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God has great plans for Jesus. Namely, He has been exalted to the highest place, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE should bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11
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Describing the Indescribable
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What we have in Christ will take all eternity to describe. But for one segment of one sermon, a great preacher made a mighty attempt.
Making Sense Of It All
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God and Ishmael - The Jury Is Out
July 5, 2008
Abraham prayed in earnest that Ishmael might live under the blessing of God. Genesis 17:18 Tracking the development of Islam does not raise hope that God is about to say yes. And yet we ask and pray, for there is still time.
The following is a prayer by that great missionary to the Islamic world, Samuel Zwemer. It is stunning to see his heart, and his hope, and then to realize how much of that prayer still needs to be prayed today. May God stir up that task in each of us for Abraham's lost seed.
A Prayer For The Moslem World of Today
Samuel Zwemer
Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your heritage;
and the ends of the earth your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron,
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalm 2:8
"O God, to whom the Moslems of China bow in homage five times daily, look in mercy upon this people and reveal to them Thy Christ. Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who hast made of one blood all nations, and hast promised that many shall come from the East and sit down with Abraham in Thy Kingdom: We pray for Thy two hundred million (now 1 billion, 300 million!!) prodigal children in Moslem lands who are still afar off, that they may be brought nigh by the blood of Christ."
"Look upon them in pity because they are ignorant of Thy truth. Take away their pride of intellect and blindness of Christ. Convince them of their sin in rejecting the atonement of the only Savior. Give moral courage to those who love Thee, that they may boldly confess Thy name. Hasten the day of perfect freedom in Turkey, Arabia, Persia, and Afghanistan."
"Make Thy people willing in this new day of opportunity in China, India, and Egypt. Send forth reapers where the harvest is ripe, and faithful plowmen to break furrows in lands still neglected. May the pagan tribes of Africa and Malaysia not fall a prey to Islam, but be won for Christ."
[NOTE: Operation World in its latest issue states that growth in the 20th Century has been significant - from 12.3% in 1900 to 21.1% in 2000. Conversion growth has been greatest in West Africa, Indonesia and the USA. Ouch! O Lord, do something for the sake of your name. Jeremiah 14:7]
"Bless the ministry of healing in every hospital, and the ministry of love at every mission station. May all Moslem children in mission schools be led to Christ and accept Him as their personal Savior. Strengthen converts, restore backsliders, and give all those who labor among Mohammedans the tenderness of Christ, so that bruised reeds may become pillars of His Church, and smoking flaxwicks burning and shining lights."
"Make bare Thine arm, O God, and show Thy power. All our expectation is from Thee. Father, the hour has come; glorify Thy Son in the Mohammedan world, and fulfill though Him the prayer of Abraham Thy friend, "Oh, that Ishmael might live before Thee." For Jesus' sake. Amen."
.....why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?
Jeremiah 14:8-9
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down....
Isaiah 64:1
The following is a prayer by that great missionary to the Islamic world, Samuel Zwemer. It is stunning to see his heart, and his hope, and then to realize how much of that prayer still needs to be prayed today. May God stir up that task in each of us for Abraham's lost seed.
A Prayer For The Moslem World of Today
Samuel Zwemer
Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your heritage;
and the ends of the earth your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron,
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalm 2:8
"O God, to whom the Moslems of China bow in homage five times daily, look in mercy upon this people and reveal to them Thy Christ. Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who hast made of one blood all nations, and hast promised that many shall come from the East and sit down with Abraham in Thy Kingdom: We pray for Thy two hundred million (now 1 billion, 300 million!!) prodigal children in Moslem lands who are still afar off, that they may be brought nigh by the blood of Christ."
"Look upon them in pity because they are ignorant of Thy truth. Take away their pride of intellect and blindness of Christ. Convince them of their sin in rejecting the atonement of the only Savior. Give moral courage to those who love Thee, that they may boldly confess Thy name. Hasten the day of perfect freedom in Turkey, Arabia, Persia, and Afghanistan."
"Make Thy people willing in this new day of opportunity in China, India, and Egypt. Send forth reapers where the harvest is ripe, and faithful plowmen to break furrows in lands still neglected. May the pagan tribes of Africa and Malaysia not fall a prey to Islam, but be won for Christ."
[NOTE: Operation World in its latest issue states that growth in the 20th Century has been significant - from 12.3% in 1900 to 21.1% in 2000. Conversion growth has been greatest in West Africa, Indonesia and the USA. Ouch! O Lord, do something for the sake of your name. Jeremiah 14:7]
"Bless the ministry of healing in every hospital, and the ministry of love at every mission station. May all Moslem children in mission schools be led to Christ and accept Him as their personal Savior. Strengthen converts, restore backsliders, and give all those who labor among Mohammedans the tenderness of Christ, so that bruised reeds may become pillars of His Church, and smoking flaxwicks burning and shining lights."
"Make bare Thine arm, O God, and show Thy power. All our expectation is from Thee. Father, the hour has come; glorify Thy Son in the Mohammedan world, and fulfill though Him the prayer of Abraham Thy friend, "Oh, that Ishmael might live before Thee." For Jesus' sake. Amen."
.....why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?
Jeremiah 14:8-9
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down....
Isaiah 64:1
