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Daily Wisdom – Faithfulness September 2, 2010
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, Exodus 34:6
Isn’t it great that God is faithful to us? But what exactly does that mean? In order to be faithful to someone or something, you must believe in them or it. God believes in you and me. God believes the best about us. He abounds in love and faithfulness – belief – in us. The God of the universe believes in us! He knows we are capable of far more than we believe about ourselves. Today, ask God to reveal to you what He knows about your potential. Then step out on His faith in you. That’s wisdom!
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A CALL TO PRAYER--On
September 1st, the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) will inaugurate a
40-day prayer campaign called “If My People.” There is no agenda, movement or
march planned around this call to prayer. The instruction, command, and
direction from God is simple and clear, taken from 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my
people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
God moves in the affairs of men and nations, and critical issues face us today
on every level: our families are broken; the social fabric of our culture that
was once our strength is now torn and tattered; our government is unproductive
at best; our educational system is misguided; our economy is crumbling; and even
many of our churches seem weak and ineffective. These issues seem too complex to
correct, and the spiral continues downward in all areas of our culture and
society. The underlying causes of all these problems are spiritual, and only God
can make things right.
One hundred fifty years ago, America faced similar problems. One man, Jeremiah
Lamphier, was moved to action in calling others to prayer. The impact on our
nation was historic, as men and women came to Christ, repented of sin, and
turned their focus to God and righteous living. Will you join the effort to day,
and accept the call to prayer, as instructed in 1 Chronicles 7:14?
Visit
http://ifmypeopleprayusa.org/ for more on this call to prayer, how you can
pray, what to pray for, when to pray, and even how to lead a prayer group.
Dear friends,
I want you to know about a resource we’ve just produced. It’s a prayerwalking
guide designed to be used on September 11. It’s easy and free to download and
print. Make all the copies you’d like to invite others to join you. Go to
http://www.waymakers.org to download the pdf file.
September 11 falls on a Saturday this year, which is usually the easiest day to
bring together a few friends to prayerwalk a portion of your community. Someone
had the cool idea of prayerwalking between 9:00 am and 11:00 am on 9-11.
Thousands of people will be doing this, including some in every state of the
union. Please think about organizing a prayerwalk near your workplace or around
your neighborhood on the morning of September 11.
I wrote this prayer guide with the encouragement of our friends who are
organizing the Cry Out America! initiative. Go to
http://www.awakeningamerica.us to find out what Cry Out America! is
all about. Many will be organizing gatherings at government centers and
courthouses at noon on that day. The last prayer on this prayer guide is
designed to be read in unison at those gatherings.
Recent events have made this September 11 to be an even more important time for
Christians to pray in hope for God’s life and love to be revealed in our land.
We need to pray in ways that go beyond our partisan opinions. We can easily
cheapen our public praying as political posturing unless we deepen
our praying by grounding our hope in God’s Word.
Yours in hope,
Steve Hawthorne
Director, WayMakers
Life is a journey.
Each day brings us closer to a successful completion of our journey.
Or it leads us further into despair and wondering:
"Why am I here? What purpose is there to life?"
It is God's greatest desire that you should know the saving power
of His love and forgiveness and a hope for eternity in heaven with Him.
The Bible speaks of bidding God speed to others.
That is, to express one's desire that God grant prosperity
and success to another person.
To bid God speed means to speak, affirm or extend expressions of well-being and
joy to others.
It is a greeting of gladness and blessing
that all may go well for the recipient.
It speaks of the joyful acceptance of another.
It also expresses good wishes for a person's safety on a journey and prayer
that the journey is successful in reaching its destination.
The Bible states in 3 John 1:2-4, "We're the best of friends,
and I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health--that
your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul! I was most happy when some
friends arrived and brought the news that you persist in following the way of
Truth. Nothing could make me happier than getting reports that my children
continue diligently in the way of Truth!”
That is our mission at God Speed Ministry.
We want to help you find the way of Truth that leads to eternal life.
And we want to help you to enjoy the journey in this life on your way to eternal
life.
Join us as we make the journey together.
Let us encourage one another as we discover
"the Way, the Truth, and the Life."
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:5-7