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AN OPEN
LETTER TO ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST TO PRAY
FOR REVIVAL IN RENO IN APRIL, 2016
You might be
interested in what the Spirit of God is doing in OF
ALL PLACES Reno, Nevada -- I would ask you and whoever
God lays on your heart to plead with God to fall on
the churches that have come together for REVIVE RENO!
I was at
Life Action's
Vision retreat a few weeks ago and heard of how God's
Spirit is beginning to move in different areas of our
nation. But the one that got me especially excited was
the event at Reno where something is transpiring in
April that surely can only be attributed to God's
Spirit falling on the leaders of 9 churches that cross
both denominational and ethnic barriers. So please
pray that God might pour out His grace and mercy on
America in the form of Spirit wrought, Word centered,
Christ exalting God, glorifying revival and that if it
pleases Him, He might begin in Reno, Nevada. Amen
Bruce Hurt
Austin
If you would like to "go" to the "Thirst Conference"
here is the link (2 sessions on April 3, and one
session each evening at 6:30PM, April 4-6, 2016).
http://www.renochristian.org/?page_id=10
My soul
cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Thy word. (Psalm 119:25)
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April 18,
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April 18,
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I will raise up a Prophet from among their
countrymen like you and I will put My words in his mouth |
MOSES
was standing
between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the
LORD; for you were afraid.-- There is one God, and one mediator also between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of
the earth. --Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.-- Have this
attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He
existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be
grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being
made in the likeness of men.
Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those
things which were to be spoken later; but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if we
hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.
Dt.
18.18. Dt. 5.5.--1Ti. 2.5.
Nu. 12.3.--Mt. 11.29.--Php 2.5-7. --Heb. 3.5, 6.
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I
WILL
remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will
establish an everlasting covenant with you.
For by one offering He has perfected for all time those
who are sanctified.-- He is able to save forever those who draw near to God
through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.-- I know
whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have
entrusted to Him until that day.
The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.--Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ?-- The Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and
shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall wipe every
tear from their eyes. -- Thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore
comfort one another with these words.
This is no place of rest.--For here we do not have a
lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
2Th
2.16. Ezek. 16.60. Heb. 10.14.--
Heb. 7.25.--2Ti. 1.12. Ro. 11.29.--
Ro. 8.35.--Rev 7.17.--1Th. 4.17, 18.
Mic. 2.10.--Heb. 13.14.
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April
18 PRAISE AND
PRAYER
"Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in
Sion; and unto Thee shall the vow be performed. O Thou that hearest prayer,
unto Thee shall all flesh come."--
Psa 65:1-2.
WHAT RAPTURES there are here! It
reminds one of a lark at dawn filling regions of air with music which
threatens to rend its tiny throat. The Psalmist is in fellowship with God.
He is enjoying his prayer and praise so much that it seemed to him as though
all flesh must wake up to enjoy it also. His iniquities and transgressions
are purged away. He feels that God is causing him to approach into His
secret place, and all nature takes on a new radiance and beauty.
The personal pronouns for God--Thou,
Thee, Thy, occur at least twenty times in thirteen verses! We remember that
Wordsworth speaks of a Presence that rolls through all things: "A sense
sublime of something deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of
setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air, and the blue sky--a
motion and a spirit." The poet was a lover of the meadows, and the woods,
and mountains!
To many of us, also, Nature seems but
the slight covering or garment, which only partially, conceals the glory and
beauty of God's Presence. The bush still burns with fire. The
mountain-heights are filled with the horses and chariots of angelic
guardians. "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth
His handiwork." There is no voice or language that the ordinary sense of man
can detect, but when our hearts are clean, and our ears open, we realize
that we are in touch with Him whom some day we shall see face to face, but
who even now reveals Himself to the pure in heart ( Mat 5:8).
PRAYER
O God our Heavenly Father, renew in us
the sense of Thy gracious Presence, and let it be a constant impulse within
us to peace, trustfulness, and courage on our pilgrimage. AMEN. |
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April 18
He Never Fails
"l will be with
thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee" (Joshua 1:5).
