ChrisJD
Oct 16, 2007
Dear friends at SI, am opening this thread as a place to share things as we look towards the Confrence, looking unto the Lord our God.
Grace be with you all.
Dear friends at SI, am opening this thread as a place to share things as we look towards the Confrence, looking unto the Lord our God.
Grace be with you all.
This, from the book of 1Samuel, chapter 7, stood out to me in devotions some time ago:
"And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD."
[i]...for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD
Twenty years was a long time to be without the Lord. And they lamented after Him.
And then Samuel says to them:
"... If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
[i]...put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only
"And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh."
"And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him."
[i]Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us
[i]...and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him
The LORD heard him.
"And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel."
[i]...the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines
"Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."
[i]Hitherto hath the LORD helped us
(verses qouted from 1Samuel chapter 7, KJV)
Put not your trust in princes,
nor in the son of man,
in whom there is no help.
His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth;
in that very day
his thoughts perish.
Happy is he that hath
the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in
the LORD his God:
-Psalm 146, verses 3-5 from the King James version
Brother,
This is a wonderful thread idea and I hope more people get involved. I am personally realizing how God wants to break through into our lifes in a tangible way in this generation. "Let go and let God" is a phrase that was coined 20 years ago but rings very true. We need to let go of our sufficiency, pride and organisations and ask God to come and shake everything up and only that remains will be the "kingdom" of God on earth. May God raise that Church and set it apart of all earthly "churches" that are built in His Name.
I thank God that He is jealous for His Name. May God come and vindicate His Name at this conference. And may we not stand in the way!
BLESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Psalm 103:1
"But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works." -Psalm 73:28
"O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever? Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom."
"O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily."
- Psalm 74 verses 10-11 and 21-22(KJV)
The following taken from a message titled [b]A Time To Cry
"Ask yourself for one moment - I want you, you see I'm trying to pull you from this era into now and see that we're in the midst of it! Ask: where is the Christian voice in our nation today? If you watch the television you will see that it has been relegated to a position of absolute insignificant ranting of idiots! It is scorned, it is laughed upon! Things that were once the very foundations that made this nation great are decried as humorous! We may ask: where are God's divine interventions in our lives? Where are the miraculous works of God among us? Where is the conviction of sin in the pew that weeps, that cries uncontrollably, and shouts out in the midst of absolute anguish of sin upon them: 'What must I do to be saved?'? Where is it? Where are the godly men who can discern the need of the hour, and lead the people of God to repentance and blessing?
There is a famine in the land - oh, that we would realise it, that we would realise that there is a famine among the church, there is a famine among society. All of the institutions that we have held dear for years and years are crumbling under a foundation that is false, because they are not built upon the word of God - and, if the truth be told, our lives are not either! There is a need for an awakening - and if you don't believe it, well then I will reserve you to absolute finishing in God's calendar and scheme. If you want to just go out in a blaze of 'unglory', if you just want to die and go to heaven empty-handed - well, you do it! But we're not all going to do it!"
"Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name." -Malachi 3:16(KJV)
"Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath."
-Psalm 90:11(KJV)
"...but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word."
-Isaiah 66:2(KJV)
"God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him."
-Psalm 89 verse 7(KJV)
Oh can I plea with you my beloved
Perpare your hearts for a fast and time of weeping and crying out.
Oh my beloved I plea come and be done with
all your wicked ways
How long will keep our ways?
I was praying to today and God showed in parts of man hearts is dark and can't see sin. Only the light of Christ, through his word and pray can our hearts see our Great wickness.
So let us cry for sight we can't see our sins.
May we have eyes to see.
In his love
charlene
Wonderful, merciful Saviour . . . how we love Thee . . .
"Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger."
-Zephaniah chapter 2 verse 3
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
-Matthew chapter 5 verse 5
"The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."
-Isaiah chapter 26 verses 7-9
"A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy."
-Habakkuk chapter 3 verses 1-2
5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
[b] 7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Psalm 89:5-8
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:5-6
That I may know him...
Father, forgive us our foolish ways. Refine us until all that remains is the reflection of Your Son.
[b]Facing My Needs
I cannot be a blessing
Till I myself am blessed;
So, “Father, I now come to You
My soul-needs to confess.
These needs are many, as You know
But I so often find
That when I view my fellow-man
To my own needs, I am blind.
My own, short-comings, I ignore
Until Your face I see;
Your holiness reveals my sin,
My need to be set free.
My greatest need is to admit
The true state of my heart . . .
Yet, often pride would hinder me,
Delay confession’s start.
Lord, breathe on me so I will choose
To pay revival’s cost;
May I in earnest recognize
The value of the cross.
May I not rest, be satisfied,
Till every sin’s confessed –
For only then, will my heart know
Renewal – blessedness.
Then, only then, can You use me
To touch another’s heart;
The fragrance of Your grace, O Lord,
Will then, my life impart.”
[i]- Frieda Hait
November 13, 1987
"My greatest need is to admit
The true state of my heart . . .
Yet, often pride would hinder me,
Delay confession’s start."
'The late Bishop Festo Kivengere was an African revivalist. On one occasion I asked him to tell me why the East Africa revival in Rwanda/Uganda lasted over forty years. Supremely, of course, it was God at work; but specifically, he said, "There were two reasons. One was making sure I was walking in the light every day and that my brother was doing the same. If I saw anyone looking glum I would say to them, ‘Brother/Sister, are you walking in the light?’ If they had no answer I would add, ‘Then you are in the bushes.’ The biblical example of that is Adam. When Adam ceased to walk in the light he hid in the bushes. So Africans would confess their sins to one another and get right with God so that they could continue to walk in the light. The other secret," Kivengere added, "was brokenness." To make his point he asked, "Have you ever tried to put two balloons together when they’re inflated? The tendency is for the balloons to bounce off each other. But watch what happens when you puncture them: they just fall all over one another. Too often Christians are lifted up with pride, but when their hearts are humbled by the Spirit of God, and they pray and seek His face, then it is comparatively easy to fall all over one another in love and to find forgiveness at the foot of the cross."'
Taken from [url=https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=20052&forum=16&0]Here
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