7:14 Call to Prayer
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There is a sound from heaven in the land. It is a call to prayer. Some of our pastors of Bay City have been praying together for several years, some up to 10 years. This is the time that they are hearing a call for the body of Christ to come together in unity and pray together. For the month of September six pastors are praying together daily and last week the churches met at Vineyard Church on Nichols Street. This week the prayer location is Abundant Life Fellowship on Hamman Road. Even the Muslims are hearing a call to prayer as they plan to gather at the Nation’s capital from all over the USA to pray to their god on Friday September 25th. It was reported that in Houston last Monday, September 21, members from approximately 4,000 churches agreed to stand up and pray along Houston's busiest freeways, the 610 Loop.
Our nation needs our prayers. Our region of Texas needs our prayers and Bay City needs our prayers. It is time to pray to a God that hears and answers prayer.
In Jeremiah 33:3 He says, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” NKJV
God’s desire is for His people to call on him in prayer. In 2 Chronicles 7:14 He says, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
In this promise scripture, it is calling the people of God to do something. It is not calling those who don’t know God to change and cry out. No, it is those who call on His Name and calls Him Lord that it is addressing. We are given several things to do. One is to humble ourselves. God hears the humble of heart. The proud who have no need of God does not get his ear. Then we are to pray and seek His face, so that we will enjoy his presence and know him. We are not to seek his hand and what he can give us or do for us. Most especially we have a command to turn from our ways that do not please Him. He even calls these ways wicked. Sin is wicked although that is surely not a word we like to associate with anything we would do.
This is a day and age that we need God to come and heal our land, to heal our economic situation and bring peace to America. The six churches that are meeting together are Vineyard Church, Harvest Time Church, North Side Chapel, Family Worship Center, Abundant Life Fellowship Church, and Apostolic Pentecostal Church. There is a unity that is growing stronger each time we meet.
Psalms 133 speaks of God’s blessing on unity. “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! For there the LORD commanded the blessing--Life forevermore.” (NKJV)
We have prayed for our schools and students. We have prayed for our local government as well as the national leaders. We have prayed for the lost and suffering. We have prayed for the churches and their leaders. We will continue to pray and seek the presence of God where there is fullness of joy.
I encourage you to join in this time of prayer. Come to a “7:14 Call To Prayer” meeting or gather in your homes or churches and pray. This is a time that the church can not be silent and asleep. It is a time to wake up, get up, and speak up. For Those interested in attending the joint prayer meeting, the services start at 7:14 p.m. tonight at Abundant Life Fellowship Church.
Karen McMullin is the co-pastor at Abundant Life Fellowship Church located at 1900 Hamman Rd. in Bay City or call 979-244-4615.