This word to Joshua is often quoted; it is the basis of that New Testament
word "He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Beloved, a
life of warfare is before us, but the LORD of Hosts is with us. Are we
called to lead a great but fickle people? This promise guarantees us all
the wisdom and prudence that we shall need. Have we to contend with
cunning and powerful enemies? Here is strength and valor, prowess and
victory. Have we a vast heritage to win? By this sign we shall achieve our
purpose; the LORD Himself is with us. It would be woe to us indeed if
Jehovah could fail us; but, as this can never be, the winds of disquietude
are laid to sleep in the caverns of divine faithfulness. On no one
occasion will the LORD desert us. Happen what may, He will be at our side.
Friends drop from us, their help is but an April shower; but God is
faithful, Jesus is the same forever, and the Holy Spirit abideth in
us. Come, my heart, be calm and hopeful today. Clouds may gather, but the
LORD can blow them away. Since God will not fail me, my faith shall not
fail; and as He will not forsake me, neither will I forsake Him. Oh, for a
restful faith!
SPURGEON'S
MORNING AND EVENING
April 18
Morning
"Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from
the top to the bottom."
Matthew 27:51
No mean miracle was wrought in the rending of so strong and thick
a veil; but it was not intended merely as a display of power--many
lessons were herein taught us. The old law of ordinances was put
away, and like a worn-out vesture, rent and laid aside. When Jesus
died, the sacrifices were all finished, because all fulfilled in
him, and therefore the place of their presentation was marked with
an evident token of decay. That rent also revealed all the hidden
things of the old dispensation: the mercy-seat could now be seen,
and the glory of God gleamed forth above it. By the death of our
Lord Jesus we have a clear revelation of God, for he was "not as
Moses, who put a veil over his face." Life and immortality are now
brought to light, and things which have been hidden since the
foundation of the world are manifest in him. The annual ceremony
of atonement was thus abolished. The atoning blood which was once
every year sprinkled within the veil, was now offered once for all
by the great High Priest, and therefore the place of the
symbolical rite was broken up. No blood of bullocks or of lambs is
needed now, for Jesus has entered within the veil with his own
blood. Hence access to God is now permitted, and is the privilege
of every believer in Christ Jesus. There is no small space laid
open through which we may peer at the mercy-seat, but the rent
reaches from the top to the bottom. We may come with boldness to
the throne of the heavenly grace. Shall we err if we say that the
opening of the Holy of Holies in this marvellous manner by our
Lord's expiring cry was the type of the opening of the gates of
paradise to all the saints by virtue of the Passion? Our bleeding
Lord hath the key of heaven; he openeth and no man shutteth; let
us enter in with him into the heavenly places, and sit with him
there till our common enemies shall be made his footstool.
Evening
"The Amen."
Revelation 3:14
The word Amen solemnly confirms that which went before; and Jesus
is the great Confirmer; immutable, forever is "the Amen" in all
his promises. Sinner, I would comfort thee with this reflection.
Jesus Christ said, "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest." If you come to him, he will say
"Amen" in your soul; his promise shall be true to you. He said in
the days of his flesh, "The bruised reed I will not break." O thou
poor, broken, bruised heart, if thou comest to him, he will say
"Amen" to thee, and that shall be true in thy soul as in hundreds
of cases in bygone years. Christian, is not this very comforting
to thee also, that there is not a word which has gone out of the
Saviour's lips which he has ever retracted? The words of Jesus
shall stand when heaven and earth shall pass away. If thou gettest
a hold of but half a promise, thou shalt find it true. Beware of
him who is called "Clip-promise," who will destroy much of the
comfort of God's word.
Jesus is Yea and Amen in all his offices. He was a Priest to
pardon and cleanse once, he is Amen as Priest still. He was a King
to rule and reign for his people, and to defend them with his
mighty arm, he is an Amen King, the same still. He was a Prophet
of old, to foretell good things to come, his lips are most sweet,
and drop with honey still--he is an Amen Prophet. He is Amen as to
the merit of his blood; he is Amen as to his righteousness. That
sacred robe shall remain most fair and glorious when nature shall
decay. He is Amen in every single title which he bears; your
Husband, never seeking a divorce; your Friend, sticking closer
than a brother; your Shepherd, with you in death's dark vale; your
Help and your Deliverer; your Castle and your High Tower; the Horn
of your strength, your confidence, your joy, your all in all, and
your Yea and Amen in all.
