He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. (John 12:25)

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God. - 2 Cor 7:1

The tree grows best skyward that grows most downward; the lower the saint
grows in humility, the higher he grows in holiness. ~ Unknown

Paradox: All things are ours because we are not our own (1 Cor.3:21; 6:19)

He who seeking recognition is as a rule soon recognized - and little
appreciated. - T.Rotide

The best part of Christian work is that part which only God sees.

Richard Baxter said of himself, "I have been a pen in the fingers of God,
and who praises the pen?"

Praise the Lord the website is up again! The update has been successful. You
are welcome to visit the website at: www.LoudVoice.org
Thank you for your prayers!

We are planning to upgrade the website, please pray for us.

When the Lord walk among us it took a close friend to show Him out, so even
now, only those close to Him can take others to Him.

http://tinyurl.com/lazpun Attributes of God by A.W.Tozer a must hear!

Paradox: When we are weak then we are strong (2 Cor.12:10)

All desire to be humble, but few desire to be humbled - Anon.

Paradox: We live by dying (John 12:24-25, 2Cor.4:10-11)

Paradox: We posses all things by having nothing (2 Cor.6:10)

And they that are Christ's - True believers in him. Have thus crucified the
flesh - Nailed it, as it were, to a cross whence it has no power to break
loose, but is continually weaker and weaker. With its affections and desires
- All its evil passions, appetites, and inclinations. ~ John Wesley (Gal
5:24)

Paradox: We become free by becoming slaves (Rom.6:17-22)

If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray,
and seek my face, and turn from their wicket ways, then will I hear from
heaven and forgive their sins and will heal their land.

Paradox: We become wise by becoming foolish (1 Cor.1:20-21)

Paradox: We become great by becoming little (Matt.18:4)

It takes the Almighty God to make us so absolutely His that we do not desire
to be noticed.

Paradox: We reign by serving (Mark 10:42,44)

Paradox: We rest under a yoke (Matt. 11:28-30)

Paradox: We conquer by yielding (Matt.5:5 Rom.12:20-21)

My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace, nor even blessing, but Himself,
my God: 'Tis His to lead me there, not mine, but His - "Ar any cost, dear
Lord, By and road!" - F. Brook

A man's own need is the measure of his greatness. - Pascal

Paradox: We see unseen things (2 Cor. 4:18)

Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse. He that will
sin, though he goes in pain, will much more, if that once be gone. - William
Gurnall

With the Lord there is one way, His way!

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? What a question to come from
those pure lips, o sinner come and see your savior.

The Lord Jesus died on the cross not only to get you out of hell, but to get
God out of heaven into you!

Please pray for us, we are moving to a better and more secure server.

Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

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must hear!

ואלה הם חיי העולם לדעת אתך כי אתה האלהים לבדך ואת־ישוע המשיח אשר שלחת׃ John
17:3

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (Ephesians 1:19)

Can it be that with all the sermons and literature available today, a famine
for God's word still prevail? (Amos 8:11) and if so why?

ὥστε ἑορτάζωμεν μὴ ἐν ζύμῃ παλαιᾷ, μηδὲ ἐν ζύμῃ κακίας καὶ πονηρίας, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν
ἀζύμοις εἰλικρινείας καὶ ἀληθείας. (1 Corinthians 5:8)

I am the LORD that maketh all things;

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb,

that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad;

that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers

Meaning>> No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε ο μονογενης υιος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο

If any man come 2 me & h8 not his father, & mother, & wife, & children, & brethren, & sisters, yea, & his own life also, he cnt B my disciple

If ye will not hear and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name saith the LORD of hosts I will even send a curse (Mal 2:2)

We would do well not to provoke the Lord to wrath!

If any man worship the beast& his image& receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God!

Time! What are you doing with it?

Wherefore, girding up your loins, serve the Lord in fear and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude

...I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ...

