HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH PRAYER DIARY SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TIMES 8:00, 9:00 & 11:00A.M.

MONDAYEVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 19-21; Matthew 6
Monday, January 9

Hosea 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Heavenly Father:
I am asking that __________ and __________ might come to know you!
That there might be a revival among my circle of friends, even while they
wander in their desert lands. Use the implement of your Spirit to convict them,
and the power of your word to convert them. Guide them to our services at
church. Keep them safe until they are safely in Christ. Confound now their proud
self-justifications. Lead them to the Savors wounded side, bleeding for them.
Lord, I am convinced the enemy is often demonic and Satanically-inspired
in his resistance. He uses my own unsoberness against me! He knows when I am
weak, and strikes at the most inopportune moment. In that case, no weapons
formed by human ingenuity will work. I need your Spirit to go with me and guide
my words of witness. Make them strike home to the heart of __________. Sweep
righteousness before your truth. Bring relief and security to my friends in their
wilderness and land of great drought. Give them so much freedom this New
Year, it extends to their liberty to choose Jesus Christ as their Savior.
The Devil does not want this. At all costs he will not allow this. I thank you
for drawing me out of my own shell of security to pray for this! I intercede right
now, as a believer and as part of a mighty army of believers, that you would save
__________, and bring salvation to others through their acceptance of you. It
would spark such a fire if only that key person would get saved!
I need you to do this now, this year. I need you to do it in spite of
insurgent and terrorist opposition. I need you to do thisso let me not trust in
human wisdom, but in the guidance of your Spirit. Send a definite storm of
grace, for I know Jesus wounds plead for it. Amen.
A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 28-30, Matthew 9:1-19
Thursday, January 12

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own
ways before him.

MY Fathers way may twist and turn, my heart may throb and ache.
But in my soul Im glad I know, He maketh no mistake.
My cherished plans may go astray, my hopes may fade away,
But still Ill trust my Lord to lead, for He doth know the way.
Tho night be dark and it may seem that day will never break;
Ill pin my faith, my all in Him, He maketh no mistake.
Theres so much now I cannot see, my eyesights far too dim;
But come what may, Ill simply trust and leave it all to Him.
For by and by the mist will lift, and plain it all Hell make.
Through all the way, tho dark to me, He made not one mistake.
A.M. Overton, 1932

If it is Gods will, that settles it.

TUESDAYFOCUS ON CHRISTS MIRACLES

Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 22-24; Matthew 7
Tuesday, January 10

WEDNESDAYREVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 25-27; Matthew 8
Wednesday, January 11

Luke 17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan.

Ezek. 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the
house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

Help Me, Lord!

Formerly a leper, he did not feel in the right place until he was lying at your
feet. Give me such humility in thankfulness. I would rather be a despised
Samaritan at Christs feet than some esteemed person anyplace else.
Why do I get so hung-up on this idea of defending my sense of honor?
There is no place as honorable as at the feet of Jesus. Oh, to lie there and love
him and let self die-out! Oh, to have Christ standing over me as the one,
overshadowing hero of my life. Give me true thankfulness that lies low before
you, Lord.
When you asked this man, Where are the nine? (meaning, the nine others you
just healed), he did not judge them in reply. I have enough to do to be boss of
me, and mind my own business after I experience your grace. If I can only fulfill
my own service of praise, I have no reason to pay attention to anyone else! So
help me be occupied, even obsessed, with my own personal adoration of you.
I love the preaching and teaching. I love this church. I love Sundays. I love
the Lords Supper. I love when we have baptisms. But I love Jesus the most!
Lord, let my heart never rest until I glorify you personally, myself.
Praise is a great teacher. Prayer and praise are the two oars that power my
life into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ. This is how we become a
praying church! Prayer is the stalk of the corn, but praise is the ear. I know youre
pleased to see the stalk grow up, but let me not stop short of the harvest of
praise. Help me put praise in a high place, because that in turn sets Jesus in his
rightful place in my heart. So help me by your Spirit today. Amen.

Living Lord and Loving Savior:

This is how to be a praying church! Will this year be our breakout year? Will
you increase our revival so it increases our flock? Please, Sir!
Prayer is the prelude to mercy.
Almost never does a great mercy come unheralded by supplication. I have
to pray. I must pray for souls, and pray for my own revival in spirit! You give me
many unsolicited favors Lord, but great prayer is always the forerunner to great
mercies from you.
Make me a great pray-er this week. When I got saved, it was because I
prayed. When you removed doubts about my salvation, it was because I prayed.
Any time you have given me joy, I have experienced it in relationship to prayer.
Personal prayer relationship is the key to healthy Christianity. When I am
delivered out of trouble, and receive mighty help in great danger, it is because
Psa. 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
When I have the opportunity to witness it is because you open the door in
answer to my prayer. And now I know, whenever I see someone get saved it is
because I (or someone) was praying for them.
Prayer is the preface to blessing.
When the sunlight of your mercy rises on my necessity, it casts a shadow of
prayer before it. Put a shadow of prayer on my spirit this week! Then I can rest in
the knowledge if I am much in prayer, my pleading is the prelude to your mercy.
It makes me know the value of your blessing. The main thing I ask you for is
precious: more souls! Supply us for Jesus sake. Amen.