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DAILY MEDITATION
APRIL The Eighteenth
MECHANICAL PIETY
Philemon 1:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
THE Apostle Paul declares that benefits may be given in one of two
ways—“of necessity” and “willingly.” One is mechanical, the other is
spontaneous. I once saw a little table-fountain playing in a drawing-room,
but I heard the click of its machinery, and the charm was gone! It had to
be wound up before it would play, and at frequent periods it “ran down.” A
little later I saw another fountain playing on a green lawn, and it was
fed from the deep secret resources of the hills!
There is a generosity which is like the drawing-room fountain. If you
listen you can hear the mechanical click, and a sound of friction, arising
from murmuring and complaint. And there is a generosity which is like the
fountain that is the child of the hills. It is clear, and sweet, and
musical, and flows on through every season! One is “of necessity”; the
other is “willingly.” And “God loveth a cheerful giver.”
And prayer can be of the same two contrary orders. One prayer is
mechanical, it is hard, formal, metallic. The other is spontaneous,
forceful, and irresistible. Listen to the Pharisee—“Lord, I thank Thee
that I am not as other men are.” It is the click of the machine! Listen to
the publican—“God be merciful to me, a sinner!” It is the voice of the
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R Miller's
Year Book
April 18.
Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again!" John 11:23
There is wondrous music in these words, as they are spoken in the
ears of sorrowing ones beside the coffin and by the new-made
grave. It was a dim teaching in Martha's time—but soon afterward
that occurred which made it bright and clear as day. Jesus himself
lay in the grave, and then rose from death, walking forth in the
light and radiancy of immortal youth.
Christ was the first fruits of resurrection; that is, his
resurrection was a pledge as well as an example of the coming
resurrection of all who believe on him.
We have a right to lay flowers on the coffins of our Christian
dead. They will come forth in the beauty of new life. We open our
New Testament and see Jesus, after he had risen, away beyond
death. He has not been harmed by dying. No beam of the beauty of
his life is quenched. The threads of the earthly life are not
severed. He has not forgotten his friends—but takes up again the
old companionships and friendships. So will it be with our beloved
ones who sleep in Jesus. They will rise—and they will be the same
people we have known here, only they will be cleansed of their
earthliness, mortality and sinfulness. And they will not have
forgotten us. Love never fails. We shall resume friendship's story
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Store up
(present
imperative
= command to make this privilege our practice enabled to
do so by the Holy Spirit!) for
yourselves treasure in heaven (cp Mt 6:20-note,
1Th 2:19, 20-note,
Lk 10:2, Col 4:2,3-note,
2Th 3:1, Rev 7:9-note)
We will do much of what we do on earth in heaven, but
one thing we cannot do is share the Gospel and intercede
for souls to be saved. Beloved, let this sobering truth
cause us to
redeem the time,
making the most of the opportunities we have today to
intercede for these innumerable souls who have never
heard the Gospel or the Name of Jesus.
Pray for the unreached people groups.
Global Prayer Digest
and
Joshua Project
Unreached People Group of the Day.
(1) GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST
April 18 -
Maghrebi North Africans in Sweden
by PD
In spite of political conflicts and divisions, the North African
countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia have similar cultures
and languages. Most are Sunni Muslims. As immigrants in European
countries they often work and band together.
One Algerian Muslim TV reporter was disgusted with how Muslim
refugees were behaving in Europe. “Almost 80 percent of European
Muslims are beggars, living on Western welfare and this is
growing.” He continued, “There are more than 400 Islamic
associations united by the Federal Islamic Organization of Europe
(FIOE). Every mosque in Europe suffers from theft. In accordance
with the European law for support of religions and cultural
diversity, the state provides Muslims with funding, and some of
the managers of the mosques steal funds.” These are tough times
not only for the immigrants, but also for the generous and
sometimes naďve country of Sweden.
There are over 500,000 Muslims living in Sweden, but few
ministries to the Maghreb people, partly because their Arabic is
blended with other languages, and their dialect differs from the
Arabic spoken by other Muslim peoples of Sweden. For many, French
is their primary language.
Learn more at joshuaproject.net
Pray that the Maghrebi people will hear about and accept the
living Lord through every possible means. Pray that they will be
convicted of sin and ask the living Lord for forgiveness so they
will finally know the assurance of salvation, peace, and be freed
from the bondage of Islam. Pray that ministries will form that
serve these people.
