Congregational Prayer Watch: Week 13 – October 27,2007

Congregational Prayer Watch
Week 13 – October 27,2007

“Savor God’s Words to you. Ponder what you have read and apply it to your present circumstances. Let it go down into the core of your being.” Bruce Wilkerson

Beloved Friends,

Remember a few years ago when 9-11 occurred, most everyone was shocked and complained that there had been no warning before such a disaster struck. Later it was discovered there were some warnings but they went unheeded and when more preparation could have been done, no precaution was taken. Why was there no readiness and no active response to what could happen? People did not want to believe it. They didn’t think that something that had never happened here before could ever happen here. They dismissed warnings and went on with life as usual only to pick up the pieces, mourn the losses and regret their own presumptions later on.

Our Bibles say that Jesus will come as a thief in the night referring to how He will come not when. He may show up any time of the day or night. The question is do we believe this and are we preparing ourselves to meet Him at any moment? On Friday night, the Holy Spirit had the prayer focus be on meditating on God’s Word and hiding it in our hearts, observing God’s commands, heeding His warnings, putting His Word in action all for our own good, so things will go well with us. There are no guessing games with God. He does everything decently and in order. Only He knows the day and the hour of Jesus’ return or our own personal deaths when we could meet Him in the twinkling of an eye.

Right now, by His Spirit, the Word is going out to the Body of Christ to examine their hearts. Look into what we think is a hiding place and see what we put in there. Who is on the throne in there? What are we meditating on? What do we have stored up? What/who are we worshipping in our hearts?

You see judgment is coming and it will begin with the FAMILY – the CHURCH. Every hidden thing will be revealed. It will be as in the days of Acts. Remember Ananias and Saphira? No one will be able to lie to the Holy Spirit.

The Congregational Prayer Watch is like a spiritual defense system. Through it God is showing us how to pray so we will be ready to meet Him and escape judgment. This week let’s focus on the Heart condition of our church family, asking God’s help to clean out everything that is displeasing to Him and then helping us to re-establish His Word just where He wants it “deep within our hearts.”

Ponder this word God gave Ezekiel in Chapter 14:1-8 – The Message translation:
“Some of the leaders of Israel approached me and sat down with me. God’s message came to me: Son of Man, these people have installed idols in their hearts. They have embraced the wickedness that will ruin them. Why should I even bother with their prayers? Therefore tell them, the Message of God, the Master: All in Israel who install idols in their hearts and embrace the wickedness that will ruin them and still have the gall to come to the prophet, be on notice; I, God, will step in and personally answer them as they come dragging along their mob of idols. I am READY to go to work on the HEARTS of the HOUSE of Israel, all of whom have left me for their idols.
Therefore, say to the house of Israel; God, the Master, says, Repent! Turn your backs on your no-god idols. Turn your backs on all your outrageous obscenities. To every last person from the house of Israel, including any of the resident aliens who live in Israel – all who turn their backs on Me and embrace idols who install the wickedness that will ruin them at the center of their lives and then have the gall to go to the prophet to ask me questions—I, God, will step in and give the answer myself. I’ll oppose those people to their faces, make an example of them – a warning lesson – and get rid of them so you will realize that I AM God.”

Love & Prayers,
Norm & Judy
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