I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
Paul's prayer for the church in corinth, 1 corinthians 1:10
Father of Glory, today i bring before you your church. God i'm asking for a spirit of unity to unite your church. God i'm asking you to break down every cultural, denominational, and theological wall. that your church would fix our eyes on Jesus and unite as one body and worship together. God i'm asking that every person at UCSD who loves You would be able to work together, that as we unite, we may bring about a movement of radical love that will change the face of this campus forever.
God i bring before you Intervarsity. i thank you God for the diversity you have blessed Intervarsity with. i thank you for the cultural, ethnic, and denominational diversity you have given this fellowship. this year God, i'm asking that you will break down any walls this year within our fellowship, that your church would be filled with humility and understanding as we set aside our differences and set our eyes upon Jesus. God i'm asking that your people will be united by our passionate love for Jesus, and that would be enough. humble us, God, that we do may not worship a culture, fellowship, or an experience, but we worship a man, Jesus, and when we gather, we do not fix our eyes on the style of worship or the style of prayer, but that we will seek only for an encounter with God.
God, let Intervarsity be a place where you can meet people right where they are at. continue have favor over Intervarsity as a fellowship that is welcoming and open to reach the masses, yet has the ability speak intimately, boldly, and powerfully to every heart, regardless of denomination/spiritual background/culture. you have reminded me God, that you are a God who so loved the world, yet you encounter us and you know us intimately. thank you God, for this unique identity that you have given Intervarsity.
unite our fellowship and your church in one direction God: that we may know Your love, God, and make your love known to UCSD.
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today let us pray for all christians--that our differences will not distract us from keeping our eyes on Jesus.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Revive 2010: Day 6
Hebrews 5:7: 7During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
Matthew 26:45: 45Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
John 14:12-14: 12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
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Jesus prayed with great fervency. He knew that God is the only One who can make a difference to anything that needed to change, because He is the Almighty. Jesus came before God in humility and love, and with great passion. He came out of a heart that was filled with compassion, not out of obligation or duty.
Abba, we thank You that Jesus prayed with fervency and passion. That He came before You in humility, knowing Your sovereignty and goodness. Lord, release a passion and fervency for prayer like Jesus had as He prayed in the garden. You are the one who loves us, the one who cares about us and who hears our prayers.
Our Hope is in You, Lord. We will wait for Your perfect timing. Thank You that You have a plan for UCSD and for Your children. Father, we will wait for You. Bring Your spirit in power and love and passion as only You can. Open our eyes to what You are doing, that we will not be found sleeping while You are moving and coming in glory.
We trust that as our inheritance as Your children, we can boldly and humbly approach Your throne in confidence that You will hear us and delight in our approach. Thank You that we bear the name of Jesus and have been given the Holy Spirit so we can pray in confidence and authority to drive out darkness and bring forth Your kingdom in the measure You allow.
Lord, give us a heart for the things You care about, knowing that You see our hearts and respond to what is in our hearts. Thank You that it's not about the words we say, but about us letting You come into a situation that only You can take and turn it into what You intend it to be.
Lord, we pray that Your will be done and that we are stewards who know Your heart and who come before You in love and humility, acknowledging Your sovereignty and goodness. We agree with Your plan for UCSD, and we will listen and obey, Lord.
Break down our idols at UCSD, tear down our foundations that are built so solidly upon things that fade away, and as You break them down, rain down Your presence that new life can grow. Thank You for not withholding anything from us, Lord, but allowing us to come into agreement with You and plead with You in full knowledge of Your goodness and power.
In Jesus's name I pray,
Amen
revive 2010: day 5
God, today i'm praying for those struggling with a tough summer. i'm praying for those who are having a "dry" summer. i'm contending on behalf of those who are feeling "distant" from you or "disconnected" from you. God, tonight i'm taking a stand and i'm asking for you to touch hearts in the name of Jesus! bring the freshness of your love, rekindle hearts, may you be always be our firstlove.
