the Lord is with us, for He is with His children. But how much of the Spirit do we allow to govern and guide us. For the truth of life, the flesh and the Spirit are at enemity within us, always in conflict. And if we allow for the flesh to rule and reign then we quench, grieve, limit and resist the Holy Spirit, so that He will not work His fullest work in us or through us.
Where are we at right now? Are we working in the fullness of God's Presence? If the fullness of God's manifest Presence was with us, we would be in true revival. But we are not in revival. We look aroudn for signs of His mighty hand working and moving. And even though we see signs of His mercy, His blessings, some souls being saved; we see billions still perishing, the church struggling to make any kind of impact on our nation, families being shredded apart and sin abounding. What is the answer to all this?
I find it in these verses of I Samuel. It is the story of Saul's disobedience. He was in a desperate situation. We are in a desperate situation. And as the enemy was gathering Saul was told to wait for Samuel to come and offer the sacrifice. Yet, when surrounded by his army and people forsaking him and no sign of Samuel, he took matters into his own hand. Oh, if we could only learn this lesson, at how high the costs of taking matters into our own hands. And no sooner had he done this, then Samuel came. I think this to be an issue of pride, of vanity, of love of self, of self-preservation, that Saul could not wait for Samuel. Again, it was only a matter of minutes that separated him from obeying to disobedience. From receiving a blessing to receiving a curse.
'Your kingdom shall not continue'. Can we afford such a statement for our ministries? for our denomination? for our churches, for our families? Remember Ahab, remember Jeroboam and Baasha. They and their entire existence on this earth was wiped out by God's wrath, for they kept not the word of the Lord. Saul was removed, for he kept not the word of the Lord. Baptist declare themselves to be people of the book. Yet, we know one of the greatest sins in our churches is the absence of God's people reading, studying, memorizing and living according to the Book. Henry Blackaby, and Richard Owen roberts, have echoed the same statement about the state of the church today, 'This is the most ignorant generation toward the Bibleand of God.' No people shall continue without the Lord.
So what was he supposed to do? He was to wait. It seems like the simpliest of things to do. Yet, most know it to be one of the hardest things to do sometimes of waiting upon the Lord. This is the reason of the verse out of Psalm 27. There are other numerous verses telling us to do this act of obeidence - 'Wait On The Lord'. Have we done this? Have we truly got before the Lord and waited to hear from Him? Or do we have the signs of taking matters into our own hands and pushing forward without the Lord. Samson did this one time, do you remember? He rose up to go and fight the Philistines, but he did not know the Lord had departed from him. 'If the Lord be for us, who can be against us?' But is the Lord for us? Are we waiting? Have we heard His vvoice? Are we obeying in great and small things?
Let us look at the examples of this waiting time. Saul was here instructed to wait 7 days. Joshua was to march around the city 6 days, and on the seventh day deliverance. Daniel waited 21 days before an answer came, for his angel was withheld from coming to him. Yet Daniel stayed until the answer came. Christ gave commandment to His disciples, 'go into Jerusaleum and wait. There you shall be endued with power from on high'. They waited 10 days until He came. We would do well to learn the examples of waiting. How much God can do through a vessel that waits on Him; and how little He can do through those that refuse to wait.
'They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength' With the church about as powerless as it ever has been, why is there not a call to wait before the Lord for renewing of our vows to Him? of cleansing? of being endued with power from on high? There is no call that I know of. Simply more plans, methods and means to try something else, try something new. I know these things that I have quoted to you from the Holy Scriptures to be right. Do you agree? Are you prepared to obey? Do we know the future of these things? If you obey, you shall continue. If you don't you will not continue.
Read in verse 14, 'I have sought me a man after My Own heart'. Is this not where we need to be? Can God say of us, 'this is a man , a woman, a group, a church a family that seeks Me? Oh, the blessed promise for us in seeking after Him, 'if you seek Me, you shall find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart'. Oh then, let us seek Him and find Him for we desperately need Him.
Call for an assembly, wait before the Lord, seek His face, call upon His Name. He will be intreated with us; He will meet us. For the sake of our future, the sake of the next generation of our sons and daughters, grand-children and the sake of His Holy Hallowed Name let us wait before Him before it is too late.
II Samuel 13, verse 8 - 14, 'And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. And Saul said, Bring hither a burn offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, The philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after His Own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee."
Psalm 27:14, "Wait on the Lord. . .wait, I say, on the Lord."
What can we do without the Lord? Absolutely nothing. All the works of men are but vanity. OH, how desperate is this day for the Lord to come in fullness upon us to work. Yet, with sin abounding and evil spreading on all facets of our society I still have not heard anyone asks the question, 'Is the Lord among us or not?' Is that not important to know, whether the Lord be with us, among us or for us? Surely it is the root and essence of all that we are. 'With Christ I can do all things', without Him I can do nothing.
