I received this prayer from my leadership of the MN District yesterday…
“Lord Jesus, we are grateful for your presence, grace, goodness to your church in MN. What a JOY to know YOU & to cast our cares on YOU. Our hearts feel the weight of those living amongst us who do not know YOU.
Today we pray you will use YOUR CHURCH to reach a broken world, broken culture, a broken state. Take what the enemy has meant for evil, to destroy us, and do what only you can do… Turn hearts to God, turn RIOTS TO REVIVAL.
We pray YOUR CHURCH will arise with COMPASSION, WISDOM, and UNDERSTANDING of our times. We pray for the immigrants who live amongst us. May they sense LOVE and PEACE emanating from YOUR CHURCH. UNITE YOUR CHURCHS and give us YOUR HEART. We pray for ALL ethnic groups living amongst us. We pray for breakthroughs and revival in each of these groups
As You moved miraculously on Day of Pentecost, DO IT AGAIN. Let the nations experience the LOVE and SAVING POWER of JESUS.
We also pray for those who have taken an oath to enforce the laws of our land. We pray You will protect them even as they protect us. Give us COMPASSION, WISDOM, and UNDERSTANDING of their challenging calling.
Let YOUR will be accomplished in MN. Use YOUR CHURCH to GLORIFY YOUR NAME. Speak to us, the A/G, about how to “DEMONSTRATE” the love of Jesus. Show each of us how to respond in the unique context in which we live and serve. Show us how to share the HOPE we have found in Jesus.” (Reverand Mark Dean – Superintendent MN District of Assemblies of God)
I thank God that I serve in denomination in which the MOST important thing is RELATIONSHIP with JESUS for EVERYONE.
I said this from the pulpit last week, and I will say it here: satan wants to distract us, not see what is really going on. If he can get us to fight amongst ourselves, to hate our brother, our sister, to argue with each other – then our eyes are not on God. We are distracted from looking to HIM for our peace and joy.
Everyone one wonders why things are such a mess. I’ll tell you.
Because we are not focused on the One who is Worthy of all our praise. WE need to be on our knees, praying for revival of this once great nation of ours. We need God to be present in all ways. This is not going to be solved by us as really great people. Because we are not. IT will only be solved supernaturally, by our Savior and Lord.
Please join me, and our church as we pray for our country, our state, our community – to have God’s intervention pour down on them all. This will take us all. Not just the A/G, not just one denomination – ALL of GODS PEOPLE together praying…
Peace in Him!
PTV