HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH PRAYER DIARY — SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TIMES 9:00 & 10:45 A.M.
MONDAY—EVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 27-29
Monday, January 14
Lev. 13:13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his
flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Jesus, My Helper and My Healer:
I am the leper! I can survey Moses’ law to see how these strange regulations
apply to my own spiritual condition. This is what led me to Christ.
Help __________ and __________ see themselves as entirely lost,
completely ruined, totally covered with defilement by sin. Until they get saved no
part of them is free from bondage—not their mind, their heart, nor their intentions.
Their view of the past, who was at fault and why it happened, is skewed and biased,
blinding them. Help them disclaim all righteousness of their own so they can plead
guilty before the cross and get cleansing through the blood of Jesus!
The true leprosy is hidden, unfelt (and therefore unconfessed) iniquity. It eats
away at all of us. But once it is seen and felt its cure is ready because you, Lord,
look with eyes of mercy on each such soul so afflicted.
Nothing is more deadly than prideful self-righteousness. Nothing is more
healthy than humble contrition. Help them confess they are “nothing else but sin,”
because any confession short of that is not the whole truth.
Holy Spirit do your work (John 16:8-11), convicting of sin. Grant them an
acknowledgement of their true, lost condition. Sin mourned and confessed will
never keep a soul out of heaven.
Whoever comes to you will never be cast out (John 6:37). Though dishonest,
unclean, cruel or rebellious, your huge heart will be able to look on them with pity,
as long as they look on themselves as someone with no soundness inside. Grant
them grace to repent and confess Jesus Christ is Lord, for then (and only then) you
will pronounce them clean. Bring them to trust in the crucified One. Amen.
A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 38-40
Thursday, January 17
Acts 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in
Jerusalem greatly;
O SOUL, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s a light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!
Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
Over us sin no more hath dominion—
For more than conquerors we are!
His Word shall not fail you—He promised;
Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
—Helen H. Lemmel, 1922
š bounded by our ability to understand the blessing. Amen.
† Focus Verse (keep a Promise Journal as you read!)—Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/
TUESDAY—FOCUS ON CHRIST’S CROSS
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 30-33
Tuesday, January 15
Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Your seven sayings from the cross. Here I see you as my Mediator, interceding.
Thank you for standing before the Father to plead for the guilty.
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with
me in paradise.
Here you are in regal power, opening a door no man can shut, letting through
gates of glory a soul who confessed you as he died. Hail eternal King!
John 19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he
loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Now I see the gentleness of a son caring for a bereaved mother. Your last
thoughts were not for yourself.
Matt. 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
What a soul in anguish! Your deepest heart overwhelmed, not by my sin, but by
the withdrawal of your Father’s face at the appearance of my sin.
John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
I watch as the humanity responds to trauma in your body. Even your mortal flesh
trembled as it shared in the anguish of spirit.
John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:
The Captain of my salvation completes his mission and makes an end of sin.
Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I
commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
In your death you bring all believers next to God. If my spirit is in your hand, no
one can pluck me out of it. I love you, Lord Jesus! Amen.
FRIDAY— CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 41-43
Friday, January 18
2 Tim. 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not
ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which
I have committed unto him against that day.
Able Lord and Redeemer:
In times of holy boldness and sacred access we have asked great things from
you, our God. Yet we have never reached the limit of your ability! Even at its best
and boldest, our prayers have boundaries your heart does not acknowledge. We
learned that this last year, as you did above and beyond!
We are limited by our sense of need. We barely know what we want. Oh,
teach us how to pray, or else we never ask correctly!
We mistake our spiritual condition. Our soul’s hunger is not deep enough,
our thirst not sharp enough. Sin takes the edge off our spiritual appetite. So we
crimp and cramp our prayers.
I thank you Father, that the Holy Spirit prays for us (Rom. 8:26-27) and our
magnificent Jesus prays with us (Rom. 8:34). That way we are not limited by our
limited sense of need, and make no mistakes due to our mistaken condition. We
only ask for bread and water—while you prepare a table in the wilderness in the
middle of our enemies!
