Hi and welcome to day
eight 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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Many of you have shared
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this program on
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Some of you have even
given your prayer requests.
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And I want to remind you that
we are here to pray for you.
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before the Lord.
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And if you love to pray
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The title of this
years, Ten Days of Prayer, is
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A Deeper Experience.
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Of course, referring to
our relationship with God.
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As tonight's emphasis indicates,
sometimes that deeper experience
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takes us through the
valley of brokenness and loss.
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Perhaps you can testify to the
pain of losing a family member
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or a dear friend who
you're not sure ever surrendered
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their life to Christ
before their life ended.
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The destructive
choices they made that led them
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further from God, that perhaps
eventually sent them to prison,
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bound in the
shackles of their sin,
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Maybe you know of a man
or a woman like the lost son
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in Luke 15, but they
never came to their senses;
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never came to the
Father for forgiveness.
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How it must break God's
heart to see the ones for whom
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He paid such a
great redemption price
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degraded to a slave of
sinful habits and self-harm.
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How helpless we feel as we
watch the destructive lifestyle
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literally
destroy our loved ones.
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I too am weary of
Satan's manipulation of those
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who are weak and without Christ.
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It was never God's plan that
humanity should go through life
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suffering pain and
loneliness, enslaved by Satan.
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Knowing that our
heavenly Father is not willing
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that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance.
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This year I'm asking God to
fill me with an extra dose of
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compassion for the lost, and
the boldness to confront those
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that He places on my heart.
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But we're still not guaranteed
that they will ever understand
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how much God really loves
them, or if they will pass from
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this life without calling
on His name for salvation.
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All I can do is
encourage you not to give up.
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Don't stop
praying for that dear one.
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And I can encourage you
to praise God that He has
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made provision to
cleanse us from our sin,
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and make us right
with Him so that we can
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spend eternity with Him.
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I invite you to join
us in a time of praise
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as we enter into His presence.
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Lord, we praise You, oh God, we
thank You for the gift of Jesus,
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who redeemed us from
our sin when He died for us,
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when He died for our loved
ones, and for our lost world.
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And Lord, we praise
You that You hear us
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when we talk to You and that You
answer according to Your will.
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Thank You, oh God.
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Lord, I praise You
that You are near to those
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who have a broken heart,
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and that you save those
who have a repentant spirit.
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That's what
Your Word says, Lord.
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And we praise You, oh God,
for Your life-changing power.
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That power that we have
experienced as Your children.
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Wonderful life-changing power.
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Just continue to praise Him.
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Lord, we love You.
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Praise the name of Jesus.
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Praise the name of Jesus.
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He's my rock.
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He's my fortress.
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He's my deliverer.
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In Him will I trust.
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Praise the name of Jesus.
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Sing that with
me. Praise the name...
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Praise the name of Jesus.
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We praise Your name, oh Jesus.
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He's my rock.
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He's my fortress.
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He's my deliverer.
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In Him will I trust.
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Praise the name of Jesus.
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Praise the name, the
matchless name of Jesus.
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And as we enter
into a time of confession
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and claiming
victory over our sin,
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we can boldly come to Him
because He has provided a way
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for our sin to be forgiven.
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For, God, we realize
that we are not without sin.
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And we take this time
to confess and to claim
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Your victory over those sins.
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Father, I want to pray
right now for those who are
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bound by habitual sins,
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who have tried
over, and over, and over,
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and at the beginning of every
year it's been their resolution
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to stop, to quit
sinning, to quit giving in,
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and to be victorious.
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Father, I know
You have the power
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to make us more than conquerors
and to overcome our sin.
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Yes, You have victory.
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And if You have
victory, we have victory.
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Father God, I ask that
You would please forgive us
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for the times that we have been
unwilling to follow Your will
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that's clearly
written in Your Word.
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Forgive us, Lord.
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We thank You, God, that
You are a Father who cares.
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You don't want us to
be bound by those sins.
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You want us to live a life
of freedom, a life of victory.
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So I pray in Jesus' name
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that You will just
seal that victory in us.
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May we remember
that You cared so much
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to give Your Son.
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Does Jesus care
when my heart is pained
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too deeply for mirth or song,
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as the burdens press
and the cares distress,
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and the way
grows weary and long?
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Oh, yes He
cares, I know He cares;
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His heart is
touched with my grief.
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When the days are
weary, the long nights dreary,
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I know my Savior cares.
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Does Jesus care
when my way is dark
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with a nameless dread and fear?
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As the daylight fades
into deep night shades,
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does He care enough to be near?
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Does Jesus care
when I've said goodbye
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to the dearest on earth to me?
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And my sad heart
aches till it nearly breaks:
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Is it aught to Him? Does He see?
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My friend, oh yes He cares,
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I know Jesus cares;
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His heart is
touched with my grief.
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When the days are weary,
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the long nights dreary,
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I know my Savior cares.
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I know my Savior,
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He cares.
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In fact, His Word says,
"Cast all your care upon Me."
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He cares!
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He says He will bear your
care, He will bear your burden.
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So we enter into a
time of supplication and
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interceding on behalf of others.
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We live in such a needy world.
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And as we've been
praying over these days,
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we know this is time to
just lay it as Jesus' feet
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and let Him take care of it.
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So Father, we intercede tonight
for those who may be victims
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of circumstances or
controlled by addictions.
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Father, please break
the chains that bind them.
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In Jesus' name.
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May we win them back to You
through our love and concern.
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Oh God, break those chains.
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And Lord, please give us
understanding and compassionate
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hearts for family members
who have taken advantage of us.
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Help them to see Your
love through our actions.
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God, sometimes we have
been clearly taken advantage of.
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We wonder, well how
many times should we forgive?
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We know their
history, we know their past.
