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Friday Prayers

Partakers Friday Prayers!

28th September 2012!

We pray together and when Christians pray together, from different nations, different churches and different denominations - that reveals Church unity! Come! Let us pray and praise together!

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• Opening prayers
• Confession
• Praise
• Petitions
• Doxology (as sung by Jeff Wooldridge)

Amen!

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Think Spot 24th September 2012

“They looked unto Him (The Lord) and they were radiant!” Psalm 34:5

A few years ago I was attending a leaders conference in London and the fellowship was fantastic and so enjoyable. So much so that after the conference was over , some of us returning to the main station near the conference centre said to each other as we parted “Lets covenant to keep in touch with each other” You see we had experienced 'koinonia' fellowship which is much deeper and richer than having a simple chat and a cup of coffee after church. It is a far stronger bond between the two who are in conversation. In just four days coming from many different parts of England we had found an exciting common link between us that we didn’t want to let go . And we kept our word over several years. On returning to my home that very same day following the Conference, we had expected visitors who had arrived earlier in the day. When I entered the room they were sitting chatting to each other but in an instant when they caught sight of me they said “Where have you been? Your face is radiant.!!” I was slightly embarrassed but said quickly and half jokingly “I have been with the angels.” That wasn’t too far from the truth if you think about it. I had been locked in heavenly company and conversation for four days and enjoyed together long hours of chatting about the Saviour we love and adore. “They looked unto Him and were radiant.” Time passes swiftly when you are enjoying yourself with friends and God that type of koinonia fellowship. Very recently Joy my wife and I went into our local coffee shop to our daily spot where we share Jesus when one lady whom we had spoken with many times suddenly looked at me and said You are beaming again,I want what you have got.!!” She saw something about me that was different to anything she had experienced in her own life before and she wanted it. Friends, people outside the church say to us “Show us God and we will believe in Him” Of course God is not going to come down and show Himself in a physical form just to prove His existence is He?. Actually He did once when Jesus Christ His Son lived here for 33 years. He has many ways of manifesting Himself but especially through us. What do I mean? Listen to the apostle Paul who said “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Also he encouraged us with these words, He said “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ” In the Sermon on the Mount (which incidentally is for believers) Jesus said “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven. You and I as born again Christians have Someone to show to the world haven’t we ? How? He is living in us, right?.So we need to become more transparent and Jesus become more apparent in our daily lives. Then they will see God in and through us!! and hopefully say what the lady said in the coffee shop “I want what you've got” Go on, be bold, be strong, show Jesus to whoever you meet today and may they give you the same response. Smile, be generous, listen carefully to them and don’t do all the talking. , be practical and help in whatever way you can, go the extra mile and pray with them there and then if possible, as they may share their worries with you, give encouragement and be like Jesus to them. Lets all Shine for Jesus and help change the world. “Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me all his compassion and purity.” Take care , God bless you and have a wonderful day.

Joys Prayer

Yes Lord that's our prayer today. Lord shine through me. Make me a radiant Christian for you. I have so much to tell them of the great things you have done for me. I have peace, joy and such love I want to give all three to all I meet today. Lord make them receptive to You in me. May I be able to say today without fear “I am not ashamed to own my Lord or to defend His cause” Lord may your radiant beauty be upon me for your very names sake. Amen.

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Think Spot

Think Spot 17th September 2012

Who is the attraction in your church

Alice was a sweet little girl and always had a ready answer or queston when we came together for Bible study. One day I was talking of the church services and the need to have more people join us. How shall we get them there I asked the group. I went on to make suggestions. “Shall we have big sessions? Alice looked at me in amazement. “I went on we need entertainment in the house of God to get them there don’t we? Alice looked angry now. “No way,” she said “there should only be one attraction in the House of God” I enquired what that should be” “You have got it wrong Mr Allis not what but Who that should be” I enquired again “And Who is that?” She couldn't now contain herself and “the words poured out with absolute confidence and desire, “Why, God Himself of course!” By now you would realise I hope that my whole purpose in speaking to her in this way was in fact to draw out that answer from one of my group but it was the way she said it that really pleased me and prepared me for this present day in which we live where all manner of things go on in church buildings in the name of Christianity which are not God honouring and even His very name is sometimes limited in the presentation of what is supposed to be the gospel. Do you think I am exaggerating. I think not. Where is the conscience of God's people today? Where is the God awareness that is vital in church meetings? What are the the thoughts of the worshipper as they make their way to their church building? Pleasing man or pleasing God? We live in a day described in Paul’s letters to Timothy as to what will be going on in later days when God's become people tired of listening to His precious authoritative word and simply wanting to listen to what their itching ears wanted to hear rather than what God wanted them to hear. What kind of image do people have in their minds when they come to church? Whatever is served up we will accept? Or We come to glorify God and if that is interfered with we shall be disturbed. Perhaps there is a growing complacency, The only thing concerning them is increasing the numbers attending churches? How we need to see that the content of the service and the desire to meet with God is of paramount importance isn’t it. I leave you with those searching questions. Take care and enjoy your new week. Joys Prayer Gracious God and loving Heavenly Father we want your name to be honoured in our church. We want the name of Jesus Christ to be lifted high and haven’t you said Lord “If I be lifted up I shall draw all men to myself” Lord may we see afresh today that we need to do things your way and not invent ways and means of getting people to church. You will honour your truth in your Word forgive us for doing things our way and put us right in our thinking. You are holy thrice holy as well as being our Friend. for Jesus Sake. Amen.

