“Hold us, restrain us from our downward spiral.
Stop us from running headlong as we stagger.
In your great mercy, prevent us, please save us.
In your great mercy, please stand in our way.”
21 Prayers, p. 38
Sons of the Concubine
“Although the ethnic Jews are descended from Abraham physically, covenantally speaking, they are Ishmaelites. Summed up, they are in a covenant of bondage. However disciplined and hardworking they are, they do not know the taste of grace. They are driven, but not liberated. They are not children of the free woman, but rather through unbelief they have made themselves children of the slave concubine.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 122
Worth Another Couple of Tries Again
Dragnet Fishing
“Grant great revival in the churches, of course,
But for far more than this, I pray for the West.
May fresh living water from Ezekiel’s temple
Gather and grow and widen and deepen
To inundate nations and all of their peoples.
I pray that the fish would be abundant and plentiful
And that You would make us all fishers of men.”
21 Prayers, p. 37
God’s Plan for the Jews
“In contrast, the soft supersessionist agrees [with the hard supersessionist] that the church is Israel now, and that ethnic Israel is currently not a part of the true Israel. And when it comes to the salvation of individual Jews currently, we also agree that an unbelieving Jew is in the same position as an unbelieving Irishman, or Chinese, or Navajo. But the soft supersessionist holds that the Jews as a people are still part of God’s purpose and plan for the world. The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. When the Jews are converted en masse, this will usher in the latter day glory, and the resurrection of the dead. In short, the status of the Jews with regard to faith and unbelief is relevant for the rest of the world.”
American Milk and Honey, pp. 120-121
Out and In
“All the promises of the Old Testament have come to fruition in Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 1:20), and hence, all who are in Christ have been brought into the true Israel of God. Unbelieving Jews have been cut out of that true Israel, and believing Gentiles have been brought into it.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 119
Grace Upon Grace
“I pray You would use our ministry this morning
To hasten the conversion of all the Jews.
Just as their rejection of their own Messiah
Has been such a blessing for the Gentile world,
I pray You would conquer the Gentiles still further
With grace upon grace through Israel’s conversion.”
21 Prayers, p. 35
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The Christian Bloom
“Christianity is not a faith that was developed from scratch. Christians have always rested their New Testament on the foundation of the Old Testament. This means that we have always considered ourselves to be in some sense the true heirs of the promises God made to His people.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 118
From That Dark Cross
“There was only one sacrifice, not two, for us men
And for our salvation, but still we rejoice
That this one sacrifice was not just His death,
But also a lifetime of perfect obedience
That was offered to You from that dark, bloodied cross.”
21 Prayers, p. 32