As a little girl , I can remember being taken to Sunday School (methodist) and seeing & hearing people cry out to God for the Salvation of Jesus Christ in these other people's lives. Such fervency, such irrepressible yearnings impressed me , there was no well "take it or leave it", it was you need to accept Jesus Christ as Lord & Saviour NOW!!!!NOW!!!!NOW . My mum JOYCE KLEIN always wore Jesus on her sleeve & I can remember her praying with many tears for the salvation of my Dad (NOEL KLEIN), which we all saw with great joy , but it took 40 years for my father to come to Christ , fortunately the Lord Jesus graciously allowed him to live long enough to actually accept Jesus & enjoy the life that was free from sin , condemnation and ongoing accusation.
George Mueller ( a great prayer warrior) once wrote that he prayed for a friend 63 years & 8 months.... he went onto say that: ''He is not saved yet but he will be . How can it be otherwise?....I am praying". The day came when Mueller's friend received JESUS as Lord & Saviour, this occured on the day Mueller's casket was lowered into the ground. There, near an open grave , this friend gave his heart to JESUS !
I attended a Salvation Army meeting on Sunday & with great passion a prayer was prayed & it went something like this :''Oh Holy Spirit purge us as your people from any & every sin that is in our midst........". My heart was moved to tears & I can only say for that Corps there will be a purging and whatevcr that means ,is really up to God. Dare we all pray that kind of prayer , absolute , reckless , repentance for sin , self-righteousness & all that would hinder the power of God's Holy Spirit working in our midst.
POTENT,PURE-HEARTED,PERSISTENT PRAYER FOR REVIVAL , what does the enemy of our soul do with that kind of non-negotiable prayer ? Absolutely nothing , why, because the BLOOD of Jesus covers us , The Cross is over us , & we are praying in GOD'S perfect will , for it is HIS will that none should perish. Read 2 PETER 3:9 ''THE LORD IS NOT SLOW IN KEEPING HIS PROMISE , AS SOME UNDERSTAND SLOWNESS , HE IS PATIENT WITH YOU , NOT WANTING ANYONE .....ANYONE TO PERISH, BUT EVERYONE TO COME TO REPENTANCE."
So today my dear readers know that I am praying for you , praying that you will either accept Jesus as Lord & Saviour or that you will be obedient to Jesus voice speaking to you & come to the next level in your spiritual journey, for some of you that may mean OFFICERSHIP!
Just do it for JESUS' sake !
MARNEY
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persistant prayer is the key hey. Sometimes I wonder if God waits for us to ask him.. to come before him in prayer before he makes stuff happen in our lives. This doesn't meant that we serve a God who is egotistic, and needs our attention.. but maybe he just wants us to ask...
Yes dear anon,
Persistent prayer is the KEY.... to breakthroughs, revival, sin , attitudes. Because not only does God hear us & hear the cry of our hearts. It also is about us being humble & broken enough to come before an ALMIGHTY GOD. The other issue about PRAYER is that God really longs for us to be in His presence, He (like us) loves being in relationship with His people
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