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I've sought to bring matters for prayer to you for around three to four years now.
As I need to slow down even more at the moment the Prayer letters will be just shadows, as no one else feels led to take them on. I'm sad about this as we need to be together to encourage, strengthen and support one another in the Lord, especially as the activity of the evil one will continue to increase as the Day of the Lords return gets ever closer. In this land we are seeing our Christian rights, as citizen, being more and more restricted, and as education with the humanist background is questioning the authority and veracity of the Scriptures our young folk need our total support and encouragement to walk worthily of the Lord always.
One morning Simon asked me to pray for persecuted saints, I was able to bring out those who where on my mind, and as I was preparing this I listed quite a number of situations immediately.
Morocco, Uganda, Nigeria
China Indonesia and Malaya Bhutan
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
North Korea Saudi Arabia Vietnam,
Kazakhstan and the Central Asian Republics, Belarus and Russia. Zimbabwe Central African States Zanzibar
Islands in the Indian Sea South American States,
Not forgetting North America, Europe and Australasia!
Israel, for the Messianic Jews and the Arab Nations around and the desire of Satan to remove Israel from the Map!
Prayer for Redruth. (Camborne, Pool, Redruth)
Pray for the leaders of fellowships in the CPR area who met on Tuesday to pray over and discuss the possibility of meeting regularly to pray for the witness of the saints in this area as we seek to be the witness that God wants us to be as the Day of the Lord's return draws nigh!
It is good to see the numbers of saints gathering for prayer on Wednesday evenings increasing, but we need to realize that the commission Jesus gave as He returned to glory, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel, making disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
We do need to take the time to wait on God to seek His guidance and wisdom to lead us as we would be His witnesses in this day!
I am very anxious as we seem to be getting drawn away from the faith we once received. We have been anxious about the way younger saints view the importance of the scripture and the need to meet together with saints. In fact, if we are honest, we all need to heed the word, ‘do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.’ Remember, ”The Day of the Lord draws ever closer,” it could even be today!
I have been waiting for the saints around CPR to get together to pray, and yesterday was a good day for me in that respect. On the other hand, I had hoped for a request for pray for the occasion would have yielded more response than it did. During the day, in times of prayer God gave us encouragement, and we need to go forward in the way God leads us. We need always to be available for the Holy Spirit to use us as He will. We need to remember that God has planted us in this place, (where so ever it be,) that we might be His witnesses, and to be available for whom so ever He brings across our path.
We need to remember that we are to be the ‘People of God’ together. At and after Pentecost the saints were one. Of one mind, of one accord, in one place, one purpose, and with one teaching, ‘continuing steadfast in the apostles teaching’, In another place we read, ‘There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. (Ephesians 4; 4-7.)
We have all received grace, lets give it to others!
Within the Fellowship let us continue to lift others up before the Lord. We need to pray as God places others on our heart. He gives us the people He wants us to pray for! He also gives us ministers to pray for, and they need the Holy Spirit to guide them as they prepare for the work that He is giving them to do. There are saints who are unwell whom He would heal as we pray and there are those whom He would build up using us as their encouragers. Pray especially for those who give their time, energy and love to build up the saints, and especially for those who teach the youngsters.
Over the next few weeks I hope to give you some of the words that I believe God has given me to pass on to you. I believe that we need to be prepared for the build up of the efforts of the evil one to undermine our faith. We have already let him take too much of the ground that we should be standing on. We also need to be aware that God will show His anger against sinful men, even whilst we are still waiting Jesus return.
Hence the need to set down a marker.
Over the last months the evil one has been working against the saints in other lands. Separation of children from Christians who would care for them, the increasing pressures on Christians who would witness in certain lands, the way in which food is withheld from Christians in lands where they are a minority, pressures because the saints will not bow to religious and social leaders who ask them to follow behaviours not acceptable to them because they are Christian are all increasing.
Last week the reports I received became more pointed and with the Church Meeting coming up I feel the need to restate my position, putting down as a Marker.
It is so clear to me that we have got to place before all men the truth of the Gospel and the fact that there is so short a time to get prepared for the major increase of attack on our Lord and Saviour and the truth of the Gospel because the time is short, and getting shorter as each moment passes.
Declaration.
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
Born as the Babe at Bethlehem, that He might be the Teacher of Galilee, that He might die as the Man of Calvary, the Lamb of God who died to be our Saviour.
He died, was buried, and on the third day rose again from the dead, according to the scriptures.
Now He is the Risen Ascended Lord, sat at the right hand of the Father on high, waiting until He is sent to call this Bride home, to be with Him forever.
HOW LONG BEFORE WE WILL NOT ABLE TO FREELY DECLARE THIS!!
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How do you stand before God?
God sees you in only one of only two places.
Before Him you are either In Christ,
or you are still in your sin.
An obedient Child of the Heavenly Father, or
are you disobedient to the Gospel of Christ Jesus?
Are you walking in the light, or are you in darkness
When Jesus comes, will He take you home, or are you already condemned to eternal separation from Him because you no not believe the only begotten Son of the Eternal Father?
Is your daily walk Jesus living in you?
Prepare now for your future life in the Glory.
With love in our Lord and Saviour, Christ Jesus,
Merton Gray |