“Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” Joel 2:17
The people cried out to the Lord for forgiveness. And ultimately, Joel goes on to say (vs. 18) that the Lord had pity on them. But, amidst this, the people wanted the nations around them to look at them and see God. They didn’t want to be a bad reflection of Him.
Their sin had created a chasm between them and God, and they craved to be back in His favor. They were returning to Him, rendering their hearts, so that the people would witness His grace in their lives and through seeing them they would reveal that He was the one true God. Through their fasting and prayer, calling on the Lord together as a body to be changed from the inside out, God would once again become the center of their lives and the nations around would see God in them and fear Him because of it.
-Is it evident to the people we encounter in Chicago that God is working in us?
-How can we as a body testify to the name of Christ in the city of Chicago? Are we fulfilling our potential in this area?
*Take time tonight to focus on the city of Chicago. Ask for God to pour out His Spirit on this place and on us as we go out each day.
-The not-yet believers of Chicago
-The homeless or jobless in the city
-Our ministry to them
-Is it evident to the people we encounter in Chicago that God is working in us?
-How can we as a body testify to the name of Christ in the city of Chicago? Are we fulfilling our potential in this area?
*Take time tonight to focus on the city of Chicago. Ask for God to pour out His Spirit on this place and on us as we go out each day.
-The not-yet believers of Chicago
-The homeless or jobless in the city
-Our ministry to them
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