Is there a single promise of yours we perfectly understand? There is a breadth,
length, height and depth we do not yet comprehend. You still condescend to use
our language. To us the words mean silver, but you use them in the sense of gold.
Oh, fill us this year with your bountiful, enriching blessings!
I thank you Lord, you never mean less than you say, and always far more
than we think. For this we magnify your name—that your power to bless is not
WEDNESDAY—REVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 34-37
Wednesday, January 16
Nahum 1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet
thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will
afflict thee no more.
O Heavenly Father:
Thank you for placing a limit on pain. George Mueller said, while you smite
with one hand you support with the other. Sometimes I ask through my sighs,
“When will it end?” Help me remember you are,
† Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in
the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Help me quietly wait and patiently endure. If I wait but murmur I fail you. I
lose the reward for enduring. Likewise if I endure but show impatience, I have
failed. I want your will instead!
Prov. 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him.
I thank you for removing the rod as soon as it serves its purpose. Maybe once
you drive away my foolishness these strokes will stop. Otherwise, the affliction is
sent for my testing so my responses might glorify God. In that case, do not
end the trial until my witness bears you praise!
I want you to get out of me all the honor my life can possibly yield. Today
there may be great calm. After winnowing, the wheat rests, and the whip is hung
in the barn. In a few hours I may be as happy as I now am sorrowful, because it is
not hard for you to turn night into day.
You control the clouds and can easily clear my skies. Make me a blessing until
then. The way ahead is clearer still. Help me sing Hallelujah in anticipation. I ask it
all for Jesus’ sake, Amen.
SATURDAY—IN THE PSALMS
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 44-46
Saturday, January 19
Psa. 118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad
in it.
God on High:
Psalm 118 was likely a song for David’s enthronement. It was the beginning
of the best times for Israel, but nothing like the way Christ’s resurrection is a new
day of fresh blessings for all who enter the kingdom of God by faith in Jesus. Thank
you for bringing me into the dawn of a new era this New Year. It is the day of
redemption, starting with my soul and spirit now, and proceeding to creation and
all things at your Second Coming.
Having obtained so great salvation, having tasted the eternal mercy of God,
it is not fitting to mourn and murmur. Let me exhibit a double-hand extension
of joy! Let me rejoice in heart and be glad in face. Make me rejoice in secret so I
can be happy in public, because I have more than double the reason to rejoice in
the Lord this year!
In looking back on the past, I remember so many joyful events. In
conferences, retreats, mission trips, Sunday night prayer and Wednesday night
teaching. With a full heart and unspeakable joy I bless you, my Savior and King,
because those memorable times are just a foretaste and pledge of the time to come
when we all sing,
Rev. 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Bring into my darkness the light that springs from the redeeming work of my
Champion and Lord! I have received light. You led me to enlist under the banner
of the cross. The once despised Nazarene is my Prince and King. Help me magnify
your mercy, because it is from you that my blessings come down. Amen.
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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH JANUARY 13, 2019
H O W T O BU I L D A B A L AN C ED L I FE T H I S W E EK ’ S C AR E PR A YE R L I ST
Please submit prayer requests and updates online at hbcbluesprings.org or by
1) TIME—WORSHIP
placing a prayer card in the offering plate. Send updates by Wednesday at Noon
for inclusion in the prayer diary. Questions? dhill@hbcbluesprings.org
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and
departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Pray for Members, Family & Friends
Erica Stogsdill - daughter in law, Gene & Brenda Stogsdill
GIVE GOD THE FIRST PAR T OF EVERY DAY. The first commitment is Ken & Lori Applegate - health issues
to a daily quiet time with God. Our weekly Prayer Diary provides a template for daily
Leona M Brown - mother, Luther & Sharon Brown
devotions. Nathaniel Armstrong - husband, Sallie Armstrong
Pastor William & Lillie McClendon
2) TITHE—WORK Gene Roberts – brother, Verla Baker
Lela Thomas – sister, Dorothy Williams
1 Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God William Jeffries – father, Paula Stewart
hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Larry Franklin
Teri Beasley – sister, Sheri Cathcart
Juanita Candillo – mother, Anita Nebel
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DIME OF E VERY DOLLAR—no questions
Wilma Jones – mother, Bryant Newsome
asked. Ten percent is a miniscule amount in our affluent society, but it must come
Conner Barlett and Barlett Family
off the top in order to show that God is our priority. We want the blessing of the
Elizabeth Hicks – daughter, Jody Phillips
firstfruits (first devotion, first dime and first day) to flow out to the rest of our
Rachael Helms
resources.
