Let God Arise!

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LET GOD AR I SE!

Nineveh of biblical time, surely we can affirm that the same God can deliver the tens of millions-filled New York, or the dozens of millons-filled Mexico City! The analogy is biblical and persuasive; God Almighty responds to the cries of the broken, the contrite, and the penitent (Ps. 34.18). During the Affirmation session, we affirm to God in prayer and to each other in testimony what the Lord has spoken to us during our time of seeking and en- treating the Lord. We affirm the eternal love of a God who sent his only Son for our redemption (John 3.16), and we remind one another of God’s historical action to respond when his people, called by his name, humble themselves, pray, seek his face, and repent from their wicked way of self-preoccupation, self-indulgence, and self-reliance (2 Chron. 7.14). God works in response to his people crying out to him in their affliction, admitting honestly their brokenness and neediness before him (Deut. 26.5-10). We leave our session of Affirmation with a finale of prayers where we Acknowledge the veracity (truthfulness) and sovereignty of God. We covenant together to wait on the Lord, to look for his coming, to him who alone can strengthen our hearts (Ps. 27.14). Though we may grow weary in our praying, we are assured that we will