Foundations for Christian Mission, Student Workbook, SW04

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F O U N D A T I O N S F O R C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

Let God Arise! (continued)

[7] O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah [8] the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. [9] Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished; [10] your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

~ Psalm 68.1-10 (ESV)

Let God Arise! in the midst of his people!

Let God Arise! in the midst of the urban squalor and decay!

Let God Arise! in the seats of power and influence!

Let God Arise! in the neighborhoods plagued by violence and fear!

Let God Arise! in the sanctuaries and congregations intimidated and under siege!

Let God Arise! with an outpouring of his Holy Spirit that will result in the spiritual awakening and dramatic advance of the Kingdom among the poorest of the poor in America’s inner cities. We issue to you the call to prevailing prayer: will you not join us in crying out to God day and night on behalf of the city and its inhabitants, from New York to Los Angeles, and all those who need to hear of God’s saving love in Christ? We issue to you the sober call to prevailing prayer: do you catch the sense of how significant your contribution can be if you only devote yourself to unbroken, unwavering, faith-filled entreaty to God on behalf of one of the greatest and most difficult mission fields in the world? We issue to you the sober call to prevailing prayer : will you allow God, the Holy Spirit to train you to become a warrior in the spiritual realm, laying hold of God in intercession on behalf of a Church that is slumbering and needs to be awakened, and a world that is dying and needs to hear of God’s life-giving and in-breaking reign won for us through Jesus Christ and his death on the cross?