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

MONDAYEVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Bible Reading: Joshua 16-18; Luke 1:1-20
Monday, March 21

Psa. 33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
God and Father in Heaven:
No figure of speech puts you in a more gracious light than seeing you
stooping from your throne, coming down from heaven, and hearing my wants
and woes. Sodom and Gomorrah were full of sin, but you were not willing to
destroy until you had made a personal visitation to them.
When I pray, you are inclining your ear from the highest glory, and putting
it to the lips of a dying sinner. My failing heart longs for you! How can I but love
you when I know you count the hairs of my head, you mark my path, and you
order my steps.
This great truth is especially brought to my heart when I pray for the lost,
like __________ and __________. I remember how interested you are, not just
in the material needs of your creatures, but to their personal spiritual thirst, and
heart-concerns as well.
Leagues of distance lie between methe finite creature, and youthe
infinite Creator; yet prayer links us both. When I weep a tear you watch, for
Psa. 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that
fear him.
Make my sigh move your heart to save! Let my prayer stay your hand of
judgment. Help my faith stretch your arm in mercy. You sit on high, and yet you
take note of me, and especially of all who are lost. Great as you are, you know
how to condescend to my cry when I pray.
2 Chron. 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Show strength; show mercy, show salvation, in Jesus name. Amen.
A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING
Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 1-3; Luke 1:61-80
Thursday, March 24

Matt. 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in
the highest.

DEPTH of mercy! Can there be mercy still reserved for me?

Can my God His wrath forbear, me, the chief of sinners, spare?
I have long withstood His grace, long provoked Him to His face,
Would not hearken to His calls, grieved Him by a thousand falls.
I have spilt His precious blood, trampled on the Son of God,
Filled with pangs unspeakable, I, who yet am not in hell!
I my Master have denied, I afresh have crucified,
And profaned His hallowed Name, put Him to an open shame.
There for me the Savior stands, shows His wounds and spreads His hands.
God is love! I know, I feel; Jesus weeps and loves me still.
Now incline me to repent, let me now my sins lament,
Now my foul revolt deplore, weep, believe, and sin no more.
Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740

WEDNESDAYREVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: Joshua 22-24; Luke 1:41-60
Wednesday, March 23

TUESDAYFOCUS ON CHRISTS LIFE

Chronological Bible Reading: Joshua 19-21; Luke 1:21-40
Tuesday, March 22

Psa. 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to

Matt. 26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

drink.

Son of God:
Let me contemplate, in this Palm Sunday passion week, how you were
made man. You lived a life of perfect virtue and complete self-denial. You were
despised and rejected by men. Your haters were legion; your friends were few
(and those few were faithless). You were arrested while in the act of prayer! You
were arraigned before both religious and civil courts. You were robed in mockery,
then disrobed in shame. You were sat on a throne in scorn, then tied to a pillar in
scourging. You were declared innocent, yet delivered-up by the judge to your
persecutors. You were dragged through the streets to the cross, and nailed at the
cross to the wood. The sun burned you. God forsook you. All this contains the
concentrated hell deserved by your creatures!
Then you hung. Your heart was broken, your limbs dislocated. Heaven
failed you, earth forsook you, all your disciples fled. There is no one who can
share the toil, because you must tread this winepress alone. You drank the last
dregs of the cup, because it could not pass from your lips if the Fathers will was
to be done. Bitter cup. At last you cried, It is finished, and gave up the ghost.
Can I hear that cry as a shout of triumph? For it still rings with all the force
it had two thousand years ago. Spirit of God, open my ears to hear it today from
the sacred word and the Saviors lips. What did it mean?
You meant all the Bible types, promises and prophecies were now fully
accomplished in you (John 19:28). There is not a single jewel of unfilled promise,
not one picture of coming redemption, that was not pictured by you and in you,
Son of God! And I honor you by trusting your finished work of salvation now.

Jesus, My Suffering Substitute:

It is only after the struggle is over, the athlete, police officer, or soldier
comes back to their senses, and takes inventory of the cost of his strength. Even
so Jesus, your thirst expressed the fact your pain started to subside, the fury of
the crucifixion had spent itself. The fever left behind made you take note of your
lesser pains, but the agony of being forsaken by God was over.
Your thirst on the cross confirms my natural enmity against God. Modern
men and women think they are fine and noble people, but our homicide rate
puts the lie to that! Splendid and dignified beings that they are, they think truth
should be altered for them, and the gospel should be modified to suit their taste.
Justice has to leave the field, lest it be too severe to such deserving beings. As for
punishment, you cant even whisper that into polite postmodern ears. In fact, the
tendency is to exalt man above God and give him the higher place.
This weekend marks the cross! The very cup they offered you Lord,
mingled admiration of your person with scorn for your claims. Men and women
write books admiring your example, and at the same time reject your deity! They
admit you are wonderful, but deny your sacred mission. They extol your ethics
and teaching, but trample on your blood, thus giving you a drink, but that drink
being gall and vinegarbitterness soured. Oh Jesus, how much we need revival!
Help me beware of praising you, yet forgetting your sacrifice. Save me from
rendering you homage but dishonoring your name. How often have I given you
vinegar to drink? Jesus, you turned water into wine, now turn my sour drink
offering into something sweet to yourself. Amen.

