Today is the day of Salvation - Prayer Topics 07.06.2012

2 Chronicles 7:14

¹⁴ if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Thy Kingdom Come
We give all glory and honour to the father this day for new souls won for the kingdom.  Today is the day of Salvation.  Not tomorrow.  Not yesterday.  Today.   We pray that those who have made new commitments to Christ and have started a new and amazing relationship with Him, will be protected, will be nurtured in faith, and will be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. 

We pray for more.  We pray that we will see the power of Salvation in the City. 
We pray that there is a real and tangible moving of the Spirit in our City. 

We claim that God’s Kingdom will Come.
We pray that souls will be won for the Kingdom, and that we will rejoice with the angels as men and women, boys and girls turn to God as their saviour.

The Olympic Torch & Prayer
The Olympic Torch is nearly in our City.  In each City that has received the torch, the churches in those communities have come together to pray for their communities.   In Glasgow this will happen tonight (Thursday 7^th June) at 7.14pm in George Square (wear something red if you can!), where there is a call for all Christians in the City to meet and join together in prayer.  The event will finish at 8.12pm (2012!). 

If you cannot be there in person, please do commit to praying where you are.  We would ask though that if at all possible that you make every effort to be there in person, and bring as many people as you can. 
This is part of the 714 prayer movement.  There will be no stage, no mics, no brands, no speaker.  Just the people of God in one place, at one time, with the healing of lands on their hearts.

The Olympic Torch arrives in Glasgow tomorrow.  We pray for all the events that will be taking place throughout the City and the West of Scotland.  We pray that these will be peaceful.
We pray that as the torch travels through the City as a beacon of light, that the light and power of God will shine in the darkness.

We pray for the Spirit to be poured out.

The Word

I have again included the Scripture that God brought to me previously as I believe that we need to continue to listen to God in this, and take action in this. I have also given a link to a Youtube clip of an old advert that was on TV some years ago.  The reason for this, is that I believe that God wants us to be God colours in our community.  We shouldn’t just be dull and boring, trapped in the black and white era, but rather our lives should be full of colour – High Definition and 3D God colour.  Pray through this scripture, and allow God to reveal Himself to us through this, that it will impact on our lives, and we will respond as God directs through the leading of His Spirit.

Zechariah 7(New Living Translation)
A Call to Justice and Mercy

8 Then this message came to Zechariah from the Lord: 9 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another. 10 Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.

11 “Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing. 12 They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the Lord of Heaven’s Armies was so angry with them.

13 “Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 14 As with a whirlwind, I scattered them among the distant nations, where they lived as strangers. Their land became so desolate that no one even traveled through it. They turned their pleasant land into a desert.”

Amos 5:18-27 (NLT)
Warning of Coming Judgment

21 “I hate all your show and pretense—
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
22 I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
23 Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
25 “Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel? 26 No, you served your pagan gods—Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god—the images you made for yourselves. 27 So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of Heaven’s Armies.

1 Corinthians 2:14 (NLT)

14 But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.

God Colours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GURvHJNmGrc

Matthew 5:13-16 (MSG)
¹³"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.

^14-16"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

Other requests from previous weeks:

Each week we continue to pray for topics that we prayed for previously.  We won’t always list all the details, but rather just give you the headings to allow you to pray into these situations as God leads, and if you need to you can refer to previous weeks guides.

Peace in our time

A living wage

Community

Church Leaders

Glasgow

Debt & Wealth

Elderly & Vulnerable

Families

Young People

Trafficking, refugees and Asylum seekers

Churches

Other prayer requests from around the city and the world:

We give thanks to God for answered prayer!  Ann Gorman’s mother who we prayed for last week has been discharged from hospital and is making good progress.  We continue to pray for her recovery.

We give thanks that in The Salvation Army at Glasgow City Centre on Sunday we had the privilege of seeing the work of Salvation, when someone made the decision to accept Jesus as their Saviour.  All glory to the Father.

We pray for all new Christians, that they will be protected from the “slings and arrows” of the evil one. 

We boldly pray for more souls to be saved, and that more will come to know the love of God and that they will recognise their need for Christ as their Saviour.

We pray for those who have recently changed their lifestyle, e.g. from drugs and prostitution, that they may have Christian influences in their lives.

We continue to pray for the influence of The Salvation Army in Anderston.

We pray for Jean and her family.

We pray against the influence of astrology, tarot readings and psychics.  We pray that the power of the Spirit will overcome this darkness.  Please pray for Godly and spiritual conversations for some in our community that are engaging in these practices.  Pray that they will put their hope in Christ, rather than the false hope of these other things.

For the escalating violence in Syria.  May God bring a lasting peace and reconciliation.

Sean Rooney, 15 years old, rare form of cancer

We have had prayer requests from several people who are looking for work.

Also for families going through times of stress.

For Business in Glasgow as they try to bring together Christians who have a commitment to the business and offices communities of Glasgow

For students who are reaching the end of their courses, anxious about grades and what comes next.

We pray for the Masih family.

We pray for Sonita’s sister Nila who is suffering from arthritis.

Robert, 32 years old, illness.

We pray for Betty, that she knows the healing power of Christ.

For the staff and pupils of Anderston Primary School, St Patricks Primary School, Sandyford Day Nursery & Cranstonhill Nursery School.

Lord, there are many hurting people across our city and the world.  May you fill them with your love, show compassion, give peace and bring comfort in their time of need.