Father, i am asking for your grace to touch hearts. i'm asking for your grace to stir hearts and compel hearts to draw near you once again. i'm praying against complacency and dull spirits. Father i'm praying against the spirit of apathy and lukewarmness. God i'm asking for the Holy Spirit to stir hearts to be moved to draw near to you. i'm asking for hearts to be awakened. God would you revive hearts. would you take what is dead and bring life to them.
Holy Spirit come, send revival in the hearts of your people.
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be praying for people who may be in a hard/dry season. summer can always be hard for people who are away from community/in a hard family environment. ask God to meet people where they are at.
Father, i am asking for your grace to touch hearts. i'm asking for your grace to stir hearts and compel hearts to draw near you once again. i'm praying against complacency and dull spirits. Father i'm praying against the spirit of apathy and lukewarmness. God i'm asking for the Holy Spirit to stir hearts to be moved to draw near to you. i'm asking for hearts to be awakened. God would you revive hearts. would you take what is dead and bring life to them.
Holy Spirit come, send revival in the hearts of your people.
~~~
be praying for people who may be in a hard/dry season. summer can always be hard for people who are away from community/in a hard family environment. ask God to meet people where they are at.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
revive 2010: day 4
"In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams."
-Joel, prophet of God
acts 2:17
God, today we are asking for the same power that you poured out upon those in Jerusalem, that you will pour it out upon UCSD. God we hold on to the truth that you are the same yesterday today and forever, and that you are able to do the same at UCSD as you did in Jerusalem 2000 years ago.
we pray for the fullness of what you promised. God we ask for your manifest presence to fall in a tangible way as it did on the day of pentecost. God we are asking for a tangible move of your Spirit upon your people, that with the preaching of Your word, thousands will come to faith. we are asking for your power to come upon the preaching of your word at UCSD, that your word will have same power to cut to the heart, so that thousands will repent and confess Jesus as LORD.
God i'm asking You to annoint the words of the preachers of the gospel at UCSD. i'm asking you would annoint the zero week speaker at Intervarsity and every speaker at large group with the power and conviction of Your word. would Your word bring power and authority, speak life, truth, and freedom. would Tour word speak life into dry bones. would the message of the love, power, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ bring healing and reconciliation. i'm asking for the word to come alive in bible studies, small groups, GIGs, everywhere Your word is spoken. let Your word be a living word. let it come alive.
in Jesus name amen.
~~~
today, read Acts chapter 2, the entire chapter. ask God to do the same at UCSD as He did in that chapter.
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams."
-Joel, prophet of God
acts 2:17
God, today we are asking for the same power that you poured out upon those in Jerusalem, that you will pour it out upon UCSD. God we hold on to the truth that you are the same yesterday today and forever, and that you are able to do the same at UCSD as you did in Jerusalem 2000 years ago.
we pray for the fullness of what you promised. God we ask for your manifest presence to fall in a tangible way as it did on the day of pentecost. God we are asking for a tangible move of your Spirit upon your people, that with the preaching of Your word, thousands will come to faith. we are asking for your power to come upon the preaching of your word at UCSD, that your word will have same power to cut to the heart, so that thousands will repent and confess Jesus as LORD.
God i'm asking You to annoint the words of the preachers of the gospel at UCSD. i'm asking you would annoint the zero week speaker at Intervarsity and every speaker at large group with the power and conviction of Your word. would Your word bring power and authority, speak life, truth, and freedom. would Tour word speak life into dry bones. would the message of the love, power, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ bring healing and reconciliation. i'm asking for the word to come alive in bible studies, small groups, GIGs, everywhere Your word is spoken. let Your word be a living word. let it come alive.
in Jesus name amen.
~~~
today, read Acts chapter 2, the entire chapter. ask God to do the same at UCSD as He did in that chapter.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
revive 2010: day 3
"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams."
