2024 11 20

Mighty to Save - Hillsong Worship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEAcs2B-kNc

For Who You Are - Hillsong Worship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjxkxJnases

At the Cross - Hillsong Worship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xspg7SNxTWA

Philippians 1:1-11 New King James Version

1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
     Jesus, I pray for your grace and peace for our clergy and lay leaders.

3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
     I thank God for the fellowship we share.

4 always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy,
     Jesus, please help us support one another in prayer.

5 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,
     Jesus, thank you for the fellowship we share.

6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
     LORD, continue your work in us until the day Jesus returns.

7 just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
     Father, even in times of hardship we can be partakers of your grace.

8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
     Holy Spirit, I long for more of the companionship we have in Jesus.

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
     Holy Spirit, please give us more love and discernment.

10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
     Holy Spirit, help us approve what is good and reject what is bad.

11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
     Holy Spirit, fill us with the fruit of righteousness.

A Word Received: Look to me for light for your path.

Albany Intercessor

2024 11 19

Luke 4:1 New King James Version
1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
     Jesus, help us recognize that the wilderness times can be a work of your Spirit.

Luke 4:2-4 New King James Version
2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”
     Jesus, help us rely on what is written just as you did.

Luke 4:18-19 New King James Version
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
     Holy Spirit, come and rest upon us.
     Anoint us for your service.
     Help us preach the gospel to the poor.
     Heal the broken hearted, Jesus.
     Help us proclaim liberty to the captives and those in prison.
     Lord, let blind eyes see again.
     Jesus, set the oppressed free.
     Father, now is the acceptable time.

A Word Received: Use me as your model.

Albany Intercessor

2024 11 18

Jesus Savior Pilot Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VT-kyKUvUk

What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Odetta and Ernie Ford | March 10, 1960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaTTm2F57pc

Job 19:25-27 New King James Version [adapted]
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,
That in my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger
     Jesus, I live in the hope of the resurrection you will accomplish in me.

Psalm 18:31-36 New King James Version

31 For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength,
And makes my way perfect.
     Jesus, you are my strength when I am weak.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And sets me on my high places.
     Holy Spirit, give me the joy of stepping onto high places with Jesus.

34 He teaches my hands to make war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
     Father, with the strength of your Holy Spirit, nothing is impossible for you.

35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand has held me up,
Your gentleness has made me great.
     Jesus, with your gentle hand you have lifted me out of the miry clay and set my feet on high places.

36 You enlarged my path under me,
So my feet did not slip.
     Jesus, thank you for making a way for me.

A Word Received: You need only say, "My foot is slipping," and my right hand will hold you up.

Albany Intercessor

2024 11 17

Change My Heart Oh God ~ Maranatha! Music ~ lyric video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlSmG-_eJTU

Luke 3:2-14 New King James Version
2 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
     Lord, raise up prophets in our day who will call us to a baptism of repentance.

4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
     Jesus, make the crooked places in your church straight.

6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”
     Lord, we long to see the salvation of God at work in our midst.

7 Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
     Father, please help us bear the fruit of your Holy Spirit.

9 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
     Holy Spirit, let your consuming fire come upon the church and burn away the dross. Thank you.

10 So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?” 11 He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
     Jesus, let our faith be expressed in concrete acts of love and help.

12 Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” 13 And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”
     Father, lighten the tax burden on the poor and disadvantaged. Roll back the sales tax on necessities.

14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?” So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”
     Holy Spirit, guide our military into righteous deeds.

A Word Received: Ask for my Spirit to change you.

Albany Intercessor

2024 11 16

Mark 13:14-20 New King James Version

14 “So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house. 16 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
     Jesus, please help us know when it is time to flee and leave everything behind.

17 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 18 And pray that your flight may not be in winter.
     Jesus, we pray that you will provide for us in the day we flee.

19 For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be. 20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
     Jesus, this is a time of tribulation in your church; please help us and guide us.

Hebrews 10:31 New King James Version
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
     Father, help us and hold us up; keep us from falling.

Psalm 16:4 New King James Version
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
Nor take up their names on my lips.
     Holy Spirit, call back those who have wandered off after other gods.

Psalm 16:7-8 New King James Version
7 I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
     Jesus, you are my rock and refuge.

A Word Received: Look to me for help in the storm.

Albany Intercessor

2024 11 15

Be Still My Soul - A cappella - Eclipse 6 - Official Video - on iTunes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKVFYD8Obc

Psalm 85:1-2 New King James Version
1 Lord, You have been favorable to Your land;
You have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
You have covered all their sin.
     LORD, please bring us back from our captivity to the world, the flesh, and the evil one. Forgive us our iniquity and cover over our sins.

2 Chronicles 7:14 New King James Version
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 will forgive their sin and heal their land.
     Jesus, please help us humble ourselves before your throne so that you may hear us when we cry out to you.

A Word Received: Pray for my people to return to me.

Albany Intercessor

2024 11 14

Here is a link to a talk I gave on the prayer table ministry at the Spiritual Life Center on Tuesday, November 12th:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_1Rdbxv7C0 SGH

Doing the prayer table with Chuck Rinaldo at the City Mission:
Benjamin (young man) -- He came storming into the table next to us at the Schenectady City Mission and immediately started arguing with two friends of his. It got to the point where one of them got up and left the table. Benjamin continued at such a level with the remaining friend that Chuck went over and got Dan (who coordinates the community meal) to intervene. Dan got Benjamin calmed down some and suggested that Benjamin come over to the prayer table, which he did. We had a long (20 minutes or more) conversation with Benjamin. He was badly hurt by the way others had taken advantage of him. We talked with him and led him to confess his sins to Jesus and accept him as Lord and Savior. He still had a very angry countenance. We showed him 1 John 1:9 and told him that he was now clean, there was a radical change in his whole countenance. We have never seen such a visible working of grace penetrating someone's heart like this. We could feel the Holy Spirit moving in him. We led him to forgive those who had hurt him. At one point he asked, "Isn't Jesus still pissed at me for the things I have done?" We told him that Jesus was praying for him right then. He told us how thankful he was that we could explain all this in words he could understand. When he was done, his two friends came to him and we asked them to forgive one another, which they did. September 4, 2014

Philippians 1:27-30 New King James Version
27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,
     Holy Spirit, please help us strive together to make Jesus known.

28 and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
     Jesus, set us free from fear of those who oppose the gospel.

29 For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, 30 having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.
     Father, help us endure suffering for the sake of the gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:1-8 New King James Version
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
     Jesus, help us clearly tell other what you have done for us.

A Word Received: Let me come into your heart with my Holy Spirit and with his power.

Albany Intercessor