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life

The world is not a playground, but a battlefield where the forces of good and evil are fighting for the souls of men. - Denny Kenaston

Knowing, then, that "God is not mocked," we ought to walk worthy of His commandment and glory. - Polycarp

The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. - Psalm 29:11

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion

I don’t think we have any idea about the powerful affect the Bible can have on our children. - Denny Kenaston

Little does the world perceive the advancement and happiness of the genuine followers of Christ. - M Henry

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, .... she uttereth her words

Well you may know Him, but does He know you!

Our love of God’s followers is a proof that we love God. - Adam Clarke (Who is following?)

Do you still fear a frown? - Unknown

Let the followers of Christ be content with hard fare here, since they are in a land of strangers - M Henry

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. - Apostle John (God's Word)

Does your faith over come this world! "Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" Apostle John

He has eyes of Fire!!

And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. - Mystery

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. (1Jn 5:19)

Seek God till He gives righteousness to you. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not ...

When the poor & needy seek water & thr is none & their tongue fail 4 thirst I the LORD wil hear them I the God of Israel wil not forsake them

Have you seen you desperate need of Him? and what now!

They hated the Lord why do they like you? They hated Him because He testified that their deeds are evil. "O Lord Help us!"

Cry aloud, spare not, Cry aloud lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the Christians their sin!!

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?(Revelation 5:1-2)

4 i'll pour water upon him that is thirsty & floods upon the dry ground i'll pour my spirit upon thy seed & my blessing upon thine offspring

...whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. - Jesus Christ

number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb (Rev 5:11-13)

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water - God Will

If any man come 2 me & h8 not his father, & mother, & wife, & children, & brethren, & sisters, yea, & his own life also, he cnt B my disciple

If ye love me, keep my commandments. (Joh 14:15)

There is A Call ... of the lost, because the 'church' is at ease. Weak up you sleepy Christians!

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. (Revelation 7:9-12)

It is not what you are going to get out of God, but what He is going to get out of you - Paris Reidhead

God is looking even at you know, what are you doing!

Not to be in fiery earnest about the things of heaven is not to be about them at all. - E. M Bounds

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. - Jesus Christ

Will you forsake all for Him, only then you can follow Him!

Where are the men who will stand against this tide of compromise with the world & it's clamor?

Beware of all innovations and teachings that do not come from the Word of Christ and his apostles... - Menno Simons

Let no one tear you from the order that is laid down in the Scriptures, the order sealed by the blood of Jesus. - Michael Sattler

No man is ever fully accepted until he has, first of all, been utterly rejected. - Author Unknown

If He is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all. - Ravenhill.

Put all your heart into what you do, or else put none of it in. - C.H. Spurgeon

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but
the things which are not seen are eternal.

What is your Life.......!!!!???

Let us not for the sake of peace keep still while men without spiritual insight dictate the diet upon which God's children shall feed. - A.W Tozer

By non-conformity to the world, you may save much money for doing good. In one year a greater fund might be saved by the church than has ever been raised for the spread of the gospel. - Finney

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. (Psa 66:5)

His love in the heart, destroying unbelief, burning away sin, consuming selfishness, and filling the soul with a passion for souls - Brengle

"Not what is proper, but what is right must be my fearless and constant inquiry. Jesus, still lead on!" - Joseph Parker

But he cannot be justified without faith; this is impossible. - John Wesley

God does undoubtedly command us both to repent, and to bring forth fruits meet for repentance - John Wesley

O poor sinner, whoever thou art, repent and turn to God, - William Law

Thus love to Christ will not suffer the near neighbourhood of anything in its bosom that is derogatory to Christ. - WILLIAM GURNALL

Thus love to Christ will not suffer the near neighbourhood of anything in its bosom that is derogatory to Christ. - WILLIAM GURNALL

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD ~ Joel 2:15-17

God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill. - William Gurnall

Revival is neither more nor less than the impact of the personality of Jesus Christ upon a church or a community. The whole area becomes God-conscious. - Duncan Campbell

Jesus' life of obedience is God's will and purpose for each Christian. Jesus is what God can and wants to do in you! For He said: "he that believes in me will do what I have done and more"

Jesus' life of obedience is God's will and purpose for each Christian. Jesus is what God can and wants to do in you! For He said: "he that believes in me will do what I have done and more"

"The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were 'Repent!'" - -Leonard Ravenhill.