John 17:24-26 “Father, I desire that they also, whom Thou hast
given Me, be with Me where I am, in order that they may behold My
glory, which Thou hast given Me; for Thou didst love Me before the
foundation of the world. 25“O righteous Father, although the world
has not known Thee, yet I have known Thee; and these have known
that Thou didst send Me; 26and I have made Thy name known to them,
and will make it known; that the love wherewith Thou didst love Me
may be in them, and I in them.”
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PRAY FOR
REVIVAL
Restore us, O God of our
salvation, and cause Your indignation toward us to cease. Will You
be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all
generations? Will You not Yourself revive us again, that Your
people may rejoice in You? Show us Your lovingkindness, O LORD,
and grant us Your salvation.
(Psalm 85:4-7)
O God, restore us And cause
Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. O LORD God of
hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?
(Psalm 80:3-4)
Bryon Paulus, director
of Life Action Ministries, has said our greatest obstacle for
revival is failure to pray, to plead, to intercede, to cry out.
Leonard Ravenhill summed it up...
The self-satisfied
doesn't need to pray. The self-sufficient doesn't want to
pray. The
self-righteous cannot pray!
Paulus commented: "Those three
principles apply to revival: We are so self-satisfied that
we don't want revival, so
self-sufficient that we think we don't need revival, and so
self-righteous that we can't have revival." (Ouch!)
Consider joining with other
believers at
One Cry - A Nationwide Call for
Spiritual Awakening (Dearly beloved of God, watch the Video and
join Cry Out!)
May God Grant Us
Grace|
To
Intercede
For America
While we still have time!
God addressed Israel
in the following famous passage but the timeless principle is
apropos to believers in America ...
If I shut up the heavens so
that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the
land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves
and pray, and seek My face and turn from
their wicked ways,
then I will hear
from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal
their land. (2Chr 7:13, 14)
J. Barton Payne writes that
"This great verse, the best known in all Chronicles, expresses as
does no other in Scripture God’s requirement for national
blessing, whether in Solomon’s land, in Ezra’s, or in our own.
Those who believe must forsake their sins, turn from the life that
is centered in self, and yield to God’s word and will. Then, and
only then, will heaven send revival."
May God grant His children
grace to plead for a Spirit driven, God glorifying, Word centered,
Christ exalting revival of the Body of Christ in America.
First of all, then, I urge that
entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on
behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, in
order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness
and dignity. (1Ti 2:1,2)
Our Heavenly Father
desires to hear His children cry out with "fasting, sackcloth and
ashes" (Da 9:3), reflecting not the external appearance of our
bodies, but more accurately the internal condition of our hearts -
sinful (Da 9:5 - "we" not "they"!), rejecting His Holy Word
(Da 9:6-"we"), shameful (Da 9:8-"us"), contrite, and
broken (Ps 51:17), over our national rejection of God's righteous
and holy Name...
Daniel's prayer (Da 9:3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) is an
excellent "template" for all saints to emulate as we begin to
intercede with a sense of urgency for
America and especially for God's Name and reputation considering
that the world thinks of us as a "Christian nation" and we once
called ourselves "One Nation Under God"!
Matthew Henry's comments
on Lev 26:40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 (directed first to Israel but
applicable to any nation that rejects Him)
Among the Israelites, persons
were not always prosperous or afflicted according to their
obedience or disobedience. But national prosperity was the
effect of national obedience, and national judgments
were brought on by national wickedness. Israel was under a
peculiar covenant.
National wickedness will end
in the ruin of any people,
especially where the Word of God and the light of the Gospel are
enjoyed.
Sooner or later, sin will be
the ruin, as well as the reproach, of every people.
Oh that, being humbled for
our sins,
we might avert the rising storm before it bursts upon us!
(Note: Henry's comments
were published in 1706 and national revival, the
First Great Awakening,
occurred in the 1730's and 1740's! Brethren, there is hope because
there is a "God of hope"! Ro 15:13)
God grant that we may, in this
our day,
consider the things which belong to our eternal peace.
Righteousness exalts a
nation,
But sin is a disgrace to any people.
Proverbs 14:34
My (Our) soul cleaves
to the dust;
Revive
me (us)
according to Thy word.
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