FRIDAY CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY

Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 4-6; Luke 2:1-26
Friday, March 25

SATURDAYIN THE PSALMS

Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 7-9; Luke 2:27-52
Saturday, March 26

Jude 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost,

Psa. 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never
suffer the righteous to be moved.

Our Most Holy Father:

You do not sit like an indifferent spectator to our problems and trials. You
know our frailties, even our failures to pray. Yet you are not angry with us.
Rather, you move yourself to pity us because you love us. Instead of shutting
mercys gates, you develop ways to bring the lame into your presence and up to
your table, as we see in the life of David (2 Sam. 9:1-8).
You teach the ignorant how to pray. You strengthen the weak with your
own power. That help is not found in somebodys book, or a course of rituals, or
in repetition of certain words, or from sitting in some consecrated place. It is
found in the condescending help of the Holy Ghost to us all!
The Holy Spirit is actually willing to make us a praying people, and make
our church into a house of prayer for all people! He will teach us how to pray.
When we are at a loss for words and cannot express our desires, he will make
intercession with us, even as the Lord Jesus makes intercession for us as our
High Priest (Rom. 8:26,34).
Lord, in your Gethsemane agony you were strengthened by an angel. We
are strengthened by the Holy Spirit himself. This thought needs no oratorical
exposition. It is a wedge of gold from Ophir, far above price. God the Holy
Ghost helps us when we are on our knees. If we cannot put two words
together, yet he helps us speak to God. Prayer is the one thing at which we
can never fail.
Our hearts will conquer, for you read our petitions according to our inward
groans. You notice the longing and answer it. Thank you, Lord Jesus! Amen.

Youre a Mighty God:

The voice of slander, malice, and pride is not heard by me alone. When I
get hurt it reaches your ear in heaven. Their cruel jokes, their unjustified
accusations, their cowardly insults, their daring blasphemies are all heard and will
be repaid to you. Both the prayers of the saints and the profanities of sinners are
in front of your judgment seat. See that justice is done!
You are not restricted in changing my condition. Make this crisis in my life
the secret place of wrestling. The Jabbok made Jacob a prevailing prince in
Genesis 32. If you strip me of every one of my friends, then let me see you!
If you are laying it on me, I will lay hold on you. I will use every hindrance
as a call to greater prayer. Urge me on with the obstacles, for I will enter the
kingdom with holy violence. You give me my portion of suffering; I accept it
with cheerful submission, but I also bring it back to you in certain confidence.
I have you for my God. I can cast all my burdens upon you, both the ones I
create for myself, as well as the ones you send me. And you will not allow me to
be moved from fellowship with you.
Eph. 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Lead me not into temptation, but also deliver me from evil when I do get
tempted. Help me withstand in order to stand. I stand firm if I stand in you. Let
me stand as firm as a pillar, to the glory of the Architect and the image of the
wise Masterbuilder. You are all, and more than I can need at any moment. Help
me use that faith as a foundation for peace, for I trust you, my Jesus. Amen.

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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

MARCH 20, 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.

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
Easter egg filling party right after the third service! (Light lunch provided)
TONIGHT 5:30P.M.
Romans 5 How Can I Have a Strong Faith?
MONDAYS 7:00P.M.
HBC Choir Practice preparing for Easter Sunday. Anyone may join us!
TUESDAYS
Proverbs & Prayer Lunch meeting weekly, NOON-1:00P.M.
Calling Every Woman! You're invited to join the Harvest Every|Woman
Ministry for a SYS Study of 2 Timothy. Choose 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:00P.M or
2nd & 4th Fridays, 9:30A.M at HBC through April. No charge, but bring your
Bible and journal. Limited childcare Tuesday only for kids Grade 5 and under;
none for Friday. ?s see Debbie Cease or email deb@hbcbluesprings.org
WEDNESDAYS 7:00-8:15P.M.
AdultsMidweek Bible Study & Prayer Service
AWANAOur Bible Club for children 2 yrs-Grade 6

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)

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

FRIDAY 9:30A.M.
Every|Woman Sys Study 2 Timothy

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

INTERCEDE WITH GOD INSTRUCT SAINTS

PROMPT PETITIONS KICKSTART DEVOTION

MINISTRY, SERVICE & FELLOWSHIP

GROWTH MEANS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE:
SHUTTLEDrivers needed starting Easter Sunday: signup in the lobby
SLIDES, Sound, LightsTo help with PowerPoint, Audio or Lighting see
Worship Pastor Brandon Starks
STUDENTSParents take HarvestKids directly to their appropriate pods in
the gym each Sunday until Easter. Their teachers would like to meet you!

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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