From the Day of Pentecost, there has not been one great spiritual awakening in any land which has not begun in a union of prayer, though only among two or three; no such outward, upward movement has continued after such prayer meetings have declined. - A.T. Pierson

Prevailing or effectual prayer is that prayer which attains the blessing that it seeks. It is that prayer which effectually moves God. The very idea of effectual prayer is that it effects its objects. - Charles Finney

God is the God of revival but man is the human agent through whom revival is possible. - Duncan Campbell

A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God. - Charles Finney

Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. - John Bunyan

Truly, hope is the saint's covering, wherein he wraps himself, when he lays his body down to sleep in the grave: "My flesh," saith David, "shall rest in hope." - William Gurnall

Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied. - Richard Baxter

Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better. - John Bunyan

No, the Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in the truth. - William Gurnall

When God wants to do an impossible task He takes an impossible man and crushes him. - Alan Redpath

Who seeks like God does? - Denny Kenaston

He is seeking for one man who is sold out to Him, just one...

"Go for souls and go for the worst." – William Booth

"God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the IMPOSSIBLE." - William Booth

"What a man is on his knees before God in secret, that will he be before men: that much and no more." -Fred Mitchell

"Prayer is buried, and lost and Heaven weeps. If all prayed the wicked would flee from our midst or to the refuge." - Evan Roberts

"We have found no means so much blessed to keep religion alive as FASTING and PRAYER." - Edward Payson

"Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet." - E. M. Bounds

"A baptism of holiness, a demonstration of godly living is the crying need of our day." - Duncan Campbell

"Until we reach for the IMPOSSIBLE through fervent, faith-filled prayer, we will NEVER fulfill our created purpose!" - David Smithers

Some people think God does not like 2 be troubled with our constant coming and asking.The way 2 trouble God is not 2 come at all - D.L.Moody

"There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience." - Charles G. Finney

My hands were all torn
The blood flowed from them
They had woven the crown
For the One we called “Him”.

‘Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I....’ (Isa. 58:9)

Revival Prayer Print E-mail
Written by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

In this work Edwards speaks of the promise of God to bless His people when they come together to pray for revival. Throughout history this little work has influenced thousands of people and spurned countless little prayer groups to come together for meaningful revival prayer. Missionary pioneer William Carey tells in his biography that this work was one of the very things that inspired him to the mission field. Take special notice that Edwards challenges the reader not to seek revival per se, but to seek the very presence of God. When God comes, revival is there.

By way of disclaimer, I will say that I believe Edwards envisions more of an end-time “mass revival” movement than I am comfortable with. Perhaps this is due to his understanding of the two kingdoms. From a perspective now of over 250 years later, I would feel that such a “mass-church” concept has propagated an unhealthy ecumenism including such groups as Roman Catholics and sometimes even Mormons. While I believe that in the “last days” a great revival will come, I still believe that comparatively, the church will still look like a remnant—not a mass, one-world church.

Jesus said, “And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth” (Luke 18:7-8)? Then there is the Isaiah prophesy, “Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah” (Isaiah 1:9). Also considering Paul’s thoughts to the Roman Church, “Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace” (Romans 11:5).

