Day: August 17, 2020

Repent to Gracious God (Aug 17)

A crisis exists in the nation of Judah.
Wickedness has permeated every
fiber of the social, political and
spiritual life of the country – a
condition that God finds intolerable.
Divine indictment falls from the
lips of His prophet Isaiah. Unless
Repentance sweeps the nation,
God will reduce His people to ruin.
Famine and pestilence will replace
feasting and pleasure to show that
the Holy One still rules in Zion.

Lord, You Desire to Make Us Clean:
Wash yourselves, make yourselves
clean… Cease to do evil, learn to do
good; Seek justice… Come now, and
let us Reason together, says the Lord
Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be White As Snow; though
they are red like crimson, they shall
be as wool. If you are willing and
obedient, you shall eat the good
of the land (Isa 1:16-19). Amen.

Lord, what an amazing promise
that You are willing to cleanse
any and every kind of sin. No act is
too awful, too big, too outrageous.
Even that sin, that unspeakable
thought, motive & act is forgiveable.
What an incredible Saviour You are!
Thank You for dealing fully and
finally with our sins. Thank You for
forgiveness in Christ’s name, Amen.

Lord, we’re grateful for your Grace.
Nothing stains quite as sin, for
it not only leaves a stain in our
heart but a residue in our minds.
By Your grace You don’t just forgive
our sins, You banish them; the stain
is removed & the guilt taken away.
We are fully clean by Your grace.
O what joy Your grace gives us
merciful God! We can never really
thank & praise You enough. Amen.

Lord, Thank You that You do not
see my sins, rather You see me
righteous because of the work of
Your precious son, Jesus Christ.
Thanks for Your loving kindness &
I want to eat the good of the land.
Help me reason with You & really
appreciate Your love and mercy.
Help me follow the Holy Spirit
so that I will remain obedient.
Help me have deep gratitude to
You for Jesus Paid It All. Amen.

Experiencing God thro Obedience

The key purpose of PrayerThots is
to have Close Walk with the Lord
and Nurture Growth as Disciples:
being More Christlike in character
& doing His work thro developing
heart for God by praying His Word.
To help grounding in scripture,
PrayerThots covers Key Verses
of the Bible Book-by-Book with
passage Background Context.
To Deepen Prayer Life of believers,
PT provides scriptural prayers,
three-para Pointers relevant to
differing needs, issues & maturity,
with Spiritural Song to meditate.

The current series on Experiencing
God through Obedience is perhaps
the central focus of discipleship.
We position to encounter God’s
presence through learning to seek
God’s voice, deepening our trust in
Him and ultimately thro Obedience.
Before moving on to the Prophets,
let’s pause to reflect our learning
over the last 3 mths from Torah laws,
Israel history and Wisdom poetry.

From Genesis, we see Abraham’s
Obedience in Trusting God though
he didn’t have all the answers; so
he went not knowing where (Gen12)
and sacrificed Issac not knowing
how He be father of nations (G22).
From life of Moses, we see in the Red
Sea crossing that the Israelites have
to Move Forward to experience the
mighty deliverance of God (Exo 14).
The Israelites were protected from harsh desert elements by Following the cloud (Num 9). And Moses
challenged them to Obey the Lord in
order to receive blessings (Deut 30)

Israel history begins with the call
to Joshua to Be Courageous
to receive the inheritance,
to do according to the law and
to claim the presence of God (Josh1)
David in 1Sam 17 killed the mighty
Goliath because he Remembered God helped him to kill the lion.
King David by Inquiring of the Lord
in 1Chron 14, won great victories
repeatedly against the Philistines.
Solomon in Seeking First kingdom
of God in 1Kings 4, was given not
only wisdom but also fame & wealth.
King Jehoshaphat by Seeking the
Lord for help in 2Chron 20 won a
great victory against the combined
armies of Moab, Ammon & Syria.
Nehemiah through watch and pray
with fasting and sharing with leaders
what God had placed in his heart, built the wall in 52 days (Neh 1-2).

And moving to Jewish poetry,
David in Psalm 34 Sought the Lord
and was delivered from all his fears.
Blessed is the one who Trust in Him
and fear the Lord (verse 4, 8-9).
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear…
We just need to Be Still and Know that He is God (Ps 46:1-2, 10-11).
Solomon urges in Prov 2:1-5:
If you receive my words and treasure
my commands… If you Seek her
as silver and search for her as
for hidden treasures, then you will
understand the fear of the Lord.
(And) Let us hear the conclusion
of the whole matter: Fear God and
keep His commandments, for this
is man’s all. For God will bring every
work into judgment (Eccl 12:13-14)