HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH PRAYER DIARY — SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TIMES 9:00 & 10:45 A.M.
MONDAY—EVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 15-16
Monday, November 26
Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD,
and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof,
and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Holy Master and Loving Savior:
God told Jonah to go up. Go to Nineveh and preach the word. Jonah hated
those people, so he went down. Down to Joppa to escape responsibility.
Are there times I shy away from giving a word of testimony to the gospel?
Lord, search my heart. The consequence of cowardly conduct is I lose your
presence and the sense of your love. No wonder I struggle for security!
I thank you today that when I serve you, you are with me. Even if I have the
whole world against me, it does not matter. But when I turn back from serving
you, from ministry, from witnessing to __________ or to __________, and seek
my own way, I am like a plane without a pilot.
Oh Lord, what has happened to me? How could I be so foolish as to shun
any opportunity, and thereby lose the beaming joy of your face? This is too high a
price! Help me return to my first love.
Another consequence of shirking my spiritual duties is I lose all peace of
mind. A slip into sin destroys my inner peace. Like Jonah, I lose everything I could
have used to calm my anxiety with. I cannot plead the promise of your protection
when I am not right in your ways.
I am reaping my own deeds. I am filled with my own feelings and ideas. I
want to stop playing Jonah and get out of this hot mess. It is much harder to shun
the will and work and witness of God than to immediately surrender, yield my will
and obey. Jonah lost time because he still had to go preach. Give me grace to go
at your first call. Do this because Jesus is worthy. Amen.
A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING
Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 10-13
Thursday, November 29
Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines of never failing skill
He treasures up His bright designs and works His sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste, but sweet will be the flower.
Blind unbelief is sure to err and scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter, and He will make it plain.
—William Cowper, 1774
š with human skin on, that is our way to God. His substitutionary death is our
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TUESDAY—FOCUS ON CHRIST’S MIRACLES
Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 1-4
Tuesday, November 27
Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for
the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it
out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Merciful Savior:
No one wants to have a withered hand. Lord I do not want to be spiritually
lifeless or useless. I know so many people who need healing, yet they do not want
to be healed. I want to be saved from hell, but I want to be saved from my addictive
habits and sinful bondage as well. I want to be saved from the power of evil, the
love of sin, the vanity of fools, and the very ability to find pleasure in transgression.
In my heart of hearts I hate myself, and long to be like Jesus! I desire to be what I
am too weak to be, and do what I am too withered to do, and yet I desire it. So I
cry with Paul in agony,
Rom. 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to
will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
I want to, but I cannot! My heart feels like a stone sometimes. I want to love
Christ more than I do. I am withered and dried up. I want to be holy, but especially
at the holidays, sinful desires come in and carry me away.
Give me the force of your command, Stretch forth thine hand! Emancipate me
from the bondage of corruption! Your name is Jesus, so save me from my sins,
because I am a real sinner and not just a poser. In Mark’s account you see the
disapproval in the hearts of the Pharisees, so surely you are knowledgeable of my
own inner condition. Say to this dead sinner:
† 1 Cor. 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge
of God:
And some never will, unless I get woke to your righteousness. Amen.
FRIDAY— CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY
Chronological Bible Reading: Romans 1-4
Friday, November 30
Heb. 3:7-8 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Almighty and Everlasting God:
We come in obedience to your call. We come to fulfill our office as believers
who are simultaneously kings and priests. What else can children be but bold in
their Father’s presence?
Our eye of faith may be dim, yet we enter your temple for prayer. Even
though we sin, full access is open to repentance. We are grieved with the sense of
our apathy, mediocrity and stagnation. This is why we come, even now. We are
minished and brought low (Psa. 107:39), but we come!
We come by way of atonement. We have boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus (Heb. 10:19). The high priest brought blood because the veil was there.
We bring it now because the curtain is gone! It gives us liberty to advance.
We come in an unfailing way, by a new and living way (Heb. 10:20). It is a way
always fresh because of a Lamb newly slain. Jesus died millennia ago, yet his worth
is the same now as it was the moment it occurred, so we come! The way is always
newly-paved by the cross, so make it new to our hearts and never stale. The way
itself guides, brings and bears us near. This way gives us life with which to come.
Life is in the way itself.
