Europe: A Tree Cut Down (2)

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There is Hope for Europe

Job 14: 7-9

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.(KJV)

 “For there is hope for a tree—if it’s cut down, it sprouts again and grows tender, new branches. Though its roots have grown old in the earth, and its stump decays, it may sprout and bud again at the touch of water, like a new seedling. (TLB)

For a tree there is always hope. Chop it down and it still has a chance— its roots can put out fresh sprouts. Even if its roots are old and gnarled, its stump long dormant, At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling (MSG)

Turkey Referendum: Yes 51.4%

•        On the back of state of emergency, failed coup, thousands arrested, incarcerated, or dead?

•        Parliament dissolved.

•        Prime Minister’s office dispensed.

•        President will have sole executive powers.

•        Choose ministers, choose greater % of the judiciary.

•        President Erdogan's possible reinstatement of capital punishment.

•        Human rights still preventing Turkey from joining the EU.

•        Is this another Brexit, Trump?

Turkey -  An example of a Tree Cut Down

•        Antioch (present day Antakya) is situated in Southern Turkey.

•        Standing there still today is a church dedicated to apostle Peter & Paul

•        Systematic emigration of Christians in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

•        Armenian Genocide in 1915.

•        Persecution of minority Christians continued throughout.

•        Christianity has become orthodox, an ethnic identity, a religion.

•        April 16 - Six churches seized by the government.

•        Constant bombings, killings, attacks of remaining Christians?

•        99:8% Islamic, Islamic clerics are paid a salary by the government and enjoy free religious education.

The Mystery of the Gospel

Colossians 1:25-27

God has sent me to help his Church and to tell his secret plan to you Gentiles. He has kept this secret for centuries and generations past, but now at last it has pleased him to tell it to those who love him and live for him, and the riches and glory of his plan are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ in your hearts is your only hope of glory. (TLB)  

God’s way of helping me serve you, laying out the whole truth. This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but now it’s out in the open. God wanted everyone, not just Jews regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God’s glory. It’s that simple. That is the substance of our Message. We preach Christ, warning people. (MSG)

Prayer Points

•        Lord, bring the mystery of the gospel afresh to Your children in Turkey.

•        Lord, in their distress, in their pain, please come for them; reveal Christ to them afresh.

•        Lord, in their persecution, send labourers who will ensure that they are secured in Christ Jesus and are made ready for the coming of the Lord.

•        Let the mystery of the gospel secure them against the mystery of iniquity that is at work unfolding the rising of the antichrist before our very eyes.

•        Let the whole truth of the gospel be laid out again before our Turkish brethren in the name of Jesus.

•        Let’s pray for Antakya (formerly Antioch), the remnant who are products of the labour of Paul, Barnabas, Philip, Silas and the others; let’s ask the mercy of the Lord to secure, strengthen and make them able vessels for these last days.

•        Let’s pray for the president of Turkey and his family and for other Muslims in Turkey. Lord, appear to them as You did to Paul of Tarsus; as the resurrected Christ appeared to the disciples.

•        Lord, let the living water flow afresh, upon my life as an European.

•        Lord, let this water of the Holy host flow upon all Europeans who call upon the name of the Lord in truth.

•        Lord, we need this scent of water; let Your water reach the old dry stump of the gospel in every nation.

•        Lord, we need the touch of the Holy Ghost in Europe, we require that we are drowned in Him, but first of all Lord, please send Him to us to make these decayed stumps, these dormant stumps of the gospel in Europe to sprout again.

•        Dear Holy Spirit, let the tender branches, the saplings, the new, fresh buds, sprout out of these roots in the name of Jesus.


WORDS AND MUSIC BY KRISTYN GETTY AND ED CASH©2016 GETTY MUSIC PUBLISHING (BMI) / ALLETROP MUSIC (BMI) (ADMIN BY MUSICSERVIES.ORG) 

Are you thirsty Are you empty

Come and drink these living waters Tired and broken

Peace unspoken

Rest beside these living waters

Christ is calling Find refreshing

At the cross of living waters Lay your life down

All the old gone

Rise up in these living waters

Chorus:

There’s a river that flows

With mercy and love

Bringing joy to the city of our God There our hope is secure

Do not fear anymore

Praise the Lord of living waters

Spirit moving Mercy washing

Healing in these living waters Lead your children

To the shore line

Life is in these living waters

CHORUS

Are you thirsty Are you empty

Come and drink these living waters Love, forgiveness

Vast and boundless

Christ, He is our living waters

CHORUS

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