FRIDAY CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY

Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 31-33; Matthew 9:20-38
Friday, January 13

SATURDAYIN THE PSALMS

Chronological Bible Reading: Genesis 34-36; Matthew 10:1-21
Saturday, January 14

Deut. 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:
and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

Psa. 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all
the upright in heart shall glory.

Great Captain of the Host:

Look on those of your servants who are more than usually tried after this
holiday season, who because of bodily weakness, or severe stress, or extreme loss
especially need encouragement this week. Place under us the everlasting arms.
Let us all be refreshed this season. Let those who are languishing in the
hospitals be brought out. Let it be said of us as of Israel leaving Egypt,
Psa. 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one
feeble person among their tribes.
May the weakest among us be like David, and the Davids among us be like
the Angel of the LORD. We ask this high favor from our great King and glorious
Redeemer. Deny us not, for we want to be resourced for Gods Eternal Purpose!
Give victory to the likeminded churches all over the world. Look down on
the lost and see how their gods stand impotent on their thrones. Cast them down,
O Christ; conquer hearts! Cast down all powers of darkness until your name is
exalted among the nations (and especially those where we sent missionaries).
The harlot of Babylon still sits on her seven hills, and multitudes wander
after her. End her power in those regions she controls so Christ can truly reign!
Lord grant it by your own merciful grace because of Christs finished work.
Sometimes we feel half-staggered by this prayer, because our own urban
center is so dark. The gospel is preached on Sunday, yet men and women make
love to sin on Monday! Gather to yourself the many you still have in our city. Use
us to gather them out for the harvest! Make us wise and willing laborers in
the fields this week. And give us souls on Sunday for Jesus sake. Amen.

Gracious God:
When I pray out loud it helps my concentration, but even mental praying
has a voice you hear. Prayers that are unheard on earth (because of being
unvoiced by my mouth) are still the best ones heard at your throne.
I see David often turning to this prayer as his most powerful weapon.
Remind me to turn (and return) to it today. I can use it under the pressures of
inward sin and outward strife. I am sure I act most wisely when I make prayer my
first recourse and my most trusted resource in any hour of need. This is how we
become a praying church! Thank you Lord, for knowing how to give me peace.
You are more than a match for all my haters. You can defeat both their best-laid
secret plans and their open hostility.
Sometimes slander is their stealth weapon. I can expect malicious people
to wield it effectively. As soldiers ground their swords to give them a cutting edge
to deeply wound, so some people invent false motives calculated to inflict pain,
and sever my good relationships with other people. They stab at reputation. They
kill even the honor of being righteous. What is there an evil tongue will not say?
So I seek for your protection!
Do not let me learn the arts of self-defense; I do not need them as much as
I need you! My protection is in better hands than my own. Unbelievers may fear,
but I am a child of God. I confess my security in your power and justice. You will
not forget your promises, even when I forget them. Help me depend on them
this day so I do not have to respond in kind, but can respond supernaturally
through the strength of your Spirit, because it is only on him I rely. Amen.

Focus Verse (for memorization & meditation)Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/

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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

JANUARY 8, 2017

HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

HOW TO BUILD A BALANCED LIFE

WELCOME AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HOW TO BE A PRAYING CHURCH

Welcome to our visitors! Please take connection cards from the back of the pew
in front of you, fill out the visitor portion, and put it in the offering plate. You are
our guest and wed like to know you are here!

TIMEWORSHIP

Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and
departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

INTERCEDE WITH GOD INSTRUCT SAINTS

PROMPT PETITIONS KICKSTART DEVOTION

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

GIVE GOD THE FIRST PART OF EVERY DAY. The first commitment is
to a daily quiet time with God. Our weekly Prayer Diary provides a template for daily
devotions.
2)

TITHEWORK

1 Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God
hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DIME OF EVERY DOLLARno questions
asked. Ten percent is a miniscule amount in our affluent society, but it must come
off the top in order to show that God is our priority. We want the blessing of the
firstfruits (first devotion, first dime and first day) to flow out to the rest of our
resources.
3)

TEAMWORD

Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;
but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK. You should fellowship
with a group of believers around the word of God every Sunday in our church.

