The King is Coming

Today is the National Day of Prayer

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Remember our nation and leaders, our churches and leaders, our schools, children, teachers, and staff, special ministries, missionaries, our families and friends..don't forget our unsaved.

"If prayer does not have a high place in our lives , our Christian experience will be without spirit and our influence will be dry and lifeless. Without prayer the Christian graces will wither and die. We may also add that without, prayer preaching is dull and useless and the Gospel loses its wings and its power. Christ is the lawgiver of prayer, and Paul is His apostle of prayer. Both declare prayer's primary importance and demonstrate its indispensibility. Their prayer-directions cover all places, include all times, and encompass all things. How then, can Christian soldiers hope or dream of victory unless they are fortified by prayer's power? How can they fail, if in addition to putting on the armor of God, they are at all times and seasons '"Praying always with all prayer and supplicatuin in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints"'? E.M. Bounds

"Are you willing to allow that '"slight shift in the balance of power in the world"' to begin with you? In His prayer, Jesus calls us not only reach out to God for His forgiveness, but also to erach out to others and extend to them our own. That is the only ultimate way to conquer evil. Our willing sacrifice is required. Evil will be healed only through love of individuals-- that is, through you and me.
And it can start today." David Jeremiah Prayer the Great Adventure


The King is Coming

Words & Music: Ira D. Sank­ey, 1888 (MI­DI, score); some hymn­als show the au­thor as Sank­ey’s pseu­do­nym, Ri­an A. Dykes.

During one of my trips to Great Bri­tain, on “The Ci­ty of Rome,” a storm raged on the sea. The wind was howl­ing through the rig­ging, and waves like mount­ains of foam were break­ing over the bow of the ves­sel. A great fear had fall­en up­on the pass­en­gers. When the storm was at its worst we all thought that we might soon go to the bot­tom of the sea. The con­vict­ion came to me that the Lord would be with us in the try­ing hour, and, sit­ting down in the read­ing room, I com­posed this hymn. Be­fore reach­ing Eng­land the tune had formed it­self in my mind, and on ar­riv­ing in Lon­don I wrote it out and had it pub­lished in “Sa­cred Songs and So­los.” It has been much em­ployed in Eng­land in con­nect­ion with ser­mons on the se­cond com­ing of Christ, and was fre­quent­ly used by Mr. Moo­dy.

Sankey, pp. 265-6

Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908)

Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming!
And the time will not be long,
Until we hail the radiant dawning,
And lift up the glad new song.

Refrain

Oh, wondrous day! oh, glorious morning,
When the Son of Man shall come!
May we with lamps all trimmed and burning
Gladly welcome His return!
Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming!
And the time will not be long,
Until we hail the radiant dawning,
And lift up the glad new song.

With joy we wait our King’s returning
From His heavenly mansions fair;
And with ten thousand saints appearing
We shall meet Him in the air.

Refrain

Oh, may we never weary, watching,
Never lay our armor down
Until He come, and with rejoicing
Give to each the promised crown.

Refrain

Daddy,

You are the great conductor and I bow down to Your Orchestration. Lord, please, help me to be a loud and powerful instrument within the orchestra.

God, as we enter this National Day of Prayer may the halls be filled with Your warriors. May the fragrance that arises be pleasing to you. We ask for You to guide our Nation and leaders; churches and the leaders; our schools, children, teachers, and staff; our families; for missions and missionaries; special events; and each individual.

We bow down to You and plead for those who do not, yet know You. May we be the light in their lives in which they can see You.

With a heart full and a life full of blessings.

In Your son's name we pray,
Amen

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