We come in a dedicated way, which [Jesus] hath consecrated for us (Heb. 10:20).
It is a Christly way, because there is no coming except by the incarnate God. God
pathway. We come to God by his representation.
We do not pray without Christ, sing without Christ, nor work without Christ.
Help us perform our holy function in the right and righteous way. Amen.
WEDNESDAY—REVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 5-9
Wednesday, November 28
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Glorious God and Heavenly Father:
You do not give like we do: a handout to the panhandler. You distribute your
riches by the bucket. When Solomon asked for wisdom you gave him wealth and
power also. Nearly every time someone in the Old Testament prays you give ten
times as much as what is asked. What grace there was even under the law!
That is the habit of God. You not only redeem your promises, but when you
could pay off in silver, you instead deliver in gold. Thank you Lord for not being
stingy with me. You generously forgive my sins and are none the poorer. Why
should you withhold your favor this week? Let me bathe in the river of grace. Pour
floods on the dry ground and bring us revival!
Job 5:8-9 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Which
doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Psa. 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is
unsearchable.
Eph. 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I
should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
So let me preach from my personal pulpit this week, because there is an ocean
of mercy for sinners. There is an Ark large enough to hold everyone. Better yet,
you do not find fault with the seeker.
You invite me to ask, so do not let me add to my other sins the sin of distrust,
because that sin kills revival. Let me pray intimately, immediately, humbly and
reverently for both wisdom and grace today. God, enlarge my vision of your Son
Jesus! Drive out my doubts and fears for his sake alone. Amen.
SATURDAY—IN THE PSALMS
Chronological Bible Reading: Romans 5-8
Saturday, December 1
Psa. 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Holy Lord and Glorious God:
You are good all the time, and nothing else but good to me. You cannot act
unjustly or ever be unkind. Your goodness is beyond successful contradiction and
without compromise.
This is a firm anchor when I am troubled or in trouble, and especially when
storms arise from things I do not understand. Whatever may or may not be the
truth about these events, there are certainties in your hand. They may not be within
my grasp, but you hold them, and I cling to you! That keeps me from being carried
away by hurricanes of anxiety and cyclones of confusion.
Lord no matter how confused I am, let me never think badly of you! No
Jesus, if I cannot understand you, still let me never doubt you. You are good
to those whom you have made good in Christ and have renewed their heart.
Psa. 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
There is a great battle in my soul, because while all the time you are good, I
must confess my sin. Can I expect a share of your grace? Yes, I do share it, but
often I act like someone who has never received it.
If I see only the present age and forget the future, I soon grow envious and
discontent. Errors of heart soon affect my conduct. When I doubt your
righteousness, my own integrity starts to waver. Strengthen me in the inner
man. Wisdom is expensive, but if I buy it, I no longer have to fret over anything.
You show me what the end will be. Simply make me more fit for eternity.
This is the prize, the goal, and my desire. Give me grace for growth! Sink my
soul deeper into you. Make me cling tighter onto you. Help me climb higher up
for you. Do it all for your own glory and praise. Amen.
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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH NOVEMBER 25, 2018 HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

H O W T O BU I L D A B A L AN C ED L I FE T H I S W E EK ’ S C AR E PR A YE R L I ST PR A Y ER D I AR Y

Please submit prayer requests and updates online at hbcbluesprings.org or by

placing a prayer card in the offering plate. Send updates by Wednesday at Noon
1) TIME—WORSHIP
for inclusion in the prayer diary. Questions? dhill@hbcbluesprings.org
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and
departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. Bereavement
Robert Harris – father, Jennifer Hawkins
Mary Ann Fong – mother, Tracie Guffey
GIVE GOD THE FIRST PAR T OF EVERY DAY. The first commitment is
to a daily quiet time with God. Our weekly Prayer Diary provides a template for daily Terry Sedore – brother in law, Sandra Cardwell
Donna Tuescher – wife, Richard Tuescher; mother, David Vaughn
devotions.
