Hello
Everyone,
THE WAY WE DO WHAT WE DO FOR GOD IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT WE DO FOR GOD!
Fasting can be a truly spiritually uplifting experience.
But
only if it’s done for the right reasons.
Then,
and only then, it produces the right results.
The exciting thing is what happens when we get it right - when we do the right thing with the right motive!
Over and over again in our text God promises that if we get it right He will answer our prayers!
It’s a "when" and "then" proposition in Isaiah 58:1-14.
WHEN we fast and pray for the right reasons...
"THEN your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear." (Verse 8a)
WHEN we fast and pray for the right reasons...
"THEN your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard." (Verse 8b)
(That’s like God saying, "I’m going to watch your back. The enemy won’t be able to attack you from behind where you are most vulnerable.")
WHEN we fast and pray for the right reasons...
"THEN you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I." (Verse 9a)
"If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
The exciting thing is what happens when we get it right - when we do the right thing with the right motive!
Over and over again in our text God promises that if we get it right He will answer our prayers!
It’s a "when" and "then" proposition in Isaiah 58:1-14.
WHEN we fast and pray for the right reasons...
"THEN your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear." (Verse 8a)
WHEN we fast and pray for the right reasons...
"THEN your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard." (Verse 8b)
(That’s like God saying, "I’m going to watch your back. The enemy won’t be able to attack you from behind where you are most vulnerable.")
WHEN we fast and pray for the right reasons...
"THEN you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I." (Verse 9a)
"If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
(Sound
like your marriage? Your office? Your relationships?)
And
if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the
oppressed,
THEN your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." (Verses 9b-10)
"The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." (Verse 11)
Evangelism must be the HEARTBEAT of the Saints.
THEN your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." (Verses 9b-10)
"The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." (Verse 11)
Evangelism must be the HEARTBEAT of the Saints.
·
While people talk
about their culture, let the church talk about Calvary.
·
While Americans
discuss the problems of education, let the church proclaim the power
of salvation.
·
We need to be
willing to:
turn
pulpits into fishing boats,
our
automobiles into ambulances,
our
homes into shelters, our bodies into the temples of the Holy
Spirit,
and
our churches into hospitals where the souls of men and women can
be healed by the GRACE of God.
Let’s take these next few
weeks and “Press In”
Greater Things Are Still To
Come!
Pastor Phil
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