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Ever wondered why we have to pray when God already knows everything (all-knowing) and can do anything (all-powerful) to help us?

• we pray to deepen our relationship with God.
• we pray to remind ourselves of our place of humility, to remind ourselves that God is God, and we are not.
• we long for connection (we want to talk with someone who loves us)
• prayer encourages our faith and dependence on God.
• sometimes, we don’t know God’s will for us until we pray and ask

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I created a powerpoint presentation on the John 3:16 illustration, then I converted the narration into speech using the built-in microsoft windows voice, added the speech to the presentation, then timed the presentation to match the speed of the voice, then converted the whole project into flash.

Here’s the project. Share it with your friends!

John 3:16 Gospel Illustration

1. Next time when you think you are terrific, try walking on water.
2. When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.
3. You are not lucky, you are blessed.
4. If you really want to live, you must go through the experience of death first.
5. Opportunity may only knock once, but temptation is always at the door bell.
6. When we are strong, we often forget God.
7. Those who call out for “Heavenly Father” only on Sunday live like orphans the rest of the week.
8. Do not be self-centered, be Christ-centered.
9. No Christ, no peace; know Christ, know peace.
10. Why we don’t mention God to our friends? Because we don’t mention our friends to God.
11. Dedicate everything you have to God because He has given you everything He has.
12. Is what you are after worth the death of Jesus Christ?
13. Those who make you get close to God are your real friends.
14. God loves us not because of what we are but because of what He is.
15. God’s promise is like stars in the dark of night. The darker the night, the brighter the stars.
16. Life without Jesus is hopelessness without end. Life with Jesus is hopefulness without end.
17. Although I don’t know what future will bring, I do know who rules the future.
18. Leave your heavy burden with God and let it stay there.
19. Don’t be afraid of tomorrow because God is already there.
20. When you are left with nothing but God, you will know that God is all you need.
21. Let go and trust everything to Him. Don’t ever tell God again your life’s storms, but tell the storms about the greatness of God.
22. The one who can satisfy what our hearts desire is the one who created our hearts.
23. Always keep the light in your heart burning because you don’t know who will need it to walk out of the darkness.
24. When our attention is directed only to our work, we work alone; when we pray God goes to work.
25. God is omnipresent, so we can pray anywhere.
26. A person without any need will never be able to see God’s miracles.
27. Worshiping helps remind us of our life’s worth, but the world keeps making us forget that.
28. When the going gets tough, don’t just pray and forget to follow the path God has directed us to.
29. Praying can do many things for us, worrying can do many things to us.

Today my quiet time material was about not being pessimistic and complain when things don’t go our way, but to trust and thank God for what we have.

Dear God, thank you for giving me life; help me to fufill the plans and purposes you have put me on earth for. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins, and giving me hope and eternal life. I know I’m not perfect, and sinned on countless occassions in my life, but thank you for your endless grace to forgive all of them, and your strength to help me to do right in the future.

Thank you for giving me a loving and supportive family, and bringing good friends into my life who have made life more meaningful and worth living for.

Thank you for providing for my needs and sometimes wants, and protecting me from all harm, danger, evil, accidents. Thank you for providing a way out and rescuing me when I’m in trouble.

Thank you for giving me talents, that I can use to serve you for your glory.

Thank you I am able to worship you freely and openly, and letting me draw near to you and feeling your presence in my life. You are such a wonderful God.

Thank you for everything, Amen.

This afternoon, the guest speaker at the service ended the discipleship series by sharing about preaching the gospel. The three points are:

1. Preach the gospel always, all ways
   - our ‘pulpit’ is our workplace, people are looking at how we live our lives
2. Preach the gospel in spite of rejection
   - if anyone rejects, they are rejecting the truth
3. Preach the gospel in light of Jesus’ return
   - He is coming back very soon

I went nearby funan after church to change malaysian currency, and got a mouse for the eee pc. I almost bought some $30 speakers which I didn’t need, cos it was portable and looks and sounds good.

I’ve started packing for church camp and hope to finish it before I return to camp this weekend.

Dear Lord,

I thank You for this day,
I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning.
I’m blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God.
You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.

Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you.
I ask now for Your forgiveness.

Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.
Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.
Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.
And give the best response when I’m pushed beyond my limits.
I know that when I can’t pray, You listen to my heart.
Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others Keep me strong that I may help the weak…
Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others.
I pray for those that are lost and can’t find their way.
I pray for those that are misjudged and misunderstood.
I pray for those who don’t know You intimately.
I pray for those that don’t believe.

I thank you that I believe that God changes people and God changes things.
I pray for all my sisters and brothers.
I pray for each and every family member in their households.
I pray for peace, love, and joy in their homes.
I pray that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God.

God, I love you and I need you.

Please Come into my heart,
In Jesus Name
Amen.

