Day 9 -Monday- August 14, 2023-- Prayer Focus - Message of Reconciliation
We are in such a season of ramp up
Scriptures that impacted me
Luke 15 - The parables of lost things.
Romans 8:35-39 Eternally secure, nothing can separate us from Christ’s love
Get in the Word of God. Let it mark you. Stamp your heart and change you forever.
2 Corinthians 5:14-21 (NIV)
14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
My prayer is that you will go back and frequently read this passage.
Here’s some thoughts I’d like to share with you. This is week 2 of 21 Days of Prayer. Not to relax but to push the gas.
3 Foundational Truths
1. We are compelled by Christ’s love.
It means to hold on. To hold together. To fasten to Jesus. A tight grip.
The Love of Christ is so expansive it leaves us no choice to live completely sold out to Him.
1 John 3:16 (NIV)
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
No matter what. What Jesus did was final. It impacts me. It compels me. It moves me to action. We no longer live for ourselves. We no longer view people from a worldly point of view.
Heaven and hell are real. People are going to one of those two places. It’s compassion.
We don’t have time to be bitter, judgmental or offended. We need to rise above this.
2. We are Firm in our identity.
The old has gone and the new has come.
2 Cor. 5:17 (NIV)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!
The enemy tries to chip away at this truth. A war brews against us.
We need to be a little annoyed but we march on and don’t give him much air time.
We are God’s masterpiece (Eph. 2:10)
God labels us as forgiven, redeemed, nothing can separate us from Him.
Through praying God’s word, I change.
I receive the ability to receive His love. I understand my firm identity.
3. We are committed to our assignment.
There are people we can impact. They may not go to hell, they’ll go to heaven because we are on assignment.
It’s the ministry of reconciliation. We are ambassadors for Jesus. We speak well and on behalf of Jesus.
We step into those moments and assignments.
Once I grasp the magnitude of the cross, I say here I am, send me.
Great seasons of prayer should produce action.
We are not just hearers of God’s word - we are doers.
We live for Jesus!
“Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter..” - Charles Spurgeon.
