Post by Gary on Aug 28, 2017 12:50:00 GMT -6
Our Father in Heaven,
We believe that in accord with your Word the hour has come for Your children to be received into glory and it is plainly evident to those with eyes to see and ears to hear. We ask that You would now glorify us that we may glorify You. We have greatly desired to be with Your Son, our Lord, and now we will see Him face to face. We have accepted Your Son and His message and have placed our faith in Him for the forgiveness of our sins. We know that He rose again from the dead and ascended to Your right hand. As surely as You live, we know He lives and reigns with You. And as surely as He rose He will come again. We have brought You glory on earth and have obeyed the commandment of Your Son to share the Gospel of grace with every nation.
Your Holy Spirit within us has convicted the whole world of sin. The world You love has rejected Your offer of forgiveness, but all of Your sheep have heeded the message and await the fulfillment of the promise You made to redeem our earthly bodies. We know that You will not lose even one of us. Free us from these bodies of sin and death and seat us with our Lord in the heavenly realms. Hide us with Christ on high. We accept Your irrevocable gifts of eternal life and the authority to reign over the nations. Clothe us in incorruptible and immortal bodies. Make us like Your perfect Son. Let us walk with Him clothed in white with new names and as everlasting pillars in Your heavenly temple.
We have fought the good fight and kept our faith to the end. We have overcome the world not by our works, but by our faith in Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. And now our accuser and his accusing angels are preparing a cosmic assault to destroy us, yet we are not shaken. We will overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony. We have loved not our lives unto death. Together we cry "Abba! Father!" Deliver us from the wrath that is to come and count us worthy to escape all the things coming on the earth and to stand before the Son of Man. Purify and sanctify Your Church. Remove everything that divides us. Make us one just as You and Your Son are One. Make us one in the Spirit and in the truth. Keep us until the end. Let us faithfully follow You and Your Word, never flinching in the face of persecution and adversity.
For those who still refuse to come to Your Son to find life, we pray that You would now prepare them for the coming wrath. When we go to You, open their eyes and bring them to repentance. Let them finally recognize that You are the LORD of all the earth and no god was formed before You, neither will any god be formed after You. Open their blind eyes and unstop their deaf ears. Melt their hard hearts. Please show them great mercy even in the midst of wrath. Let them finally come to know You and let them hold fast to their faith in You even as great horror is unleashed upon the earth. Surround them with people and Scriptural knowledge that will help direct their path in the midst of great opposition and deception. Let them not be deceived. Keep them from taking the beast's mark.
We pray also for protection for Your people Israel. Please bless them with abundance and let not their enemies triumph over them. Let them finally recognize that Jesus is their Messiah. Help them to fervently seek the truth despite what will be the greatest opposition they have ever faced. Protect the remnant and send on them provision for their every need. Keep them in the palm of Your hand.
Finally, we pray that You would stir up our hearts with faith and courage, so that in these remaining days we would share the Good News and the lateness of the hour with a greater fervency and zeal than we ever have before. Let us no longer just be fed ourselves, but let us go and feed Your sheep. Make each brother and sister aware of what they can do to alert the Church and the world to what is coming. Give them courage and provision to carry Your plans through to completion. Help them to deliver the message boldly. Help them to pray this prayer unceasingly.
Abba, we await Your Son from Heaven. We long for deliverance. Maranatha and AMEN.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” - Revelation 22:17
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. - Revelation 22:20
Blow The Trumpet In Zion!
Friends, we can no longer just be academic. We need to begin moving our hearts and minds away from trying to figure out every little detail and instead begin applying our faith and conviction to sounding the alarm. It's time to lift our eyes to Heaven and say in accord with the Spirit within us: "Come, Lord Jesus." We need to get to work because there could be very little time left:
1. Pray for the Church unceasingly every day. Pray for purity, sanctity, and faithfulness in the Church. Pray that the whole Church would wake up and finally realize the lateness of the hour.
2. Pray for your family and friends. Pray for their faith and readiness.
3. Print Gospel tracts, Revelation 12 Sign information, and Left Behind letters. There is so much material online, but we can't expect that material to stay up indefinitely. Print out as much as you can, so someone might stumble upon it later. Some good materials to start with can be found here, here, and here. You can find even more on our Sign, Answers, and What's Happening pages. Print and share and keep some on hand, as well.
4. Spread the message by starting a free website. We can expect that many of the websites teaching on these things will eventually be taken down (ours included), so start a free website on Blogger, WordPress, Weebly, or Wix and share information there. That might increase the chances that the information will stay online longer.
5. Prepare your heart to go home, but trust God with the details and timing. We see in a mirror dimly.