Pray for Members, Family & Friends
2) TITHE—WORK
Erica Stogsdill - daughter in law, Gene & Brenda Stogsdill
Ken & Lori Applegate - health issues
1 Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God Leona M Brown - mother, Luther & Sharon Brown
hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Nathaniel Armstrong - husband, Sallie Armstrong
Pastor William & Lillie McClendon
Mary Ann Fong -mother, Tracie Guffey
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DIME OF E VERY DOLLAR—no questions
asked. Ten percent is a miniscule amount in our affluent society, but it must come Marsha Shackelford - sister, Lin Tonty
Gene Roberts – brother, Verla Baker
off the top in order to show that God is our priority. We want the blessing of the
firstfruits (first devotion, first dime and first day) to flow out to the rest of our Lela Thomas – sister, Dorothy Williams
resources. William Jeffries – father, Paula Stewart
Bill Warner - brother in law, Vince Broker
3) TEAM—WORD Johnnie Porter Santece Moore
Dorothy Williams
Teri Beasley – sister, Sheri Cathcart
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; Juanita Candillo – mother, Anita Nebel
but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Conner Bartlett & Bartlett Family
Wilma Jones – mother, Bryant Newsome
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DAY OF E VERY WEE K. You should fellowship
with a group of believers around the word of God every Sunday in our church. Soft Touch (Cancer Treatment)
Linda Brown -sister, Ronnie Starks
Pat Mullinex -mother, Jeff Mullinex
QUALITY CHRISTIANITY INVOLVES THREE THINGS Alfred Boyd -family, Chelsa Bright
§ Keeping Christ at the center (your core relationship of worship to God) BJ Demarge
§ Keeping the body of Christ a priority (your congregational relationship of Grant Stoner - uncle, Jessica Buckallew
walking with us) Tameka Bedell - friend of Starks family
§ Basing beliefs and actions on the mind of Christ (your church relationship in Carole Jones - mother, James Jones
the Word) Sara Zwahlen - friend of Kay Brockmeyer
Camille Trapasso - stage 4 liver cancer
Brittany Nieves - niece, Jim & Lin Tonty
Martha Gaskin - niece, Dave Hill
Trinity Parrish – (3 yr old), Parish & Newsome Family
Henry Thrower – brother, Nicole Thrower
Active Duty Military
Mark Johnson Rich Gitschlag Paige Grantham
¨ INTERCEDE WI TH GOD ¨ INSTR UCT SAINTS
¨ PROMPT PETITIONS ¨ KICKSTAR T DE VOTION
INSTRUCTIONS:
Baptists tend to ridicule liturgical churches that use "prepared prayers" because
they lack spontaneity. But for many Baptists, their prayers are so predictable they are
no more spontaneous than written-out prayers. The result is we end up praying the
same things over and over.
This daily Prayer Diary will prompt you on a wide range of prayer requests you
might not normally think of, while forcing you to articulate a deeper devotion to God.
We have included a daily Bible reading schedule. This plan will take you through the
Bible chronologically in a year.
Do not read ahead and do not try to catch up. Use each day as it comes. Then
Linda Harbin you can know that on any given day, dozens of other people are lifting their hearts in
Herschel Cox the same mind to God. Pray what is written, but use what is prayed as a springboard
Wayne Scott for your own relationship with God. You learn to pray by praying.
Larry Franklin
Doug Leslie —Alan
Larry Cook
Dave Hill
Secret prayer is the secret of prayer, the soul of prayer, the seal of prayer, the
strength of prayer. If you do not pray alone you do not pray at all. Our Lord Jesus
Christ would go nowhere till He had prayed. He would attempt nothing till He had
prayed.
“Oh,” says one, “I live in the spirit of prayer, and therefore I do not need times
and seasons for prayer.” And do you think that Christ did not live in the spirit of
prayer? Yet He had to have his special time and place to pray. Do not fall under the
injurious notion that because your spirit cries to God in prayer all day long, therefore
there must not be some season for more immediately coming into God’s presence. If
you imagine this, I am afraid that it will prove a snare to your feet. The Lord Jesus
Christ, who knew better than you do that the main thing is the spirit of prayer rather
than the act of prayer, yet Himself retired into desert places to maintain the act and
exercise of prayer. Be spiritual. Be baptized into the spirit of prayer. But do not be
deceived by the enemy, who can steal a spirit away while we dream that we only
spiritualize it. We had better preserve the very bones of prayer—the posture, the
time, place—rather than let it all ooze away into an impalpable mental condition.
God keep us prayerful. He will do so if He makes us like His dear Son.
Davaile Durham
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-92

Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/