HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH PRAYER DIARY SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TIMES 8:00, 9:00 & 11:00A.M.
MONDAYEVANGELISTIC PRAYER TUESDAYFOCUS ON THE SHOUTS OF THE SAVIOR
Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 4-6; Luke 2:1-26
Monday, March 27
Matt. 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
Dear Lord, My Redeemer:
Doom is universal! Rich or poor, learned or illiterate, admired or abhorred,
religious or atheist, old or youngno one escapes. They all sink into common
ruin if they reject the gospel all the way until they die, or if they reject Christ all
the way until the rapture. So I intercede today for __________ and __________.
2 Pet. 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher
of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
No doubt, someone ridiculed Noah. Others threatened him for being so
certain. Lord, make me a preacher of righteousness to my generation! The critic
who judged Noah was drowned in the same sea as the apathetic person who
ignored him. Those who patronized him, and spoke highly about him having the
courage of his convictions (but did not share them), they also sank in the storm.
The workers he paid, they helped build the very ark that could have rescued
them! Oh, __________ really helps me; do not allow him/her to fall to that fate.
Outside Christ, there is no exception to the flood. Final destruction is
certain for every person and no social status, material possession, or virtue of
character will save a single soul who has not believed in you, Jesus. My God, what
are people doing?
Matt. 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Yes they are. It seems like foolishness dupes many of my friends. Help me
break them out! Everybody neglects their soul until grace gives them a reason.
Give them a reason even today, because Jesus was born to die for them. Amen.
A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING
Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 13-15, Luke 3:20-38
Thursday, March 30
Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
MUST Jesus bear the cross alone, and all the world go free?
No, theres a cross for everyone, and theres a cross for me.
How happy are the saints above, who once went sorrowing here!
But now they taste unmingled love, and joy without a tear.
The consecrated cross Ill bear till death shall set me free;
And then go home my crown to wear, for theres a crown for me.
Upon the crystal pavement down at Jesus piercd feet,
Joyful Ill cast my golden crown and His dear Name repeat.
O precious cross! O glorious crown! O resurrection day!
When Christ the Lord from Heavn comes down and bears my soul away.
Thomas Shepherd, 1693, George N. Allen, 1844 and Henry Ward Beecher, 1855
Focus Verse (for memorization & meditation)Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/
Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 7-9; Luke 2:27-52
Tuesday, March 28
Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Christ My Lord and Ever-Living Example:
The illustration of your life is simply a living Bible principle, and it is as
binding on me as your other written commands.
HELP ME IMITATE JESUS by forgiving all transgressions against myself.
Take the very remembrance of the offense far away, out of my mind,
because no one has ever injured me as much as I have injured you.
HELP ME IMITATE JESUS by pleading for myself.
I am a transgressor. You make intercession for transgressors. Since you
pray for me, then if I pray for myself I will be heard through you. If you say,
Father, forgive them, it is wisdom for me to ask, Father, forgive me. Let my
prayers hang like the golden bells on the skirts of the high priest. Carry them
within the veil, and make them ring before the throne of grace! Since my prayers
are so feeble, I yoke them to the omnipotence of Christs intercession. I ask for
your merit alone to be my words wings, to fly my prayer on high.
HELP ME IMITATE JESUS in interceding for transgressors.
I will unite my voice with his. Never let the desire to pray grow weak within
me! Likewise, never let me rest from seeking conversions among the lost in my
daily contacts. Let me stand where Abraham stood, and plead for Sodom! Many
of them are sinning against their own souls, but do not yet know it. I especially
intercede for them. Send the grace of the gospel through my lips.
HELP ME IMITATE JESUS, proving the sincerity of my petition in action.
Praying, without effort, is playing. I set myself to seek others Lord, so I can
intercede with an honest heart. I want to do what you are doing, because union
in ministry will create communion of heart. Make it so today, Lord Jesus! Amen.
FRIDAY CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY
Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 16-18; Luke 4:1-22
Friday, March 31
Num. 21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of
Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people,
O Lord Our God:
We beg you to look with favor on the faint-hearted due to grief, and those
swooning due to their suffering. Look on the one who thinks they cannot take
even one more daywith their spouse, with their job, with their sickness, with
their condition. Look on that person who thinks they cannot make it any more.
Bring us up again from Bashan. Take away our mourning and give us music.
