Note from Torre: A young Muslim man came to the prayer table yesterday. When we asked what he wanted prayer for, he said, "Forgiveness". We led him to confess his sins to God and accept forgiveness in the name of Jesus. We showed him 1 John 1:9 and explained to him that, having confessed his sins he was now clean. He went away with a booklet of encouraging Bible verses.
Loving the Lord by John Henry Jowett, 1863-1923
Luke 10:21-28
The secret of life is to love the Lord our God, and our neighbours as ourselves. But how are we to love the Lord? We cannot manufacture love. We cannot love to order. We cannot by an act of the will command its appearing. No, not in these ways is love created. Love is not a work, it is a fruit. It grows in suitable soils, and it is our part to prepare the soils. When the conditions are congenial, love appears, just as the crocus and the snowdrop appear in the congenial air of the spring.
What, then, can we do? We can seek the Lord's society. We can think about Him. We can fill our imaginations with the grace of His life and service. We can be much with Him, talking to Him in prayer, singing to Him in praise, telling Him our yearnings and confessing to Him our defeats. And love will be quietly born. For this is how love is born between heart and heart. Two people are "much together," and love is born! And when we are much with the Lord, we are with One who already loves us with an everlasting love. We are with One who yearns for our love and who seeks in every way to win it. "We love Him because He first loved us." And when we truly love God, every other kind of holy love will follow. GIVEN THE FOUNTAIN, THE RIVERS ARE SURE.
13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" 14 So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Matthew 16:13-16 (NKJV)
Holy Spirit, help the church once again proclaim that Jesus is the Christ of God.
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. Hebrews 11:1-2 (NKJV)
Father, help us obtain a good testimony as well.
7 Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon." 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts: "He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. Zechariah 2:7-8 (NKJV)
Lord, your church is being plundered; have mercy on us.
1 Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:1-2 (NKJV)
Holy God, lead us to the rock that is higher than I.
A Word Received: I want you to build up my kingdom. I Am not concerned with buildings, but with the hearts of men and my kingdom.
Albany Intercessor
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