Pray for your friends.

I'm blogging for 4 April here.. so u'll see another post today...

Well last night I dragged myself down to TC for prayer meeting despite being really tired and I must say God never fails to reward those who press in. I had a very meaningful time there, even though i was sitting alone, surrounded by strangers and uncles... The Lord brought us to the word COMPASSION and as I prayed and asked God to teach me that, I felt a very strong heaviness on my heart that still remains till this moment.

In Mark14: 32 -34, Jesus went in to the garden of Gethsemane to pray. He said "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death" and asked his disciples to "Stay here and keep watch". That is the heartbeat of God for the lost... and for us as his disciples.. At that point the Lord Jesus knew what was about to happen and that His death was going to save the world.. However, as he began to intercede for us and pray to the Lord, His Father, he was overcome with "sorrow to the point of death".. yet... when He returned to his disciples, He found them to be sleeping, even though He had instructed them to be watching and praying... Let us not be found sleeping and cold to the call of God in our lives...

As i prayed for my friends that I am planning to bring to our various church harvest activities this week, the Lord began to lead me to think about more and more people, until i felt like praying for everyone... and my heart sank... because there are so many people who are lost and so far away from God... so much so that i felt powerless and unable to reach out to all of them.. Some of them are pious and nice people who have built their altar to the wrong Gods and my heart just cried out to God for them, because it will only be by God's grace that anyone would be able to convince them to even consider coming to church. Also the sins of this world have developed into a norm... As i think of my friends at work who are sucked into the sin of homosexuality... as i see them lusting after fellow men, i realize the gravity of it and i just feel so saddened by their acts and how much they are hurting the heart of God by falling prey to the lies of the Devil... Let us continue to fast and pray for our friends who are lost... It is only when we stand in the gap and pray... and invite them to church and show them the love of God that they will have any hope of finding salvation!