Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them?
Ezekiel 14:1-3 ESV
Does God have your whole heart? How about your church elders?
Let’s pray for our own hearts, as well as theirs.
Pray for Your Church Elders – FormerAtheist58
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior – Sounds like Reign
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According to Ezekiel 13:22 ESV, false prophets not only encouraged the wicked such that they didn’t turn from evil to be saved, but they also “disheartened the righteous falsely.”
Jesus said, “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33b ESV)
The Apostle Peter wrote, “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.” (1 Peter 4:12-14 ESV)
One of the biggest takeaways I had from watching the movie and reading the book “The Insanity of God” was that we in the USA can encourage our persecuted family around the globe by using the freedom we have to share the good news. Let’s do that!
Please join me in praying for our persecuted brothers and sisters on the other side of the globe, and let’s get busy making disciples of Jesus!
Beware of False Prophets who Dishearten the Righteous – FormerAtheist58
Be my Heart, my Hands, my Voice – Music of Hope
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And the LORD said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”
And to the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and strike. Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity. Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.
Ezekiel 9:4-6 ESV
Does your heart break for the sin that fills our nation?
Do you grieve for the wicked who are perishing all around you?
Have you been marked by the Lord and sealed with His Spirit?
Seven times in 41 verses, the Lord says either “you” or “they” “shall know that I am the LORD.” These words are spoken not in the midst of blessing, but in the midst of judgment, in the sending of pestilence and famine and sword.
Pray for our nation. Pray for your neighbors. Pray for your family. Pray for yourself.
“Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord” (Ezekiel 7:19b) and neither can ours.
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
“[Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,”
Thank you, Lord!
PERFECT JESUS … MESSED UP ME – FormerAtheist58
Divine Exchange – Charity Gayle
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 38. (Bonus Day: Colossians 1)
This summer our Shelby County TN LifeWise leadership team read Lead with Prayer by Skoog, Greer, and Doolittle. They wrote, “This modern practice of outsourcing prayer to staff or volunteers while we pursue other obligations and opportunities of leadership is largely a deception among Western Christians that keeps us from becoming prayer leaders. Jesus never taught this, the disciples modeled the opposite, and there is no historic church leader who endorsed the idea of delegating prayer only to those deemed most fit for the role of intercessor.” Amen.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
Colossians 1:9-12 ESV
Friends, Paul didn’t delegate prayer to someone else. Paul LEAD with prayer. So did Jesus. Let’s follow their example.
Please pray for your family and for your own walk with the Lord. Please pray for your church and your community. Please pray for me, for LifeWise Academy chapters across America, and for the gospel to increase and bear fruit.
Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 35, Lamentations 3
Another “coffee mug” verse that is so much richer when you read it in context. The Lord’s mercies are indeed unending – even in the darkest valleys.
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:22-27 ESV
Great is Thy Faithfulness – FormerAtheist58
Great is Thy Faithfulness – Stephen McWhirter
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 33-34, Lamentations 1-2
Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading.
Lamentations 2:14 ESV
Truth: The wages of sin is death.
Truth: The gift of God is eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.
Truth: You’re a great sinner.
Truth: Jesus is a great Savior.
Truth: Heaven is a wonderful place
Truth: Not everyone is going there.
Truth: God is so holy, no man could survive in His presence.
Truth: The blood of Jesus, fully God-fully man, perfect and powerful, is sufficient to cover all our sins, by God’s grace through our faith
Believe the whole truth. Tell the whole truth.
False Teachings Mislead and Deceive – FormerAtheist58
Holy, Holy, Holy – Hymns of Grace
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