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  • May we find grace in Your eyes! Appear to us from far away! ~ Jeremiah 31:1-7


    Jeremiah 31:1  At that time, declares the LORD, "I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people."

    Church of God, chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, and adopted by the Father, saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ – Has the LORD ever ceased being our God? Have we ever ceased from being His people?

    Today, in the days of our decline, as we see so much of the Church a reproach to the name of our God, where we are nothing close to holiness to the Lord in either our doctrine or practice, when we are sorely tempted to lose hope and despair, yet here we are reminded to look back at LORD's continuing love, mercy and grace toward His people.

    2  Thus says the LORD:
    “The people who survived the sword
    found grace in the wilderness;
    when Israel sought for rest,
    3  the LORD appeared to him from far away.
    I have loved you with an everlasting love;

    My brothers and sisters, in our wilderness state today, let us fix our eyes on Jesus and remember the LORD's love, faithfulness, promises and covenant mercies to us in Jesus Christ. God's promises and His covenant are everlasting because His love for us is everlasting. He is our God and we are His people. He will never leave us or forsake us. Even in our languishing state here in the wilderness, even though we have grieved Him, even though much of the Church has so fallen short of His glory, where we can rightly be called Ichabod, where we are in ruins, where we are in desperate need of revival and where we are seeking rest like Israel, even today we can rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Why? For we can be sure that just as the LORD did in the days of Moses, and as He did in the days of decline throughout Church history, because He is our God and we are His people, He will once again appear to us from far away and we too will find grace in the wilderness because He continues to love us with an everlasting love. In wrath, He will remember mercy and He will rend the heavens and cause His face to shine on us and we shall be revived!

    O, children of God, even though He seems so far away today, even though the heavens are like brass, even though the rain is turned to powder and dust, we can be sure of our Bridegroom's everlasting love for His bride! And so, one day we can trust that just as the wind blows, from far away, His Spirit will sound like a rushing mighty wind and breathe on us again to revive us and baptize us with fire. And the lukewarm church will be set ablaze for the glory of God! And one day we will rejoice and sing, "Behold He comes!" He will appear to us from far away because He is our God and we are His people and He has loved us with an everlasting love and like Israel, and we will find grace in the wilderness.

    Is there a time when the LORD's faithfulness has ceased toward His people? Does His love for us have an ending or beginning? Has He not loved us with an everlasting love? Will our Father's love and faithfulness not continue toward us for the sake of His Son and our Savior Jesus Christ?

    therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

    O, thanks be to God, that the LORD is faithful when we are not. Great is His faithfulness! Morning by morning, new mercies we see. O, we know how our love for Him is so often is like the morning cloud, but His love for us is everlasting.

    And so let us look to the everlasting love and everlasting covenant promises of our ever faithful and never failing God!

    Even today as we are broken down, in ruins and a reproach . . .  may the Spirit give us ears to hear Him:

    4  Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel!

    Rejoice with me, O Church, that He is our God and we are His people!
    Rejoice with me, O Church, in His everlasting love and His continuing faithfulness to us!
    O, LORD, may we find grace in Your eyes for we are Your people!
    O, LORD, appear to us from far away!
    O, LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!

    Even today as we are unadorned and in lament . . . may the Spirit give us ears to hear Him:

    Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

    Rejoice with me, O Church, that He is our God and we are His people!
    Rejoice with me, O Church, in His everlasting love and His continuing faithfulness to us!
    O, LORD, may we find grace in Your eyes for we are Your people!
    O, LORD, appear to us from far away!
    O, LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!

    Even today as we are barren and hungry  . . .  may the Spirit give us ears to hear Him:

    5  Again you shall plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
    the planters shall plant
    and shall enjoy the fruit.

    Rejoice with me, O Church, that He is our God and we are His people!
    Rejoice with me, O Church, in His everlasting love and His continuing faithfulness to us!
    O, LORD, may we find grace in Your eyes for we are Your people!
    O, LORD, appear to us from far away!
    O, LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!

    Even today as the watchmen are few and Zion is despised . . . may the Spirit give us ears to hear Him:

    6  For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
    in the hill country of Ephraim:
    ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the LORD our God.’”

    Rejoice with me, O Church, that He is our God and we are His people!
    Rejoice with me, O Church, in His everlasting love and His continuing faithfulness to us!
    O, LORD, may we find grace in Your eyes for we are Your people!
    O, LORD, appear to us from far away!
    O, LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!

    Even today as our faith has not yet become sight . . . may the Spirit give us ears to hear Him and voices to shout, proclaim, praise and petition Him:

    7  For thus says the LORD:
    “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
    and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
    proclaim, give praise, and say,
    ‘O LORD, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’

    Rejoice with me, O Church, that He is our God and we are His people!
    Rejoice with me, O Church, in His everlasting love and His continuing faithfulness to us!
    O, LORD, may we find grace in Your eyes for we are Your people!
    O, LORD, appear to us from far away!
    O, LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!

    *Please add your PRAYERS and PRAISES as His Spirit leads you.*

  • Isaiah 12/Psalm 85:6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

    Psalm 85:6  Will you not revive us again,
    that your people may rejoice in you?