-Joel, prophet of God acts 2:17
God, today we come into agreement with Your word, that which you have spoken through Joel, and that which you have confirmed through Peter in Acts 2. God, today we ask for the spirit of prophecy upon your people. We are asking that you will activate the eyes and the ears of your children, that we, as your children, may hear and see and know the things upon your heart.
God, would your people be ones who walk in the Spirit. would Your people be ones who recognize the presence of the Spirit in our lives, and be able to walk in the boldness, power, and authority that comes from the Spirit. would Your people be ones hungry to hear your voice, desperate to know what you are thinking, what you are feeling. we thank You God for the Spirit of prophecy that already dwells in us the moment we are born again. thank You God that the ability to hear your voice is a gift given freely to anyone who is found in You. help us to know our position of privilege, God. we do not want to live in anything short of being able to freely dialogue with our King, our Father, our Lover.
God, we are asking for your Spirit that gives us dreams and visions. speak to us God, and give us willing ears to hear. give us direction to how we can best serve You and love You. that when we are feeling weak and tired, give us ears to hear You tell us that You love us, that You delight in us, so that we can better receive Your love. and when we are having trouble loving those around us, speak to us and teach us how to better love others.
God we are asking for an outpouring of Your Spirit. give us supernatural visions and dreams, secrets upon Your heart, of how You desire to move. help us to hear Your voice, that we may better love You and love those around us. thank You for Your voice, which gives us discernment, and demonstrates supernatural power, wisdom, and knowledge beyond our own human ability. oh, that Your people would become Your mouthpiece of truth. oh, that we would be a people to declare your Truth, your joy, freedom, and life into this broken world. oh that Your people would rise up and speak words of healing, words of love and encouragement, that our words would build up and not tear down. oh God, may our words declare the goodness of Your son Jesus, that our very own words would usher in the kingdom of heaven into this earth. let it begin at UCSD. make it so, LORD.
in the name of Jesus amen.
~~~
today ask God to impart the spirit of prophecy on you and on those around you. the spirit of prophecy just means the ability to hear and declare the things upon God's heart. God's voice gives us direction and helps us to know what is on His heart. it enables us to speak life and truth into others in a supernatural way, things that we did not know on our own.
-Joel, prophet of God acts 2:17
God, today we come into agreement with Your word, that which you have spoken through Joel, and that which you have confirmed through Peter in Acts 2. God, today we ask for the spirit of prophecy upon your people. We are asking that you will activate the eyes and the ears of your children, that we, as your children, may hear and see and know the things upon your heart.
God, would your people be ones who walk in the Spirit. would Your people be ones who recognize the presence of the Spirit in our lives, and be able to walk in the boldness, power, and authority that comes from the Spirit. would Your people be ones hungry to hear your voice, desperate to know what you are thinking, what you are feeling. we thank You God for the Spirit of prophecy that already dwells in us the moment we are born again. thank You God that the ability to hear your voice is a gift given freely to anyone who is found in You. help us to know our position of privilege, God. we do not want to live in anything short of being able to freely dialogue with our King, our Father, our Lover.
God, we are asking for your Spirit that gives us dreams and visions. speak to us God, and give us willing ears to hear. give us direction to how we can best serve You and love You. that when we are feeling weak and tired, give us ears to hear You tell us that You love us, that You delight in us, so that we can better receive Your love. and when we are having trouble loving those around us, speak to us and teach us how to better love others.
God we are asking for an outpouring of Your Spirit. give us supernatural visions and dreams, secrets upon Your heart, of how You desire to move. help us to hear Your voice, that we may better love You and love those around us. thank You for Your voice, which gives us discernment, and demonstrates supernatural power, wisdom, and knowledge beyond our own human ability. oh, that Your people would become Your mouthpiece of truth. oh, that we would be a people to declare your Truth, your joy, freedom, and life into this broken world. oh that Your people would rise up and speak words of healing, words of love and encouragement, that our words would build up and not tear down. oh God, may our words declare the goodness of Your son Jesus, that our very own words would usher in the kingdom of heaven into this earth. let it begin at UCSD. make it so, LORD.
in the name of Jesus amen.