Remove our sackcloth and give us beauty. Take away our sighs and fill our
mouths with song. May our spirits rejoice in the Bridegroom, and in our coming
consummation with him, in spite of our circumstances in this life.
At this time also, great Father, visit our church and grant us grace. As you
abounded to us these four years in blessing, give us now fresh vision, a visitation
of your Spirit, and a fresh infusion of grace. Drought must not endure forever.
Bring on your Spring rains and may our vitality return.
Give us a great revival in all our members, but especially in the minds of
those who have grown cold in their hearts, or indifferent to spiritual things.
Wherever there is any laziness and laxity, any insincere or unserious holding of
precious truth, wherever the world is creeping in with its corroding and
corrupting influences, wherever there is a sin our eye misses but your eye detects,
please Sir! put it away from us. Far away.
Fill our whole church with unity, love, life and power. We thank you for the
many who are coming in among us fresh from the fields of the world! May they
be like fresh blood to keep our vitality alive and growing. Do this dear Lord, for
the sake of your Son who died to procure just such blessings for his body. Amen.
WEDNESDAYREVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 10-12; Luke 3:1-19
Wednesday, March 29
John 7:38-39 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should
receive:)
Jesus, Lord and Master:
Make me everything the Spirit of God designs and desires me to be. Make it
high tide in my life, and move me out of the mud! Give me an overflowing
flood of grace. Do so in my church, and begin early. Lord, fill me! Then Lord,
send me, carrying a flooding fountain of living water within.
Currently, corruption exists even in the breast of those who are born again.
At present, my heart is always partially impure. Lord, you know there are still
lusts and evil imaginations within. But oh, my soul rejoices to know a day is
coming when you will finish the work you have begun, and I can trust you until
that day. I can depend on you to periodically bring a fresh flood. Clean me out
with revival! Make me perfect in Christ, and be perfecting me in the Spirit, all
through Jesus own blood. Make me more fit for the Father this Spring!
Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
My Bible pictures the Holy Spirit as wind, but also as life-giving breath.
Breath is nothing but wind being blown, yet able to be contained in one spot
available, not chased. I pray for this quickening breath today! I feel like
temptation has too great a pull over me. O Spirit of God, release me from gravity!
Destroy sin within and work purity without. I seek this right now in prayer.
Bid my darkness flee. I wait on you as my only power of purity. Give me
your breath in revival. Let it be caught in me. I want to breathe your Spirit by
being filled with your Spirit. Give me your life, in honor of Jesus death. Amen.
SATURDAYIN THE PSALMS
Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 19-21; Luke 4:23-44
Saturday, April 1
Psa. 90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Almighty Father and Redeemer:
You, the self-existent God, are like my earthly home. You shelter, comfort,
protect, preserve, and cherish me. Foxes have holes and birds nests, but I have
Jesus, and lay my head on his breast!
I never have to change my address. Kings castles have vanished over time,
and many an ancient capital has been buried under mountains of dust. But I
never lose my royal home. I still live where my spiritual forefathers lived
generations ago.
Psa. 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as
a watch in the night.
That means even one moment in eternity is longer than all of past
human history. There is barely enough time in a thousand years for the angels to
change shifts. So Lord, hear me in this request:
Psa. 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
I become humble as I look at advancing age. My attention-deficit cools
because of my mortality. I want to concentrate on gaining real wisdom in this life.
I do not have enough time to justify wasting any! I am not certain I have enough
time to justify playing with it. Some people have a hard time deciding what they
want, or what to do. I have decided! I will seize every moment to serve you.
Night is coming, but I need not fear. I can rejoice in the present blessing of
God and leave the future in your hands. I can do nothing without you Lord;
therefore I know I do not work in vain. I cry to you for help in my work. I will
invest my life in doing what you want, because that will last forever. Amen.
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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH
HOW TO BUILD A BALANCED LIFE
1) TIMEWORSHIP
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and
departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST PART OF EVERY DAY. The first commitment is
to a daily quiet time with God. Our weekly Prayer Diary provides a template for daily
devotions.
2) TITHEWORK
1 Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God
hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DIME OF EVERY DOLLARno questions
asked. Ten percent is a miniscule amount in our affluent society, but it must come
off the top in order to show that God is our priority. We want the blessing of the
firstfruits (first devotion, first dime and first day) to flow out to the rest of our
resources.
3) TEAMWORD
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;
but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK. You should fellowship
with a group of believers around the word of God every Sunday in our church.
