Hi, and welcome to day
two of, Ten Days of Prayer;
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a prayer strategy from
the Revival and Reformation
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initiative of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I welcome you back to those
of you who joined me yesterday.
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If this is your first day,
though, I invite you to join me
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for the next nine days for
30 minutes of praise and prayer
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as we seek God for
a deeper experience.
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John 3:3 says, "Most
assuredly I say to you,
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unless one is born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God."
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Listen to this from, The
Desire of Ages, page 172,
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"The Christian's life is not
a modification or improvement
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of the old, but a
transformation of nature.
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There is a death to self and
sin, and a new life altogether."
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Have you yielded
yourself to Christ?
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Do you think your
salvation is secured by the
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good things you are doing?
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Where is the joy
of your salvation?
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Where is the love of Christ?
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I invite you to
surrender your life to Christ.
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That begins by recognizing
your need for a Savior;
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to choose Him.
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In, Steps To Christ, page 18,
it says, "Education, culture,
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the exercise of the will,
human effort, all have their
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proper sphere, but
here they are powerless.
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They may produce an
outward correctness of behavior,
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but they cannot
change the heart,
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they cannot purify
the springs of life.
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Unless he shall receive
a new heart, new desires,
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purposes, and
motives leading to a new life
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he cannot see
the kingdom of God."
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So today I invite you,
one who has never accepted
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the gift of salvation,
or like myself, a Christian,
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church-goer,
do-gooder all my life,
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let's join in
giving our will to God.
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Accept His gift of repentance,
confess any self-righteousness,
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self-importance,
self-indulgence, self-pity,
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anything of self, turn it
over to Christ to control.
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And once you've made
the decision to do that,
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begin spending
quality time getting to know
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who is life eternal.
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He is life eternal.
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John 17:3 says, "And
this is life eternal,
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that they might know
You, the only true God,
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and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent."
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Through Scripture and prayer,
becoming intimately acquainted
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with the Savior, life
will take on new meaning,
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your mind will be renewed,
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new attitudes and new
affections will develop.
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From this moment forward, life
will never, ever be the same.
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Praise God.
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So my desire is to be
a Christian in my heart,
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to be like Jesus in my
life, every day in my walk.
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Lord, I want to be like
Jesus in my heart, in my heart.
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Lord, I want to be
like Jesus in my heart.
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In my heart, in my heart,
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Lord, I want to be
like Jesus in my heart.
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Give me Jesus, give me Jesus.
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You can have all this world,
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give me Jesus.
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Father, we praise You
that You have cleansed us
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from all sin
and unrighteousness.
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God, that's huge.
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When I think about
people that I know that are
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dirty, rotten
scoundrels, You forgive them.
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But I'm no better.
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I've been a
Christian all my life, but
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I needed that same forgiveness.
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And I need that same
forgiveness every day.
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So I thank You that
You have cleansed me
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from all sin
and unrighteousness.
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For the one who is
maybe watching in prison
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who was found guilty of a crime,
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all he has to do is cry
out to You for forgiveness
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and it's done, because You
have the power to do that, God.
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So I thank You for cleansing us
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from all sin
and unrighteousness.
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Lord, I praise You that
You have made us new creations.
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Old things have passed away,
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and all things have become new.
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Lord, we all like new things.
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And that's the way You see us:
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as a new creation.
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Thank You for that.
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Lord, I praise You
that You are able to keep me
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from falling, You're able
to keep all of us from falling,
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and that You present us to
the Father with great joy, Lord.
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I praise You for that, God.
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And Lord, I praise You
for convicting me of sin,
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and for extending
Your endless mercy.
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Lord, when I do wrong,
You send Your Holy Spirit
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to convict me and to
remind me, that's not
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the way I should be walking.
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So I praise You for that.
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And I praise You that Your
mercies are new every morning.
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You are rich in mercy.
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That means You'll
never run out of mercy.
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Lord Jesus, I
praise You for Your mercy.
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Great is Thy
faithfulness, O God my Father;
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there is no shadow
of turning with Thee.
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Thou changest not, Thy
compassions they fail not.
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As Thou hast been,
Thou forever will be.
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Great is Thy faithfulness,
great is Thy faithfulness.
