(We at God Inspires would like to thank Australia for their prayers. There is no greater need for it than now, and having the prayers of other countries is greatly appreciated!)
General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, proclaimed a day of "fasting, humiliation and prayer" for May 6, 1779. He then ordered a one-day cessation of recreation and "unnecessary labor" so that his soldiers could observe the day.
236 years later, his proclamation is being answered for America by Christians in Australia.
Lana Vawser, an Australian Christian, explains: "There is a fight for the destiny of the USA right now. The destiny of America hangs in the balance. The Lord is calling His people to arise and pray for the United States of America. It is time to contend."
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
EVENT: Gerald Crabb (Texarkana, December 4-6)
Gerald Crabb will be visiting us at the First Biker's Church (1119 Walnut Street, Texarkana, TX 75501) in Texarkana during the weekend of December 4-6.
The History of the National Day of Prayer
The Ontario Consultants for Religious Tolerance has offered this History of the National Day of Prayer.
Read it by clicking HERE
Read it by clicking HERE
On the National Day of Prayer at Moores Lane
Just got back from the prayer service at Moore's Lane Baptist Church. First, we prayed over all, for the blessing of our God on our Nation, claiming His promise that if we would humble ourselves and pray, then He would hear us and heal our land.
Then, we prayed for all the churches, and all the pastors, and all the congregations. That our churches would stand fast, our pastors would not be deterred from HIS Word, and that they may not water down His Word in any way, and that He might speak through them, and the congregations would love and support their pastors as they do so, and would go out and bring others in, mentoring and teaching and living the faith in the eyes of the world around them.
Then we prayed for all the Judges, lawyers, courts, police, and all other LEOs in our country, that God would protect them and enable them to follow Him in their daily lives, and that He would use them for HIS glory. We prayed for Congress and the President, that they would turn to HIM.
Then, we prayed for our schools, our teachers, and our educational facilitations, citing the prayer that was introduced in 1955 for the purpose of daily prayer "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country."
Then all the children got a balloon with a Bible verse on it and gathered in the center of the lot where we were all gathered and they let their balloons go.
It was a beautiful prayer service. At least 200 people showed up.
Then, we prayed for all the churches, and all the pastors, and all the congregations. That our churches would stand fast, our pastors would not be deterred from HIS Word, and that they may not water down His Word in any way, and that He might speak through them, and the congregations would love and support their pastors as they do so, and would go out and bring others in, mentoring and teaching and living the faith in the eyes of the world around them.
Then we prayed for all the Judges, lawyers, courts, police, and all other LEOs in our country, that God would protect them and enable them to follow Him in their daily lives, and that He would use them for HIS glory. We prayed for Congress and the President, that they would turn to HIM.
Then, we prayed for our schools, our teachers, and our educational facilitations, citing the prayer that was introduced in 1955 for the purpose of daily prayer "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country."
Then all the children got a balloon with a Bible verse on it and gathered in the center of the lot where we were all gathered and they let their balloons go.
It was a beautiful prayer service. At least 200 people showed up.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Pastor Saeed Abedini Marks 35th Birthday in Iranian Jail, Says He Is 'Crying Out to God' for America's Revival
(The Apostle Paul wrote many instructional letters from prison to the budding churches in the New Testament. Today, we have Saeed. Please remain in prayer for him!)
Pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen who has spent over two and-a-half years in an Iranian prison for his Christian faith, is marking on Thursday his 35th birthday by urging believers to pray for America's revival. The pastor noted in a letter that his birthday this year falls on the National Day of Prayer in the United States.
"As an American and as a prisoner for Christ, I have spent many hours praying and crying out to God for revival for this great nation. We all hope for the success of our nation and for America to be blessed, but without revival there can be no true success or blessing. As Ezra's cried out to God in repentance and the Israelites joined him in weeping bitterly and turning from their sin, I would like to ask you to join me in repenting and praying for revival," Abedini' letter begins.
The American Center for Law and Justice, which represents Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, and the couple's two children in Boise, Idaho, said that the letter was obtained from a family member in Iran who visited the pastor in prison last week.
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Pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen who has spent over two and-a-half years in an Iranian prison for his Christian faith, is marking on Thursday his 35th birthday by urging believers to pray for America's revival. The pastor noted in a letter that his birthday this year falls on the National Day of Prayer in the United States.
"As an American and as a prisoner for Christ, I have spent many hours praying and crying out to God for revival for this great nation. We all hope for the success of our nation and for America to be blessed, but without revival there can be no true success or blessing. As Ezra's cried out to God in repentance and the Israelites joined him in weeping bitterly and turning from their sin, I would like to ask you to join me in repenting and praying for revival," Abedini' letter begins.
The American Center for Law and Justice, which represents Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, and the couple's two children in Boise, Idaho, said that the letter was obtained from a family member in Iran who visited the pastor in prison last week.
Read more...
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Epiphany of faith...
Tonight, at church, Brother Johnny preached about the time when Nicodemus came to Jesus at night to question Him about spiritual things. Jesus told him that he wouldn't see the Kingdom of Heaven unless he was born again. (John 3:1-21)
While he was preaching his sermon, I got an epiphany -- you know, one of those, "OH, I GET IT!" moments.
