"Bit By Bit"

"I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works." (Psalms 145:5)

  As if we could take part in this glorious work, it makes me wonder; but God allows us to not only participate, but we get to see the work He performs in and through the people around us. It might not be much, but the single soul that gets changed, can do some serious work, if the impact is great enough. In this I believe David is seeing the glorious working of God's heavenly angels, which, if you follow some of the writings of Frank Peretti's, they are very instrumental in the tearing down of the strongholds that are all around us. The work, "speak," that is used in this verse is more like meditate, if you will, it is even a word that speaks about complaining or putting forth thoughts. In other words, it is very similar to prayer, as in the type of prayer where you might be fighting a spiritual battle, or praying over a certain attack of the enemy. Maybe one of the most instrumental parts of any church service, especially a service that is geared towards evangelism, prayer before and during the service is extremely important. FYI; for those that are listening: When the pastor begins to close and is going to be giving an invitation, those that can pray, need to pray! I strongly believe that there are angels ready to take action, depending upon, and powered by the prayers of the Saints. The battle waging around us is spiritual and constantly changing in character. The enemy is crafty and deceitful; he is not going to work in the same way or with the same tricks every time. Anywho; we must do our part in this war that is waging all around us, praying and staying focused upon what is happening around us. With that, I think I will leave it at that; but please pray any chance you get before, during, and after the service! Pray before that God would prepare the hearts of those who need to hear; pray during that God would soften the hearts of those that hear His word; and pray after for those that have excepted the invitation, that they would be steadfast and grounded in the word that they have received...

"And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee." (Isaiah 12)