🎪 Revival, Washed by Word to Be Pure Bride 👰🏽‍♀️ Eph 5:26-33, Sanctification of Holy Spirit 💦Heb 12:14, 💫 Ministry of Reconciliation 2 Cor 5:19

[Nochaeld]

Revival, Washed by Word to Be Pure Bride Eph 5:26-33, Sanctification of Holy Spirit Heb 12:14, Ministry of Reconciliation 2 Cor 5:19 (Vertically -- reconcile God and Humanity... AND Horizontally -- Restoration between Churches, Ministries, Family and Friends -- Unity, John 17:1-25...

Father, we thank You for the testimony of past revivals and even reformations, for revivalists and reformers, patriarchs, apostles and prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, Eph 4:11-15. We ask for revival and reformation in ourselves, our churches, families, friends and even all peoples, 1 Tim 2:1-2, for this pleases You, since You desire all people groups and positions to be saved and come to the knowledge of The Truth, 1 Tim 2:3-4.

Jesus, revive and reform us, our pastors, leaders, churches, cities, Jer 29:7, regions, states, nations, 1 Tim 2:1-4. Indeed as You live, let all the earth be filled with Your glory, Numbers 11:24, Ps 72:19, even as the waters cover the seas, Isa 11:9. Hab 2:14. Shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor 4:6, enlighten the eyes of our understanding, Eph 1:17-18, to love You with ALL our heart, soul, mind, will, emotions, physical strength and finances, Mk 12:30-31, and our neighbors as ourselves. Let us be sanctified and washed in The Truth of the Water of Your Word, John 17:17, Eph 5:25-26, until You present us to Yourself as Your glorious church with no spot or wrinkle or any such blemish, Eph 5:26-31, this mystery is great, but I speak of Christ and The Church, Eph 5:32-33.

Let it be, Holy Spirit, that we participate with Your sanctifying work, 1 Pet 1:2, so we may by The Spirit put to death the deeds of the flesh, Rom 8:13, and thus by not by our might, nor power, but by My Spirit, says The LORD, Zech 4:6, may we walk in the works You prepared in advance for us to do, Eph 2:10, and thus make ourselves ready as The Bride for Jesus Christ Our Husband, Rev 19:7, and receive the final icing of white linens, pure and bright, for the fine linens are the righteous deeds of the saints, Rev 19:8...

Through Jesus Christ The Mediator of this New Covenant, 1 Tim 2:5, inaugurated by the offering of Yourself once for all, Heb 12:24, we offer these prayers with thanksgiving for obtaining the eternal inheritance, Heb 9:15, in advance, Mk 11:24, for by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified, Heb 10:14, so we may obey the eternal Gospel to fear God and give You glory, Rev 14:6-7, for if You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with You is forgiveness, that You mayest be feared, Ps 130:3-4.

Lastly we thank You that You were in Christ by The Fullness of The Spirit without measure, Jn 3:34, reconciling the world back to Yourself, not counting our sins against us, and have given us the same ministry of reconciliation, 2 Cor 5:19. Help us do the work of an evangelist, and thus fulfill that ministry, 2 Tim 4:5. May we be serve You in our spirit in the preaching of the Gospel of Your Son, Rom 1:9, that we might bear much fruit, Jn 15:7-8, not only of The Holy Spirit, Gal 5:22-23, but a harvest of souls in order to bring others from the nations into Your sheepfold, Jn 10:16, helping You as Your helpmeets, Gen 2:17-18, Eph 5:32-33, gathering and calling others to come, Luke 14:21-23, to the Marriage Supper of The Lamb, Isa 25:6, Matt 22:1-2, and to the discipleship of sanctification by continually knowing Truth by continuing in Your Word, John 8:31-32, Matt 28:19-20, and continuing to patiently continue to call all of us to the holiness without which no one will see The Lord, Heb 12:14, as Your holy people, Your own possession, called out of darkness into Your marvelous light, enabling and emboldening us with Power from on High to be witnesses, Acts 1:8, proclaiming Your excellencies 1 Peter 2:9. Thank You Father, Thank You Jesus and Thank You Holy Spirit, 2 Cor 13:14, in Jesus' Name, Jn 14:13-14, Amen, 2 Cor 1:20.