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Morning by
morning new mercies I see.
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All I have needed Thy
hand hath surely provided.
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Great is Thy
faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
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And Lord,
throughout my day when self
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rears its ugly head,
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I pray that You will show me.
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I have a propensity to
allow myself get the better of
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my day, my time, my life.
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So I just ask, God, that You
would show me areas in my life
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where self is most alive.
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Lord, I pray that You would
forgive me when I have been
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self-righteous and
self-indignant, self-indulgent,
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practicing self-pity.
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For those watching,
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we've all been
self-righteous and
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we've indulged in our own way.
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Lord, forgive us.
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And Father, I ask that You
would reveal areas in our lives
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that need to be transformed.
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Take a moment to confess
your shortcomings to the Father.
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Forgive us, Lord.
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Forgive us, Lord.
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Forgive us, Lord.
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Father God, we recognize
that it is through Your mercies
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that we are not consumed.
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Because Your
compassions never fail.
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And like the baker's bread,
they are fresh every morning.
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Thank You.
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We praise You for
Your great faithfulness.
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Lord, I pray that You
will please fill us with the
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knowledge of Your
will, that we may walk worthy
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of You, oh God.
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Father, I want to pray
tonight especially for those
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in spiritual and mental prisons,
to be set free from their guilt.
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In Jesus' name.
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Lord, I ask You to fill us
with the fruit of righteousness.
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Father, we thank You
that You alone are righteous.
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And You have set a standard,
and You have told us to be
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holy, for You are holy.
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God, as we live in this world,
we know that it's not always
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easy to do that.
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It's not always
easy to be righteousness.
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So I pray for
Your power, oh God,
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to be strong in our
days when we are most tempted
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to do things our way,
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which ultimately winds up
as being an unrighteous way.
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Lord, I pray for a mighty surge
of Adventists who will serve You
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by loving others and
by sharing with people
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from other
cultures and religions.
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Hungry people all over this
world need to hear about You.
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So I pray that You will raise
up Your people to go and tell.
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I pray that You will raise up
modern day Waldensian students
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who are willing to
serve You in difficult places.
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Father, I pray for sixty-two
million people in twenty-eight
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least reached cities of
the former Soviet Union.
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Dear God, send missionaries
to reach these lost people.
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Lord, I pray that You will
raise up brave missionaries
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willing to work
among the 746 people groups
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in the twenty
countries of the Middle East.
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God, it seems like
an impossible task.
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But You are a God
of the impossible.
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And I don't believe
that You would have told us
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to go into all of the
world if it couldn't be done.
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So I pray in Jesus'
name that You will raise up
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brave missionaries who
are willing to die, if it be,
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for the cause of Christ
so that the whole world knows
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that You are King of
kings and Lord of lords.
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I pray for the
thousand missionary movement
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in Northern
Asia Pacific Division
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and the Southern
Asia Pacific Division.
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A thousand missionaries
to go to these areas.
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And as these young people serve
in countries such as Taiwan,
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China, Russia, and
Burma, may they be baptized with
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the Holy Spirit and empowered
to do Your work, oh God.
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Lord, we need Your power.
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We can't do it on our
own. We need Your power.
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Till the whole world knows.
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To the ends of the earth.
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And I know that you at home,
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you have people
that you're praying for,
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loved ones that
it breaks your heart
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to know that
they're not serving God.
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So I pray that you will
take a moment and pray for them.
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Lord, I pray for those
that You've placed on our hearts
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that we long to see
won to Your kingdom.
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May they be open to
allowing Your Holy Spirit
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to work in their lives.
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Your Word definitely
declares that You will give us
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a new heart and a new spirit.
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Lord, that You will
perform heart surgery
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and take out the heart of stone
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and replace it
with a heart of flesh.
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So Lord, I ask
You to do that in me.
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Begin with me.
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Everything that is
selfish in me, take it out.
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Father, for those who
have joined me who have needs,
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God, for those who
have needs, especially that
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they have no idea how
that need is going to be met,
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that unless You intervene
there is absolutely no way
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that they're going
to make it through.
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Whether it be a financial,
or physical, or spiritual,
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or emotional, a mental need,
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Lord, I know that You are able.
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You are able.
