Weekly updates from Bound4LIFE with Executive Director Matt Lockett.
Weekly updates from Bound4LIFE with Executive Director Matt Lockett.
With just one day left until The Mercy Seat my heart weighs heavy with so much at stake. I hope the last seven days have been a time of internal inspection and preparation for you. The overall arch of prayer tomorrow is to be selfless, repentant and intercessory in nature. We will stand on behalf of a nation of people that “know not what they do.” This individual preparation is what will allow this mercy cry to hit the necessary spiritual volume before the throne. Could it be that, in the past, our cries for revival have not been louder than the cries for justice? Being able to hit the correct pitch is not a matter of skill or sheer quantity. One of the great principles of love is, “He that is forgiven much loves much.”
Birmingham, AL’s mayor Larry Langford calls for repentance and prayer for the city. This is an incredible example of God using those in governmental leadership to lead the masses in the way we should go. He even tells the entire City Council that he needs them to be there!
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. (He 10:19-22 NIV)
Let me return to the passages in Matthew 27 that I discussed in “Who’s Responsibility Is It Anyway?” The NIV is the only translation to render verses 4 and 24 “It’s your responsibility.” Let me preface this by saying that I’m definitely not a student of Greek. In fact, I probably know just enough to be dangerous.