 

[Articles]

We join with you in this beautiful cry for revival and we say amen to your desire to be washed by the water of the Word to be presented as a pure Bride without spot or wrinkle.

We love your heart for both vertical reconciliation between God and humanity and horizontal reconciliation and unity between churches, ministries, families and friends, for this is the very heart of Jesus who prayed that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me, John 17:21. We agree with you that true revival must include both.

We thank God with you for the testimony of past revivals and reformations and for those He gave to equip the saints, He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ, Eph 4:11-12. We join you in asking for that same work again in ourselves, in our churches, in our families and in our cities and nations, for we know God desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth, 1 Tim 2:4, and we are to make petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks for all men, for kings and all who are in high places, 1 Tim 2:1-2.

We pray together that the Lord would indeed fill the earth with His glory as the waters cover the sea, Hab 2:14, and that He would shine in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor 4:6, and enlighten the eyes of our hearts, Eph 1:18, so that we love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength, Mark 12:30, and love our neighbor as ourselves.

We agree with you for sanctification, for without it no one will see the Lord, Heb 12:14. We pray that Christ would sanctify His church, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect, Eph 5:26-27. We ask the Holy Spirit to do His sanctifying work in us, for we are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, 1 Pet 1:2, that by the Spirit we may put to death the deeds of the body, Rom 8:13, not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of Armies, Zech 4:6, walking in the good works which God prepared before that we would walk in them, Eph 2:10, making ourselves ready as the Bride who has made herself ready, and to whom it was given to be clothed in fine linen, bright and pure, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints, Rev 19:7-8.

We thank God that we come only through Jesus Christ, our Mediator, for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5, and that by a single offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified, Heb 10:14. We rest in His forgiveness, for if you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand, but there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared, Ps 130:3-4.

We join you in taking up the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation, 2 Cor 5:19. We pray we will all do the work of an evangelist and fulfill our ministry, 2 Tim 4:5, serving with our spirit in the Good News of His Son, Rom 1:9, bearing fruit and seeing a harvest of souls gathered into His sheepfold, for He has other sheep which are not of this fold and He must bring them also, John 10:16, calling many to the marriage supper of the Lamb, Matt 22:2, and making disciples, teaching them to observe all things that He commanded, Matt 28:20, continuing in His word so we will know the truth and the truth will make us free, John 8:31-32.

Father, we ask You to revive us again, to wash us, to make us holy, and to make us one, and to empower us to be witnesses to the ends of the earth, for you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be witnesses, Acts 1:8, proclaiming the excellencies of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light, 1 Pet 2:9. We ask all of this with thanksgiving, trusting that whatever we ask in the name of Jesus, He will do, John 14:13-14, for all the promises of God in Him are Yes and Amen, 2 Cor 1:20. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord we pray, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We were moved reading your prayer for revival and for the church to be washed and made ready as a bride. That hunger for Jesus to be glorified in every heart, home and community is precious to God and it encourages us.

What stays with us is how you hold together both God's work and our walking with Him. We are set apart by what Christ has done, and then over a lifetime we learn to live that out. It happens gradually, often quietly, with seasons of strength and seasons of struggle. What matters is staying close to Him over the long haul.

In that slow growth, simple means remain vital. Staying in the Word, bringing honest prayer for yourself and for others, gathering for worship where we are encouraged by other believers, and relying on the Holy Spirit rather than our own resolve. God does not shape everyone in exactly the same way, so we can trust Him to lead each person and each church in the particular way they need to grow.

One gentle step that may help is to keep praying as you are, and also choose one small place to live it this week, perhaps lingering a little longer in the Word each morning and reaching out to one person or one fellowship where restoration would reflect His love.

Father, we thank You for this heart for revival. Wash and renew us, teach us to walk in Your ways, and use us to carry reconciliation to others. Fill the earth with Your glory through Jesus, and make us faithful witnesses in our day. In Jesus name, Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer for revival and for a church washed by the water of the Word to be presented as a pure bride unto Christ is a prayer after God's own heart, and we join our hearts with yours in it.

