HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH PRAYER DIARY SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TIMES 8:00, 9:00 & 11:00A.M.

MONDAYEVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 28-30; Matthew 21:1-23
Monday, February 1

WEDNESDAYREVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 34-36; Matthew 22:1-23
Wednesday, February 3

TUESDAYFOCUS ON CHRISTS CROSS

Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 31-33; Matthew 21:24-46
Tuesday, February 2

Eccl. 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better
than a dead lion.

Luke 23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things
which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made [Christ] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Precious Lord My Savior:

Life in its hardest form is better than death, and that is as sure in the
spiritual realm as the physical. It is better for me to be the least in the kingdom of
God than the greatest standing outside of it. That means the lowest degree of
grace is superior to the noblest development of unregenerate human nature!
Holy Ghost, whenever you conceive eternal life in a soul it is a generous
deposit. Not even the refinement of education and academics can equal that
potential. This means the thief on the cross excelled Caesar on his throne!
Lazarus lying among the dogs was better than Cicero among his Senators. The
most ignorant Christian is, in your sight, superior to Einstein.
Spiritual life is the only true badge of nobility, so help me take the message
of life today to __________ and __________. Because without it, all people are
only smoother or rougher specimens of the same lifeless clay, needing to be
quickened because they are dead in trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:2).
Living, illuminating, lucid gospel preachinghowever uneducated in
technique or unrefined in styleis better than the most eloquent sermon
delivered without your anointing. A living dog keeps watch better than a dead
lion, so the worst spiritual preacher is to be preferred over the elegant orator who
has words but no wisdom, and sound with no spiritual power.
Give me that anointing to witness to others! Quicken my prayers by your
Spirit in them! Make me truly alive to all spiritual life. Let my earnestness answer
to your urgency! Do not let me die in a grand performance where your presence
was absent. Make me not a dead lion in the sight of a living God. Amen.

Crowned and Crucified Lord:

All who watched the crucifixion smote their breasts, but not all for the
same reason. They all feared, but not all for the same cause. The outward
manifestations of your passion and death looked the same to everyone there, but
the differences in response were as many as the people who responded.
Indefinite fear, grounded on a lack of intelligent reasoning, often alarms
me. We will soon be entering the season of storms and tornadoes, and sometimes
the sky acts like you are angry. This event at the cross came when you closed the
eye of day on those who gawked at the Christ.
Maybe before the next morning they had forgotten it all. No doubt the next
day they were greedy for another bloody spectacle. Like a shadow, emotion often
crosses our minds but does not leave a mark. Why? Because the beating of the
breast is not a breaking of the heart.
How often this has been the result in my own witness to others about
Jesus! Many more have shed tears than have been saved. Many more wiped away
tears than had sins wiped away. A handkerchief dried their emotions. L
They felt sorry they oppressed the innocent. But all they saw in you Lord,
was maltreated virtue, suffering manhood, and honor disrespected by injustice. In
the moral and spiritual result of their regret there was no redemptive value.
Others among the crowd exhibited emotion based on thoughtful reflection.
They saw how they shared in the murder of your innocent Son, so later they got
saved. Help me look beyond your sufferings to your sacrifice for me, because
Mark 15:39 Truly this man was the Son of God.

Crucified Savior:
What did my sins really deserve, for the curse of God to have fallen on
Christ? Forsaken by the Father, you made him a curse because he carried my sin!
I sin willfully, against light and knowledge. I sin knowingly, against love
and mercy. I smite my breast as I watch Jesus voluntarily suffer and die. I confess
I have intentionally offended.
If sin itself is rebellion, then let its sight bring tears to my eyes. I slight the
Savior in not considering the implications of the cross. You hung on the tree in
unutterable groans and griefs for me. Have I ever investigated this?
If I do not sense myself being forgiven much, I will not love much. If I do
not love much I will not pray much. And if I do not pray, it shows I have no
faith, for I place no confidence in you. And if I have no confidence in you I will
not serve you from my heart.
Oh! Shame upon you, my foolish, hard heart! Well should you be smitten.
May God smite you now with the hammer of his Spirit, to break you to pieces.
For it is only brokenness that God blesses. Oh, you stony heart! Oh, you cold,
granite soul! You flinty spirit of mine!
Well might the sun in darkness hide and shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died, for man the creatures sin.
And might I hide my blushing face while His dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, and melt my eyes to tears.
Love so amazing! So divine! Death is not the victor and evil not the master.
The cross conquers all. Sin is bound, chained and led captive. Glory! Amen.

