Greetings,
"But My people would not hearken to My voice; and Israel would none of Me."
"So I gave them up unto their own hearts' just: and they walked in their own counsels."
"Oh that My people had hearkened unto Me, and Israel had walked in My ways!"
Psalm 81:11 - 13
There are two issues at hand that burden my heart and soul right now. I share these with you in the hopes of seeing an increase in prevailing prayer.
1. Persecution for the church;
2. SBC plight;
Both of these I will address in fuller blog posts, and this is to share my heart with you and ask for agreement prayers regarding these two things.
The enemy is coming forth in a fury against the children of God worldwide. More deaths, more church's destroyed, more laws restricting, more ravaging of homes and all out assault against the people of God. I do not know of a time that we have seen, as we have seen these last 5 months of this year the assault on the Christian church and the people of God. Satan is definitely working with a vengeance against the church, no doubt, as we know from Scripture, 'because he knows his time is short'.
Yet, is there a labor of love and prayer from the church here in North America? Do you weep and lament to read and hear of so much happening against brothers and sisters in Christ abroad? Where is the unified prayers of God's people for the church, the whole bride, for the kingdom of our Lord? Where is the directive from church leaders to address this slaughter and persecution? Where is the call for prayer 'morning, noon and night' on behalf of our Lord's work?
Has God not called us to 'bear one another's burdens? Has God not said, 'pray one for another"? We were given plenty of warning signs and admonishes from the Lord's men to prepare, to get ready, to stand firm. But we would not hearken to Him; a slow erosion among the church that we would not listen; we were given over to our own lusts. The LGBT is only one component of hell coming against the church. They are forcing laws and its end game is to silence and destroy the church. Hell is winning with this agenda. The church largely still unsure of how to speak truth or declare truth. Thus we sit largely in silence. Their laws, court cases, coupled with powerlessness from the church are accelerating the cause of hell against Christianity. Couple in to this the agenda move of other religions against Christianity and it is another David vs. Goliath. Winnable of course if we believe and trust like David; defeat is certain if we continue in our schemes and self power.
The power of prevailing is found in God. The power of defeat is found in self and trust in means and methods of men. WE refused to walk in his ways. The vast majority of the church in North america is still prayerless; the church is guilty of the sin of prayerlessness. Warned, told, admonished, rebuked, yet still defiant against the Lord's ways and word. Refusing to listen, God gave them over to their own lusts. Sports, entertainment, self, money, ease are the gods of the pulpit and pews of the church today. Now sexual misconduct, allegations, abuse are coming forth due to porn driven preachers, parishioners and sexual predators in ministry and homes. Abusive, greedy, self-willed, rebellious, pride are traits that should not be mentioned among the brethren nor found within the lifestyles of God's people. Yet, here we are.
there is the great need today to understand these are events leading up to the end times. These are moments, 'for such a time as this' for the church to see, understand and fight the 'good fight'. War a good warfare, does not mean leaving your fallen brethren behind. But rather, weep with those that weep; mourn with those that mourn; rejoice with those that rejoice and engage in the battle for God's glory.
Brethren, do not be found guilty of the charges laid against Israel by God in Psalm 81. Do not let us follow and repeat the same folly and invoke God's wrath against us, forsaking of us and departing from us. OH, how we need Him in these hours. But rather for us to be much before Him. Praying His heart, His will. Being much more conscience of eternal, kingdom matters than carnal, temporal ones. Understand that this is our time to be much engaged in our Lord's work, for these are the last days. And God's desire is to be glorified in all the earth. And that happens, when His people obey, follow, and do His ways and works.
Secondly, it is my own Southern Baptist.
Long have I understood that the means and ways of Southern Baptist are largely humanism. But a remnant in the midst are seeking and long to see a work of God that mirrors the great revivals of old, where God comes down in power. And when God comes down and uses His people, holiness is restored to His people, much sin and evil is undone and many souls are ushered into the kingdom of God. But none of this happens so long as men will not hear the word of the Lord, nor turn from their own ways.
A people that yields to God in all their ways. Greater holiness, greater prayer and greater faith to be much before Him. Yet, a rise in the church today mirrors the above words of rebuke, refusing to hear, refusing to mend their ways. Thus leading to God removing Himself and giving us over to our own lusts. And is this not the case! The report came out this week, that God is not among us. In all ways of our convention, every thing is down. Not growing, but decreasing.
why? Because we left off God. We refused to give heed to the warnings. We became humanist in our worship services. man made in our missions and means; and somewhere along the line, we left off God. We forgot that God's people must seek God; must be much before Him and be endued with His power from on high. But I fear, because men were unwilling to wait, to obey, to stay before Him, they sought a quicker means, a faster answer, a fleshly answer. And it thus doing it, they refused to hear the words of the Lord and gave place to their ways over God's ways. thus, provoking God to withdraw, to depart and turn us over to our fleshly desires.
Thus we are at the crossroads. It is not too late. Do not such things break the heart and crush the soul?! Does this not break me within saying, 'O Father, do not let us end up like Israel; restore unto us Your Presence." There is still time to return, to seek Him and to renew our vows to Him. Forsake the crafts of humanism and restore the 'old paths' and wait upon God to pour out a blessing. Put away the sinfulnes of the world, renew the times before Him in worship, in prayer, in Word, in evangelism. Put God first and quit compromising with the world and its ways. Cling to that which is good and forsake that which is evil. Let us rest and trust in the Lord; His ways and means are right.
One answer to these things facing us today is to renew the call for Concerts of Prayer immediately.
The hour is late, the need is great; pray so as to prevail!
PRAYER TARGETS:
--Democratic Congo - Ebola; topping this month of over 1000 deaths; attacks on health clinics restricting treatments and enlarging this plight of death;
--war - imminent; not if, but when; Iran; China; North Korea;
--Venezuela crisis continues;
--Sudan - civil war, unrest, persecution;
--10/40 window is the boundary line across Africa of Islam seeking to pushing southward to undo Christianity; heightening increase of attacks, death and church destruction during days of Ramadan;
--cancers;
--abortion laws - states and federal courts that undo it; heading to Supreme Court;
--last weeks of school in session; several shootings, stopped and thwarted; continue to pray for deliverance from evil;
--homicides/suicides/murder-suicides - continue to rage near and far - great plight of our society;
--natural disasters - flooding in Mid-west; strong storms; hurricane season approaching;
UPDATES:
--bible readings - up through Psalm 107; around 70 days remaining; should be done end of July;
--The Activity of God - Job - up through chapter 21; lot of days missed in May; oddity of one chapter in the midst of Job's friends and himself that there was a chapter with no Activity of God; 25th of the whole bible;
--A Word - Isaiah 59: 1 -10; verse 1 - 8, started; verse 9 - 10 are started and finished;
--sermons are still broadcast on Sunday's live stream from facebook; then I try to upload to my youtbue page;
--the above mentioned work are being done on my blog for the two issues of our end times & persecution; and the SBC & its plight;
Started: May 27, 2019
Continued: 5/28;
Finished:
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