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So meet those needs,
according to Your will
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and according to Your riches.
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I encourage you at home,
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don't give up.
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Our heavenly Father, He
loves you and He wants...
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...He wants you
to cry out to Him.
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He wants to meet Your need.
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I truly believe that.
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Father God...
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Lord, I just pray right now
for marriages that are troubled,
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for relationships that
are not what they should be,
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that the homes have
become dysfunctional,
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that there's no joy
in those homes anymore.
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God, I pray in Jesus' name,
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fill that home
with love and peace,
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that only You can.
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Restore broken
marriages, broken relationships.
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God, that's who You
are, that's what You want;
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is restoration.
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And I thank You, Lord, for
what You're doing right now
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in people's lives.
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Thank You, Lord.
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You know that song?
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Nearer, still
nearer, close to Thy heart;
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draw me, my Savior;
so precious Thou art!
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Fold me, oh, fold
me close to Thy breast;
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shelter me safe in
that haven of rest.
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Shelter me safe
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in that haven of rest.
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And now, Lord, we thank
You for hearing our prayer.
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Thank You for
placing me on someone's heart
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that I would make the
decision to live for You.
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Thank You for not
abandoning us to our
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past failures and mistakes.
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Thank You for the
gift of repentance
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and for
revealing our need for You.
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And thank You for knowing
the end from the beginning,
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and for answering our prayers
in Your time and in Your way.
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Thank You, Lord.
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Thank You, Lord.
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We rejoice and thank
You that we know You,
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not as some God who is far off,
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but as our personal Father.
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Thank You.
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Bless You, Lord.
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Thank You, Lord.
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I want to encourage
you to keep praying.
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There's a saying that is
the word, "push," p-u-s-h:
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pray until something happens.
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Don't give up on
those who seem hopeless.
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Titus 3 reminds us it
wasn't so long ago that
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we ourselves were
stupid and stubborn;
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dupes of sin, ordered
every which way by our glands,
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going around with a
chip on our shoulder,
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hated and hating back.
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But when God, our
kind and loving Savior,
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stepped in, He
saved us from all of that.
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It was all His doing.
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We had nothing to do with it.
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He gave us a good
bath, and we came out of it
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brand new people, washed inside
and out by the Holy Spirit.
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Our Savior, Jesus, poured
out new life so very generously.
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God's gift has restored
our relationship with Him and
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given us back our lives.
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And there's more life to come.
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An eternity of life.
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That you can count on.
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So don't quit praying.
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Don't quit praying.
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For as much as you
want to see your need met,
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as much as you want to
see that soul, that someone
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that you've been
praying for all these years,
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as much as you
want to see them saved,
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just imagine how
much God, our Father,
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wants that very same thing.
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So in His time.
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Don't stop praying for it.
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Don't stop praying,
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don't ever stop praying.
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In just a little over 30 minutes
tonight at 8:00 pm central,
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join us for a special
two hour live program,
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A Time of Prayer.
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It will be airing here on
the Praise Him Music Network,
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and also on 3ABN,
our parent network.
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So call someone who
needs to be lifted up
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through a time of prayer.
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I grew up in a
tradition and in an atmosphere
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when I went to church
where we all prayed out loud.
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Some people might
think that sounds confusing
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and distracting maybe to hear
so many people praying aloud,
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but it's powerful to
me to know that we all are
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in one accord agreeing together.
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The Bible says there's
power when two or more gather
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in His name.
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So tonight in just 30
minutes we're going to
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gather again and
just do some more of
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what we've been
doing right here.
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We're going to
pray, we're going to pray.
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We're going to pray, pray.
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Father, for those who
won't be able to join us,
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I pray that You will
give them a good night's rest.
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Lord, there's so much to
be said for peace as we sleep.
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Maybe someone who
hasn't been able to sleep.
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God, speak peace to them
that they may rest tonight.
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We trust You, Lord.
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We place all our trust in You.
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You are our source, our
hope, and we trust in You.
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We trust in You.
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Thank You.
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Join me again tomorrow
night for another 30 minutes
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of this, of praying,
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seeking God.
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We are a needy people.
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We need Him.
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Bring your needs.
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Lord, we love You.
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Thank you for sharing
these 30 minutes with me.
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God bless you.
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