~~~
today ask God to impart the spirit of prophecy on you and on those around you. the spirit of prophecy just means the ability to hear and declare the things upon God's heart. God's voice gives us direction and helps us to know what is on His heart. it enables us to speak life and truth into others in a supernatural way, things that we did not know on our own.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Lord, Keep Us With You
Jeremiah 13
A Linen Belt
1 This is what the LORD said to me: "Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water." 2 So I bought a belt, as the LORD directed, and put it around my waist.
3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: 4 "Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath [a] and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks." 5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD told me.
6 Many days later the LORD said to me, "Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there." 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 9 "This is what the LORD says: 'In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless! 11 For as a belt is bound around a man's waist, so I bound the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to me,' declares the LORD, 'to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.'
Lord, would You make us faithful and obedient. That even if we don't understand Your ways, we trust You and love You. Thank You that You do not waste time, that You use everything for a specific purpose and reason. Would You save UCSD from destruction, Lord, and pour out Your spirit in TRUTH and LOVE that we would be drawn to You not by empty rhetoric or enticing but shallow promises, but by Your lovingkindness, Your faithfulness, Your promises of restoration, joy, peace, and wholeness. Would we love You deeply, and set our gaze upon that.
A Linen Belt
1 This is what the LORD said to me: "Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water." 2 So I bought a belt, as the LORD directed, and put it around my waist.
3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: 4 "Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath [a] and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks." 5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD told me.
6 Many days later the LORD said to me, "Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there." 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 9 "This is what the LORD says: 'In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless! 11 For as a belt is bound around a man's waist, so I bound the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to me,' declares the LORD, 'to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.'
Lord, would You make us faithful and obedient. That even if we don't understand Your ways, we trust You and love You. Thank You that You do not waste time, that You use everything for a specific purpose and reason. Would You save UCSD from destruction, Lord, and pour out Your spirit in TRUTH and LOVE that we would be drawn to You not by empty rhetoric or enticing but shallow promises, but by Your lovingkindness, Your faithfulness, Your promises of restoration, joy, peace, and wholeness. Would we love You deeply, and set our gaze upon that.
Abba, raise up intercessors and lovers on campus who will listen to You and who will seek Your heart through prayer, fasting, and worship to give You room to move as You already have planned.
Abba, make us a campus who clings to You but does not turn away or shift out gaze. Make us like a belt that does not fall off, make us steadfast to You because other things just aren't appealing.
Lord, we trust Your timing and we will keep pursuing a move of the Holy Spirit, not convincing You to give it to us, but because it softens our hearts to receive what You already have planned.
Thank You for Your mercy, God, and grant us favor to see all people who don't know You come to love You and come to live in the fullness of what You have intended for every person, that we won't become like a linen belt that was once beautiful and purposeful but has fallen off and gone astray.
Thank You that Your ways are higher than our ways.
Abba, we wait for You in confidence that You are bringing your SHEKINAH GLORY to campus and to each of our lives.
In Jesus' name we pray,
Amen
revive 2010: day 2
9"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.'
-Jesus, matthew 6
Father of Glory, we come before you once again, praying the same prayer that your son Jesus prayed, and we are asking for Your kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. God, we are asking for the fullness of the kingdom of heaven to come to UCSD. God we know so little about heaven, so we ask that you would give us the desire to dare to dream what heaven is even like, and pray the same would come to pass on earth.
but God we know that in heaven there is no physical pain, so sickness, and no diseases. so God we are asking you to make UCSD a disease-free, pain free place. we are asking for you to pour out your Spirit in such great measures that there will be no sick people, there will be no hurt people, because when Your kingdom comes and Your people lay hands on the sick, they will be instantly healed! let UCSD be a crutch-free, headache free, pain-free zone!
