EFFECTIVE PRAYER
Ivan
Pattison,
Heaven’s Eyes
A fervent prayer rose up
to heaven,
A fragile soul was losing ground
Sorting through this earthly babble,
Heaven heard the sound.
It was a life of no distinction,
No successes, only tries.
Yet, gazing down on this
unlovely one,
There was love in Heaven's Eyes.
The orphaned child, the
wayward father,
The homeless traveler in the rain
When life goes by and no one bothers,
Heaven feels the pain.
Looking down, God sees each heartache,
Knows each sorrow, hears each cry,
And looking up, we'll see compassion's
Fire ablaze in Heaven's Eyes.
In Heaven's Eyes, there
are no losers,
In Heaven's Eyes, no hopeless cause.
Only people like you, with feelings like me
And we're amazed at the grace we can find
In Heaven's Eyes.
I do not know who wrote
this beautiful song.
Dear friends:
A Perspective on Praise,
Dr. Bill Bright, Founder and Chairman, Campus Crusade for Christ International:
When C.S. Lewis became a
Christian, he frankly admitted that he did not understand the importance of
praise. Then, as Lewis studied, prayed and meditated on the Scripture, it
dawned on him that "Praise is the means by which God reveals Himself to
His people.”
That is a
thought-provoking statement. I think of Psalm 22:3 in the King James Version,
which says that God inhabits the praises of
Dr. Bill Bright
Raising up an army
of prayer warriors is God our Father, in this day and age, an age where we go
to war, not against man so much, and of course this is happening also, but we
as Christians against the powers and principalities of satan.
Romans
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ryrienas Notes of Eph 6:12: Vs.
6:12: “The believer's enemies are the demonic hosts of Satan, always assembled
for mortal combat.”
The topic in this article
is not what I was keen to write about, but the Holy Spirit impressed on me to
write this way. Whatever my views are, on what is happening in the world today,
I am writing in the way God is leading me to do so, and I am using the
Scripture, that God is directing me to use.
THE HARDNESS OF MAN GETS
THE WORK DONE FOR GOD,
IT IS THE LOVE AND
SOFTNESS OF GOD THAT SAVES SOULS.
I believe, even though
God uses the hardness of man, that He would much prefer to use Love and
compassion to get things done in this world.
We read all through the Bible of war; even King David - a man after
God’s own heart. Not because David sinned was he after God’s own heart, that
was not a part of God’s plan for King David, but because King David, repented
and fulfilled the will of God in other things that was important to God. King
David paid a high price for his sin, and King David came before God on a
regular basis, he was one with God. King David put to death those who slew
God’s anointed. King David honored those who God raised up, whether they
worshiped God or not, and would not touch them, in any way (Example: the
many times David could have killed King Saul and didn’t).
Acts 13:22 And when he
had removed him (King Saul), he raised up unto them David to be their king; to
whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a
man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.
King David went to war on
other nations and shed more blood than God wanted him to do, so God did not let
him build the
It is God who raises up nations and raises up governments, He also brings
nations to their knees. Are we going to wait until God brings us to our knees
or will we kneel willingly. It is our prayers that help God being able to
do things, if we are a praying people for our leaders and for our country, so
we can live in peace and be peaceable. We are commanded from God to pray for
our leaders whether we are in agreement of them or not, our prayers help our
leaders to make the right decisions.
1 Kings 5:3 Thou knowest
how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his
God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them
under the soles of his feet.
Bsb Notes of 1 Ki 5:3: (vv.
3-5) King David wanted to build the temple, but he was forbidden to do so by
God because he had shed much blood (1 Chr. 28:3).
Thus, the task of building the temple was passed on to Solomon, who was known
as a man of peace
WARS WON DUE TO PRAISE AND
OBEDIENCE.
The one thing God wants
me to emphasize is how some of the biggest wars in the Bible was
won because of Praise and obedience.
The walls of
Joshua
was noised throughout all
the country.
Joshua 6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot
alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the
messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out
Will we continue to
be disobedient as a Church to God, and that He has to hand us over to the
Moslems, I myself hope this will not come to pass. I do believe that we will be
crying out in prayer in these last days for Jesus to come and take us out of
this world. This came into my spirit some years ago.
2 Timothy 3:1 But realize this, that in the last
days
difficult times will come.
2 Timothy
in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted.
We see this today difficult times and Christians
being persecuted, and more and more we will see of this, as the final days
draw near.
Judges 6:1 And the children of
(*did as they pleased)
Please read Judges 6:1-40 and 7:1-25.
Here we have Gideon, Judges 6:1-40 was chosen to bring God’s people out from
under the hand of the Midians, where through a
process of tests, three hundred chosen men, that God had him choose to go down
and defeat the Midians, even though in the natural
was an impossible task.
Judges 7:16 And he
divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in
every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Judges 7:21 And they stood every man in his place
round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
Judges 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets,
and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow,
Here we have the enemy so
confused, that they turned their swords against each other, and the men of who
went with Gideon, just stood there holding the lanterns, blowing their trumpets
and smashing pitchers, while God defeated the Israelites enemy, what a way to
fight a war.
Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and
night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the
Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
How much faith will Jesus find on
earth when He comes?
The Birth of Samson: Judges 13:1-25)
The Death of Samson: Judges 16:23-31
Samson and Delilah: Judges 16:1-22
Samson’s mission was to "begin to deliver
Take a look at when God
does things, and when man messes it up. He raised up
Samson to bring God’s people into freedom. Samson, instead of doing the will of
God, he followed after his own flesh, his own heart. Just look at what happened
to Samson in his last days, he suffered so much, even
though Samson came back to God through his suffering. If only Samson had set
himself aside for God, he would not have suffered such a terrible death,
Samson’s life was cut short because of his disobedience to God.
There is
a death in this life and a second death, I believe though Samson chose death in
this life by his disobedience, and I believe because he repented, he has life
in eternity. Who would not repent under such conditions as Samson ended up in. May I ask would you have liked to spend your last years
like Samson did???
1 Chronicles 29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,
because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the
king also rejoiced with great joy. Have you a feeble heart or a strong heart
and a heart that God loves
Psalm 119:11 Thy word
have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against Thee.
Shalom and blessings,
Love Ivan
