Session #2: A Time for Tears
"When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven." Nehemiah 1:4
Nehemiah Chapter 1
Take time to silently meditate on the meaning of these Scriptures. Allow the significance of what was recorded to penetrate your heart. How do we respond when we hear of the tragedies in our world. Are we willing to take an active role in intercession and physical action to experience God's Kingdom advance? Allow God’s Holy Spirit to move you to a place of deeper humility and prayer on behalf of the sins in your own sphere of influence. (Personal, family, congregation, community, city, nation, nations)
Listen to Audio:
David Wilkerson is well-known for the early years of his ministry to young drug addicts and gang members in New York City in the 1950s and 1960's. Wilkerson co-authored a book about his work with the New York drug addicts as documented in, "The Cross and the Switchblade." This intense and heart-felt audio message has stirred many over the years to a deeper place of prayer.
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A Call to Anguish (audio file)
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Few would dispute that Rev. Andrew Murray (1828-1917) is one of the foremost authors on the deeper Christian life. During this class we will be reading through one of his classic books on intercession entitled: "With Christ in the School of Prayer".
Reading for Session #2: Lessons 4-6 (Pages 31-42)
With Christ in the School of Prayer (Download PDF)
Discussion questions for Session #2:
Take the time to write down your response to the following questions:
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What did God speak to you about Himself? (His character)
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What did God teach you on a personal basis?
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How does God desire for you to apply what you learned on a personal basis to those He has placed around you? (Be specific)
Prayer Time:
Take time in prayer (individually or corporately) to pray through your responses to the discussion questions. Review any notes that you took in your journal and allow God’s Spirit to take these truths deeper and deeper into your heart. Believe that He will allow these revelations to become so strong that real lifestyle change results. Let this become your prayer focus for as many days as it takes for these truths to literally begin to produce change in your life.
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