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Friday Prayers

Partakers Friday Prayers!

14th September 2012

We pray together and when Christians pray together, from different nations, different churches and different denominations - that reveals Church unity! Come! Let us pray together!

A prayer of Anselm

Lord, because you have made me,

I owe you the whole of my love;

because you have redeemed me,

I owe you the whole of myself;

because you have promised so much,

I owe you my whole being.

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Moreover, I owe you as much more love

than myself as you are greater than I,

for whom you gave yourself and to whom you promised yourself.

I pray you, Lord,

make me taste by love what I taste by knowledge;

let me know by love what I know by understanding.

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I owe you more than my whole self,

but I have no more,

and by myself I cannot render the whole of it to you.

Draw me to you, Lord, in the fullness of your love.

I am wholly yours by creation;

make me all yours, too, in love.

(Anselm 1033-1109)

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Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou My Vision

(as sung by Julie McMinn)

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,

naught be all else to me, save that thou art;

Thou my best thought by day or by night,

Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

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Be thou my wisdom, thou my true word,

I ever with thee and thou with me Lord;

Thou my great Father, I thy true son;

Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

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Be thou my breastplate, sword for the fight;

Be thou my dignity, thou my delight;

Thou my soul's shelter, thou my high tower:

Raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

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Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise:

Thou mine inheritance now and always;

Thou and thou only first in my heart;

High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.

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High King of heaven, my victory won,

May I reach heaven's joys, O Bright Heaven's sun!;

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

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Think Spot

Think Spot 10th September 2012

God came down

Have you ever known certain meetings that stand out in your memory? Occasions when you went to your usual church meeting and suddenly during the meeting it was transformed and you couldn’t take your eyes off the preacher and your ears were so tuned in to God and the message you didn’t want it to end. Time stood still and you left that service still with the message ringing in your ears and you took home with you a sense of the presence of the Lord with you that lasted for days and maybe weeks even months afterwards. It was awesome. ~ The question is why was that service so different ? Why was it you felt God's presence in such a way seldom before experienced. Was it something about the preacher that day? Was it that you had been seeking to live much closer to the Lord the days preceding and God was rewarding you? Or did you pray for it to happen? Were you expecting it to happen? ~ Following the meeting did you find it easy to explain to others what you experienced to people absent from the meeting.? More interestingly did other people in the meeting sense that same sense of God's beautiful awesome presence as you did or was it only you? How did you know it was God? One of the evidences of God drawing near like that is that people recognised God's presence very close to them and became burdened for their sinful condition and cried to God in repentance. They desired a complete change of life. They saw their need of Jesus Christ. ~ When I read through the book of Acts I find occasion similar where God came down and those present sensed the power of God's presence there. How did Paul and Silas feel when in the middle of praising God in the prison cell the doors all opened and the ground trembled and the sound of of thunder filled the place? ~ Way back in the Old Testament days after the temple was built how did the people of Israel feel when God came down as they worshipped and smoke filled the air at the opening of the temple and the ministers could not stand to minister because of the overwhelming sense of God's presence. ~ During revivals in Scotland, Wales, South America, England, we read of similar incredible things occurring. The sense of God's presence was not only inside buildings of worship but God's presence could be felt on the outside too. People began to seek God as they became aware of God's closeness to them and as they did so it produced tears of repentance and peoples lives were changed significantly as God drew near. Children formed themselves into groups and began to seek God in prayer. It was spontaneous and awesome. People remained behind in church after services finished to hear more not wanting to go home. ~ Recently and sadly I heard the very opposite. “Hope the preacher doesn’t go on more than ten minutes today. The church should know that no one has the capacity these days to listen to someone for more than ten minutes.” Of course if someone is speaking in a boring fashion I would agree. But if a person is anointed and chosen by God to preach and filled with and led by the Spirit its a different story isn’t it? On one occasion I remember well when God drew near to our Mission hall in a remarkable way and God came down and His presence was felt around and about the vicinity of our hall for a month or so and it was amazing what transpired during that time. As a result of this event I was requested by a number of the children who attended the Mission if they could come in to my home before school (which happened to be nearby) each morning and have Bible teaching for 30 minutes or so. ~ I can still see them in my mind sitting attentively and quietly drinking in every word, the story of Joseph from Genesis 37 as I applied its teaching to their young lives. They were so receptive. They were concentrating not wanting to miss a word. Could we learn a thing or two from those children maybe? May the prayer be from our hearts, “ Lord revive your work in the midst of the years please.” ~ Joy’s Prayer ~ Gracious God and loving heavenly Father, We bow humbly before You recognising our need for a real sense of your presence with us at all times. We see we can do nothing without You moving in upon our lives and giving direction and strength for our daily lives. ~ Revive our spirits if low and cleanse us from all hindrances to honest, true worship and loyal obedience to your commands which are good and so healthy for us to follow. We know your will is always best to follow. Not out of compulsion, but out of love for you, we ask these things. In Jesus Name! Amen