God, we also know that heaven is a place free of spiritual and emotional pain. in heaven there is no depression, no brokenness or hurt. God we are asking that you would break the spirit of depression that is hovering over UCSD. we are asking you to take away the loneliness that people suffer from and fill it with Your love. may people find true community not in frats or sorrorities, but in Your body only--in Intervarsity and the communities united by Your love.
finally, God we know that in heaven, every knee bows to YOU. God i'm asking for the spirit of idolatry to be broken over UCSD. i'm asking that the spirit of debauchery, of drunkenness would be broken in the name of Jesus. i'm asking that people at UCSD will not worship academics, grades, or partying, but that You will become the only object of our worship. God, let not our campus be one that worships a stupid sungod. in fact God, would you break that statue and make it crumble and fall to the ground (the ivy on the statue is already beginning to die!). God we hate drunkenness and partying because you hate it. we hate sexual sin, promiscuity, and impurity because you despise it. God i'm asking for Your Spirit to be poured out in such great measures that people will be getting drunk not off alcohol, but off your Spirit, and that people will be dancing not at parties but because we are worshipping You. God, i'm asking for a day that library walk will not be blasting party music, but will be filled with worship, as thousands of hands are raised and knees are bowed in worship to You, the only true God. i'm asking for lecture halls, for RIMAC stadium to be filled with people worshipping You.
make it so, LORD.
God, send revival to UCSD. in the name of Jesus amen.
~~~
when you don't know how to pray, it's not a bad idea to copy Jesus. today, ask God to break open your imagination, and dare to dream what God can do at UCSD--things that are found in heaven. think about something that you think exists in heaven, and pray the same would be so at UCSD.
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.'
-Jesus, matthew 6
Father of Glory, we come before you once again, praying the same prayer that your son Jesus prayed, and we are asking for Your kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. God, we are asking for the fullness of the kingdom of heaven to come to UCSD. God we know so little about heaven, so we ask that you would give us the desire to dare to dream what heaven is even like, and pray the same would come to pass on earth.
but God we know that in heaven there is no physical pain, so sickness, and no diseases. so God we are asking you to make UCSD a disease-free, pain free place. we are asking for you to pour out your Spirit in such great measures that there will be no sick people, there will be no hurt people, because when Your kingdom comes and Your people lay hands on the sick, they will be instantly healed! let UCSD be a crutch-free, headache free, pain-free zone!
God, we also know that heaven is a place free of spiritual and emotional pain. in heaven there is no depression, no brokenness or hurt. God we are asking that you would break the spirit of depression that is hovering over UCSD. we are asking you to take away the loneliness that people suffer from and fill it with Your love. may people find true community not in frats or sorrorities, but in Your body only--in Intervarsity and the communities united by Your love.
finally, God we know that in heaven, every knee bows to YOU. God i'm asking for the spirit of idolatry to be broken over UCSD. i'm asking that the spirit of debauchery, of drunkenness would be broken in the name of Jesus. i'm asking that people at UCSD will not worship academics, grades, or partying, but that You will become the only object of our worship. God, let not our campus be one that worships a stupid sungod. in fact God, would you break that statue and make it crumble and fall to the ground (the ivy on the statue is already beginning to die!). God we hate drunkenness and partying because you hate it. we hate sexual sin, promiscuity, and impurity because you despise it. God i'm asking for Your Spirit to be poured out in such great measures that people will be getting drunk not off alcohol, but off your Spirit, and that people will be dancing not at parties but because we are worshipping You. God, i'm asking for a day that library walk will not be blasting party music, but will be filled with worship, as thousands of hands are raised and knees are bowed in worship to You, the only true God. i'm asking for lecture halls, for RIMAC stadium to be filled with people worshipping You.
make it so, LORD.
God, send revival to UCSD. in the name of Jesus amen.
~~~
when you don't know how to pray, it's not a bad idea to copy Jesus. today, ask God to break open your imagination, and dare to dream what God can do at UCSD--things that are found in heaven. think about something that you think exists in heaven, and pray the same would be so at UCSD.
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