Imploring God thro His Promises:

Significance Reinstated (Jan 6)

Dear Friends,
We have completed two months
of devotion on God’s Promises,
following three earlier series on
Adoring God thro Thanksgiving,
Knowing God’s thro His Names
and Praising God thro Hymns.
Before continuing in the series,
let’s pause to note the significance
of Imploring God on His Promises.

There are so much to pray about:
our dreams, hopes and plans.
But often we are held up by our
own doubts: Does God really
care about this request of ours?
How assuring to pray back to God
the promises found in His Word.
Then we no longer wonder if this
is something God cares about,for
He brought it up in the 1st place.

As we pray God’s promises, note
the starting point is His nature:
That the Lord is trustworthy
in all He promises (Psa 145:13).
Each time God reveals His nature,
He is promising us that He will be
true to that nature in any situation.
And His promises are rock solid
for His nature stands behind them.

But we should note praying God’s
Promises is not a magic formula.
Although scripture tells us
fervent prayers are effective,
we must always trust God to
work it In His Way & In His Time.
We must Be Patient, Wait upon
the Lord and Keep Trusting that
His promises will come true!

Dear Almighty & All-Loving God,
I pray even as Yr People meditate
on Your Scriptural Promises:
That Your Spirit minister to their
soul and Will Comfort them;
That they Will Experience the
blessings of a praying life; and
That their faith Will Arise so that
they Will Trust U more and more.
In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

Dear Friends,
For your convenience of Locating
the God’s Promise that will meet
your current need, we list the
Promises covered over the last 2
mths by scripture & time sequence:
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Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 5)

God Is On Your Side

Backgrounder on 2 Chron 29-32:
In the very first month of his reign
Hezekiah repairs the house of the
Lord, restores the long-neglected
Temple worship and declares war
on idol worship & pagan practices.
When the Assyrian King besieges
Jerusalem, Hezekiah prays for
deliverance and God answers.

Lord, we will focus on You:
Be strong and courageous. Do not
be afraid or discouraged because
of the king of Assyria and the vast
army with him, for there is a greater
power with us than with him.
With him is only the arm of flesh,
but with us is the Lord our God
to help us and to fight our battles.
And the people gained confidence
from what Hezekiah the king
of Judah said (2Chr 32:7-8).
Continue reading “Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 5)”

Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 4)

God Helps the Overwhelmed

Backgrounder on 2 Chron 17-20:
Jehoshaphat institutes a peace
treaty with the king of Israel. And
it causes Judah being entangled
in a war between Israel and Syria.
But his reaction to divine rebuke,
his appointment of judges to rule
for the Lord and his Godward
response to crisis point to the
day-by-day reality of his faith.

Lord, we look up to U our Friend:
Are you not our God, who drove
out the inhabitants of this land
and gave it to the descendants
of Abraham Your Friend forever?
And here are the people of Ammon,
Moab & Mt Seir…O our God, won’t
you stop them? For we have no
power against this great multitude
that is coming against us nor do
we know what to do, but our eyes
are upon You ( 2Chron 20:7-12).
Continue reading “Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 4)”

Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 3)

Deliverance Only a Prayer Away

2Chr 17-18 Context: Jehoshaphat
knows the key to spiritual revival
in the nation is a renewed interest
in the law of the Lord. He institutes
a nation-wide scripture study
program which God blesses with
peace & prosperity. Jehoshaphat
makes peace with the evil king
of Israel; and becomes entangled
in a war between Israel and Syria.

Lord: we’ll cry to U for Deliverance:
Ahab king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat king of Judah:
Will you join me to attack Ramoth
Gilead? Jehoshaphat replied: let’s
first find out what the Lord says…
And the Lord said: Go ahead…
Now Ahab said to Jehoshaphat:
As we go into battle, I’ll disguise
myself, but u wear your royal robes.
When the chariot commanders
saw Jehoshaphat, they turned
to attack him, but Jehoshaphat
cried out and the Lord helped
him & diverted them from him…
An Aramean soldier however
randomly shot an arrow at the
Israelite troops & the arrow hit
the king of Israel (2Chr18:3-33)
Continue reading “Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 3)”

Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 2)

God Strengthens the Committed

Backgrounder on 2 Chron 14-16:
King Asa removes all traces of
foreign religion from the land and
commands the people to observe
God’s statutes. But towards the end
of his reign, Asa faces a threat from
Baasha (king of Israel) and seeks
an alliance with the king of Syria.
Even in his deathbed he puts his
trust in earthly physicians alone,
rather than in the Great Physician.

