Wednesday, January 28, 2009

pray for the unreached!!

"Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned." Song of Solomon 8:7
This book of the Bible not only gives a verbal description of the intensity of love, but it explains the value of it. The love that one has for their spouse pales by comparison with the priceless love that God has for humanity. Yet most go through their entire lives not knowing about His love. What are you willing to do to make sure they know His intense love?

Pray for God's direction to His Church as we draw others to experience His intense love.

"O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you-if you find my lover, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love." Song of Solomon 5:8
Can you even imagine being "faint" with love for the Lord? Wouldn't this be the ultimate experience, to love Him so much that you cannot contain yourself? Do we love the Lord Jesus Christ, our heavenly bridegroom, with the passion and purity of the love this bride has for her husband? Do we truly regard His love as the most precious of all forms of pleasure and satisfaction? Do we honor His longing for a bride who is both beautiful and complete?

Pray that you will be so "faint with love" for your Lord that you will obey Him in all He says to do for the nations.

"I am my lover's and my lover is mine." Song of Solomon 6:3
When we gaze upon the beauty of our Savior, who loves us with an everlasting love, the significance of Solomon's words comes home to us: He is ours and we are His. He claimed us as His "bride" before we claimed Him as our "groom." We did not choose Him, but He chose us and loved us, and then set us free to love Him in return. He chose us "to go and bear (lasting) fruit" (John 15:16). Unlike the love between a man and his wife, the love between Jesus and His disciple is meant to be shared with many others. This way His love can spread throughout the earth.

Pray that Christ's beauty will be in us so that those who don't know Him may come to know Him intimately.

"He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love." Song of Solomon 2:4
This "banner" suggests that the one word to describe how the Heavenly Bridegroom feels about His bride is the one word, "love." It's not "judgment," "obedience," or "forgiven." Oh, how great a love our Savior has bestowed upon us! His is far greater than the love between a man and his wife. As a woman enjoys the loving protection of her husband, so all who know Jesus are under the protection of His love. But what about those who don't know Him-those who have not heard?

Pray that the nations will respond to the banner of love when they hear.
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