Theme : DAYS of AWE
Focus : Drawing Near to God – A Time for meaningful Reflection.
Personal Aim : Knowing Him More.
Expectation : His manifested Presence & Spirit-Power released through (y)our lives.
Kingdom Goal : The Testimony of Christ to Impact society & His Name to be Glorified
through our lives [thoughts, words, actions].
LET US JOURNEY TOGETHER IN PRAYER!
If you were living during the time of Christ, having just experienced His death & resurrection & seen Him walk amongst you in His resurrected body… how would you have spent your next 50 days?
What would your mindset, priority list, & key focus, opinions and concerns be?
With whom would you reconcile?
What will you adjust or change to be aligned with and for Christ’s mission in your life ?
Let us WALK WITH CHRIST as if it was ‘just after His resurrection’:
1. Pray to Re-ignite Reverential Awe & the Worship of Christ. Present yourself to God – Be cleansed, Be set free… Let His Fire fall on you!
Deu 5:24 ‘Surely the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire.
Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me… He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
2. Pray for tenacity to pursue to know God more – learn from & about Him.
[how to pray, how to live, to love… to serve, to love God with all your heart, mind & strength]
1Co 1:20-21
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21. For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
3. Repent for sins, transgressions, trespasses & iniquities.
Tit 1:16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
Repent of unbelieve & lack of faith. Renew your trust in God & His goodness. Remember His faithfulness in the past!
Mar 4:40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”
4. Examine your thoughts, words & deeds. Is there anything or any relation pulling you away from God & His presence?
Isa 28:12-13 He offered rest and comfort to all of you, but you refused to listen to him. That is why the LORD is going to teach you letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson.
Act 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
5. Consider the meditations of your heart. You & God know what the truth is. Evaluate what spirit or motive is behind your thoughts, words & actions?
2Co 1:17-22
(17) Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? (20) For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
(22) who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
Is God perhaps trying to get through to you to help you right…? Thank Him for His Fatherly compassion, concern, discipline, wisdom & guidance in your life.
Deu 8:3
So, He humbled you, allowed you to hunger… that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
Heb 12:5 “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him.
6. Re-evaluate your relationship with God.
Draw near to God as if walking with Him (as if it’s the 40 days before His ascension).
Jud 1:20-21
(20) But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
(21) keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Heb 10:38-39
(38) now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
(39) But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
7. Re-evaluate your focus & time spent with God. Consider how much do you value God in your life, your commitment to Him & the things of God.
Deu10:12
“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Psa 103:1-2 (Read Ps103)
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! … (2) And forget not all His benefits.
8. Consider what Christ has done for you.
Heb 7:25 He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
Jas 5:15 the prayer of faith will save the sick… if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Joh 1:12-13 12. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13. who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
9. Forgiving others – give people a new slate every new day. Give people “the benefit of the doubt”. Start trusting again. His mercies are new every morning!
Luk 6:37 “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Mat 5:23-24 (23) Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, (24) leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
10. Receive your forgiveness – make right with God!
1Jn1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
ENVISION the days AFTER CHRIST’S ASCENSION :
11. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you to wait on Him.
To renew your strength by the spirit… not to run with chariots (own strength) but by trusting in the power of the Holy Spirit. (Haggai 2:20 – 23, Is 31:1, Ps20:7, Act1:8)
12. Ask Holy Spirit to guide you in renewing your mind to the truth of the Holy Scriptures.
Rom 8:6-9 GNB
6. To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. Those who obey their human nature cannot please God. 9. But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to—if, in fact, God’s Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
Are you living for the honour & glory of God?
13. Consider a new beginning, start the race of faith anew, consider His eternal inheritance for us!
Col 1:9-12 (9) …that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10) that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
(11) strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; (12) giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
PRACTICAL LIFE & CURRENT LIFE ISSUES
14. Re-evaluate your relationships – with your family, co-workers, family of God & others in your influence sphere.
Do you have unrealistic expectations of yourself / others / God? Do you love others as yourself? Do you perhaps destroy others with you words or lack of tact or respect?
Jas 5:20 For the one who restores the sinning believer back to God from the error of his way, gives back to his soul life from the dead, and covers over countless sins by their demonstration of love!
15. Pray for reconciliation of relationships & refresh your heart with hope in trusting God for – restoration in love, compassion, much grace & mercy amongst men.
Pro 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
Pro 17:9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
1Pe 4:8 Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.
16. Re-evaluate our relationship with the things of the world – money, wealth, idols in our life, hobbies, possessions, busy-ness.
What are you chasing after? What is chasing you?
Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Mat 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Gal 5:16 Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
17. Let us re-evaluate our decisions & default opinions and/or position on life’s key topics.
Do you pursue unrealistically after success, [status, perfection, self-importance, aspirations/dreams, power, positions or fame, frivolities (idleness, airs, superficial)]? Do you live a life of integrity, truth, love, servanthood & generosity?