We answer the church, with such assurances, 'The Lord will never leave thee nor forsake thee.' 'Lo, I am always with you, even unto the end of the age.' We explain that upon salvation Christ, the Holy Spirit enter our heart and soul and live with us forever until we are carried home. Yet, we know the reality of this is found in not if the Lord is with us, for He is with His children. But how much of the Spirit do we allow to govern and guide us. For the truth of life, the flesh and the Spirit are at enemity within us, always in conflict. And if we allow for the flesh to rule and reign then we quench, grieve, limit and resist the Holy Spirit, so that He will not work His fullest work in us or through us.
Where are we at right now? Are we working in the fullness of God's Presence? If the fullness of God's manifest Presence was with us, we would be in true revival. But we are not in revival. We look aroudn for signs of His mighty hand working and moving. And even though we see signs of His mercy, His blessings, some souls being saved; we see billions still perishing, the church struggling to make any kind of impact on our nation, families being shredded apart and sin abounding. What is the answer to all this?
I find it in these verses of I Samuel. It is the story of Saul's disobedience. He was in a desperate situation. We are in a desperate situation. And as the enemy was gathering Saul was told to wait for Samuel to come and offer the sacrifice. Yet, when surrounded by his army and people forsaking him and no sign of Samuel, he took matters into his own hand. Oh, if we could only learn this lesson, at how high the costs of taking matters into our own hands. And no sooner had he done this, then Samuel came. I think this to be an issue of pride, of vanity, of love of self, of self-preservation, that Saul could not wait for Samuel. Again, it was only a matter of minutes that separated him from obeying to disobedience. From receiving a blessing to receiving a curse.
'Your kingdom shall not continue'. Can we afford such a statement for our ministries? for our denomination? for our churches, for our families? Remember Ahab, remember Jeroboam and Baasha. They and their entire existence on this earth was wiped out by God's wrath, for they kept not the word of the Lord. Saul was removed, for he kept not the word of the Lord. Baptist declare themselves to be people of the book. Yet, we know one of the greatest sins in our churches is the absence of God's people reading, studying, memorizing and living according to the Book. Henry Blackaby, and Richard Owen roberts, have echoed the same statement about the state of the church today, 'This is the most ignorant generation toward the Bibleand of God.' No people shall continue without the Lord.
So what was he supposed to do? He was to wait. It seems like the simpliest of things to do. Yet, most know it to be one of the hardest things to do sometimes of waiting upon the Lord. This is the reason of the verse out of Psalm 27. There are other numerous verses telling us to do this act of obeidence - 'Wait On The Lord'. Have we done this? Have we truly got before the Lord and waited to hear from Him? Or do we have the signs of taking matters into our own hands and pushing forward without the Lord. Samson did this one time, do you remember? He rose up to go and fight the Philistines, but he did not know the Lord had departed from him. 'If the Lord be for us, who can be against us?' But is the Lord for us? Are we waiting? Have we heard His vvoice? Are we obeying in great and small things?
Let us look at the examples of this waiting time. Saul was here instructed to wait 7 days. Joshua was to march around the city 6 days, and on the seventh day deliverance. Daniel waited 21 days before an answer came, for his angel was withheld from coming to him. Yet Daniel stayed until the answer came. Christ gave commandment to His disciples, 'go into Jerusaleum and wait. There you shall be endued with power from on high'. They waited 10 days until He came. We would do well to learn the examples of waiting. How much God can do through a vessel that waits on Him; and how little He can do through those that refuse to wait.
'They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength' With the church about as powerless as it ever has been, why is there not a call to wait before the Lord for renewing of our vows to Him? of cleansing? of being endued with power from on high? There is no call that I know of. Simply more plans, methods and means to try something else, try something new. I know these things that I have quoted to you from the Holy Scriptures to be right. Do you agree? Are you prepared to obey? Do we know the future of these things? If you obey, you shall continue. If you don't you will not continue.
Read in verse 14, 'I have sought me a man after My Own heart'. Is this not where we need to be? Can God say of us, 'this is a man , a woman, a group, a church a family that seeks Me? Oh, the blessed promise for us in seeking after Him, 'if you seek Me, you shall find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart'. Oh then, let us seek Him and find Him for we desperately need Him.