Lord, we will be Committed to You:
Hanani the seer came to Asa
king of Judah, and said to him:
Because you have relied on the
king of Syria and have not relied
on the Lord your God, therefore
the army of the king of Syria
has escaped from your hand…
For the Eyes of the Lord search
the whole earth to Strengthen
those whose hearts are fully
Committed to him (2Chr 16:7-9)
Continue reading “Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 2)”

Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 1)

God Hears Our Prayer

Backgrounder: Great quantities
of men and materials plus seven
years of Solomon’s life are invested
to complete the house of the Lord.
Solomon in dedicating the Temple
praise and thank God for His
Unchanging character and unfailing
promises on behalf of the nation.
When Solomon finishes his prayer,
the glory of God fills the Temple.

Lord, we will Pray for Our Nation:
Then the Lord appeared to
Solomon by night & said to him:
I have heard your prayer and
have chosen this place for
Myself as a house of sacrifice…
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 I will forgive their sin and
will heal their land (2Chr 7:12-14)
Continue reading “Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 1)”

Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 1)

God Hears Our Prayer

Backgrounder: Great quantities
of men and materials plus seven
years of Solomon’s life are invested
to complete the house of the Lord.
Solomon in dedicating the Temple
praise and thank God for His
Unchanging character and unfailing
promises on behalf of the nation.
When Solomon finishes his prayer,
the glory of God fills the Temple.

Lord, we will Pray for Our Nation:
Then the Lord appeared to
Solomon by night & said to him:
I have heard your prayer and
have chosen this place for
Myself as a house of sacrifice…
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 I will forgive their sin and
will heal their land (2Chr 7:12-14)
Continue reading “Prayer Thot for the Day (Jan 1)”

Praying thro Isaiah (Dec 31)

Judgment for Pagan Nations
(Prayer Walk thro Isaiah 13-27)

Backgrounder: After proclaiming
coming judgment for Judah with
the hope that the people have
seen the Messiah, Isaiah proceeds
to declare judgment on the
pagan nations. These include
Babylon and Moab (c13-16),
Ethiopia and Egypt (c17-20),
Jerusalem and Tyre (c21-23).
Finally, the prophet proclaims that
judgment will turn to jubilation.

Dear Lord, You are Almighty,
Sovereign, all Loving & You Care
for the welfare of Your people.
We learn from the passages from
Isaiah on your judgment on the
nations & your purposes are good.
Help us Accept Yr Sovereign Plan;
Help us Not to Trust in Idols; and
Help us to Put our Trust in U. Amen
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Praying thro Isaiah (Dec 30)


Judgment for Judah Coming

(Prayer Walk thro Isaiah 1-12)

Backgrounder: 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 which
God finds intolerable. And 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 the
Holy One of Israel still rules in Zion.
But in the face of trouble, Isaiah
also proclaims a note of hope that
the people that walked in darkness
have seen a Great Light.

Dear Lord, thank you for the book
of Isaiah which not only call the
nation of Judah back to God,
but also tell us of God’s salvation
through the Messiah. We will
come before Your Holiness;
we will Seek Your Help and
we Call upon Your Names. Amen.
Continue reading “Praying thro Isaiah (Dec 30)”

Preview on Isaiah (Dec 30)

We have been covering the Bible
by time sequence, phase by phase
OT1: Five Books of Laws incl Job.
OT2: History Up to King David
from Joshua to 1 Chron + Psalms
as well as Reign of King Solomon
in 2nd Chron & Wisdom Poetry.
In Phase 3, we see the decline of
the two nations, with Israel finally
dispersed by the Assyrians.
OT3A: 1 Kings: United & Divided
Kingdom and Obadiah & Joel
OT3B: 2K1-17: Israel Dispersion
and Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah.

Next, we will meditate on Prophet
Isaiah’s Ministry which spans
the reign of four kings in Judah.
This book is like a miniature Bible.
The first 39 chapters, like the
39 books of the OT stress the
holiness of God and pronounce
woe & condemnation on Judah.
The final 27 chapters focus on
the future, calling forth the theme
of NT: that the Messiah is coming
to bring comfort to His people.

We will cover book of Isaiah over
3 weekends under 6 divisions:
Judgment for Judah Coming (1-12)
Judgment for J’s neighbours (13-27
Judgment for whole earth (c28-35)
Assyrians at Jerusalem (c36-39)
Comfort & Peace Coming (c40-48)
Restoration Coming (c49-66)
Shalom/chris