FRIDAY CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY

Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 39-40; Matthew 23:1-20
Friday, February 5

SATURDAYIN THE PSALMS

Chronological Bible Reading: Leviticus 1-3; Matthew 23:21-39
Saturday, February 6

A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING

Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 37-38; Matthew 22:24-46
Thursday, February 4

Isa. 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

ON a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,

The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
So Ill cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
George Bennard, 1913

1 John 3:21-22 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward
God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Lord, We Lift Your Name on High!
Childlike confidence prods us to pray like nothing else can. We do not need
guilt-manipulation, programs, methods or lists! Childlikeness causes us to pray for
great things we would never ask for, had you not taught us this confidence and
given us childlike faith.
It also prompts us to pray for little things, so we can see you providentially
in all the small stuff. Sometimes it requires more faith on our part to pray for a
small item than a big one. We ask you today for all the little things we need to be
able to glorify your name.
Father, what is very important to your children is very small to you. Yet,
because God was in Christ, you measure things not from your point of view but
ours. You hear us crying bitterly. The cause may only be a splinter. While we do
not send a surgeon to extract it, you do view us with pity, act toward us in
mercy, and give us grace to endure. For this we give you thanks!
Psa. 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear
him.
Our eyes often brim with tears, but we never experience a pain too small
for you to care about, because you desire this involvement in our lives. You count
the stars and call them by name, but you also bandage our wounds and heal our
broken hearts. For this we give you praise!
Help us put our confidence totally in you, for then you will take your great
things and our little ones, and weave them together to work your will. Amen.

Psa. 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy
word.
Heavenly Father and Redeemer:
Like the troubled psalmist, I complain about my addiction to earthly things.
Sometimes my soul cleaves to the dust from which I was made. I feel like it melts
for heaviness. I cry for freedom from this invisible prison. I could dissolve-away
in tears. The solid strength of my faith is in danger of turning to liquid in the heat
of my afflictions. Heaviness of heart seems like a killing thing. It threatens to turn
the life I have into nothing more than an extended death.
Job 3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the
waters.
Tears are the distillation of the heart. When I weep, my soul wants to
waste-away in the erosion. I am nearly weak as water, spilt on the ground, never
to be gathered up. What shall I do?
Lam. 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine
heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him
I must remember, it is better to be melted by depression than hardened
by defiance. You strengthen me by pouring me out, and then pouring your
grace in. As you pour grace in through your word, then your Spirit can certainly
sustain me (I verbally confess it so the enemy can hear it!).
Grace is what enables me to bear the constant stress of lasting sorrow. It
repairs the decay caused by a perpetual tear-drip. It gives me the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness. When depression comes I will pray, because
that is the shortest distance out of discouragement. And in that prayer I
plead nothing but the word of God. Amen.

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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

JANUARY 31, 2016

HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

HOW TO BUILD A BALANCED LIFE

THIS WEEKS EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

PRAYER DIARY

TIMEWORSHIP

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.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST PART OF EVERY DAY. The first commitment is
to a daily quiet time with God. Our weekly Prayer Diary provides a template for daily
devotions.
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TITHEWORK

1 Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God
hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DIME OF EVERY DOLLARno questions
asked. Ten percent is a miniscule amount in our affluent society, but it must come
off the top in order to show that God is our priority. We want the blessing of the
firstfruits (first devotion, first dime and first day) to flow out to the rest of our
resources.
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TEAMWORD

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.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK. You should fellowship
with a group of believers around the word of God every Sunday in our church.

QUALITY CHRISTIANITY INVOLVES THREE THINGS

Keeping Christ at the center (your core relationship of worship to God)

Keeping the body of Christ a priority (your congregational relationship of
walking with us)
Basing beliefs and actions on the mind of Christ (your church relationship in
the Word)

TODAY
Welcome to our visitors! Please take connection cards from the back of the
pew in front of you, fill out the visitor portion, and put it in the offering plate.
You are our guest and wed like to know you are here!
Ministerio Hispao La Cosecha 10:45A.M. en el saln 6. Servicio en Ingls
traducido en Espaol 9:00A.M.
Young Adults Class (YAC) Couples & singles meet 11:00A.M. in room 4.
TONIGHT
Sunday Night Service 5:30P.M. Romans 2: Dont Be Religulous!
D2 (Discipleship II) 5:30P.M.
TUESDAYS 12:00 NOON
Proverbs & Prayer Lunch meeting in the Gym
WEDNESDAYS 7:00-8:15P.M.
AdultsMidweek Bible Study & Prayer Service
AWANAOur Bible Club for children 2 yrs-Grade 6
THURSDAYS 7:00P.M.
Spanish Ministry Discipleship
NEXT SUNDAY
Life of Joseph What to Do when Nightmares Come True, Gen 41:14-32
SUPERSUNDAY FEB 7
Baptisms! Sign up in the lobby for 9:00 or 11:00A.M. Evening service will be
moved UP to 4:00P.M. that day!
Financial Peace University begins 9:00A.M. in room 5 and runs 10 weeks until
Tax Day. This Dave Ramsey class normally costs $199, but we have 20 kits left
for just $50 per couple! Register today at hbcbluesprings.org
ALL-CHURCH CAMP JULY 13-17
Sign up online at www.hbcbluesprings.org in January or February for the
early-bird rate (same price as last year!)

Dont miss out -- Make it a Missions New Year!

Sponsor a child for $28 a month. Designate Manna Children Zambia

INTERCEDE WITH GOD INSTRUCT SAINTS

PROMPT PETITIONS KICKSTART DEVOTION

INSTRUCTIONS:

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 Gods 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 prayerthe posture, the
time, placerather 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

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