House of prayer

  

“Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” (Isaiah 56:7, NKJV)

     When Jesus cleansed the temple, as told in Matthew 21, Mark 11, and Luke19, He quoted these words of Isaiah and said: “’Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.’ But you have made it a den of thieves.’” (Mark 11:17, NKJV) 

    Based on these words from the bible, what do you thing is the main purpose of God’s church? Is it Sunday preaching, bible study, youth activities, Vacation Bible School, AWANA, choir, or short-term missions. Well, of course, all of those are good things that we should be involved in; but what must be the primary purpose of gathering in God’s meeting place we call a church? Yes, we know because we just read what Jesus said about it! It is prayer! Oswald Chambers, says that “Prayer does not fit us for greater works, prayer is the greater work.” (Utmost for His Highest)

    So this week, let us spend our time praying in our church, and one of the main things we can keep in mind is that this is the primary mission of our church. It is a duty we should embrace with boldness and excitement. As we pray for ourselves and the other members or our body, let us do so with joy and faithfulness because God has given us the privilege of coming “boldly to the throne of grace.” (Hebrews 4:16)

   

Pray:

1.     Lord, we ask for You to give us a spirit of unity as we raise our voices in prayer to you this coming week.

2.     Lord, help us to be faithful daily as we meet together or alone to bring our petitions to You, our Rock, and our Redeemer.

3.     Give us a desire to lift up others in our congregation who are going through trials and difficulties and help us to look for ways to minister to them.