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We know their record.
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Oh God, give us the
grace to love and to forgive.
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Just like You've forgiven
us time after time, after time.
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That we wouldn't
take it so personal
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to forget that there
is a forgiveness factor;
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a grace that must be extended.
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Give us that
wisdom, Lord, to know how to
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handle that situation.
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God, please teach us
how to proclaim fundamental
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church beliefs with
clarity, with creativity,
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and with biblical authenticity.
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May the love of Jesus be at the
core of everything we believe.
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Lord, Your Word is
truth, You Word is life.
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Give us the
ability to speak it clearly
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to those that we witness to.
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God, I ask that You would
prepare young people to plant
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churches for the 789 people
groups in the two countries
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of North American Division.
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Lord, lay upon some heart
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the desire to witness.
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Lay upon all of our
hearts the desire to witness;
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and for these people right
around us in North America.
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Lord, we ask You
to prepare volunteers
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to serve the 70 people
groups in the Israel Field.
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God, place it upon
hearts to volunteer.
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Lord, we ask You to
raise up medical missionaries
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to plant churches
among the 830 people groups
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in the 11 countries of the
East-Central Africa Division.
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God, it's so hard for me
to imagine a land so far way.
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I get so caught up
in my own little world
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right here in Illinois.
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God, place upon
hearts, on young people,
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on volunteers,
medical missionaries,
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to plant churches to
the ends of the earth.
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Oh God, we ask You to
raise up prayer warriors
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to intercede for
the 2,568 people groups
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in the 4 countries of
Southern Asia Division.
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2,568 different people groups!
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Lord, fill us with
compassion for the lost.
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Fill us with compassion
and a desire, a hunger to
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intercede for them
as prayer warriors,
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until everyone knows
that You are the Redeemer,
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You are the Savior of the world.
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Lord, we especially
remember Hope TV India
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and Asian Aid
School for the Blind.
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Lord, I pray that You
will bless their works.
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Lord, I pray that You
will bless financially
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their efforts there.
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Send workers there to work.
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God, that You for ministries
around this world that are
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striving to serve
mankind in the name of Jesus.
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Father, thank You that
You have placed upon hearts
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to help fund those ministries.
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God, continue to do that.
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Continue to work mightily,
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that the whole
world might know You.
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God, I pray for the work of the
Southern Asia-Pacific Division's
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publishing houses.
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What an amazing
thing to know that
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literature is being printed
in all different languages.
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Bibles, and
Sabbath school lessons,
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devotions, and gospel tracts.
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How will they know unless they
can read it in their language?
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So I'm asking, God,
that You will, in this case,
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bless the work of the
Southern Asia-Pacific Division's
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publishing houses.
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And for those who You've
placed on our hearts, Lord,
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please hear and answer.
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Answer the needs
according to Your perfect will.
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And teach us to leave
our burdens at Your feet.
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Days are filled
with sorrow and care,
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hearts are lonely and drear.
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Burdens are lifted at Calvary;
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Jesus is very near.
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Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
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Calvary, Calvary.
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Burdens are lifted at Calvary;
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Jesus is very near.
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Cast your care on Jesus today,
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leave your worry and fear.
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Burdens are lifted at Calvary;
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Jesus is very near.
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Oh, burdens are
lifted at Calvary,
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Calvary, Calvary.
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Burdens are lifted at Calvary;
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Jesus is very near.
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So now we enter into
a time of thanksgiving.
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I've always been taught that
it was polite to say thanks.
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So right now we want
to say, Lord, thank You
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for hearing our prayers.
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We believe that You
have heard our prayers,
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and that You are
acting on our behalf.
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Father, I want to thank You
that Satan has no power over us.
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Lord, I want to thank You
according to 1 Corinthians 10:13
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that You are faithful
to not allow Your children
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to be tempted
beyond what we are able,
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but that You
provide a way of escape
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so that temptation
cannot overcome us,
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cannot overwhelm us,
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and we are able to bear it.
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Thank You, Lord, for such power.
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Thank You, Jesus,
that Your Word says
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if You have set us
free, we are truly free.
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Free indeed.
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Thank You, Lord, for freedom.
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And Lord, we thank You,
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precious God, we thank You
that our needs are supplied
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according to Your riches
and glory by Christ Jesus.
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Such provision!
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Thank You, Father.
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Thank You, Lord.
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Psalm 91:2-3 says,
"I will say of the Lord,
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'He is my
refuge and my fortress;
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my God, in whom I trust.'
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Surely He will save
you from the fowler's snare
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and from the deadly pestilence."
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Another version of
that Psalm 91:2-3 says,
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"He's the hope that holds me,
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and the strong
hold to shelter me.
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The only God for me,
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and my great confidence.
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He will rescue you from
every hidden trap of the enemy
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and He will protect
You from false accusation
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and any deadly curse."
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Let this song minister to you.
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I will bless the Lord forever,
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and I will trust
Him at all times.
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He has delivered
me from all fear,
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and He has set
my feet upon a rock.
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And I will not be moved.
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I'll say of the
Lord, "You are my shield,
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my strength, my portion,
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deliverer, my shelter,
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strong tower, my
very present help.
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You are my shield, my strength,
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my portion, You're my deliverer,
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my shelter, strong tower,
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my very present
help in time of need.
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I want to thank
you for joining us
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on this journey of prayer.
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What a wonderful way
to begin a wonderful year.
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My friend and 3ABN
president, Danny Shelton,
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has designated this
year, The Year of Prayer,
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here at 3ABN.
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And we want to pray for you.
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So please give us that honor.
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And find prayer resources at...
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Never forget where
your strength comes from.
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He is our Deliverer.
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Join us again tomorrow evening
for a time of prayer and praise.
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