Dear Lord,

I thank you for this day. I thank You for my being able to see
and to hear this morning. I’m blessed because You are a forgiving God and
an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on
blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that
was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness.Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day
with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each
and every day to clear my mind so tha t I can hear from You.
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me
continue to see sin through God’s eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And
when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive
the forgiveness of God.

And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus’ example — to
slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It’s the best response when I’m
pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can’t pray, You listen to my
heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong
that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of
encouragement for others. I pray for those who are lost and can’t find
their way. I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray
for those who don’t know You intimately. I pray for those who will delete this
without sharing it w ith others. I pray for those who don’t believe. But I
thank you that I believe.

I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all
my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households.
I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt
and all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem,
circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands
for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of
every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly..

This is my prayer.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

May 27, 2007
Conrad Lampan:

“MANY WONDER WHY REVIVAL HAS NOT YET HAPPENED AS PROPHESIED”

“Before My power manifests to the world outside, my Holy Spirit needs to clean the inside. The move of My Spirit that I AM starting is far too powerful to be taken lightly or mingled with a worldly mindset.”
Written on May 11, 2007

As I was praying today, I heard the Lord softly speaking into my mind:

“Have you noticed how things seem to be cooling down? Many of My people are wondering why revival has not yet happened as prophesied, and why the so many times promised, explosive move of My Holy Spirit seems to be delayed for too long. I have allowed it. Do you want to know the reason? Because I want to know what is in the heart of My people.”

I said, “Don’t you already know it, Lord?”

He answered, “Sometimes, by allowing circumstances on the surface to appear to go the other way and not as expected, the real desires of the heart are exposed. My Spirit has truly moved here and there, but those are ‘exploratory’ moves to bring to light what the hearts cherish. Before I come and stay, I need to see what is within. The revival that will soon sweep the world is far greater than anything you have ever seen or heard of.

“Many of My called ones did not want Me, they only wanted revival. When revival did not happen as they figured it would–and within their time-frame–they walked away like the fox that could not reach the grapes and concluded, ‘well, they were not ripe anyway.’”

Unusual.

I keep hearing this word: unusual. Many times God has spoken to us about His unusual ways. Once again I hear Him saying: “unusual.” He says:

“In allowing this short delay, I AM simply bringing to surface the hidden expectations in the heart of My people. Many sins have been exposed; many expectations too worldly to align with a real move of God are being brought to the surface; and world practices and customs–even some disguised forms of the occult that have permeated My Church–are being exposed. I am allowing this exposure because those things that have hindered My Church from moving in full power, those hidden portions of the world within, lose their grip and power when they are exposed.”

“Don’t you see it? I need to cleanse before manifesting in full power. Before My power manifests to the world outside, my Holy Spirit needs to clean the inside. The move of My Spirit that I am starting is far too powerful to be taken lightly or mingled with a worldly mindset.”

“That is the why! That is the because!”

“Those of My people who have become discouraged and are right now thinking that it was just a dream that passed away and have embraced ‘reality’ have missed the point. There is not a more real reality than My Holy Spirit. Do not expect me to adapt to norms, for I am a unique, unusual God. Do not expect me to move in more predictable, natural ways, for I am a supernatural God. I am the God of miracles, I Am the God of resurrection, I Am the God of breakthroughs!”

“This is not a word of judgment, rather, it is a word of encouragement. Those of you who have found out that your desires were not aligned with Mine, don’t go away; come back to Me, that I may give you My Heart.”

“There are those among you who feel you have come so low, some of you even isolated, you feel abandoned, things seem upside down, the more you pray the lower you seem to go, you are tired, you do not know what to expect anymore, and you only feel like crying ‘How long, oh God!’ You cannot go any lower than the bottom, and in the process you have lost so many ideas, and nice plans, and admit it: How many broken dreams do you see behind you? How many ‘unexplainables’ do you have? Yet you have not gone away to other businesses, for in this so-hard-to-bear process, you have come to realize that I, the Lord, AM your business!”

“Some of you, My pastors, My ministers whom I have appointed have seen their congregations decimated when you started to pray for a move of My Spirit. Some of you, My dear servants, have seen your churches close down, and your ministries that I called you into are referred to as a ‘thing of the past.’ Your expected victory looks more like a defeat. Do not despair, you are right on track, for you have lost only what would have hindered you more in your path toward revival. You feel like you have nothing left? Look at Me; I Am here, you have Me. What else do you need?”

“The people I will use to bring forth revival, bursting into the surface like a mighty underground river that cannot be contained anymore, are those who have been underground, those who have experienced the three days that precede resurrection. Only those who have gone through the experience of having lost their own will, in submission to the Father’s will, can be used of the Holy Spirit.”

“Forgotten? Isolated? Frowned upon? Laughed at? Lost strength? As long as you cling to Me, you are still the vessel I AM using to carry revival!”
Submitted to the Body,

J. Conrad Lampan
Intecessors House
Email: connection@intercessorshouse.org

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