April 14, 2009

  • About this blog - why "tent of meeting"?

    I am burdened to pray to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for restoration, reformation and revival of Christ's church. I wrote more about this on my other site here.

    WHY THE NAME "TENT OF MEETING"?

    The phrase "tent of meeting" comes from Exodus 33:7:

    Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

    At this time presence of the Lord had left Israel and Moses and all who sought the Lord went to the tent of meeting.

    WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

    If you so love God and His Church,

    if you are burdened about the current state of Christ's Church and weep over her,

    if you see that the Church is in great need and the plans, programs and efforts of men are not sufficient,

    if God is putting in you an increasing burden to seek Him and to lift up the Church in prayer

    as God so leads you . . .

    I invite you to join me in coming boldly to His throne

    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:15-16.

    This site is devoted to God first and foremost. In all that is done here, my prayer is that God is glorified and His Name magnified and Christ and Him crucified is lifted up so He might be preeminent and God might receive all the praise, honor and glory due His Holy Name. All who have been born again into His family by His Holy Spirit, all who have come to a saving knowledge of our Father by grace through faith in the all-sufficient and necessary sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, all who have stopped working to earn their salvation and have entered into His rest, are welcome to enter this tent of meeting to seek the Lord.

    WHAT WILL THIS "TENT OF MEETING" LOOK LIKE?

    My hope and prayer is that it will contain the prayers and praises of the children of God crying out to our Father who is in heaven. When we come to His throne, we bring glory to Him. The privilege of prayer was bought for us at the cross of Calvary and as we avail ourselves of this means of grace, we bring glory to God and to His Son Jesus Christ. Let us remember that even today Jesus is interceding for us. Will we not tarry in prayer along with Him in our time of need?

    When I say children of God, please remember that the flock of Jesus Christ knows no such thing as denominational boundaries. Any who love the Lord Jesus and have been washed in His blood and confess Him as Lord and Savior are welcome to come. Though I confess I am not a student of revival, I do know one of the common threads we find in revivals is that people from all parts of the Christian Church banded together to pray. They were no longer concerned about what divided them but were led to seek God's face together. [edit 2.8.2010: Regarding this I ask you prayerfully read my post here about our need to be holy in doctrine and behavior.]

    As we come together, let us always keep in mind we are to be all about lifting up Christ and Him crucified and showing forth His Gospel of grace. As we keep that in mind, we will more and more keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

    At this point, I'm thinking I will post a prayer, psalm, hymn, song lyric, Scripture and/or excerpt as a call to prayer most days. I welcome any and all who wish to come to read those prayers and add their prayers to those as God leads you to do so.

    PLEASE NOTE: Unlike a regular blog, I do not wish there to be comments back and forth between the commenters, other than perhaps an Amen. I know we want to affirm one another, but I wish for us to view this blog as a means of looking upward to the God of heaven. In that sense, you will read/hear the prayers and praises of others, but as you respond, the appropriate response will be prayer and praise. Think of this site as a prayer meeting. During a prayer meeting at your church building, after someone prays would you begin to commend them for what they prayed? No. You would merely say something like, "Amen. Lord, I agree with so and so," and then you would continue on in a spirit of prayer with your own prayer to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And I wish the atmosphere to be the same here. A spirit of prayer. Not discussion. We are here to pray.

    HOW LONG WILL THIS "TENT OF MEETING" REMAIN OPEN?

    As the Lord wills, I wish to devote the days leading up to Pentecost this year to times of prayer on this blog. If God directs us to shut it down sooner, we will do that. If He directs we continue to pray beyond that time, we will do that. [EDIT: 6/1/2009 - I am intending to continue in prayer here, so long as the Lord leads. Please read more about that here.]

    I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS...

    Yes, and so do I! I am trusting God will make the way clear for all of us. God has been taking me and leading me by His hand step by step and putting me in a place I would not have imagined just a couple months ago. So things are not all clear to me yet, but I am stepping out in faith, I am putting my foot in the Jordan, and am anticipating and waiting on Him to make the way clear.

    About your questions...I suspect many of you do have questions and will have questions.

    If you have specific questions that I've not addressed here, please message me and I will attempt to answer them either in a private message and/or a future post.

    WHAT CAN YOU DO?

    As God leads you, would you lift this site up in prayer, that He would protect our desire to pray and give us a greater hunger to seek Him that He alone might receive the glory for all that is done here?

    As God leads you, please read the prayers posted here and add your prayers. May our prayers rise up as a sweet incense to our God!

    Thank you.

    Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
    for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
    Psalm 115:1

    Additional information about this blog:

    Many of the prayers I'm posting here are taken from/adapted from Scripture (various translations).

    Regarding direct Scripture quotations...

    When directly quoting Scripture for the most part I'll be using The English Standard Version of The Holy Bible. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

    Scripture quotations marked KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

    Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

    –added May 11, 2009

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"he called it the tent of meeting..."

I am burdened to pray to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for the reformation and reviving of Christ's church.

The phrase tent of meeting comes from Exodus 33:7: Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

This site is devoted to God first and foremost. In all that is done here, my prayer is that God is glorified and His Name magnified and Christ and Him crucified is lifted up so He might be preeminent and God might receive all the praise, honor and glory due His Holy Name. All who have come to a saving knowledge of our Father by grace through faith in the all-sufficient sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ are welcome to enter this tent of meeting to seek the Lord.

This blog is a place for all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to come and seek God's face for revival. My intention is for this tent of meeting to be a holy place where we can enter into PRAYER together to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit leads you, please enter into prayer either here (think of "comments" as prayers) or on your own.

Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

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