The Day Has Broken Upon Us
Psalm 110:1-7 (KJV) - “The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy
people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness
from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The Lord hath
sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day
of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with
the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink
of the brook in the way: therefore, shall he lift up the head.”
Matthew 3:1-3
“In those days came John the Baptist,
preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.
For this is he that was spoken of by the
prophet Esaias, saying, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
John 1:19-23
“And this is the record of John, when the
Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he
confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou
Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then
said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent
us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the
wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.”
Isaiah 40:3-5
Isaiah 40:3-5
“The voice of him that crieth in the
wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley
shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made
straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it.”
John 1:31- 34
John 1:31- 34
“And I knew him not: but that he should be
made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I
saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he
that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt
see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptize
with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.”
Prayer Points
- Repentance is a critical ingredient in the manifestation of the Lord unto men
- Repentance first of all prepares the ground of the hearts of men to receive their Saviour.
- Repentance raises every valley of humanity and human decadence to a level that they can now begin to receive the Lord.
- All the mountains in different cultures, lifestyles, standards of living, values or lack of it, morals beliefs systems are levelled as whole communities, nations begin to repent.
- All crookedness of men, at home, in the workplace, on the street, in business, in government, are straightened as men begin to repent their hearts are turned to the Lord.
- Repentance levels the mountains of individual, collective, community, national sins, sinful habits, so the veil can be removed men can begin to themselves as God sees them and begin to cry for deliverance.
Prayer Points
- Lord, have mercy on us Europeans; we have sinned against You in every way.
- We have removed You from every facet of our activities as humans; we have removed You from schools, from hospitals, for the government and even now from the church.
- We have re-written Your ordained precept about relationships, marriage and family life; we have adopted and made into law, decrees that are abomination to you, O Lord.
- We have gone AWOL and followed after Satan; we have given our children over to him via all the various means that he has sold us through the media, music, fashion, digital technology, education, sex and abortion.
- We have refused to retain You as God even though all creation points to the fact that there is a God and our conscience says tells us so, yet we refused You because we did not want to be curtailed by You or obey you; now You have given us up to a reprobate mind, a mind that is devoid of judgement between what is wrong and what is right.
- Have mercy on us, O Lord; we confess our hedonistic lifestyle; our self-seeking, pleasure loving, money chasing way of life.
Confession
We have
wearied you oh Lord with our iniquities.
We have
despised you.
We have
dishonoured you.
We have
caused You to fret, we have broken Your heart.
Our sins are
ever before us, we have…
Let Us Begin to Recount and Confess All Our
Sins, Inquities as Europeans.
Prayer Points
God Wants Everyone to Repent if Possible.
- Lord, please pour out upon Europe a spirit of repentance.
- O Lord, begin to brood upon the hearts of men, begin to cause an unrest, an agitation, a turbulence in the hearts of Europeans.
- O dear Spirit of the living God, send Your word like a sword into the hearts of Europeans, like a dagger, like a hammer that breaks the rock, like fire that melt mountains so that we Europeans can begin to see our sins the way You see them.
- Then we can begin to confess, to be sorrowful, to mourn for our sins, our rebellious, insolence, with which we have wearied You, O Lord.
- Then we can begin to make a complete U-turn and turn away from our sins and turn back to You.
- Pour upon all the nations of Europe, a deep sense of our own unworthiness, worthlessness, shame, at our defiance to You, O Lord!
God Wants Everyone to Repent if Possible.
2 Peter 3:9 (CEV)
“The
Lord isn’t slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In
fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to
be lost.”
Ezekiel 18:23 (TLB)
“Do you
think I like to see the wicked die?” asks the Lord. “Of course not! I only want
him to turn from his wicked ways and live.”
God is Only Looking
for a Voice Crying.
Jonah 1:1-2
“Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”
“Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”
Jonah 4:1-2
“But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore, I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.”
“But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore, I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.”
A Rod, a Voice Like
John the Baptist.
- How did John the Baptist know that he was “the voice”?
- He discovered from Scriptures as morning by morning, he diligently spent time alone with God.
- His discovery led to his devotion; he determined in his heart to be devoted to his call.
- His devotion led to his discipline for the role of “a voice”, a forerunner of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- His diligent study of the word led to his discovery; he made a decision to give his whole life’s attention to the call; he was determined to see the showing of Lord Christ and this led to his discipline of life.
Prayer Points
Let our John the Baptists discover their purpose from the Scriptures.
- Let “the voice” who will prepare the way for the Lord in every nation of Europe discover their call as they diligently study the scriptures.
- Morning by morning, Lord, show them that they are “the voice” crying in the wilderness of Europe to call the people to repentance.
- Lord, capture their hearts so they can become devoted to the call to see Jesus manifest in their nations and in their generation.
- Let them be able in the power of the Holy Ghost to exercise the discipline they need for the call of the forerunner.
