Tuesday, July 17, 2012

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILATION, from 2 Corinthians 5


IF YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED BY THIS MINISTRY:


1.  GIVE THANKS TO GOD WITH A "LIKE," GIVING GLORY TO HIS NAME!




always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
-Ephesians 5:20

2.  "CLICK" AND VISIT THE GOOGLE ADS THAT INTEREST YOU.





EACH TIME YOU CLICK ON AN AD OF INTEREST FROM THESE BLOGS, YOU PUT A FEW PENNIES TO THIS MINISTRY WITHOUT A COST TO YOU.




THANK YOU. BLESSINGS!




GOD PLEDGED A DWELLING FOR US IN HEAVEN
For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.

For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

ALWAYS BE OF GOOD COURAGE
Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord--for we walk by faith, not by sight--we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Heavenly Father, in our earthly bodies we groan and are burdened, but we are encouraged, LORD, that we are not stuck in a rut, but live with a purpose--Your purpose-- and look forward to our eternal dwelling in the heavens. Thank You for Your Spirit that You have given to live in us as a pledge of our glorious home in heaven.

May we not only be of good courage, but encourage others as well, especially our lost loved ones, that they too will inherit Your promise of an eternal home in the heavens bought by the blood sacrifice of Your beloved Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank You Father, in Jesus name.

OUR AMBITION
Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Father, we desire to be pleasing to You. May we be mindful that we will be recompensed for our deeds in the body, according to what each individual has done, whether good or bad. We want to do good, help us to pass the tests,
KNOWING THE FEAR OF THE LORD
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God and hope that we are made manifest in others’ consciences.

Father, may we, Your church persuade our lost loved ones to choose the fear of the Lord. We hope to be made manifest in their consciences. Holy Spirit of God You are at work to convince them of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. May they choose life, we pray.
WE HAVE THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION
Heavenly Father, we pray Your Spirit will always give your laborers you send to our lost loved ones an answer in our mouth. Convince our lost loved ones that Your words are the truth and those speaking them are of a sound mind.

We pray the that these laborers be controlled by the love of Christ, for we no longer live for ourselves but for Him who died and rose again on our behalf. The Lord Jesus came to seek and save the lost, and that includes our lost loved ones.

We pray our lost loved ones be saved and be a new creature in Christ, the old things passed away and all things become new. These things are from You, Father God, who reconciled us to Yourself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. Namely, that You were in Christ reconciling the world to Yourself, not counting their trespasses against them and have committed to us the word of reconciliation.

What responsibility LORD! We want to be faithful to this calling for Your purpose is to save the lost, and we are praying for our lost loved ones that in Christ You reconcile them to Yourself, not counting their trespasses against them, and that they too will be committed the word of reconciliation. They will no longer serve the devil, but serve You, praise God!

AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST
We are ambassadors for Christ, as though You, Father God, are making an appeal through us to reach the lost and our lost loved ones. Help us Father, with this appeal to beg our lost loved ones on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to You.

You made the Lord Jesus sin who knew no sin to be sin our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him, and we are praying this blessing for our lost loved ones also.

In Jesus name we pray and thank You, amen.
From 2 Corinthians 5

 


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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, from 2 Corinthians 4

LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS


SET GOD’S TRUTH PLAINLY

Therefore, LORD, through Your mercy we have this ministry You gave the Apostle Paul, and

we don’t lose heart.

LORD, give today’s church holy boldness to

renounce secret and shameful ways
not use deception
nor distort Your Word.

Send these laborers to our lost loved ones. We pray they and we all


set the truth plainly,

commending ourselves to everyone’s conscience

in Your sight.


By setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

THE GOSPEL DISPLAYS THE GLORY OF CHRIST

Father God, we pray you will unveil the gospel to our lost loved ones that they not perish.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his cunning, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. - 2 Corinthians 11:3

Father God, light the gospel before our lost loved ones! Turn on the lights LORD, we pray!

In servitude for Jesus’ sake, help all ministers not to preach themselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord .

For You God who said,

“LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS,”

made Your light shine in our hearts


 to give us

the light of the knowledge of Your glory


 displayed in the face of Christ.

Father God, in the name of the Lord Jesus, LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS IN OUR LOST LOVED ONES. Father, make your light shine in their hearts to give them the light of the knowledge of Your glory displayed in the face of Christ.

We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that

this all surpassing power is from You, LORD, and not from us.

Your all surpassing power will save our lost ones! Thank You, LORD.

B U T N O T
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed

perplexed, but not in despair,

persecuted, but not abandoned,

struck down, but not destroyed

Thank You for the benefits of living in the Lord Jesus! You said, many are the afflictions of the righteous, but that You will deliver us from them all. We stand praying in the gap for our lost loved ones to whom You also sent Your beloved Son to save. We pray You extend Your grace to them also, that they not be crushed, nor be in despair, nor be abandoned, nor destroyed. We are thanking You for Your deliverance each time LORD!

THE LIFE OF JESUS REVEALED IN OUR BODY
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,

so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,

so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

So then, death is at work in us,

but life is at work in you
.


LORD, we remember Your words, it is more blessed to give than to receive, because when we give, we receive from You. You also said, the best of friends give their life for friends. We suffer for Jesus’ sake so that those that we are ministering to will have life at work in them, Your church is at work, it is Your labor of love to save the lost. Your Spirit in us is Life. Life is at work in our lost loved ones because of the grace You freely give to us all. We pray our lost loved ones will contemplate Your glory in the glorious face of Your Son, the Lord Jesus, that they be transformed in Your image. Thank You, LORD, in Jesus name.
IT IS WRITTEN
“I believed; therefore I have spoken.”
LORD, we pray Your Spirit will prompt us to speak words of life with faith over our lost loved ones. With You all things are possible. We have prayed to You God of our salvation, and we believe our lost loved ones will come back to their own border from wherever they’ve been driven; those that have erred in spirit will come to understanding, they will all be taught of You LORD, and great shall be their peace. They will not die, but live to tell of the glories of the Lord. We thank You for You are good and Your mercy and love endures forever. Your compassions are new every morning and great is Your faithfulness. Man has his plans, but Yours will prevail, and they are plans of peace to bless. This is the day You have made, and we will rejoice and be glad in it. Thank You Father in Jesus name.

Father God, thank You for this same spirit of faith; we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with our lost loved ones that You will definitely save to Yourself. All this is for everyone’s benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may also reach our lost loved ones and may cause thanksgiving to overflow of Your glory, LORD God!

THEREFORE, WE DO NOT LOSE HEART
Therefore we do not lose heart,

though outwardly we are wasting away,

yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles

are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes

not on what is seen,

but on what is unseen,

since what is seen is temporary,

but what is unseen is eternal.

Praise God! In Jesus name, amen.

From 2 Corinthians 4
 





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