Call for an assembly, wait before the Lord, seek His face, call upon His Name. He will be intreated with us; He will meet us. For the sake of our future, the sake of the next generation of our sons and daughters, grand-children and the sake of His Holy Hallowed Name let us wait before Him before it is too late.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
SEPTEMBER PRAYER LETTER
SEPTEBMER PRAYER LETTER “Oh, how great the needs coming pouring in over these last few weeks, last few days.” MINISTRY UPDATES: -continued Zoar and Fox’s Hollow Baptist churches; --need to schedule baptism for Rebekah, my baby; --conference prayer call tonight with Dapo/w Mark Case for the conference this October; --September 3 is the county wide prayer meeting for revival; will schedule more frequent times, Sept. 18; --not one response from SBC leaders about ‘calls’ to prayer for the fall state conventions; --continued writings for my personal Bible blog, covering each chapter of the Bible; currently in Proverbs and closing in on finishing every verse of Psalm 119; --reached out to contact SBC about the famine conditions in Africa; this was an utter nightmare of SBC red tape and political structure; the idea of ‘here’s a need, meet it’ cannot be done now because of business like strucutre; --blessed Divine trip to Atlanta to meet David Huff, assocaite pastor of FBC, Lilburn; breakfast with Ralph Sutera; sit down coffee and meeting with Henry Blackaby that afternoon; went on to Florida with Greg Gordon to Don Miller’s prayer conference at FBC, Barow, Fl; this all was thanks to Tony Poncetti; I found my Praying John Hyde! Return trip to Atlanta we was able to visit with Michale Catt at Sherwood Baptist. Great visit. --continue daily emails to prayer partners for conference; --looking to start a home Bible study for couples that need teaching and prayer; this needs to happen, and I just need to obey as He leads;
FAMILY: --Georgie started back to work with school; such Divine opportunities for prayer and witnessing happens through this; - Hannah started first year of college; --Joshua and Elizabeth on cross country team for high school; Joshua should do well for his senior year; Elizabeth already got her pr time in first meet; --Jonathan is on little league football for jv; --Timothy, freshman in high school, made it to varisty football; --Jacob and Philip reading their Bibles and praying; --heavy schedules with all this, and maintaining homework, close walk with Christ; Satan would love to devour us;
PRAYER FOCUS: --lost souls; --church family; --saints; --prayer groups, BBtT group and conference group; --conference volunteers; --SBC leadership, presidents of seminaries; --WV SBC leadership; --Hampshire county prayer group, monthly prayer times, pastors; for revival; --sick; - such an increase in recent days and weeks; --marriages; (23) --world maps - famine in Africa; nations; and other world contacts;
BOOKS: -continue to read 3 of Wesley Duewel’s books; --’the Calloused Knees’ about john smith; --drawn to read more of Sidlow Baxter in the last week; --finishing Culpeppers’s biography; --bible readings daily, 10 pages, word study is truly a blessing, ‘will’ and when God says, ‘I will’; also because of Don Miller have began to circle ‘all’; almost 5000 times n the Bible; --devotionals; --J O Faser’s biography; such power and necessity in prayer; --have not been able to get to William Law’s books; will need to make time for that; reading has been cut drastically, because of increased prayer times, travel and writing;
ANSWERED PRAYERS: --continued provisions and finances; --continued revelations and leadings for His kingdom; I am humbled by what He entrusts to me a sinful man and continues to lead; --sickness come and go with healing and increased prayers and answers; It is full, hectic at times, but glorious to see and know God’s working in the midst. I have constant outflow because of His gracious in flow in Bible readings, books and prayer time. This is nothing else but the mercy of God. Your prayers for me are greatly appreciated and treasured. There is a heightened need arising in our land. WE are at the crossroads of revival or judgment. Prevailing prayer on all our behalf is needed during this crucial time. Pray for me; and I will pray for you. Until, Dan Rdbiser@live.com http://dbiser.blogspot.com http://danbiser.blogspot.com
FAMILY: --Georgie started back to work with school; such Divine opportunities for prayer and witnessing happens through this; - Hannah started first year of college; --Joshua and Elizabeth on cross country team for high school; Joshua should do well for his senior year; Elizabeth already got her pr time in first meet; --Jonathan is on little league football for jv; --Timothy, freshman in high school, made it to varisty football; --Jacob and Philip reading their Bibles and praying; --heavy schedules with all this, and maintaining homework, close walk with Christ; Satan would love to devour us;
PRAYER FOCUS: --lost souls; --church family; --saints; --prayer groups, BBtT group and conference group; --conference volunteers; --SBC leadership, presidents of seminaries; --WV SBC leadership; --Hampshire county prayer group, monthly prayer times, pastors; for revival; --sick; - such an increase in recent days and weeks; --marriages; (23) --world maps - famine in Africa; nations; and other world contacts;
BOOKS: -continue to read 3 of Wesley Duewel’s books; --’the Calloused Knees’ about john smith; --drawn to read more of Sidlow Baxter in the last week; --finishing Culpeppers’s biography; --bible readings daily, 10 pages, word study is truly a blessing, ‘will’ and when God says, ‘I will’; also because of Don Miller have began to circle ‘all’; almost 5000 times n the Bible; --devotionals; --J O Faser’s biography; such power and necessity in prayer; --have not been able to get to William Law’s books; will need to make time for that; reading has been cut drastically, because of increased prayer times, travel and writing;
ANSWERED PRAYERS: --continued provisions and finances; --continued revelations and leadings for His kingdom; I am humbled by what He entrusts to me a sinful man and continues to lead; --sickness come and go with healing and increased prayers and answers; It is full, hectic at times, but glorious to see and know God’s working in the midst. I have constant outflow because of His gracious in flow in Bible readings, books and prayer time. This is nothing else but the mercy of God. Your prayers for me are greatly appreciated and treasured. There is a heightened need arising in our land. WE are at the crossroads of revival or judgment. Prevailing prayer on all our behalf is needed during this crucial time. Pray for me; and I will pray for you. Until, Dan Rdbiser@live.com http://dbiser.blogspot.com http://danbiser.blogspot.com
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