Mas de Cristo!!

Cry out "Mas de Cristo" this Christmas! Do not be content with where you are spiritually! Do not become complacent or lukewarm! Cry out like John the Baptist, "He must increase, ...I must decrease!! ~John 3:30

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Pray that the Lord would send a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our day and in our time! Pray that the Lord would so drench His people with rivers of living water, that we would overflow with a life lived for the glory of His name! Isaiah 44:3 Joel 2:28-29

O Give Thanks to the LORD!
Call upon His name!
Make known His deeds among the peoples!
1.Chronicles 16:8

The Apostle Paul's Urgent Call 4 Prayer!

"Continue earnestly in prayer, be vigilent in it with thanksgiving! Meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak!" ~Col.4:2-4

Come boldly to the throne of grace!

"Therefore let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Heb.4:16 "True prayer is an approach of the soul by the Spirit of God to the throne of God." C.H.Spurgeon

Pray till you pray!

"Prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Ghost can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Pray for prayer - pray till you can pray! Pray to be helped to pray, and give not up praying because you cannot pray, for it is when you think you cannot pray, that you are praying most." ~C.H.Spurgeon

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!

...My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved! ~Romans 10:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock: You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!... Stir up Your strength, and come and save us! Restore us, O God! Cause Your face to shine, and we will be saved! ~Psalm 80:1-3

PRAYER 4 REVIVAL

"Prayer for Revival must be pure. In pure prayer not one element of double interest can be allowed. Our first request concerning revival must be that God be glorified!" ~ Leonard Ravenhill

BE JOYFUL ALWAYS...

PRAY CONTINUALLY!...

GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES!...

DO NOT PUT OUT THE SPIRIT'S FIRE!...
1.THESS.5:16-19

Call Upon the Name of the LORD!

"I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies!" ~Psalm 18:3 "Whoever calls upon the name of the LORD shall be saved, as the LORD has said. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the remnant whom the LORD calls." ~Joel 2:32

PRAY 4 REVIVAL!

"O LORD, I have heard Your speech and was afraid. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known! In wrath remember mercy!" ~ Hab.3:2 Cry out with the psalmist ~ "Will you not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?!" ~ Ps.85:6

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING...

"Rejoice always! Pray without ceasing! In every- thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit!" ~1.Thess.5:16-19

Pray for Wisdom and Revelation

"Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him." ~Eph.1:15-17

"Praying always with all prayer and supplication

in the Spirit,

being watchful to this end

with all perseverance

and supplication for all the saints."

~Eph.6:18~

If My people...

"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face,and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2.Chronicles 7:14

"God sets more value on prayer and communion than labour. The heavenly bridegroom is wooing a wife, not hiring a servant. Prayer brings God out of His secret place to work wonders in the earth...to pour Himself through the believer into a world of lost souls." A.W.Roffe ~ Spend time every day alone with God in the Secret Place.

What is the conclusion?

"I will pray in the spirit, and I will pray with understanding. I will sing in the spirit, and I will sing with understanding."

~1.Cor.14:15

Cry Out to God for the Souls of the Lost!

Prayer and the Great Awakening

Jonathan Edwards wrote his resolutions 19 years before the famous out break during the Great Awakening. The sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" was preached on July 8, 1741. On July 30,1722 he wrote, "Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to the glory of God." On July 23, 1723 Edwards wrote, "Resolved, when I find those "groanings which cannot be uttered," (Rom.8:26-27) of which the apostle speaks, and those the psalmist speaks (Psalm 119:20), that I will promote them to the utmost of my power; and I will not be weary of earnestly endeavouring to vent my desires, nor of the repetitions of such earnestness."

"The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul.... You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows." ~Psalm23:1-3, 5

When you don't know what to pray...

"Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused." C.H.Spurgeon. "Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." Romans 8:26

" These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication.

...And suddenly there came a sound from heaven,

as of a rushing mighty wind,

and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire,

and one sat on each of them." ~Acts 1:14, 2:2-3

Lord set us on fire, and use us Lord to spread your fire!

Stay tuned in to Jesus!

"Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer. Get first of all in harmony with Him." ~ Hudson Taylor

BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!

"Your love is better than wine....
Your name is ointment poured forth...
Draw me away....We will run after You!
We will be glad and rejoice in You!"
Song of Songs 1:1-4

The Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of the bush. So he looked, and the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.

Then He said, "Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground." ~Exodus 3:2-5

Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive. - Oswald Chambers

PRAY FOR HAITI!

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble. Psalm 46:1 Restore us, O God! Cause your face to shine, and we shall be saved! Psalm 80:3

No Prayer, No Power!

The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayer-less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray. ~ Samuel Chadwick

Call to the Watchmen!

"Watch and Pray! For your do not know when the time is... Watch therefore, for you do not know when the Master of the house is coming - in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning - lest, coming suddenly, He find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!" ~ Mark 13:33-37