FRIDAY NIGHT SONG AND PRAYER
Join us every Friday night at 7pm in the Wesley Sanctuary to lift up our church, our Pastor, Our Ministries, Our Leadership , Our Members, and Our Nation for such a time as this. Coming together in unity with song and prayer is a powerful force against the devil’s schemes. We will start out with casual singing leading into guided prayer. Everyone is invited and welcome to share their own personal prayers with others.
MORNING BY MORNING – C. H. Spurgeon
“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”
Leviticus 6:13
(paraphrased)
Keep the altar of corporate prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The
sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well.
Secret devotion expressed in community is the very essence, evidence, and
barometer, of vital and loving communion. Let’s burn here the fat of our sacrifices
and supplications. Let your closet seasons be, if possible, regular, frequent, and
undisturbed. Effectual prayer of faithful Christians avails much.
Have we nothing to pray for? Let us suggest the Church, the Bride of Christ-
Wesley Church, and the cause of God’s truth throughout our nation.
Let us examine ourselves on this important matter because it is of utmost
importance for God Almighty..
Do we engage with lukewarmness in our prayers and devotions?
Is the fire of devotion and dedication burning dimly in our hearts?
If so, let us gather and fan the flame.
Let us go with crying out to the Lord for His mercy and grace in our
supplications. Let us set apart special seasons for extraordinary prayer. For if this
fire should be smothered beneath the ashes of a worldly conformity, it will dim
the fire on the sanctuary, and lessen our influence
in our witnessing and saving souls.
This also applies to the altar of the heart. This is a golden altar indeed.
God loves to see the hearts of his people glowing towards Himself.
Let us give to God our hearts, all blazing with love, and seek his grace,
that the fire may never be quenched;
for it will not burn if the Lord does not keep it burning.
Many foes will attempt to extinguish it;
but once the Holy Spirit pours its sacred oil, no foe will be
able to turn it off and it will blaze higher and higher. Let us use texts of Scripture
and prayers as fuel for our heart’s fire, they are live coals
Let us attend our prayer gatherings, but above all, let us be much alone with
Jesus in prayer and supplication.