DAY 9 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (UNITY) - JUNE 2, 2012

June 2



John 17:23 (The Voice Bible)


23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be refined so that all will know that You sent Me, and You love them in the same way You love Me.

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DAY 9 - DAILY DEVOTION - JUNE 2, 2012

June 2



Winning the Lost @ Any Cost


“He who wins souls is wise.” Prov.11:30 NKJV


I’m not much of a lottery player, but here in Texas I always hear the advertisements for the Mega Millions.   Although it seems to be appealing, I am always reminded of something greater than winning millions… Winning Souls for Christ!


Mark 16:15-18 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.”  We must go and share our faith if we don’t, then who will?  Mark Cahill said it so perfectly, “It’s not how can I share my faith, it’s how can I Not share my faith.”


Let sharing your faith take precedence over everything else.  I encourage you to start praying every morning for God to send you people to minister to and share Jesus with, talking about changing someone’s future- The Bible says, “what does it profit a man to gain the whole world & loose his own soul”?  Lord help us not to be so concerned with the things of this world that we ignore a lost and dying world.


Jesus’ last words were to Go into all the world & spread the gospel to the ends of the earth?  “If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?” David Livingstone


God, we pray that you would keep us focused on winning souls at any costs!  Its Heaven or Hell for everyone.   The Bible says in Romans 14:10, that we will be held accountable for our choices.   I pray that we make good choices in putting supremacy on soul winning.  I can see it now, people running up to us in Heaven thanking us for taking time to talk to them about Jesus.


John Wesley said it so profoundly, “You have nothing to do but to save souls.  Therefore spend and be spent in this work.  And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most…It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many souls as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance.”


Lord, we pray that we wouldn’t be so busy with life that we can’t take a few moments of everyday to share our faith with others.   God, let your last words be our Great Commission, reaching the world for Jesus.    I love what Billy Sunday said, “Let’s quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.”


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DAY 9 - DAILY PRAYER (UNITY OF THE CHURCH) - JUNE 2, 2012

June 2



A PRAYER FOR CHURCH UNITY


I want to pray for the church; in particular, the unity of the church.


Let us pray:


Father God, we gather here as brothers and sisters, standing together.  We represent many different churches and denominations, with our own traditions, gifts, and talents - but also with a oneness in our Lord Jesus Christ.  It was He, when He was here on earth that said, "I have come to build my church and the gates of hell will not, will not prevail against it". But our adversary, the Devil does not want a oneness or unity in the church.  He wants us divided and ineffective.  He does not want your word spoken or prayed over the land and the people.  Satan wants to compromise us before the world.  But we resist that, we fight against that, we come and bind Satan and his agents where ever they are found to prevent a compromised church.  Jesus prayed for the unity of the church when he said, "Love one another, as I have loved you".


O Gracious Father, we humbly beseech you for the world-wide church of Christ, that you would be pleased to fill it with all truth, in all peace.  Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, establish it; and where it is in want, provide for it; for the sake of Him who died and rose again, and ever lives to make intercession for us.  We will walk according to your Spirit, Lord, and we know this will fulfill the righteous requirements of your law in our life.  May all the members of your church be alive to the opportunities and responsibilities of these times.  There is but one body and one spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may be all of one heart and one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify you; through Jesus Christ or Lord.


Amen and Amen!    




Jerry Wysong
Presbyterian
Lancaster, Ohio

DAY 9 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 2, 2012

June 2



A wedding took place in the White House, JUNE 2, 1886. 


One of three Presidents to marry in office and the only President to wed on White House grounds, Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom, and together they had five children. 


Cleveland, both the 22nd and 24th President, stated in his 2nd Inaugural, March 4, 1893: 


"Above all, I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid." 


In a Message to Congress, December 2, 1895, President Cleveland stated: 


"Reported massacres of Christians in Armenia and the development there and in other districts of a spirit of fanatic hostility to Christian influences naturally excited apprehension for the safety of the devoted men and women who, as dependents of the foreign missionary societies in the United States, reside in Turkey." 


President Cleveland continued: 


"Several of the most powerful European powers have secured a right...not only in behalf of their own citizens...but as agents of the Christian world...to enforce such conduct of Turkish government as will refrain fanatical brutality." 


The next year, President Cleveland stated, December 7, 1896: 


"The rage of mad bigotry and cruel fanaticism...wanton destruction of homes and the bloody butchery of men, women, and children, made martyrs to their profession of Christian faith...


The outbreaks of blind fury which lead to murder and pillage in Turkey occur suddenly and without notice..." 


Grover Cleveland concluded: 


"I do not believe that the present somber prospect in Turkey will be long permitted to offend the sight of Christendom. 


It so mars the humane and enlightened civilization that belongs to the close of the 19th century that it seems hardly possible that the earnest demand of good people throughout the Christian world for its corrective treatment will remain unanswered."

Cleveland, Grover. March 4, 1893, Second Inaugural Address. James D. Richardson (U.S. Representative from Tennessee), ed., A Compilation of the Messages & Papers of the Presidents 1789-1897, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published by Authority of Congress, 1897, 1899; Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Literature & Art, 1789-1902, 11 vols., 1907, 1910), Vol. IX, pp. 389, 393. Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States - From George Washington 1789 to Richard Milhous Nixon 1969 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office; 91 Congress, 1 Session, House Document 91-142, 1969), pp. 163-167. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court & Public Prayer (NY: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 187. Benjamin Weiss, God in American History - A Documentation of America's Religious Heritage (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1966), p. 109. Willard Cantelon, Money Master of the World (Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1976), p. 120. J. Michael Sharman, J.D., Faith of the Fathers (Culpepper, Virginia: Victory Publishing, 1995), p. 77.

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