One more thing…It should not be overlooked that one of the hallmark passages in this litany of revival prophecies quoted by Jonathan Edwards is that the prophecies of this revived church predict that they “will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” I feel that it would be a bit dishonest to take the praying part of the prophecy without the “beating-the-sword-into-plowshares part”. Rival historian, J. Edwin Orr took notice that the progress in the early revivals of the 1900s ended conspicuously when WWI began. Revival did not surface again on a large scale until after WWII. We cannot expect to be praying for revival in the hearts of people in “other lands” if we are shooting them while we pray. Could this be yet one more reason—why revival tarries?

All that being said—regardless of your belief about the size of the end-time revivals, the prophecies of Zachariah and Isaiah still stand; and these passages clearly speak of a praying people who trust the promises of God for His fullness and Holy Spirit outpouring. For that reason, I feel that this work is invaluable for its simple, straight-forward application of God’s design for true heaven-sent revival. The second part of this work is a living example of how revival praying was used to bring about a move of God in Scotland in 1744. I hope to put that in a future issue. ~Bro. Dean Taylor


Revival Prayer

by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

Originally titled:

A humble attempt to promote the agreement
and union of God’s people throughout the world in
extraordinary prayer for a revival of religion and
the advancement of God’s kingdom on earth,
according to Scriptural promises and prophecies
of the last time.

The Future Glorious State of Christ’s Church

This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going.’ And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to entreat him” (Zech. 8:20-22).

In this chapter Zechariah prophesies of the future, glorious advancement of the Church. It is evident there is more intended than was ever fulfilled in the Jewish nation during Old Testament times. Here are plain prophecies describing things that were never fulfilled before the coming of Messiah, particularly what is said in the two last verses in the chapter where Zechariah speaks of “many people and strong nations worshiping and seeking the true God,” and of so great an addition of Gentiles to the Church that the majority of visible worshipers consist of Gentiles, outnumbering the Jews ten to one.

Nothing ever happened, from the time of Zechariah to the coming of Christ, to fulfill this prophecy. It’s fulfillment can only be in the calling of the Gentiles during and following apostolic times, or in the future, glorious enlargement of God’s Church in the end times, so often foretold by Old Testament prophets, particularly by Zechariah. It is most likely that the Spirit of God speaks here of the greatest revival and the most glorious advancement of the Church on earth, the blessings of which will benefit the Jewish nation.

Indeed, there is great agreement on this point, between this prophecy of Zechariah, and other prophecies concerning the Church’s latter day glory. Consider Isaiah 60:2-4:

“See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm.”

Without doubt, this entire chapter foretells the most glorious state of the God’s Church on earth, as does Isaiah 66:8, Micah 4:1-3 and Isaiah 2:1-4:

“In the last days the mountain of the LORD’S temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it.”

“ Many nations will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’”

“The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.”

Nothing whatsoever has happened to fulfill these prophecies. Moreover, since the prophecy in my text (Zech. 8:20-22) and the following verse agrees with them, there is reason to think it addresses the same times. Indeed, there is remarkable agreement in the description given throughout this chapter with the representations of those times elsewhere in the prophetic books.

Though the prophet is at times referring to the future smiles of heaven on the Jewish nation, yet the Spirit of God doubtless refers to events far greater than these, of which these are but faint resemblances. The Jews had just returned from the Babylonian captivity, Chaldea and other countries, and resettled in Canaan where they were experiencing great increase of both numbers and wealth.

We find it common in the prophecies of the Old Testament that when the prophets are speaking of the favors and blessings of God on the Jews, attending or following their return from the Babylonian captivity, the Spirit of God takes the opportunity from there to speak of the incomparably greater blessings on the Church, that will attend and follow her deliverance from the spiritual Babylon, of which those were a type.

The prophet, in this chapter, speaks of God’s bringing his people again from the east and west to Jerusalem (vs. 7-8), and multitudes of all nations taking hold of the skirts of the Jews. Although this prophecy literally refers to the Jews return from Babylon, its fulfillment cannot be seen there for no such things spoken of here attended their return. Therefore, it must refer to the great calling and gathering of Jews into the fold of Christ, and to them receiving the blessings of His kingdom, after the fall of the Antichrist and the destruction of the spiritual Babylon.

