Praying for the Lord to visit us

Greetings all,

This morning after a short time in prayer I had an idea of sharing passages of scripture that we could use to encourage each other and to pray with, in seeking the Lord to visit us.

If others are willing, I thought that we could offer passages of scripture here to pray over, and maybe with a few short comments or suggestions how we could respond to what we read.

May the Lord's mercies come also unto us, according to His word.

Two passages that came to mind this morning,

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh."

- Ezekiel 36:26(KJV)

"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

- Ephesians 4:32(KJV)

Hebrews 3:13

Have our hearts become hard in any way towards God or man.

JOHN 3:27,ROMANS 5:6, I CORINTHIANS 2:16,

wtninChrist, thank you very much for the contribution for prayer.

I hope that others might be interested in sharing something here. I hope that this could be something useful to us, unless it is not good in the Lord's eyes.

Wish you all well.

[i]This was another passage that came to mind for me[/i]

"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."

Malachi 4:6(KJV)

Praying over our homes and familes and communities that are broken.

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh."

Pray that we would stop making promises to God that we only break in the end, and with childlike faith, trust in the "I will's" of this verse. Wait on Him for it is God who is at work in you to will and to do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13).

In Christ,

Ron

InTheLight wrote:

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh."

Pray that we would stop making promises to God that we only break in the end, and with childlike faith, trust in the "I will's" of this verse. Wait on Him for it is God who is at work in you to will and to do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13).

In Christ,

Ron

I love these verse in which the Lord piles on the first-Person pronouns, and in which He is the Subject and I am the object. The Law says, "You will do this, you will do that, you, you, you, it's all on you." The God of grace says, "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh."

"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." John 15:5

Thank you all for your contributions, reminding us to remember the [i]I will's[/i] as well as the [i]be ye's[/i] and [i]take heeds[/i].

i was humbled to recieve a message from the Lord which I entitle: "Recovering the presence of God"

here's the scripture: Luk 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luk 11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luk 11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luk 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luk 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

I won't lay out the whole, but a brief part of the finial of 3 parts, : Knock, Jesus knocked at the door of the hearts of the church of the Laodiceans, in the same way we have an opportunity to knock at the Door of our Fathers heart and share in His vision, burden, direction, to become a partaker of the divine nature of God.

And so I guess I am backwards, I would rather pursue me visiting God rather than Him visiting me, the end results are probably all the same though.

[i]Brother Daryl, I was blessed seeing your contribution here and what you shared above![/i]

"So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. These [i]are[/i] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these [i]are things[/i] that I hate, saith the LORD."

- Zechariah 8:15-17(KJV)

Col 3:9, James 3:14

Praying over the decietfulness, lies, hypocrisy, duplicity, treachery, and slander in our homes, communities, and nation.

[u]ChrisJD Quote[/u]: This morning after a short time in prayer I had an idea of sharing passages of scripture that we could use to encourage each other and to pray with, in seeking the Lord to visit us.

I e-mailed similar words to this thread to a member on the phone conference-call to prayer (SI live corporate prayer) as you were posting this thread. I find this co-occurrence to be of God. My email followed up a post that ended with believing prayer and it's relationship to the certain hearing and praying of the specific Word of God given by God to us to pray, at a specific time.

From early this morning, this day has been a Glory to God in prayer. Prayer in our closet is most wonderful. Corporate prayer can become “in-one-accord” most wonderful in a different way. Our hearts, tuned to His and then in harmony with one another. Here is the SI link to corporate prayer tonight (!) and every Tuesday if God leads to this. WE know revival is in God's heart. The where, when, etc. is all His.

edit: see Sermonindex Announcements for direction to the live corporate prayer call

JoanM,

Thanks be to God! I think it is so precious to even be close to being in tune with God and what He is doing!

In hopes of being yeilded and in step,

Chris

"How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [i]them that are[/i] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots houses. They were [i]as[/i] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife."

- Jeremiah 5:7-8(KJV)

Praying over our culture and society that can no longer blush.

"The earth mourneth [i]and[/i] fadeth away, the world languisheth [i]and[/i] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish."

- Isaiah 24:4(KJV)

Isaiah 61:1-3

Praying over depression, drugs, and addiction, in our homes, among our friends and families, in our communities, cities, and nation.

"And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [i]is[/i] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [i]is[/i] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Psalm 42:1, Isaiah 44:3, John 7:37-38

Praying for a deep thirsting after God.

"I am sought of [i]them that[/i] asked not [i]for me[/i]; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a [i]nation[/i] that was not called by my name."

- Isaiah 65:1(KJV)

John 12:20-21,32

Praying that all men everywhere would see Jesus

"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."

- Matthew 19:14(KJV)

Matthew 18:4-6,10

Praying over the loss of innocence and purity among our children.

"A righteous [i]man[/i] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [i]are[/i] cruel."

- Proverbs 12:10(KJV)

Proverbs 30:14, Ps 68:30, Ps 72:14, Matthew 5:7,9, Col 3:12-14

Praying over the cruelty and violence in our cities and nation that is against man and beast. Praying that cruelness would be overcome with kindness and love.

"And it shall come to pass afterward, [i]that[/i] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:"

- Joel 2:28(KJV)

Acts 2:1-39