QUALITY CHRISTIANITY INVOLVES THREE THINGS
Keeping Christ at the center (your core relationship of worship to God)
Keeping the body of Christ a priority (your congregational relationship of
walking with us)
Basing beliefs and actions on the mind of Christ (your church relationship in
the Word)
Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/
MARCH 26, 2017
WELCOME
Welcome to our visitors! Please take connection cards from the back of the pew
in front of you, fill out the visitor portion, and put it in the offering plate. You are
our guest and wed like to know you are here!
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
TONIGHT
1 Corinthians 11-12 Demons and Todays Idolaters
Jr & Sr High in the Mezzanine for their deeper, in-depth Bible study
SNS Sunday Night Stars Kids ministry during evening service
TUESDAY
Mens Workout 5:30A.M. in the Gym Tuesday & Thursday mornings
Proverbs & Prayer Lunch meeting weekly, NOON-1:00P.M.
Every|Woman SYS (Sharpening Your Sword) Names of God Bible Study,
7:00P.M. and Fri, Feb 24, at 9:30A.M.
WEDNESDAY
Womens Zumba & Kickboxing Wed, Thurs & Sat mornings 9:00A.M, Gym
Evening Service for adults 7:00-8:15P.M.
AWANA our Bible Club for kids 2 yrs-6th grade 7:00-8:15P.M.
SATURDAY
UpRising & SHINE Youth Nerf Night Meet in the Gym 2:00P.M.
MINISTRY & SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
Baptisms If you are ready to make a public profession of faith through the
ordinance of baptism the week after Easter (Sunday, April 23rd), sign up online
or in the lobby and let us know if you prefer the 9:00 or 11:00A.M. service.
HarvestKids need a mid-year infusion of volunteers to serve K-5th Graders!
Including Take 2 leaders at 10:45, check-in facilitators, and set-up and take-
down crews once a month. Sign up in the lobby to help us finish out the year!
Consider BEING a gift by GIVING a gift and support a Zambia child for
$28 a month (includes church feeding center and school), or only $336 for the
entire year! Designate on your envelope or online.
2017 Prayer Diary Challenge Start using the Prayer Diary each morning as
your springboard for devotions. Sit down and do what? Read thru your Bible,
10 pages a day! Stop each day on the page that has a 0 (910, 920, 930...).
HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH
PRAYER DIARY
INTERCEDE WITH GOD INSTRUCT SAINTS
PROMPT PETITIONS KICKSTART DEVOTION
INSTRUCTIONS:
Baptists tend to ridicule liturgical churches that use "prepared prayers" because
they lack spontaneity. But for many Baptists, their prayers are so predictable they are
no more spontaneous than written-out prayers. The result is we end up praying the
same things over and over.
This daily Prayer Diary will prompt you on a wide range of prayer requests you
might not normally think of, while forcing you to articulate a deeper devotion to
God. We have included a daily Bible reading schedule. This plan will take you
through the Bible chronologically in a year.
Do not read ahead and do not try to catch up. Use each day as it comes. Then
you can know that on any given day, dozens of other people are lifting their hearts in
the same mind to God. Pray what is written, but use what is prayed as a springboard
for your own relationship with God. You learn to pray by praying.
Alan
Secret prayer is the secret of prayer, the soul of prayer, the seal of prayer, the
strength of prayer. If you do not pray alone you do not pray at all. Our Lord Jesus
Christ would go nowhere till He had prayed. He would attempt nothing till He had
prayed.
Oh, says one, I live in the spirit of prayer, and therefore I do not need times
and seasons for prayer. And do you think that Christ did not live in the spirit of
prayer? Yet He had to have his special time and place to pray. Do not fall under the
injurious notion that because your spirit cries to God in prayer all day long, therefore
there must not be some season for more immediately coming into Gods presence. If
you imagine this, I am afraid that it will prove a snare to your feet. The Lord Jesus
Christ, who knew better than you do that the main thing is the spirit of prayer rather
than the act of prayer, yet Himself retired into desert places to maintain the act and
exercise of prayer. Be spiritual. Be baptized into the spirit of prayer. But do not be
deceived by the enemy, who can steal a spirit away while we dream that we only
spiritualize it. We had better preserve the very bones of prayerthe posture, the
time, placerather than let it all ooze away into an impalpable mental condition.
God keep us prayerful. He will do so if He makes us like His dear Son.
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-92