Praying Together--Connecting--God's Love Present Among Those Praying Together

The more reading I have done, the more seeking the Lord about the condition of our churches, and our nation that I have done, I find a burning within my heart to find ways to encourage people to pray together. This includes Husbands and wives, friends, acquaintances, Churches, Co-workers, and the list goes on. 

What happens when we pray together?  

• Matthew 18:20 says Christ is present!  “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
• When Christ is present—God’s Love is also present.
• When God’s Love is shown—it connects us with God.

If you hear the phrase I don’t connect— that might be because we are not praying together.  When we don’t—God’s Love is fully manifested.

When we pray together, we find according to scripture that Jesus is also with us.  It is because of Jesus and His presence that we can find the Love of God present among us.  The Love that comes from God ties us together. 

I encourage all who read this to take time to meditate on this, and ask the Lord to help us to pray together.

Consider—what would happen to the deep divisions in our country if our politicians—from all parties—prayed genuinely together?

Consider—What would happen in marriages and families if they prayed together?

Consider—what would happen if Churches prayed on their knees together?

There is much to look forward to when we do pray together—much good and blessings.

Perhaps you might want to share how the Lord encouraged you when you prayed with others.

A Name of God that shows the action of God in Isaish 64 vs 8

 One of the Names of God -- to meditate on   

YASA, POTTER      יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ      

Hebrew Strong’s Number H3335

Meanings of the letters of Hebrew in the word Potter:

י    Yud - deed done, to make, power, might- Work, worship (2b) In the ancient Hebrew word pictures, the yod was drawn as a "hand" complete with the arm above the elbow. It symbolized work done - (1a) (note: the picture of the letter Yud-of how it was represented in the Alphabet used in Abraham’s time, looks like a possible handshake-a handshake could infer ‘agreement’.)    JI

צַ     Tzadi-harvest, desire, just, righteous—In ancient Hebrew this letter was drawn like a hook. In Hebrew, to "want" or "desire" is Ra-tsah and the word picture tells us that desire is when a person is "hooked". Another significant word is the Hebrew word for Righteousness, Tse-dek and the word picture tells us that you are righteous when your hook is the door you follow. See John 10:7,9 (1a) Journey, chase, hunt

ר   Resh, Reish - what comes first, capstone, head, highest, first, top, beginning, (2b) The literal meaning of the Reish is "first", "Head" and the symbolic meaning is "first" "person", the "most important", "highest" or the "highest/first person".(1a)    R

נ    Nun-Propagate increase, In the ancient picture language this was pictured as a seed in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian cultures. As mentioned, it represented "life", "posterity", "active life". As used in the Hebrew word for son , the nun symbolized the posterity of the house.(also by inference, Nun could mean purpose—it is used in the word-potter  יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ –see Isaiah 64:8—a potter makes a vessel for a specific purpose) Continue, heir, son (2b)  N

ו  ן     Vav- Nail, to secure – add, secure, hook (2b) The literal meaning is a nail. The symbolic meaning is "to secure or fasten" "add" "a connection". The letter in grammar serves to connect or join together, two words or phrases as in English our word “and” (1a) (inferred—lasting—vs  Psalms 119:144- עוֹלָם‎ ʿôlām  -everlasting))  F

*Possible Letter Meaning of Potter:  יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ  :  The secure deed of the righteous desire of the capstone that gives life/purpose

Thou our potter  Isaiah 64:8

Prayer Focus:  Father, may the desire You have for us, make us into something important and beautiful to you. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

What Should We Repent Of As a Nation?

The work of Wheatland Ministries involves research in learning how to best pray and be involved in intercessory prayer.

I am currently reading the book the Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn. In it he identifies 3 spirits affecting our nation, which are the spirits of Defiance, Pride, and Arrogance. I mention them, because we seen many saying we need to repent--and that is in scripture--but there is a question--do we know what we are repenting of?--especially as a nation.

Research is one way we can identify how to pray. What we pray for should be in agreement with scripture.  These three spirits listed above are related to pride, and there is much scripture about pride, and the problems of pride.  A heart full of pride does not seek the Lord. 

This week (week of July 4, 2014) there has been a call to prayer by the National Day of Prayer Task Force-I encourage you to consider what is shared in this blog, and to search for even other things we as a nation need to repent of.

Some may not understand why repentance is so-o-o-o important.There is a verse found in II Chronicles 7:14: If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.