Cecil Bailey – brother, Brenda Stogsdill
Whitnee Lee
3) TEAM—WORD
Joe Juchems – father, Jody Phillips
Carol Breedlove – mother, Jody Phillips
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;
but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Soft Touch (Cancer Treatment)
Linda Brown -sister, Ronnie Starks
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DAY OF E VERY WEE K. You should fellowship
Pat Mullinex -mother, Jeff Mullinex
with a group of believers around the word of God every Sunday in our church.
Alfred Boyd -family, Chelsa Bright
BJ Demarge
QUALITY CHRISTIANITY INVOLVES THREE THINGS
Grant Stoner - uncle, Jessica Buckallew
§ Keeping Christ at the center (your core relationship of worship to God) Tameka Bedell - friend of Starks family
§ Keeping the body of Christ a priority (your congregational relationship of Carole Jones - mother, James Jones
walking with us) Sara Zwahlen - friend of Kay Brockmeyer
§ Basing beliefs and actions on the mind of Christ (your church relationship in Camille Trapasso - stage 4 liver cancer
the Word) Brittany Nieves - niece, Jim & Lin Tonty
Martha Gaskin - niece, Dave Hill
Henry Thrower – brother, Nicole Thrower
Donna Schlaikjer – co-worker, Teresa Burton
Elijah Irangi – father, Carol Irangi
Melissa McGhee – niece, Liz Clary
Laura Peterson
Aileen McMahan
Conner Bartlett
Active Duty Military
Mark Johnson Rich Gitschlag Paige Grantham
Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/
HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH
PR A Y ER D I AR Y
¨ INTERCEDE WI TH GOD ¨ INSTR UCT SAINTS
¨ PROMPT PETITIONS ¨ KICKSTAR T DE VOTION
INSTRUCTIONS:
Doug Leslie
Dorothy Williams
Baptists tend to ridicule liturgical churches that use "prepared prayers" because
they lack spontaneity. But for many Baptists, their prayers are so predictable they are
no more spontaneous than written-out prayers. The result is we end up praying the
same things over and over.
This daily Prayer Diary will prompt you on a wide range of prayer requests you
might not normally think of, while forcing you to articulate a deeper devotion to God.
We have included a daily Bible reading schedule. This plan will take you through the
Bible chronologically in a year.
Do not read ahead and do not try to catch up. Use each day as it comes. Then
you can know that on any given day, dozens of other people are lifting their hearts in
the same mind to God. Pray what is written, but use what is prayed as a springboard
for your own relationship with God. You learn to pray by praying.
—Alan
Secret prayer is the secret of prayer, the soul of prayer, the seal of prayer, the
strength of prayer. If you do not pray alone you do not pray at all. Our Lord Jesus
Christ would go nowhere till He had prayed. He would attempt nothing till He had
prayed.
“Oh,” says one, “I live in the spirit of prayer, and therefore I do not need times
and seasons for prayer.” And do you think that Christ did not live in the spirit of
prayer? Yet He had to have his special time and place to pray. Do not fall under the
injurious notion that because your spirit cries to God in prayer all day long, therefore
there must not be some season for more immediately coming into God’s presence. If
you imagine this, I am afraid that it will prove a snare to your feet. The Lord Jesus
Christ, who knew better than you do that the main thing is the spirit of prayer rather
than the act of prayer, yet Himself retired into desert places to maintain the act and
exercise of prayer. Be spiritual. Be baptized into the spirit of prayer. But do not be
deceived by the enemy, who can steal a spirit away while we dream that we only
spiritualize it. We had better preserve the very bones of prayer—the posture, the
time, place—rather than let it all ooze away into an impalpable mental condition.
God keep us prayerful. He will do so if He makes us like His dear Son.
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-92
Davaile Durham