Institute is prophetic and for PM right now.
"I want a 6 week fast. I want each community to pray, to hear me clearly,
as I want to direct their lives."
Therefore, the Word Gifts Ministry and the Directors of PM are asking each
and every member of PM to fast in some way for 6 weeks, from Saturday,
September 27 to Friday, November 7. The intention is to hear the Lord
clearly.
Pray about joining us in this fast. If you receive any prophetic words
for PM at any time, please e-mail that word to
pubsandtapes@presentationministries.com
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Friday, September 26, 2008, Sts. Cosmas & Damian
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11, Psalm 144, Luke 9:18-22
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"LIFT HIGH THE CROSS"
The Son of Man "must first endure many sufferings, be rejected by the
elders, the high priests and the scribes, and be put to death, and then be
raised up on the third day." —Luke 9:22
Early in His public ministry, Jesus told His apostles to keep it a secret
that He was the Messiah (Lk 9:21). When He healed people and set them free
from the devil, He told these people to keep it secret. One explanation
for this may be that Jesus wanted to reveal His sufferings and death
before publicizing His Messianic power.
Because the crucified Jesus should be first and foremost in our hearts,
Paul determined that while he was with the Corinthians, he "would speak of
nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Cor 2:2). When he preached
to the Galatians, he displayed before their eyes Jesus Christ on the cross
(Gal 3:1). At Athens, when Paul neglected to begin with preaching Jesus
crucified, he suffered one of his worst failures (see Acts 17:32ff).
When the cross is not first, we make up our own warped version of
Christianity. We project our own preoccupations onto Christ and make Him
into our own image and likeness. Unless we focus on the cross, we will use
Christianity as a way of deifying and enthroning ourselves. Repent and
"lift high the cross."
Prayer: Father, may I boast of nothing but the cross of Jesus. Through it
may I be crucified to the world and the world to me (Gal 6:14).
Promise: "He has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the
timeless into their hearts." —Eccl 3:11
Praise: Sts. Cosmas & Damian, both physicians, became targets for
persecution because they practiced medicine without charging any fees, in
order to serve the poor in their midst.
(For a related teaching, order our tape "Renewing Our Culture" on audio AV
80-3 or video V-80.)
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