    Isaiah 12:
    1  You will say in that day:
    “I will give thanks to you, O LORD,
    for though you were angry with me,
    your anger turned away,
    that you might comfort me.
    2  “Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
    for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

    O LORD, show us once again the greatness of Your salvation to us through the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Show us once again how You turned away Your anger with us by pouring out Your anger on Your Son.
    Show us once again how You turned away from Your righteous Son so we might be the righteousness of God in Him.
    Show us once again that instead of anger and condemnation, we have received comfort and justification.
    Show us once again that we might trust in You and not be afraid.
    Show us once again that we might know You as our strength in weakness.
    Show us once again that we might know You as our song in mourning.
    Show us once again that we might know You as our salvation, our strength and our song.
    Show us once again that we might give thanks to You.
    Revive us again, that we might give thanks to You and rejoice in You, our salvation, O LORD.

    Psalm 85:6  Will you not revive us again,
    that your people may rejoice in you?

    Isaiah 12:3  With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

    O LORD, show us the greatness of Your salvation to us through the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Show us once again the joy of our salvation.
    Show us once again our thirst apart from You.
    Show us once again the wells of salvation.
    Show us once again that You are the all-satisfying Living Water.
    Show us once again our need to draw water from the wells of salvation.
    Show us once again our need to drink there and keep drinking there.
    Revive us again, that we might joyfully draw water from You, the wells of salvation, and drink of You, Living Water, and rejoice, O LORD.

    Psalm 85:6  Will you not revive us again,
    that your people may rejoice in you?

    Isaiah 12:4  And you will say in that day:

    “Give thanks to the LORD,
    call upon his name,
    make known his deeds among the peoples,
    proclaim that his name is exalted.
    5  “Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously;
    let this be made known in all the earth.

    O LORD, show us once again the greatness of Your salvation to us through the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Show us once again our need to thank You.
    Show us once again our need to call upon You.
    Show us once again how You have sent us among the nations so we might make You known.
    Show us once again the lostness of the nations.
    Show us once again the thirst of the nations.
    Show us once again how You drank the cup of suffering, so the nations might drink of You.
    Show us once again how You thirsted on the cross, so the nations might no longer be thirsty, but drink of You.
    Show us once again how You are the Lamb who died for the sin of the world.
    Show us once again how You are calling lost sheep from all the nations to rejoice in You.
    Show us once again how You have done gloriously so we might sing praises to You in all the earth.
    Revive us again, that we might sing praises to You and make known Your deeds and proclaim Your name among the nations in all the earth.

    Psalm 85:6  Will you not revive us again,
    that your people may rejoice in you?

    Isaiah 12:6  Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
    for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

    O LORD, show us once again the greatness of Your salvation to us through the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Show us once again how we are inhabitants of Zion.
    Show us once again the joy You make available to us an inhabitants of Zion.
    Show us once again how we ought to shout and sing for joy because we are inhabitants of Zion.
    Show us once again how You are great.
    Show us once again how You are great in our midst.
    Show us once again the joy we can have because You are great.
    Show us once again the joy we can have because You are in our midst
    Show us once again how it pleases You when we sing and shout for joy.
    Revive us again, that we might shout and sing for joy, for we are Yours and we are inhabitants and Zion, and You are great and in our midst, O Holy One of Israel.

    Psalm 85:6  Will you not revive us again,
    that your people may rejoice in you?


    *Please add your praises and prayers below as the Holy Spirit leads you.*

  • Open our eyes once again to see Your return (Isaiah 52:7-10)

    Isaiah 52
    7 How beautiful upon the mountains
    are the feet of him who brings good news,
    who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
    who publishes salvation,
    who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
    8 The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice;
    together they sing for joy;
    for eye to eye they see
    the return of the LORD to Zion.
    9 Break forth together into singing,
    you waste places of Jerusalem,
    for the LORD has comforted his people;
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.
    10 The LORD has bared his holy arm
    before the eyes of all the nations,
    and all the ends of the earth shall see
    the salvation of our God.

    LORD,

    We are watchmen.
    We have seen Your return.
    We have seen Your Spirit's moving.
    We have felt Your holy fire burning.
    We have been blessed.
    But now our vision has been clouded.
    We have become distracted.
    We have become stagnant.
    We have become lukewarm.
    We have not been good stewards of Your blessings.

    Forgive us, Lord, for not being zealous for You as we ought.
    Forgive us, Lord, for not persevering in prayer to You as we ought.
    Forgive us, Lord, for not watching for You as we ought.
    Forgive us, Lord, for not speaking for You as we ought.

    Open our eyes once again to see Your return,
    so our feet might be beautiful and bring good news.

    Open our eyes once again to see Your return,
    so we might publish peace, good news of happiness and salvation.

    Open our eyes once again to see Your return,
    so we might say to Your people: "Your God reigns."

    Open our eyes once again to see Your return,
    so we might lift up our voice together and sing for joy.

    Open our eyes once again to see Your return,
    so we might break forth into singing.

    Open our eyes once again to see Your return,
    so we might make known Your holy arm before all the nations.

    Open our eyes once again to see Your return,
    so we might make visible to all the ends of the earth Your salvation.

    Please add your PRAYERS as His Spirit leads you.

"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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