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Think Spot

Think Spot 3rd September 2012

Strengthen Your Church

When Paul was writing to the church at Rome he said “I long to see you that I may use my gifts to strengthen you”Partakers God's spiritual gifts are given for the strengthening and building up of the faith of brothers and sisters in Christ's body the church. We can exercise our natural talents, playing a musical instrument, encouragement, financial wizardry, driving a car, cooking, and of course much more to strengthen the church.Partakers But when God chooses and gives us spiritual gifts some spectacular like the gift of the word of knowledge, wisdom, faith, miracles of healings etc as with our natural gifts they too are for the strengthening of the church.Partakers So what are you doing in your church? Are you a private Christian who only looks to themselves and does not look upon the needs of others? Or from the church leadership level are you looking out on the membership and noticing and recognising the gifts being used already for the building up of the church? The gifted should be recognized in the fellowship!Partakers Of course we know the trouble caused in Corinth over spiritual gifts and cliques appearing and there seems also a lack of caring for the church in allowing all manner of sin openly to persist rather than deal with it. Was there also rivalry there? I think we see that it is clearly seen there.”I am of Appollos I am of Cephas, I am of Paul” you would hear people say.Partakers So are you a New Testament Church? How far removed are you from that status? It may be a mistake of a church to hold a voting system whereby favourites are voted into Office who are not necessarily gifted or called by God for those positions. They may appear to be but how well do you know your fellow church members.? May be there is the need to request the gift of discernment to recognise gifted persons.Partakers Now we know that no Christian is perfect otherwise there would be no need of the great quantity of teaching on how to live out the Christian life in the epistles of Paul, Peter and John. Why then do we sometimes fail?Partakers The Holy Spirit is sometimes forgotten or neglected in the Believers life. Yet He is ever present within every believer and always speaking into our hearts to show us the right path to take and what ministry he wants us to perform in the body of Christ. We `are warned not to “grieve the Holy Spirit” and to “Keep in step with the Spirit”Partakers Whether we are multi gifted or have difficulty in discovering what our one gift is we all have a part to play and when we discover that role life takes on a far greater meaning and we will be fulfilled in knowing and doing God's will.Partakers All the resources your church needs is available in and through God. “Ask, seek, knock and the door will be opened to you” for since Jesus went back to heaven God has poured out his blessings and gifts to His church to receive and implement both in their individual and corporate church life.Partakers So what do we need to become the kind of person who wakes up in the morning thanking God for our great salvation and then says “Lord how I want to strengthen peoples faith today. Grant that at the end of this day somebody will be more confident of your promises and much cheered up because I crossed their path.Partakers If you do not wake up like this then as you seek to help someone in some way it will not be long before The Spirit will reveal ways in which you can help others as you yield to Him. Have a nice day and step out in faith. Partakers Joys Prayer Partakers Gracious Lord, Thank you for setting the perfect example to me of loving your people. It is my desire today to think more about others than myself. I need to feel the links I have with other believers because I am a Christian and to feel compassion for the injured and bereaved in my fellowship and to take an interest in their lives as well as my own. Please give me perception where I have been blinded to others needs and opportunities that were there but I failed to see them.Partakers 'Lord make me useful to thee send thou thy Spirit to me Thy perfect will, in me fulfil , Lord make me useful to thee.' In Jesus Name Amen

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