QUALITY CHRISTIANITY INVOLVES THREE THINGS

Keeping Christ at the center (your core relationship of worship to God)

Keeping the body of Christ a priority (your congregational relationship of
walking with us)
Basing beliefs and actions on the mind of Christ (your church relationship in
the Word)

INSTRUCTIONS:

TODAY
Ministerio Hispao La Cosecha 10:45A.M. en el saln 6. Servicio en Ingls
traducido en Espaol 9:00A.M.
Shuttle Service Park at the sign at Blue Springs High School, 8:30A.M.-12:30P.M.
TONIGHT 5:30P.M.
1 Corinthians study starts! Learn how to live by faith, not by the flesh.
Jr & Sr High in the Mezzanine for their deeper, in-depth Bible study
SNL Sunday Night Live kids ministry during evening service
TUESDAY
Mens Workout 5:30A.M. in the Gym Tuesday & Thursday mornings
Womens Zumba & Kickboxing Wed, Thurs & Sat mornings 9:00A.M, Gym
WEDNESDAY 7:00-8:15P.M.
Walking in the Spirit evening service for adults
AWANA our Bible Club for kids 2 yrs-6th grade
SATURDAY - GET PREPARED TO FULFILL OUR 20/20 VISION!
Living Faith Bible Institute LFBI classes start Sat mornings, Jan 14 Pastoral
Procedures Daniel & Revelation Life of Moses & Elisha 1 Corinthians is
on Sunday nights. Register ONLINE at lfbi.org
SATURDAY NIGHT 5:00P.M.
HBC Snowflake Ball Father-daughter dinner & dance at Adams Pointe
Conference Center. Cost $40 per couple (father & first daughter); just $10 each
additional date, dinner included. Register online or the table in the lobby!
NEXT SUNDAY
Disciplers Meeting 4:30P.M. for everyone who has completed our 16-lesson
discipleship, including current disciplers!
Financial Peace University 5:30P.M. runs 9 weeks till Tax Day. This Dave
Ramsey class normally costs $349, but we have 12 kits for just $50 per couple!

MINISTRY & SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

2017 Prayer Diary Challenge Start using the Prayer Diary each morning as
your springboard for devotions. Sit down and do what? Read thru your Bible,
10 pages a day! Stop each day on the page that has a 0 (10, 20, 30...).
In 2017 discover How to Be a Praying Church, Sunday mornings 8, 9 or 11, and
study 1 Corinthians, our Handbook for Ministry, Sunday nights at 5:30P.M.
Consider BEING a gift by GIVING a gift and support a Zambia child for a
year at $28 a month, or only $336 for the entire year!
Baptisms 9:00 and 11:00A.M. February 5 SuperSunday SuperService!

Baptists tend to ridicule liturgical churches that use "prepared prayers" because
they lack spontaneity. But for many Baptists, their prayers are so predictable they are
no more spontaneous than written-out prayers. The result is we end up praying the
same things over and over.
This daily Prayer Diary will prompt you on a wide range of prayer requests you
might not normally think of, while forcing you to articulate a deeper devotion to
God. We have included a daily Bible reading schedule. This plan will take you
through the Bible chronologically in a year.
Do not read ahead and do not try to catch up. Use each day as it comes. Then
you can know that on any given day, dozens of other people are lifting their hearts in
the same mind to God. Pray what is written, but use what is prayed as a springboard
for your own relationship with God. You learn to pray by praying.
Alan

Secret prayer is the secret of prayer, the soul of prayer, the seal of prayer, the
strength of prayer. If you do not pray alone you do not pray at all. Our Lord Jesus
Christ would go nowhere till He had prayed. He would attempt nothing till He had
prayed.
Oh, says one, I live in the spirit of prayer, and therefore I do not need times
and seasons for prayer. And do you think that Christ did not live in the spirit of
prayer? Yet He had to have his special time and place to pray. Do not fall under the
injurious notion that because your spirit cries to God in prayer all day long, therefore
there must not be some season for more immediately coming into Gods presence. If
you imagine this, I am afraid that it will prove a snare to your feet. The Lord Jesus
Christ, who knew better than you do that the main thing is the spirit of prayer rather
than the act of prayer, yet Himself retired into desert places to maintain the act and
exercise of prayer. Be spiritual. Be baptized into the spirit of prayer. But do not be
deceived by the enemy, who can steal a spirit away while we dream that we only
spiritualize it. We had better preserve the very bones of prayerthe posture, the
time, placerather than let it all ooze away into an impalpable mental condition.
God keep us prayerful. He will do so if He makes us like His dear Son.
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-92

Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/