We rejoice to hear you plead for that sanctification which is spoken of in the Word, for by the will of God we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Incarnate God, by offering His own blood, by laying down His own life, by bearing in His own body the curse and in His own spirit enduring the wrath, has effected the purpose of the everlasting Father in purging His people and setting His chosen apart. The Father joins in the verdict of His Son that it is finished, all the will of God for the sanctification of His people is accomplished. And this work must be applied to us by the Holy Spirit, who takes away from us all hope of being sanctified before God by any means of our own, brings us to see our need of cleansing and reconciliation, and then takes of the things of Christ and reveals them to us.

You have well asked that we may participate with His sanctifying work so that by the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the flesh. Remember that without holiness, practical, personal, active, vital holiness, no one shall see the Lord. This is not a pretence of sinless perfection, for no one who knows his own heart ever pretends to be perfectly conformed to God's will, but it is a real following after holiness, the opposite of impurity, a work within the heart that cleanses more than the outside of the cup and the platter. If our heart is really right in God's statutes then, despite all the imperfections we bemoan, we have holiness wherein we may rejoice, and we pray as you have prayed, Finish then Your new creation, pure and spotless let us be. This perseverance is perseverance in holiness, for if the grace of God has really changed you, you are radically and lastingly changed, and the covenant in which you stand is a covenant of pure promise and pure grace, where everything that could be supposed to be a condition is provided.

You also cry for revival, and we cry with you, Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You. If a revival be true and real, it is caused by the Holy Spirit, and by Him alone. The machinery for getting up a revival may often be the greatest hindrance to true godliness. A church cannot be revived unless God revives it. Wherever the Spirit of God comes, there will be life in the church and life in the ministry, life in prayer, life in effort, life in holiness, life in brotherly love, and the next effect will be seen in the calling out of numerous converts. In a revival, part of the result is the conversion of men, but the chief result is the praise of God, and that revival brings forth most fruit that gives to God the most glory. We avow our desire that in seeking revival we may walk with God, for in vain shall we struggle after it unless we have His presence.

And you have rightly joined to this the ministry of reconciliation. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation. This is first vertical, peace with God through the blood of the Mediator of the new covenant, who by a single offering has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified, and then horizontal, as those reconciled to God are reconciled one to another in the truth. True unity, such as our Lord prayed for in John 17, is unity in the truth of the Word, for we are sanctified in the truth, and the bride of Christ leans upon the Lord alone.

Therefore let us pray together.

O Father, we thank You for the testimony of past revivals and reformations, and we ask You to work again. Shine in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of Your glory in the face of Jesus Christ, enlighten the eyes of our understanding, and cause us to love You with all our heart and soul and mind and strength.

O Lord Jesus, wash Your church by the Word, that You might present her to Yourself as a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without blemish. Let Your Word dwell richly among us and make us ready as a bride adorned for her husband, clothed in fine linen, bright and pure, which is the righteous deeds of the saints wrought by grace.

O Holy Spirit, come as in the day of Pentecost. Take of the things of Christ and show them unto us. Enable us by Your power to put to death the deeds of the body, to walk in the good works which God has prepared beforehand, and to bear both the fruit of holiness and a harvest of souls. Not by might, nor by power, but by Your Spirit, let Your Word run and be glorified, from our families and churches to our cities and nations, until the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Grant us to serve You in our spirit in the preaching of the gospel of Your Son, to do the work of an evangelist and to fulfill our ministry, to proclaim Your excellencies who called us out of darkness into Your marvelous light, and to continue patiently in Your Word, following that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

We ask this through Jesus Christ, the Mediator who offered Himself once for all and has obtained an eternal inheritance for us, to whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be all glory forever. Amen.

 

[Sparklee]

Father, humbly ask for Your power to intervene. Please meet deepest spiritual, physical, emotional, financial needs according to Your Will and timing in Jesus Name Amen
"May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace." Numbers 6:24-26

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.