DAY 27- DAILY BIBLE VERSE (DO NOT FEAR) - JUNE 20, 2012

June 20


John 16:33


33I have told you these things so that you will be whole and at peace. In this world, you will be plagued with times of trouble, but you need not fear; I have triumphed over this corrupt world order.


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DAY 27- DAILY DEVOTION - JUNE 20, 2012

June 20



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 27 - DAILY PRAYER (BRING SALVATION) - JUNE 20, 2012

June 20


Father in Heaven,


Bless those who wrong us, and point their lives towards Christ.  Give compassion and mercy to those who have wandered down the wrong path, and place their foot upon a firm rock.  Where satan has wrought corruption and evil, wash it away with the blood of the lamb.  Where there is destruction and violence, repair it with new beginnings and peace.  Destroy the stronghold of the enemy in their minds, hands, and hearts. 


Father God, we are plagued by evildoers who have no sense of wrong.  Restore in them a right conscience - leading of the Holy Spirit.  Bring them to their knees in repentance vs. to a cell of iron bars.  Lead others to forgive them, as You have forgiven each of us in our transgressions.  Give them a way to retreat from the pit of sin, and strengthen them as they seek to do Your will.


We pray for an end to senseless destruction of property, human lives, and eternal souls.  We rebuke satan and his agents of chaos in the Mighty name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  May the enemy retreat from his strongholds, and never return to the reclaimed ground in Christ's name.  Restore order and peace in the campsites of the enemy, and let Your light shine upon territory that was dark and evil.


The Authors personal petition (for wherever two or more at gathered) - For the situation in our neighborhood where arson is rampant...restore peace and order to the darkness, and remove the cloak of evil that lurks in the shadows.  Bring the perpetrator(s) to the knowledge of salvation, and let them place their burdens at the foot of the cross.  Have mercy on their souls Father, and hear our prayers for their redemption.


We pray this in the name of Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen!


Wally Ziolo
40DAYPRAYER4USA
Lancaster, Ohio

DAY 27 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 20, 2012

June 20



JUNE 20, 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter for the Colony of Maryland, named for his Catholic wife, Queen Henrietta Maria, stating: 


"Charles, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith...


Whereas our well beloved...subject Coecilius Calvert, Baron of Baltimore, in our Kingdom of Ireland...being animated with a laudable, and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion...hath humbly besought Leave of Us that he may transport, by his own...expense, a numerous Colony of the English Nation, 


to certain...parts of America...partly occupied by Savages, having no Knowledge of the Divine Being..." 


Maryland's Charter continued: 


"With the increasing Worship and Religion of Christ within said Region...shall...be built...Churches, Chapels, and Places of Worship." 


Lord Baltimore sent two ships, the Ark and the Dove, to settle the colony. 


Buying land from the Indians, they founded the city of St. Mary's as a refuge for persecuted Catholics. 


In 1649, they extended liberty to Protestants by issuing the Toleration Act, which stated: 


"That no person... within this province...professing to believe in Jesus Christ shall...from henceforth be any ways troubled or molested...in respect of his or her religion."

Maryland, Charter of. June 20, 1632, issued by King Charles I to Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore. Ebenezer Hazard, Historical Collection: Consisting of State Papers & other Authentic Documents: Intended as Materials for an History of the United States of America (Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1792), Vol. I, pp. 327-328. William McDonald, editor, Select Charters & Other Documents (NY: The Macmillan Co., 1899), pp. 53-54. Frances Newton Thorpe, ed., Federal & State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, & Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, & Colonies now or heretofore forming the United States, 7 vols. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905; 1909; St. Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly Press, 1968), Vol. III, pp. 1677 ff. Henry Steele Commager, ed., Documents of American History, 2 vols. (NY: F.S. Crofts & Co., 1934; Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1948, 6 ed, 1958; Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 9 edition, 1973), Vol. I, p. 21. William McDonald, ed., Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1889 (NY: Macmillan Co., 1909), p. 32. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court & Public Prayer (NY: Fordham University Press, 1964), pp. 160-161. Richard L. Perry, ed., Sources of Our Liberties: Documentary Origins of Individual Liberties in the United States Constitution & Bill of Rights (Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1978; NY: 1952), p. 105. Pat Robertson, America's Dates With Destiny (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986), pp. 31-32.

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