American Reformation Church Prayer Journal 2
ARC Prayer Meeting
At the American Reformation Church, we emphasize the importance of prayer as foundational to our personal, family, and church life. Prayer must undergird everything we say and do in service to our great God and King, our Lord Jesus Christ. Prayer in the air and boots on the ground are a dynamic duo to advance the Gospel of the Kingdom in the earth.
In the Old Testament, once Solomon completed the building of God’s Temple, he conducted a consecration service. He set apart the Temple, his administration, and God’s people to officially dedicate them to the Lord’s glory.
He went on to list different sinful scenarios they may face as a nation, which might displease and offend the Lord. In each case, he asked the Lord, “Whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows the plague of his own heart, and spreads out his hands toward this temple: then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act” (1 Kings 8:38, 39a).
Once again, this theme that God’s House shall be called a House of Prayer is reiterated in Scripture. Solomon, when he was mindful of the Lord and functioning in the wisdom God granted him, he greatly desired God to “Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive” (2 Chronicles 6:21).
Prayer keeps short accounts with God. It helps our souls keep proper inventory of our true condition. It humbles our pride, keeps us dependent upon the Lord, and dwelling in the blessed place of forgiveness our souls desperately need. As an added bonus, it is certainly much harder to hate someone when you pray for them.
Obviously, the Lord’s Temple is no longer made with man’s hands, but it’s God’s people, themselves, that are now the true Temple of the Lord. The Apostle Paul reminds us, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you” (1 Corinthians 3:16). Though this is true, God still desires His people to commit to a life of communion with Him by the study of His Word, prayer, intercession, and vital service for His glory and our benefit.
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