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Genesis 18:16-21 (NKJV)
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
Then the men
rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send
them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from
Abraham what I am doing, 18 since Abraham shall surely become a
great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
him? 19 For I have known him, in order that he
may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of
the Lord, to do righteousness
and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham
what He has spoken to him.” 20 And the Lord said, “Because the outcry
against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down now
and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it
that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”
Gleanings:
- God could share His Burden with Abraham because He knew he was faithful.
- God knew that Abraham would act immediately on His declaration even though what God said seemed impossible.
- God knew that Abraham had spiritual authority – he would prepare his household to receive the son of promise and command his children in God’s way.
- Concerning Nigeria, God has given us this sure word of prophecy in Isaiah 60:21-22
“Also
your people shall all be righteous;
They shall inherit the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.”
“A little one shall become a thousand,
And a small one a strong nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”
They shall inherit the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.”
“A little one shall become a thousand,
And a small one a strong nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”
- Do we really
believe it?
Prayer:
- Lord, search my heart and observe my life. Am I someone that You would want to share Your burden with?
- Find me faithful and make me able to begin to bear Your burden.
- Help us to believe that concerning Nigeria, we can and will prepare for the fulfilment of promise. Envision us, O Lord.
- Luke 3:5-7 - Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth. And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
- Help me to begin to act on the things You have said, to flatten mountains, fill valleys, straighten everything crooked way, smoothen every rough way – in my life, in my home, in the lives of our children, through believing the gospel. As an intercessor, I need to be in right standing with You.
- Give us grace for a concerted revival labour on the lives of our children, grace to labour over them until Christ is formed in them. Let it be that all flesh will see the salvation of God in my home.
- Concerning Nigeria, O Lord, thank You for what you are already doing. What seemed impossible has become possible. Continue to wipe out every crooked way from the nation. Revive Nigeria again and again in the name of Jesus.
Genesis 18:21-22 (NKJV)
“I will go down
now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against
it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know. Then the men turned away
from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood
before the Lord. 23 And Abraham came
near and said…”
…then Abraham
began his intercession on the premise of the righteous justice of God.
Prayer:
- Lord, as an intercessor for Nigeria, help me not to delay but to take my position inside Christ – to stand before You as an instrument of righteousness; to present ourselves to You as a living sacrifice.
- Help me to take my stand on the premise of Not I but Christ; to reckon myself dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus; to stand in the righteousness of God inside Christ.
- Help me to abide in Your death, burial and resurrection – “always carrying in the body, the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life of Jesus may manifest in our body.
- Help me to arise in intersession for members of our family in Nigeria as Abraham arose in intercession for Lot and his family to be rescued. We dare to ask for their salvation.
- We have a sure word of prophecy. Let there be a multiplication of disciples as You have said. Let a little one become a thousand.
- Let the agenda to islamise Nigeria be dispelled as the Light of Christ shines through them. Cause disciples to arise in boldness to preach the gospel and to take a stand in Your righteousness.
I see a New Nigeria x3
Coming down from the presence of the Lord
- Open our eyes of faith to see a new Nigeria.
- We prophesy
against the alter of false doctrine in Nigeria. Flush it out Lord. Let
people begin to repel it and instead, hunger and thirst for the complete
cross-centred gospel.