Deu 8:17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
Deu 8:18 “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth,…
18. Bring your own life’s challenges in prayer : work, health, finances & your concerns for your family, the next generation. Lay hold of His Word’s promises!
Psa 128:1-6 Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord
Happy are those who obey the LORD, who live by his commands. 2. Your work will provide for your needs; you will be happy and prosperous.
4. A man who obeys the LORD will surely be blessed like this. 5. May the LORD bless you from Zion! May you see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life! 6. May you live to see your grandchildren! Peace be with Israel!
19. Pray for the peace of S.A., Israel, our town/area. Current politics, social injustice, crime, lack of truth, love, integrity & deception in the world around you.
Isa 62:6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem /S.A. ; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent,
Isa 28:5-6 (5) A day is coming when the LORD Almighty will be like a glorious crown of flowers for his people who survive. (6) He will give a sense of justice to those who serve as judges, and courage to those who defend the city gates from attack.
Eze 22:30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
Praying as you are seated with Christ in heavenly places:
20. Thank the Lord for being our Head, Master, Leader…
bringing our thoughts captive to obedience of the truth, of our salvation only in & through Him – His name. (2Cor10:3 – 6)
Eph 4:11-15
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ.
21. Thank Him for His Word – for us to digest, & live according to its precepts to the full. To use it as our guide, shield & buckler.
“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” Ps 119:105
22. Embrace the Holy Spirit’s leading, guidance, as the very breath of life in you.
Isa 11:2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him–the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord—
23. Pray for the maturing, protection & growth of the Body of Christ.
Pray for the expansion of the kingdom of God & the harvest of souls to come in. Pray for the preparation of our souls to meet our Saviour & King.
Joh 15:7-8
(7) If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
(8) My Father’s glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples.
24. Thank Him for His Blood – the cleansing, protection & atonement power of the blood. For His love for you!
Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls;
Rev 12:10-11
(10) “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. (11) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
25. Clothe yourself with CHRIST & WHO He is?
Read : Revelations 4:5-11 & 5:5 – 14.
Col 1:15-20
(15) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. (16) For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
(17) And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. (18) And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the pre-eminence. (19) For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
(20) and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
26. Declare yourself willing to “go”, to make disciples & be part of the harvesters.
Isa 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” Mat 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
27. Stand in the integrity of His Word, His council… firm foundation of FAITH. Declare your faith again.
Heb 6:15 after he (Abraham) had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Heb 6:19-20 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, which enters the Presence behind the veil,… 20. where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Isa 59:16 He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; …
FAITH PRAYS!
28. Re-consider the importance of the Armour of God.
Eph 6:10-17
(10) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. (11) PUT ON the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (12) For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
(13)Therefore, TAKE UP the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
(14) STAND therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
(15) having shod your feet (WALK) with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
(16) above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
(17) take the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
(18) praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
29. Declare His word & blessing over the local Church’s spiritual leaders, members & new souls.
Heb 6:9-11
(9) But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. (10) For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. (11) And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end…
30. Pray into – 7 spheres of society/nation/local area.
Family (all relationships), Faith (church), Government, Finance, Science & Technology, Arts & Culture, Media.
31. Pray for the expulsion of all evil – in this town / area & nation’s corridors of government.
Jer 29:7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
2Co 6:1-13 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left.
32. Speak out this blessing over yourself/your family.
Num 6:22-27 The LORD commanded Moses to tell Aaron and his sons to use the following words in blessing the people of Israel:
“ May the LORD bless you and take care of you; May the LORD be kind and gracious to you; May the LORD look on you with favor and give you peace.
And the LORD said, “If they pronounce my name as a blessing upon the people of Israel, I will bless them.”
Walking With JESUS
If you were walking with Jesus today along the way… What would your discussion with Him entails…? What would you say to Him? If you would go to heaven today, what do you think God would say to you ? What would you like Him to say to you ? If this was your last day on earth, what would you have chosen to do… and what to let go of ?
33. Finally : Pray The Lord’s Prayer together with someone.
Mat 6:9-13 TPT
(9) ‘Our Father, dwelling in the heavenly realms, may the glory of Your name be the center on which our lives turn. (10) Manifest Your kingdom realm, and cause Your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth, just as it is fulfilled in heaven. (11) We acknowledge You as our Provider of all we need each day. (12) Forgive us the wrongs we have done as we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us. (13) Rescue us every time we face tribulation and set us free from evil. For You are the King who rules with power and glory forever. Amen.’
Psa 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
Thank you for praying with us!
Rom 15:13
May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing. Amen & amen!