The Power of Prayer

In Zechariah 8:20-22 we have an account of how this future advancement of the Church should occur. It would come to fruition as multitudes from different towns resolve to unite in extraordinary prayer, seeking God until He manifests Himself and grants the fruits of his presence. We may observe several things in particular:

1. THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER

Some suppose that prayer includes the whole of worship to God and that prayer is a part of worship during the days of the gospel when sacrifices are abolished. Therefore, this can be understood as a prophecy of a great revival of religion with true worship of God among His people, repentance from idolatry, and growth of the Church.

However, it seems reasonable to me to suppose that something even more special is intended regarding prayer given that prayer is not only repeatedly mentioned, but that this prophecy parallels many other prophecies that speak of an extraordinary spirit of prayer preceding that glorious day of revival and advancement of the Church’s peace and prosperity. It particularly parallels what the prophet later speaks of the ‘pouring out of a spirit of grace and supplications’ as that which introduces the great religious revival (Zech. 12:10).

2. THE GOOD WHICH SHALL BE BROUGHT BY PRAYER: GOD HIMSELF

Scripture says, ‘They shall go to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of Hosts.’ The good that they seek for is ‘The Lord of Hosts,’ Himself. If ‘seeking God’ means no more than seeking the favor or mercy of God then ‘praying before the Lord,’ and ‘seeking the Lord of Hosts’ must be looked upon as synonymous. However, ‘seeking the Lord’ is commonly used to mean something far more than seeking something from God. Surely it implies that God Himself is what is desired and sought after.

Thus, the Psalmist desired God, thirsted after Him and sought after Him:

‘O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My flesh longeth for thee, in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is, to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary...My soul followeth hard after thee...Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.’

The Psalmist earnestly pursued after God; his soul thirsted after Him, he stretched forth his hands unto Him. All of God’s saints have this in common: they are those that seek God. ‘This is the generation of them that seek Him.’ ‘Your heart shall live that seek God,’ etc.

If this be the true sense of this phrase ‘seeking the Lord of Hosts,’ then we must understand that God who had withdrawn Himself, or, as it were, hid Himself, would return to His Church, granting the fruits of His presence and communion with His people, which He so often promised, and for which His Church had so long waited.

In short, it seems reasonable to understand the phrase, ‘seeking the Lord of Hosts’ means not merely praying to God, but seeking the promised restoration of the Church of God after the Babylonian captivity and the great apostasy occasioning it is called their ‘seeking God, and searching for Him;’ and God’s granting this promised revival and restoration called His being ‘found of them.’ (See Jer. 29:10-14)

The prophets occasionally represent God as being withdrawn and hiding Himself: ‘Verily thou art a God that hideth thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior. I hid me, and was wroth.’ The prophets then go on to represent God’s people seeking Him, searching and waiting for and calling after Him. When God answers their prayers and restores and advances His people, according to His promise, then He is said to come and say, ‘Here am I’ and to show Himself, and they are said to find Him and see Him plainly.

‘Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I....’ (Isa. 58:9)

‘But Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation ... I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.’ (Isa. 45:17,19)

‘The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. In that day they will say, ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.’ We wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.’ (Isa. 25:8-9)

3. WE MAY OBSERVE WHO IT IS THAT WILL BE UNITED IN SEEKING THE LORD

‘...the inhabitants of many cities...yea, many people and strong nations.’ Many people from all over the world will unite to seek the Lord.

From the prophecy, it seems reasonable to assume that this will be fulfilled in the following manner: First, God’s people will be given a spirit of prayer, inspiring them to come together and pray in an extraordinary manner, that He would help his Church, show mercy to mankind in general, pour out his Spirit, revive His work, and advance His kingdom in the world as He promised.

