Monday, April 15th, 2019
EMPOWERED will empower the Christian man or woman, of any stage of spiritual maturity, to be lifted to the next plateau of intimacy with the Savior, if we can just grasp the historical background of the Holy Spirit and how we can truly come into an effective prayer life, which will then enable that graduation to a higher plane. There are both practical steps, sometimes paralleled by the examples of the Early Church and how they prayed in tougher circumstances, than we experience today.
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2019
If there ever was a time to pray for our kids in college and high school it is now. Everything ungodly and unwholesome is aligned against them. From indoctrination into the denying the existence of Creator God through Evolution, to deny the Commands of God for specific roles and functions of the human body in holiness, sexuality, daily and contented living, our next generation are being confused on purpose, while being taught that there is no such thing as absolute truth or one true God.
Facts:
- 70% of college age kids who grew up in church, and/or Christian homes lose their faith in college (Campus Renewal 2017)
- 47% of young people/millennials and college kids, think that sharing their faith is wrong! (Barna February 2019)
- Only 33% of so-called “evangelical” young people (high school and college) believe Jesus is the only way to Heaven! (Christian Post 2013)
What to pray for on the Collegiate Day of Prayer:
- The salvation of the souls of these young people in our college. The majority are oblivious to the facts of the brevity of life or heaven and a literal hell, which will be overpopulated if they ignore the facts.
- That campus ministries be allowed to flourish, even in some of the Midwest and friendly western states which still believed in the US Constitution of freedom of Assembly and Religious Liberty.
- That churches around our campuses will invest time and effort and outreach to college age young people as is done in North West Arkansas. Cross Church, formerly First Baptist Church of Springdale, invested in a campus pastor – Brian Mills – who has devoted his home and his life to the current and next generations of college kids, not just from America but from ALL nations, at the University of Arkansas. Pray for more men like Pastor Mills.
- Pray for mentors to step up and reach out to these young people – men and women, mentoring young men and young women respectively.
- Pray for a renewed love of the Savior by those who grew up in church but walked away, as well as those who are yet to encounter Christ.
- Pray for the Word of God – the Bible – to be distributed into the hands of every college student in America, and that they will read, comprehend and find comfort and salvation in God’s Word
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EMPOWERED – WHY WE NEED SPIRIT-FILLED CHURCHES, by Dr. Kie Bowman, Senior Pastor of Hyde Park Baptist Church (and the QUARRIES) of Austin, Texas is the best primer on the Holy Spirit, that I can remember reading. It comes in at 135 pages and I was able to read it through in just one night, it is such an interesting book. Dr. Bowman does as masterful job in weaving a narrative direct from Scripture, in full context, while keeping the reader engaged through both some little known historical facts, as well as some personal humorous anecdotes. Without giving away anything, all I can say is I have, myself, forgotten to put in a blank video tape in my camcorder one time, when I went to record one of my daughter’s ballet dance recitals! Fortunately, there was a professional crew there too, and I was able to buy a copy. There I was recording all the angles, only to get home and find out I had not tape in the camcorder!