BETTER WAY APOSTOLIC CHURCH

A Mother’s prayer doesn’t stop after the baby is born, but it continue throughout the child life.

Your prayers do matter and have mighty power in God’s eyes.

1. Pray that your kids connect with God.

2. Pray that your children honor God.

3. Pray they translate that honor into action.

4. Pray that they are well-equipped to meet every daily need.

5. Pray that your children forgive.

6. Pray that they avoid temptation.

7. Pray that they will have the resources to defeat everything negative.

8. Pray that they will develop relationships that serve to strengthen them.

9. Pray that love will define them.

10. Pray for the strength of the family.

A Mother’s Prayer is a Prayer of Wisdom:       

Wisdom is supreme so get wisdom.  And whatever else you get, get understanding.

A Mother’s prayer doesn’t stop after the baby is born, but it continue throughout the child life.

Your prayers do matter and have mighty power in God’s eyes.

1. Pray that your kids connect with God.

2. Pray that your children honor God.

3. Pray they translate that honor into action.

4. Pray that they are well-equipped to meet every daily need.

5. Pray that your children forgive.

6. Pray that they avoid temptation.

7. Pray that they will have the resources to defeat everything negative.

8. Pray that they will develop relationships that serve to strengthen them.

9. Pray that love will define them.

10. Pray for the strength of the family.

A Mother’s Prayer is a Prayer of Wisdom:       

Wisdom is supreme so get wisdom.  And whatever else you get, get understanding.

What were David's two greatest sins? Most people would reply, "His adultery with Bathsheba and his taking a census of the people," and their answers would be correct. As a result of his sin of numbering the people, David purchased property on Mount Moriah where he built an altar and worshiped the Lord (2 Samuel 24). David married Bathsheba and God gave them a son whom they named Solomon (2 Samuel 12:24-25). Now we have Solomon building a temple on David's property on Mount Moriah! God took the consequences of David's two worst sins-a piece of property and a son-and built a temple! "But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more" (Romans 5:20, NKJV). This isn't an encouragement for us to sin, because David paid dearly for both of those transgressions, but it is an encouragement to us go on serving God after we've repented and confessed our sins. Satan wants us to think that all is lost, but the God of all grace is still at work (1 Peter 5:10).

 

The outer structure (vv. 1-10, 36-38; 2 Chronicles 3). The ancient world had a "short cubit" or "common cubit" of almost eighteen inches and a "long cubit" of almost twenty-one inches. The common cubit was used for the temple (2 Chronicles 3:3), which means that the structure was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high. A porch thirty feet wide and fifteen feet deep stood at the front of the temple, and a courtyard for the priests surrounded the sanctuary. It was separated from an outer courtyard by a wall composed of stone blocks and wood (v. 36; 2 Chronicles 4:9). Jeremiah 36:10 calls the court of the priests "the upper courtyard," which suggests that it stood higher than the outer courtyard. The doors of the temple faced east, as did the gate of the tabernacle.

What were David's two greatest sins? Most people would reply, "His adultery with Bathsheba and his taking a census of the people," and their answers would be correct. As a result of his sin of numbering the people, David purchased property on Mount Moriah where he built an altar and worshiped the Lord (2 Samuel 24). David married Bathsheba and God gave them a son whom they named Solomon (2 Samuel 12:24-25). Now we have Solomon building a temple on David's property on Mount Moriah! God took the consequences of David's two worst sins-a piece of property and a son-and built a temple! "But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more" (Romans 5:20, NKJV). This isn't an encouragement for us to sin, because David paid dearly for both of those transgressions, but it is an encouragement to us go on serving God after we've repented and confessed our sins. Satan wants us to think that all is lost, but the God of all grace is still at work (1 Peter 5:10).

 

The outer structure (vv. 1-10, 36-38; 2 Chronicles 3). The ancient world had a "short cubit" or "common cubit" of almost eighteen inches and a "long cubit" of almost twenty-one inches. The common cubit was used for the temple (2 Chronicles 3:3), which means that the structure was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high. A porch thirty feet wide and fifteen feet deep stood at the front of the temple, and a courtyard for the priests surrounded the sanctuary. It was separated from an outer courtyard by a wall composed of stone blocks and wood (v. 36; 2 Chronicles 4:9). Jeremiah 36:10 calls the court of the priests "the upper courtyard," which suggests that it stood higher than the outer courtyard. The doors of the temple faced east, as did the gate of the tabernacle.

"Rend your hearts!" (people would repent of their sins and seek the Lord's help. The nation didn't know when this invasion would occur, so the important thing was for them to turn to the Lord now. But they must be sincere. It's easy to participate in a religious ceremony, tear your garments, and lament, but quite some-thing else to humbly confess your sins and bring to God a repentant heart (Matthew 15:8-9). "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart these, O God, You will not despise" (Psalms 51:17, NKJV).

 

The one thing that encourages us to repent and return to the Lord is the character of God. Knowing that He is indeed "gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love (Joel 2:13, NIV) ought to motivate us to seek His face. This description of the attributes of God goes back to Moses' meeting with the Lord on Mt. Sinai, when he interceded for the sinful nation of Israel (Exodus 34:6-7). You find echoes of it in Numbers 14:18 (another scene of Moses' intercession); Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 86:15; 103:8, and 145:8; and Jonah 4:2. Such a gracious God would "turn and have pity" (Joel 2:14. NIV). Note that Joel's concern was that the people would once again have offerings to bring to the Lord, not just food on their tables.