When we are born of a woman, we are already condemned. The Bible teaches that. So, being condemned, we are as dead men walking. But, when we are born of the spirit, (saved, given new life, putting on the new man, however you want to say it) we are now eternally alive. We can't understand the spiritual stuff because we are not spirit. And, if we never get the new "spiritual" birth, then we will die never to understand, condemned for all eternity.
Brother Johnny didn't preach this, but it suddenly came to me. It was my epiphany:
This life is a transition from physical to spiritual. When you are born again, you don't all of a sudden go from being a physical, worldly person to being a spiritual Godly one. It is a transition. When you accept Christ, what you are doing is guaranteeing that the transition will take place, because the spiritual is already present.
Brother Johnny explained it like this: Danny lived in a sort of vehicle. When his vehicle got wrecked, he died. It was no good to him anymore. Immediately, he stepped out of his old physical vehicle and got into his new spiritual one.
So, (back to what Johnny didn't say) what happens is you get saved. You immediately gain your new spiritual body. But, you are still in your old physical body. So, both bodies are at constant war with each other -- hence the reason people deal with temptations and persecutions. It is not the temptations and persecutions that is the struggle, it is how we react to them. Because we are now the spiritual children of God, we have access to spiritual powers that we did not have access to before. (Johnny DID say that!) I kind of like that idea. But, what is amazing is that we have access to those powers EVEN THOUGH We ARE STILL IN OUR PHYSICAL bodies. But, the only way to make the spiritual things work in the physical world is by FAITH.
So, most saved Christians live with one foot in the physical world and one foot in the Spiritual world. Jesus was constantly calling us to step over into the spiritual realm and leave the condemned behind. "Go and sin no more." (John 5:1-15) "Faith, as small as the seed of a mustard tree can move mountains". (Matthew 17:20) The only way the spiritual man can work in the spiritual realm to make the impossible happen in the physical realm is to overcome completely the condemned physical man.
This sounds all like something in the supernatural self-help section of a book store. But, it's really all there in black and white in the Word of God.
He that has ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 11:15)
Johnny explained that there are things that are in the Bible that those who are not saved will never understand because they are not saved, therefore, they are not "born of the spirit", and only those who are "born of the spirit" can understand the things of the spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:14) And, I will add (because the Bible says it) that if you are among those who understand, then you are blessed, because God CHOSE you. (Romans 8:29)
Yes, I loved Johnny's message tonight. It made me think on things in a whole new level of understanding. It made me realize WHY it is that even though I struggle financially, I have never been hungry, or without shelter, or without clothes. I have always had enough, and then some, even when I didn't have much at all. It is why I am so confident in who and where I am today, and so content with what I have, and if I do desire more, it is so I might be able to give more.
While he was preaching his sermon, I got an epiphany -- you know, one of those, "OH, I GET IT!" moments.
When we are born of a woman, we are already condemned. The Bible teaches that. So, being condemned, we are as dead men walking. But, when we are born of the spirit, (saved, given new life, putting on the new man, however you want to say it) we are now eternally alive. We can't understand the spiritual stuff because we are not spirit. And, if we never get the new "spiritual" birth, then we will die never to understand, condemned for all eternity.
Brother Johnny didn't preach this, but it suddenly came to me. It was my epiphany:
This life is a transition from physical to spiritual. When you are born again, you don't all of a sudden go from being a physical, worldly person to being a spiritual Godly one. It is a transition. When you accept Christ, what you are doing is guaranteeing that the transition will take place, because the spiritual is already present.
Brother Johnny explained it like this: Danny lived in a sort of vehicle. When his vehicle got wrecked, he died. It was no good to him anymore. Immediately, he stepped out of his old physical vehicle and got into his new spiritual one.
So, (back to what Johnny didn't say) what happens is you get saved. You immediately gain your new spiritual body. But, you are still in your old physical body. So, both bodies are at constant war with each other -- hence the reason people deal with temptations and persecutions. It is not the temptations and persecutions that is the struggle, it is how we react to them. Because we are now the spiritual children of God, we have access to spiritual powers that we did not have access to before. (Johnny DID say that!) I kind of like that idea. But, what is amazing is that we have access to those powers EVEN THOUGH We ARE STILL IN OUR PHYSICAL bodies. But, the only way to make the spiritual things work in the physical world is by FAITH.
So, most saved Christians live with one foot in the physical world and one foot in the Spiritual world. Jesus was constantly calling us to step over into the spiritual realm and leave the condemned behind. "Go and sin no more." (John 5:1-15) "Faith, as small as the seed of a mustard tree can move mountains". (Matthew 17:20) The only way the spiritual man can work in the spiritual realm to make the impossible happen in the physical realm is to overcome completely the condemned physical man.
This sounds all like something in the supernatural self-help section of a book store. But, it's really all there in black and white in the Word of God.
He that has ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 11:15)
Johnny explained that there are things that are in the Bible that those who are not saved will never understand because they are not saved, therefore, they are not "born of the spirit", and only those who are "born of the spirit" can understand the things of the spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:14) And, I will add (because the Bible says it) that if you are among those who understand, then you are blessed, because God CHOSE you. (Romans 8:29)
Yes, I loved Johnny's message tonight. It made me think on things in a whole new level of understanding. It made me realize WHY it is that even though I struggle financially, I have never been hungry, or without shelter, or without clothes. I have always had enough, and then some, even when I didn't have much at all. It is why I am so confident in who and where I am today, and so content with what I have, and if I do desire more, it is so I might be able to give more.
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