Daily Prayer 10/28/07

1 John 2:18-25 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not {really} of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but {they went out,} so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.

Father- We thank You for Your great love, mercy and patience. The depth of Your love and the extent of Your general grace You show mankind I am sure is sooo much deeper than our minds could ever know. As one person said, anything less than hell (which we deserve for our sin) is grace. What bold, but true, words. Reveal Yourself to us in Your Word Father. May we see the reasons we should follow Christ more. Give us a balanced view of the Holy Trinity. It's hard for our minds to understand a Triune God. Yet we know it's true. Help us to worship You equally as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. What else do we need? So many today deny that You are, or they deny what You have done for man. That is antichrist. They lead people astray with teachings that claim to show the true love of God....but it's a false gospel. To add anything to the cross of Christ is to deny His full atonement for our sins. To take away anything from the cross or the person of Christ is also a false gospel and is denying Christ. No one can be forced to love You or scared into loving You...we can only love You when we see that You have first loved us. That You have paid the ultimate price for us. A price we are not able to pay. It is Your goodness Lord that leads us to repentance. May we see Your goodness and the equal love and goodness of our Lord, Christ Jesus. Is He our Master? Is Christ our Lord? Help us to understand Him and lift Him up higher and follow Him more closely. He is the One we pursue and will bow to as our King and brother forever and ever. In His precious name we humbly pray for Your guidance Holy Spirit of our lives. Amen.

For India, the healing of the people who are sick there....for the work on the church, for Emma's School and the muslim children there....be with them...they are my inspiration to do better.

For the people in Africa, heal them and feed them....save their souls.

For Russia, may their faith continue to increase as Your Work continues to produce good fruit there.

For all our needs...spiritual and physical, we pray....amen.