Moreover, such prayer would gradually spread and increase more and more, ushering in a revival of religion. This would be characterized by greater worship and service of God among believers. Others will be awakened to their need for God, motivating them to earnestly cry out to God for mercy. They will be led to join with God’s people in that extraordinary seeking and serving of God which they see around them. In this way the revival will grow until the awakening reaches whole nations and those in the highest positions of influence. The Church will grow to be ten times larger than it was before. Indeed, at length, all the nations of the world will be converted unto God.

Thus, ten men, out of all languages and nations, will ‘take hold of the skirt of’ the Jew (in the sense of the Apostle), saying ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ Thus will be fulfilled, ‘O thou that heareth prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.’

4. WE MAY ALSO OBSERVE THE MANNER OF THEIR UNITY IN PRAYER

It is a visible and voluntary union that was first proposed by some of God’s people with others readily joining in over time. Those who live in one city will declare to those of another city, ‘Let us go’ etc. Many of those who hear their declaration will not only join with them but will make the call for the unity in prayer known to still others. As a result, the movement will grow, prevail and spread among God’s people.

Some suppose that the words, ‘I will go also,’ are to be taken as words spoken by the one making the proposal. He states this expressing his willingness and desire to do what he is asking his hearer to do. But this is to suppose no more than is expressed in the phrase, ‘Come and let us go ...’ itself. It seems more natural to me to understand these words as being the consent or reply of the one to whom the proposal is made.

This is much more agreeable to the flow of the text which represents the compliance of great numbers of people in this movement. And though if these words are thus understood, we must suppose something understood in the text that is not expressed: Those of other cities will say, ‘I will go also.’ Yet, this is not difficult to conceive of as such figures of speech are common in the Scripture (Jer. 3:22; Ps. 1:6,7).

5. NEXT, WE CAN OBSERVE THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY AGREE TO PRAY

‘Let us go speedily to pray,’ or, as it says in the margin: let us go continually. Literally translated this means, ‘let us go in going.’ The Hebrew language often doubles words for emphasis (e.g., the holy of holies signifies that which is most holy). Such doubling of words also denotes the certainty of an event coming to pass. For example, when God said to Abraham, ‘in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed,’ God implies that He would certainly multiply his seed, and multiply it exceedingly.

6. FINALLY, THIS PROPHECY GIVES US A PICTURE OF THIS UNION IN PRAYER BEING AN INVITING AND A HAPPY THING

We sense God’s pleasure, and the results prove tremendously successful. From the whole of this prophecy we may infer that it is well pleasing to God for many people, in different parts of the world, to voluntarily come into a visible union to pray in an extraordinary way for those great outpourings of the Holy Spirit which shall advance the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ that God has so often promised shall be in the latter ages of the world.

Are you dwelling in tabernacles as you look for the eternal city? Or are you pitching your tent toward Sodom...?

Our souls can never be truly happy till our wills be entirely subjected to, and become one with, the will of God. ~ Adam Clarke

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.... the Lord only doeth wondrous things. Ps 72:18

We need a deep working reality , O Lord Help us ...

This is a time of great reason to war against the enemies of our soul. A time to suffer, a time to sacrifice, a time to groan, a time to die.

The Soul Winner's Secret - Lieut. Colonel S.L. Brengele ( A must read)

Wesley in his old age called himself “A man of one book.” It is from this
armory that the soul-winner is to draw his weapons with which he fights
all hell.

Whitefield read the Bible through many times on his knees

Mrs. General Booth read her Bible through a number of times before she
was twelve years old.

Finney used to get up at 4 o’clock in the morning and read his Bible until
8.

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.

This was done that all might know that those who
are of a double mind, and who distrust the power of God, bring down
judgment on themselves - Clement

http://ping.fm/pjxHF See some clips of Leonard Ravinhill

"Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue. God’s voice in response to mine is its most essential part." - Andrew Murray

“Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh....Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them." - A. W. Tozer

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.~ Isaiah 8:19-22

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ ...